COVER INFORMATION Station: NKUTUNSE (Code Nk ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N17C3 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2017 with 2 modes (512 and 2048 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 and 32 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 25 October 2017 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Sv, Zc, Bd, Hh, Ir, Nk, and MERLIN outstations. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps during the first 2 hr. The NME uses a standard setup with 2048 Mbps during the last hr (Jb 2Gb). The schedule consists of: - long integrations on calibrator J1848+3219 for ftp-fringe tests; Strong fringes were found in N16C3 on this source. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (512 Mbps): 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 12:45:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 13:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 13:45:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J1848+3219) Change to 2048 Mbps setup. 14:10:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 14:30:00 (scan 19, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 14:50:00 (scan 21, 2 sec, J1848+3219) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote Skype account: jive.support.scientist Slack: evlbi.slack.com Schedule for NKUTUNSE (Code Nk ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 25 Oct 2017 Day 298 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 782.51 782.51 782.51 782.51 766.51 766.51 766.51 766.51 750.51 750.51 750.51 750.51 734.51 734.51 734.51 734.51 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 J1848+3219 14 15 03 21.2 57.5 -4.6 -96.8 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 =1846+322 14 25 05 23.3 57.2 -4.4 -98.3 600 38 12 00 01 12 12 00 J1848+3219 14 27 05 23.7 57.1 -4.4 -98.6 107 38 12 12 00 12 17 00 =1846+322 14 32 06 24.8 56.9 -4.3 -99.3 300 58 12 12 01 12 20 00 J1848+3219 14 35 06 25.4 56.8 -4.2 -99.8 167 58 12 20 00 12 24 40 =1846+322 14 39 47 26.4 56.6 -4.2 -100.5 280 76 12 20 01 12 27 40 J1848+3219 14 42 48 27.0 56.5 -4.1 -100.9 167 76 12 27 40 12 32 20 =1846+322 14 47 28 28.0 56.3 -4.0 -101.7 280 94 12 27 41 12 35 20 J1848+3219 14 50 29 28.6 56.1 -4.0 -102.1 167 94 12 35 20 12 40 00 =1846+322 14 55 10 29.6 55.9 -3.9 -102.9 280 112 12 35 21 12 42 00 J1848+3219 14 57 10 30.0 55.8 -3.9 -103.2 107 112 12 42 00 12 47 00 =1846+322 15 02 11 31.0 55.5 -3.8 -104.0 300 131 12 42 01 12 50 00 J1848+3219 15 05 11 31.6 55.3 -3.7 -104.5 167 131 12 50 00 12 54 40 =1846+322 15 09 52 32.6 55.0 -3.7 -105.3 280 149 12 50 01 12 57 40 J1848+3219 15 12 53 33.2 54.8 -3.6 -105.8 167 149 12 57 40 13 02 20 =1846+322 15 17 33 34.1 54.5 -3.5 -106.6 280 167 12 57 41 13 05 20 J1848+3219 15 20 34 34.7 54.2 -3.5 -107.1 167 167 13 05 20 13 10 00 =1846+322 15 25 15 35.7 53.9 -3.4 -108.0 280 185 13 05 21 13 12 00 J1848+3219 15 27 15 36.1 53.7 -3.4 -108.3 107 185 13 12 00 13 17 00 =1846+322 15 32 16 37.1 53.3 -3.3 -109.3 300 204 13 12 01 13 20 00 J1848+3219 15 35 16 37.7 53.0 -3.2 -109.8 167 204 13 20 00 13 24 40 =1846+322 15 39 57 38.6 52.6 -3.2 -110.7 280 222 13 20 01 13 27 40 J1848+3219 15 42 58 39.2 52.3 -3.1 -111.3 167 222 13 27 40 13 32 20 =1846+322 15 47 38 40.1 51.8 -3.0 -112.2 280 240 13 27 41 13 35 20 J1848+3219 15 50 39 40.7 51.5 -3.0 -112.9 167 240 13 35 20 13 40 00 =1846+322 15 55 20 41.6 51.0 -2.9 -113.8 280 258 13 35 21 Schedule for NKUTUNSE (Code Nk ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 25 Oct 2017 Day 298 --- 13 42 00 J1848+3219 15 57 20 42.0 50.7 -2.9 -114.2 107 258 13 42 00 13 47 00 =1846+322 16 02 21 43.0 50.1 -2.8 -115.3 300 277 13 42 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess317.C512nme --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 12 Station: NKUTUNSE Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 5749.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 16 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 782.51 782.51 782.51 782.51 766.51 766.51 766.51 766.51 750.51 750.51 750.51 750.51 734.51 734.51 734.51 734.51 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 16 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 4, 12, 20, 28, 6, 14, 22, 30, 8, 16, 24, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 1846+322 18 46 29.612032 * 18 48 22.088575 18 49 01.039387 0.00 * J1848+3219 32 15 36.66046 * 32 19 02.60386 32 20 39.00936 0.00 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 29306 observations. SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline J1848+3219 sess317.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 1.200 228.000 sess317.C2048nme 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 31 + 0.650 68.250 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA The solar corona can cause unstable phases for sources too close to the Sun. SCHED provides warnings at individual scans for distances less than 10 degrees. The distance from the Sun to each source in this schedule is: Source Sun distance (deg) J1848+3219 82.0 Barry Clark estimates from predictions by Ketan Desai of IPM scattering sizes that the Sun will cause amplitude reductions on the longest VLBA baselines at a solar distance of 60deg F^(-0.6) where F is in GHz. For common VLBI bands, this is: 327 MHz 117. deg 610 MHz 81. deg 1.6 GHz 45. deg 2.3 GHz 36. deg 5.0 GHz 23. deg 8.4 GHz 17. deg 15.0 GHz 12. deg 22.0 GHz 9. deg 43.0 GHz 6. deg