SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: N17K2 COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N17K2 Start Day 302 is Sun 29 Oct 2017 MJD 58055 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Ross Burns Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: burns@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: K-Band NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2017 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 4 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 K-band NME and ftp fringe-test on 29 October 2017 involving antennas: Ef, Mc, On60, Ys. Hh The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on calibrators 3C345 and J1751+0939 for ftp-fringe tests; The latter being included for the sake of high elevations at Hart The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (512 Mbps): 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, 3C345) 12:45:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, 3C345) 13:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, 3C345) 13:45:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, 3C345) 14:10:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 14:30:00 (scan 19, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 14:50:00 (scan 21, 2 sec, J1751+0939) Good luck with the session! Ross Burns Skype account: jive.support.scientist Slack: evlbi.slack.com CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): JIVE Correlator average time (2 sec): 1.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Output spectral channels per baseband (16): 16 Correlator FFT size (128): 128 Number of antennas to be correlated: 15 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): FTP Distribution format (FITS): FITS Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Ross Burns Correlator Notes: Autumn provides colourful leaves DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: All scans Elapsed time for project (hours): 3.00 Total time in scheduled scans (hours): 1.85 Total time in recording scans (hours): 1.85 Total baseline hours (recording scans): 27.75 Projected max correlator output rate (kB/s): 15.4 Projected correlator output data size (MB): 102.3 NOTES: Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. The correlator output data rate is for real-time processing. Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. The recordings for a scan are assumed to start at the scan START minus PRESTART. Some stations (VLA, VLBA/MARK5C) wait for good data so the estimates may be high. STATIONS USED IN SCHEDULE: Station Code Latitude Longitude Elevation X Y Z Axis Offset EFLSBERG Ef 50.52483 -6.88361 417. 4033947.262 486990.787 4900430.991 0.014 MEDICINA Mc 44.52050 -11.64694 67. 4461369.695 919597.124 4449559.381 1.828 ONSALA60 O6 57.39584 -11.92636 59. 3370605.801 711917.720 5349830.900 -0.008 YEBES40M Ys 40.52467 3.08686 989. 4848761.822 -261484.187 4123085.039 2.000 HART Hh -25.88975 -27.68540 1416. 5085442.764 2668263.791 -2768696.752 6.695 Plate tectonic motion adjustments for MJD 58055 Station Code Station motions (m/yr) Adjusted positions X Y Z MJD0 X Y Z EFLSBERG Ef -0.0136 0.0169 0.0108 56293 4033947.196 486990.868 4900431.043 MEDICINA Mc -0.0181 0.0188 0.0111 56293 4461369.608 919597.215 4449559.435 ONSALA60 O6 -0.0140 0.0147 0.0103 56293 3370605.733 711917.790 5349830.950 YEBES40M Ys -0.0040 0.0186 0.0167 56293 4848761.802 -261484.097 4123085.119 HART Hh -0.0011 0.0192 0.0159 56293 5085442.758 2668263.884 -2768696.676 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Ef Mc O6 Ys Hh Ef 0 757 832 1352 8042 Mc 757 0 1429 1285 7453 O6 832 1429 0 2153 8525 Ys 1352 1285 2153 0 7492 Hh 8042 7453 8525 7492 0 RECORDING SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION INFORMATION: List of scan-dependent controls seen for recording timing. MINPAUSE: 10. PRESTART: 0. DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type DAR NBBC Tsys EFLSBERG MARK5C DBBC 16 CONT MEDICINA