COVER INFORMATION Station: DEFFORD (Code De ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N22C2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Suma Murthy Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: murthy@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and 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 NME and ftp fringe-test on 13th 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 calibrators J0319+4130 and J0646+4451 for ftp-fringe tests. We shall use J0654+4347 for phase referencing. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 08:00:00 (scan 1, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 08:30:00 (scan 3, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 09:00:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 09:30:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J0646+4451) 10:00:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, J0646+4451) 10:30:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, J0646+4451) Happy C-ing! Suma Murthy Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for DEFFORD (Code De ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 13 Jun 2022 Day 164 --- Next scan frequencies: 4888.00 4888.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 08 00 00 J0319+4130 01 17 54 66.7 104.5 -2.1 -52.7 0 0 08 00 00 08 10 00 =3C84 01 27 56 68.2 107.5 -1.9 -51.6 600 39 08 00 01 08 15 00 J0319+4130 01 32 56 68.9 109.1 -1.8 -50.9 293 39 08 15 00 08 17 00 =3C84 01 34 57 69.2 109.7 -1.8 -50.6 120 46 08 15 01 08 22 00 J0319+4130 01 39 58 69.9 111.5 -1.7 -49.9 293 46 08 22 00 08 32 00 =3C84 01 49 59 71.3 115.2 -1.5 -48.0 600 85 08 22 01 08 37 00 J0319+4130 01 55 00 72.0 117.2 -1.4 -46.9 292 85 08 37 00 08 47 00 =3C84 02 05 02 73.3 121.6 -1.3 -44.4 600 124 08 37 01 08 52 00 J0646+4451 02 10 02 45.1 70.3 -4.6 -54.7 123 124 08 52 00 09 02 00 =0642+449 02 20 04 46.6 71.8 -4.5 -55.4 600 162 08 52 01 09 04 00 J0646+4451 02 22 04 46.9 72.1 -4.4 -55.5 116 162 09 04 00 09 08 00 =0642+449 02 26 05 47.5 72.7 -4.4 -55.8 240 178 09 04 01 09 08 00 J0654+4347 02 26 05 45.7 72.8 -4.5 -54.4 -23 178 No stop 09 11 00 --- 02 29 06 46.2 73.3 -4.4 -54.5 157 189 09 08 01 09 13 00 J0646+4451 02 31 06 48.2 73.4 -4.3 -56.1 97 189 09 13 00 09 17 00 =0642+449 02 35 07 48.8 74.0 -4.2 -56.4 240 205 09 13 01 09 22 00 J0646+4451 02 40 07 49.5 74.8 -4.1 -56.7 295 205 09 22 00 09 32 00 =0642+449 02 50 09 51.0 76.3 -4.0 -57.3 600 243 09 22 01 09 34 00 J0646+4451 02 52 09 51.3 76.6 -3.9 -57.4 116 243 09 34 00 09 38 00 =0642+449 02 56 10 51.9 77.2 -3.9 -57.6 240 259 09 34 01 09 38 00 J0654+4347 02 56 10 50.2 77.4 -4.0 -56.1 -23 259 No stop 09 41 00 --- 02 59 11 50.6 77.9 -3.9 -56.3 157 271 09 38 01 09 43 00 J0646+4451 03 01 11 52.7 78.0 -3.8 -57.9 97 271 09 43 00 09 47 00 =0642+449 03 05 11 53.3 78.6 -3.7 -58.1 240 286 09 43 01 09 52 00 J0646+4451 03 10 12 54.0 79.4 -3.6 -58.4 295 286 09 52 00 10 02 00 =0642+449 03 20 14 55.6 81.0 -3.5 -58.8 600 325 09 52 01 10 04 00 J0646+4451 03 22 14 55.9 81.3 -3.4 -58.9 116 325 10 04 00 10 08 00 =0642+449 03 26 15 56.5 82.0 -3.4 -59.1 240 340 10 04 01 Schedule for DEFFORD (Code De ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 13 Jun 2022 Day 164 --- 10 08 00 J0654+4347 03 26 15 54.7 82.3 -3.5 -57.5 -23 340 No stop 10 11 00 --- 03 29 15 55.2 82.8 -3.4 -57.6 157 352 10 08 01 10 13 00 J0646+4451 03 31 16 57.2 82.8 -3.3 -59.3 97 352 10 13 00 10 17 00 =0642+449 03 35 16 57.8 83.5 -3.2 -59.4 240 367 10 13 01 10 22 00 J0646+4451 03 40 17 58.6 84.4 -3.1 -59.5 295 367 10 22 00 10 32 00 =0642+449 03 50 19 60.1 86.1 -3.0 -59.8 600 406 10 22 01 10 37 00 J0646+4451 03 55 20 60.9 87.0 -2.9 -59.9 295 406 10 37 00 10 47 00 =0642+449 04 05 21 62.5 88.9 -2.7 -60.0 600 444 10 37 01 10 49 00 J0646+4451 04 07 22 62.8 89.3 -2.7 -60.0 115 444 10 49 00 10 52 00 =0642+449 04 10 22 63.2 89.9 -2.6 -60.0 180 456 10 49 01 10 52 00 J0654+4347 04 10 22 61.5 90.3 -2.8 -58.3 -22 456 No stop 10 55 00 --- 04 13 23 62.0 90.9 -2.7 -58.3 158 468 10 52 01 10 57 00 J0646+4451 04 15 23 64.0 90.9 -2.5 -60.0 97 468 10 57 00 11 00 00 =0642+449 04 18 23 64.5 91.5 -2.5 -60.0 180 479 10 57 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: 18 Station: DEFFORD Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5624.00 5624.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4888.00 4888.00 BBC fr= 736.00 736.00 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 14 15 16 17 18 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J0654+4347 06 50 40.291447 * 06 54 16.477000 06 55 50.586148 0.00 43 51 26.58167 * 43 47 39.16400 43 46 02.71648 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 3C84 03 16 29.567265 * 03 19 48.160096 03 21 14.784552 1.50 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91692 * 41 30 42.10404 41 35 22.98217 2.86 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 10291 observations. 0642+449 06 42 53.021446 * 06 46 32.025993 06 48 07.335319 0.00 * J0646+4451 44 54 30.82738 * 44 51 16.59012 44 49 54.46315 0.00 J0646+44 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 155842 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 J0654+4347 sess222.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 + 0.200 26.097 J0319+4130 sess222.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 + 0.533 78.767 J0646+4451 sess222.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 + 1.333 204.000 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) J0654+4347 27.5 J0319+4130 32.0 J0646+4451 27.2 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