COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: C-band FTP fringe-test Exp. Code: F22C1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm ftp fringe test for Session 2 2022 4096 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 32 MHz filters Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm ftp fringe-test on 9th June 2022 involving the following antennas: Jb2 Wb1 Ef Mc Nt On85 T6 Ur Tr Ys Hh Ib Km Cm Da De Pi Kn The NME uses a standard setup with 4096 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrator J0854+2006 for ftp-fringe tests. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:05:00 (scan 1, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 12:18:00 (scan 3, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 12:38:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 12:58:00 (scan 7, 2 sec, J0854+2006) Good luck with the C-session! Benito Marcote Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 2 C-band FTP fringe-test 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 9 Jun 2022 Day 160 --- Next scan frequencies: 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 Next BBC frequencies: 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 12 00 00 J0854+2006 05 57 57 45.9 468.9 -3.0 -45.9 0 0 12 00 00 12 07 00 =OJ287 06 04 58 47.0 470.6 -2.9 -45.3 420 216 12 00 01 12 10 00 J0854+2006 06 07 59 47.5 471.3 -2.8 -45.0 177 216 12 10 00 12 12 00 =OJ287 06 09 59 47.9 471.8 -2.8 -44.8 120 278 12 10 01 12 15 00 J0854+2006 06 13 00 48.4 472.6 -2.7 -44.5 177 278 12 15 00 12 20 00 =OJ287 06 18 00 49.2 473.8 -2.6 -44.0 300 433 12 15 01 12 23 00 J0854+2006 06 21 01 49.7 474.6 -2.6 -43.6 177 433 12 23 00 12 25 00 =OJ287 06 23 01 50.0 475.1 -2.6 -43.4 120 495 12 23 01 12 30 00 J0854+2006 06 28 02 50.8 476.5 -2.5 -42.8 297 495 12 30 00 12 40 00 =OJ287 06 38 04 52.4 479.3 -2.3 -41.4 600 804 12 30 01 12 42 00 J0854+2006 06 40 04 52.7 479.9 -2.3 -41.1 117 804 12 42 00 12 46 00 =OJ287 06 44 05 53.3 481.1 -2.2 -40.5 240 927 12 42 01 12 51 00 J0854+2006 06 49 05 54.1 482.6 -2.1 -39.7 297 927 12 51 00 13 00 00 =OJ287 06 58 07 55.4 485.5 -2.0 -38.2 540 1206 12 51 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess222.C4096 --- 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: 7 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 4096 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 32 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U 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 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 RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 5 13 5 13 6 14 6 14 7 15 7 15 8 16 8 16 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 BBC fr= 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) OJ287 08 51 57.250615 * 08 54 48.874927 08 56 04.088484 0.00 * J0854+2006 20 17 58.41740 * 20 06 30.64085 20 01 30.83571 0.00 0851+202 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0854+20 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 270807 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 J0854+2006 sess222.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 + 0.650 99.450 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) J0854+2006 52.2 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