MARK5C DBBC 16 GAP ONSALA60 MARK5C DBBC 16 CONT YEBES40M MARK5C DBBC 16 CONT HART MARK5C DBBC 16 GAP EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 22 Number of scans scheduled: 22 Number of stations: 5 Number of sources input: 2 Number of setup files used: 1 STATION SCAN SUMMARIES: Station Control Scans Scan Record Record Gbytes Hours Hours Scans EFLSBERG VEX 22 1.85 1.85 22 429. MEDICINA VEX 22 1.85 1.85 22 429. ONSALA60 VEX 22 1.85 1.85 22 429. YEBES40M VEX 22 1.85 1.85 22 429. HART VEX 22 1.85 1.85 22 429. Notes on the station scan summaries: "Record Scans" are periods of recording with no gap. The Mark5A disk systems have a limit of 1024 such scans. There are often multiple projects on a disk pack. If using MARK5A, try to keep above about 6 GB per record scan by using MINPAUSE and PRESTART to prevent short gaps. However, also try to prevent record scans of more than an hour to minimize risk to data from playback problems. MARK5C will have one observe scan per record scan and there is no limit to the number. SETUP FILES: ======== Setup file: sess317.K512nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef1cm_a 1.3cm secondary focus, IF 500-1000 MHz ****** Only 64.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 1 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 4 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 20800.00 20800.00 20800.00 20800.00 Net SB= U U U U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 3 11 BBC SB= U U U U IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 21661.08 21661.08 21683.07 21683.07 BBC fr= 861.08 861.08 883.07 883.07 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4 barrel=roll_off The following setup groups are the same as group 2 below. 4:MEDICINA ======== Setup file: sess317.K512nme --- 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: 2 Station: ONSALA60 Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 4 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 Net SB= U U U U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 3 11 BBC SB= U U U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 21661.08 21661.08 21683.07 21683.07 BBC fr= 161.08 161.08 183.07 183.07 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 2 3 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess317.K512nme --- 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: 3 Station: HART Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 4 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21300.00 21300.00 21300.00 21300.00 Net SB= U U U U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 3 11 BBC SB= U U U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 21661.08 21661.08 21683.07 21683.07 BBC fr= 361.08 361.08 383.07 383.07 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 5 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess317.K512nme --- 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: 5 Station: YEBES40M Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 4 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 Net SB= U U U U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 3 11 BBC SB= U U U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 21661.08 21661.08 21683.07 21683.07 BBC fr= 111.08 111.08 133.07 133.07 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4 barrel=roll_off SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17K2 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start elevation. Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 302 is Sun 29 Oct 2017 MJD 58055 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef Mc O6 Ys Hh 1 302 12:00:00 3C345 - 69 74 68 63 24 302 12:10:00 s317.K512nme - 0 0 0 0 0 2 302 12:12:00 3C345 - 71 76 69 65 24 302 12:17:00 - - 107 117 114 105 99 3 302 12:20:00 3C345 - 72 77 70 66 24 302 12:24:40 - - 166 177 174 165 159 4 302 12:27:40 3C345 - 73 78 70 68 24 302 12:32:20 - - 166 177 174 165 159 5 302 12:35:20 3C345 - 74 80 71 69 24 302 12:40:00 - - 166 177 174 165 159 6 302 12:42:00 3C345 - 75 81 71 71 24 302 12:47:00 - - 106 117 114 105 99 7 302 12:50:00 3C345 - 76 82 72 72 24 302 12:54:40 - - 165 176 174 165 159 8 302 12:57:40 3C345 - 77 83 72 74 24 302 13:02:20 - - 164 176 174 165 159 9 302 13:05:20 3C345 - 77 84 72 75 24 302 13:10:00 - - 164 176 174 165 159 10 302 13:12:00 3C345 - 78 85 72 76 23 302 13:17:00 - - 104 116 114 105 99 11 302 13:20:00 3C345 - 78 85 72 78 23 302 13:24:40 - - 163 176 174 165 159 12 302 13:27:40 3C345 - 79 85 72 79 22 302 13:32:20 - - 162 176 174 165 159 13 302 13:35:20 3C345 - 79 85 72 81 22 302 13:40:00 - - 162 176 174 165 159 14 302 13:42:00 3C345 - 79 84 72 82 22 302 13:47:00 - - 103 116 114 105 99 15 302 13:52:00 J1751+0939 - 47 54 42 52 54 302 13:56:00 - - 150 213 261 242 213 16 302 14:01:00 J1751+0939 - 48 54 42 53 54 302 14:05:00 - - 286 297 294 285 279 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17K2 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start elevation. Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 302 is Sun 29 Oct 2017 MJD 58055 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef Mc O6 Ys Hh 17 302 14:07:00 J1751+0939 - 48 55 42 54 53 302 14:12:00 s317.K512nme - 107 117 115 105 99 18 302 14:19:00 J1751+0939 - 49 55 42 55 52 302 14:25:00 - - 406 417 414 405 398 19 302 14:27:00 J1751+0939 - 49 55 42 56 52 302 14:32:00 - - 107 117 115 105 99 20 302 14:39:00 J1751+0939 - 49 55 42 57 51 302 14:45:00 - - 406 417 414 405 398 21 302 14:47:00 J1751+0939 - 49 55 42 58 50 302 14:52:00 - - 107 117 115 105 99 22 302 14:56:00 J1751+0939 - 49 55 42 58 49 302 15:00:00 - - 226 237 234 225 219 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17K2 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start azimuth. Bottom item is: End azimuth. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 302 is Sun 29 Oct 2017 MJD 58055 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef Mc O6 Ys Hh 1 302 12:00:00 3C345 - 111 459 493 80 4 302 12:10:00 s317.K512nme - 114 462 498 81 2 2 302 12:12:00 3C345 - 115 463 499 81 2 302 12:17:00 - - 117 465 501 81 1 3 302 12:20:00 3C345 - 118 466 503 82 0 302 12:24:40 - - 120 468 505 82 359 4 302 12:27:40 3C345 - 122 469 507 82 359 302 12:32:20 - - 124 471 509 83 358 5 302 12:35:20 3C345 - 125 473 511 83 357 302 12:40:00 - - 128 476 513 84 356 6 302 12:42:00 3C345 - 129 477 515 84 356 302 12:47:00 - - 132 481 517 84 354 7 302 12:50:00 3C345 - 134 483 519 85 354 302 12:54:40 - - 137 488 522 85 353 8 302 12:57:40 3C345 - 139 491 524 86 352 302 13:02:20 - - 142 497 527 86 351 9 302 13:05:20 3C345 - 144 501 528 86 351 302 13:10:00 - - 148 509 531 87 350 10 302 13:12:00 3C345 - 150 512 533 87 349 302 13:17:00 - - 154 523 536 88 348 11 302 13:20:00 3C345 - 157 529 538 88 348 302 13:24:40 - - 161 540 541 89 347 12 302 13:27:40 3C345 - 164 547 543 89 346 302 13:32:20 - - 168 557 546 90 345 13 302 13:35:20 3C345 - 171 564 547 91 345 302 13:40:00 - - 176 572 550 92 344 14 302 13:42:00 3C345 - 178 576 552 92 343 302 13:47:00 - - 183 583 555 93 342 15 302 13:52:00 J1751+0939 - 158 522 527 137 350 302 13:56:00 - - 159 524 528 139 349 16 302 14:01:00 J1751+0939 - 161 526 530 140 347 302 14:05:00 - - 162 528 531 142 345 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17K2 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start azimuth. Bottom item is: End azimuth. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 302 is Sun 29 Oct 2017 MJD 58055 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef Mc O6 Ys Hh 17 302 14:07:00 J1751+0939 - 163 529 532 143 344 302 14:12:00 s317.K512nme - 165 531 533 144 342 18 302 14:19:00 J1751+0939 - 168 534 536 147 340 302 14:25:00 - - 170 536 538 150 337 19 302 14:27:00 J1751+0939 - 170 537 538 150 337 302 14:32:00 - - 172 539 540 152 335 20 302 14:39:00 J1751+0939 - 175 542 542 155 332 302 14:45:00 - - 177 545 544 158 330 21 302 14:47:00 J1751+0939 - 178 546 545 159 329 302 14:52:00 - - 180 548 547 161 328 22 302 14:56:00 J1751+0939 - 181 550 548 163 326 302 15:00:00 - - 183 551 549 165 325 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17K2 Network Monitoring Experiment Top item is: Slew time in seconds from previous source. Bottom item is: Nothing requested with SUMITEM. