COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N17SX1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Jay Blanchard Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: blanchard@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6/13 cm (S/X-band) ftp fringe test for session 3/2017 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 x 8 MHz filters) This NME tests two modes, dual pol X only and single pol RCP S/X Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE, NO PCAL COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6/13 cm (S/X-band) band test on 19 Oct 12-15 UT involving 14 telescopes: Wb1 Ef Mc Nt On60 T6 Ur Ys Sv Zc Bd Hh Ir Km The FTP-NME uses two setups at 512 Mbps: The first is 1 hour of dual-band S/X RCP only. The second is 1 hour of single band dual pol X band. It is expected stations will require ~ 1 hour to change receivers between the tests. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators: Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled ~ every twenty minutes throughout the experiment: 12:10:00 scan 2 J1848+3219 12:30:00 scan 4 J1848+3219 12:50:00 scan 6 J1848+3219 Gap for setup change 13:30:00 scan 8 J1848+3219 13:50:00 scan 10 J1848+3219 14:10:00 scan 12 J1848+3219 14:30:00 scan 14 J1848+3219 14:50:00 scan 16 J1848+3219 Clear skies! Jay Skype account: jive.support.scientist Slack: evlbi.slack.com Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 19 Oct 2017 Day 292 --- Next scan frequencies: 8384.49 8384.49 8416.49 8416.49 8716.49 8716.49 8748.49 8748.49 2234.49 2234.49 2250.49 2250.49 2266.49 2266.49 2282.49 2282.49 Next BBC frequencies: 304.49 304.49 336.49 336.49 636.49 636.49 668.49 668.49 214.49 214.49 230.49 230.49 246.49 246.49 262.49 262.49 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 39 12 40.8 441.8 -4.2 -56.7 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =1846+322 14 44 13 41.7 442.6 -4.1 -56.8 300 19 12 00 01 12 07 00 J1848+3219 14 46 13 42.1 442.9 -4.0 -56.9 117 19 12 07 00 12 20 00 =1846+322 14 59 16 44.4 445.0 -3.8 -57.2 780 70 12 07 01 12 22 00 J1848+3219 15 01 16 44.7 445.3 -3.8 -57.3 117 70 12 22 00 12 25 00 =1846+322 15 04 16 45.3 445.8 -3.7 -57.3 180 81 12 22 01 12 27 00 J1848+3219 15 06 17 45.6 446.1 -3.7 -57.4 117 81 12 27 00 12 40 00 =1846+322 15 19 19 47.9 448.3 -3.5 -57.5 780 131 12 27 01 12 42 00 J1848+3219 15 21 19 48.3 448.6 -3.5 -57.5 117 131 12 42 00 12 45 00 =1846+322 15 24 20 48.8 449.1 -3.4 -57.5 180 143 12 42 01 12 47 00 J1848+3219 15 26 20 49.2 449.5 -3.4 -57.6 117 143 12 47 00 13 00 00 =1846+322 15 39 22 51.5 451.8 -3.2 -57.5 780 193 12 47 01 Next scan frequencies: 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 Next BBC frequencies: 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 13 10 00 J1848+3219 15 49 24 53.3 453.7 -3.0 -57.4 597 193 13 10 00 13 25 00 =1846+322 16 04 26 56.0 456.6 -2.7 -57.0 900 251 13 10 25 13 27 00 J1848+3219 16 06 27 56.3 457.0 -2.7 -56.9 117 251 13 27 00 13 40 00 =1846+322 16 19 29 58.6 459.9 -2.5 -56.2 780 301 13 27 01 13 42 00 J1848+3219 16 21 29 59.0 460.3 -2.5 -56.1 117 301 13 42 00 13 45 00 =1846+322 16 24 30 59.5 461.0 -2.4 -55.9 180 313 13 42 01 13 47 00 J1848+3219 16 26 30 59.9 461.5 -2.4 -55.8 117 313 13 47 00 14 00 00 =1846+322 16 39 32 62.1 464.7 -2.2 -54.7 780 363 13 47 01 14 02 00 J1848+3219 16 41 32 62.5 465.3 -2.1 -54.5 117 363 14 02 00 14 05 00 =1846+322 16 44 33 63.0 466.1 -2.1 -54.2 180 375 14 02 01 14 07 00 J1848+3219 16 46 33 63.3 466.6 -2.0 -54.0 117 375 14 07 00 14 20 00 =1846+322 16 59 35 65.5 470.4 -1.8 -52.3 780 425 14 07 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 19 Oct 2017 Day 292 --- 14 22 00 J1848+3219 17 01 36 65.9 471.1 -1.8 -52.0 117 425 14 22 00 14 25 00 =1846+322 17 04 36 66.4 472.0 -1.7 -51.5 180 437 14 22 01 14 27 00 J1848+3219 17 06 36 66.7 472.7 -1.7 -51.1 117 437 14 27 00 14 40 00 =1846+322 17 19 39 68.8 477.4 -1.5 -48.5 780 487 14 27 01 14 42 00 J1848+3219 17 21 39 69.1 478.2 -1.5 -48.1 117 487 14 42 00 14 45 00 =1846+322 17 24 39 69.6 479.4 -1.4 -47.3 180 499 14 42 01 14 47 00 J1848+3219 17 26 40 69.9 480.2 -1.4 -46.8 117 499 14 47 00 15 00 00 =1846+322 17 39 42 71.8 486.2 -1.2 -42.9 780 549 14 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess317.SX512nme --- 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: 4 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF 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= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 Net SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 3 3 5 5 7 7 9 9 11 11 13 13 15 15 BBC SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U IF = A2 A2 A2 A2 B2 B2 B2 B2 C2 C2 C2 C2 D2 D2 D2 D2 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8384.49 8384.49 8416.49 8416.49 8716.49 8716.49 8748.49 8748.49 2234.49 2234.49 2250.49 2250.49 2266.49 2266.49 2282.49 2282.49 BBC fr= 304.49 304.49 336.49 336.49 636.49 636.49 668.49 668.49 214.49 214.49 230.49 230.49 246.49 246.49 262.49 262.49 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: 2 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess317.X512nme --- 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: 21 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF 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= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 9 1 9 1 11 3 11 3 13 5 13 5 15 7 15 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 BBC fr= 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 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: 14 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 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 01.167197 0.00 * J1848+3219 32 15 36.66046 * 32 19 02.60386 32 20 39.38536 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.SX512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 0.833 55.000 sess317.X512nme 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 + 1.533 139.533 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 85.3 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