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 302 is Sun 29 Oct 2017 MJD 58055 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef Mc O6 Ys Hh 1 302 12:00:00 3C345 - 0 0 0 0 0 302 12:10:00 s317.K512nme - 2 302 12:12:00 3C345 - 13 3 6 15 21 302 12:17:00 - - 3 302 12:20:00 3C345 - 14 3 6 15 21 302 12:24:40 - - 4 302 12:27:40 3C345 - 14 3 6 15 21 302 12:32:20 - - 5 302 12:35:20 3C345 - 14 3 6 15 21 302 12:40:00 - - 6 302 12:42:00 3C345 - 14 3 6 15 21 302 12:47:00 - - 7 302 12:50:00 3C345 - 15 4 6 15 21 302 12:54:40 - - 8 302 12:57:40 3C345 - 16 4 6 15 21 302 13:02:20 - - 9 302 13:05:20 3C345 - 16 4 6 15 21 302 13:10:00 - - 10 302 13:12:00 3C345 - 16 4 6 15 21 302 13:17:00 - - 11 302 13:20:00 3C345 - 17 4 6 15 21 302 13:24:40 - - 12 302 13:27:40 3C345 - 18 4 6 15 21 302 13:32:20 - - 13 302 13:35:20 3C345 - 18 4 6 15 21 302 13:40:00 - - 14 302 13:42:00 3C345 - 17 4 6 15 21 302 13:47:00 - - 15 302 13:52:00 J1751+0939 - 150 87 39 58 87 302 13:56:00 - - 16 302 14:01:00 J1751+0939 - 14 3 6 15 21 302 14:05:00 - - 17 302 14:07:00 J1751+0939 - 13 3 5 15 21 302 14:12:00 - - SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17K2 Network Monitoring Experiment Top item is: Slew time in seconds from previous source. Bottom item is: Nothing requested with SUMITEM. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 302 is Sun 29 Oct 2017 MJD 58055 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef Mc O6 Ys Hh 18 302 14:19:00 J1751+0939 - 14 3 6 15 22 302 14:25:00 s317.K512nme - 19 302 14:27:00 J1751+0939 - 13 3 5 15 21 302 14:32:00 - - 20 302 14:39:00 J1751+0939 - 14 3 6 15 22 302 14:45:00 - - 21 302 14:47:00 J1751+0939 - 13 3 5 15 21 302 14:52:00 - - 22 302 14:56:00 J1751+0939 - 14 3 6 15 21 302 15:00:00 - - TIME RANGE OF RECORDINGS and TOTAL BYTES: Obs. start time. Obs. end time. Total Station Day Time Day Time GBytes (UT) (UT) EFLSBERG 302 12:00:00 302 15:00:00 429.0 MEDICINA 302 12:00:00 302 15:00:00 429.0 ONSALA60 302 12:00:00 302 15:00:00 429.0 YEBES40M 302 12:00:00 302 15:00:00 429.0 HART 302 12:00:00 302 15:00:00 429.0 POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 3C345 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809966 16 43 32.804552 0.76 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 46 59.34387 0.52 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 53430 observations. 1749+096 17 49 10.387931 * 17 51 32.818574 17 52 21.996835 0.00 * J1751+0939 09 39 42.82591 * 09 39 00.72847 09 39 04.21184 0.00 J1751+09 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 144578 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 3C345 sess317.K512nme 1 2 4 5 1.200 12.000 J1751+0939 sess317.K512nme 1 2 4 5 0.650 6.500 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) 3C345 63.5 J1751+0939 58.5 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 SOURCE SEPARATIONS Source separations in degrees for pairs closer than 30.00 degrees. CATALOGS, FILES, and CODE VERSIONS Catalogs: Station: ../sta.sess317.114_RDBE.dat Version: 2015Mar03-18:50:14 Location: ../loc.sess317.114.dat Version: 2015Feb26-16:00:00 Frequency: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat Version: 2015Mar03-18:50:14 Source: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc Version: Not given Source2: NONE Version: --- Other external files: Ephemeris: NONE PEAKFILE: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/peak.cmd MSGFILE: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/messages.txt Code versions: Release version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.87 Version of plot code: 1.06 Version of ephemeris code: 0.00 Version of PGPLOT: v5.3.1 This schedule produced on: Tue Oct 17 14:04:20 2017