COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N25X1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: X-band (3.6cm) NME and ftp fringe test for Session 1, 2025. EVN: 2048 Mbps, 8 IFs, 32 MHz filters, L+R, 2-bit sampling Wb: 1 Gbps, 4 IFs, 32MHz Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 3 March 2025 involving the following 11 antennas: Wb1, Ef, Mc, Nt, On60, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Hh, Km, Wz. The NME uses a standard 2 Gbps setup (16 BBCs, 32 MHz, dual pol), exc. Wb1 (1 Gbps). The NME lasts for 3 hours (12:00-15:00 UT) with long scans on the calibrators: J0237+2848, J0319+4130 (3C84) and J0530+1331 J0528+1317 is used as phase-referenced source, for testing purposes, in the last hour. with ftp grabs every other scan at the following times (in UT): 12:10:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 12:40:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 13:10:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 13:40:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 14:10:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 14:35:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 14:58:00 (scan 22, 2 sec, J0530+1331) -- Benito Marcote Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 3 Mar 2025 Day 62 --- Next scan frequencies: 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 Next BBC frequencies: 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 847.49 847.49 847.49 847.49 911.49 911.49 911.49 911.49 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 12 00 00 J0237+2848 23 13 36 46.1 99.4 -3.4 -45.8 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =0234+285 23 15 36 46.4 99.9 -3.4 -45.7 120 31 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0237+2848 23 20 37 47.2 101.0 -3.3 -45.5 280 31 12 07 00 12 12 00 =0234+285 23 25 38 47.9 102.2 -3.2 -45.2 300 108 12 07 01 12 17 00 J0237+2848 23 30 39 48.7 103.3 -3.1 -45.0 280 108 12 17 00 12 27 00 =0234+285 23 40 41 50.3 105.7 -3.0 -44.4 600 263 12 17 01 12 32 00 J0237+2848 23 45 41 51.0 107.0 -2.9 -44.0 280 263 12 32 00 12 42 00 =0234+285 23 55 43 52.5 109.5 -2.7 -43.2 600 417 12 32 01 12 47 00 J0237+2848 00 00 44 53.3 110.9 -2.6 -42.7 280 417 12 47 00 12 57 00 =0234+285 00 10 45 54.8 113.6 -2.5 -41.7 600 572 12 47 01 13 02 00 J0237+2848 00 15 46 55.5 115.1 -2.4 -41.1 280 572 13 02 00 13 12 00 =0234+285 00 25 48 56.9 118.1 -2.2 -39.9 600 727 13 02 01 13 17 00 J0319+4130 00 30 49 59.6 90.3 -2.8 -58.2 192 727 13 17 00 13 27 00 =3C84 00 40 50 61.1 92.3 -2.7 -58.2 600 881 13 17 01 13 32 00 J0319+4130 00 45 51 61.9 93.3 -2.6 -58.1 281 881 13 32 00 13 42 00 =3C84 00 55 53 63.5 95.5 -2.4 -57.8 600 1036 13 32 01 13 47 00 J0319+4130 01 00 54 64.3 96.6 -2.3 -57.6 280 1036 13 47 00 13 57 00 =3C84 01 10 55 65.9 99.0 -2.2 -57.1 600 1190 13 47 01 14 02 00 J0319+4130 01 15 56 66.7 100.3 -2.1 -56.8 280 1190 14 02 00 14 12 00 =3C84 01 25 58 68.3 103.0 -1.9 -55.9 600 1345 14 02 01 14 17 00 J0530+1331 01 30 59 29.1 104.7 -4.0 -39.2 112 1345 14 17 00 14 19 00 =0528+134 01 32 59 29.4 105.2 -4.0 -39.1 120 1376 14 17 01 14 19 00 J0528+1317 01 32 59 29.6 105.8 -4.0 -38.9 -28 1376 No stop 14 22 00 =0525+132 01 35 59 30.0 106.5 -3.9 -38.8 152 1422 14 19 01 14 22 00 J0530+1331 01 35 59 29.9 105.8 -3.9 -39.0 -28 1422 No stop 14 24 00 =0528+134 01 38 00 30.2 106.3 -3.9 -38.9 92 1453 14 22 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 3 Mar 2025 Day 62 --- 14 24 00 J0528+1317 01 38 00 30.4 106.9 -3.9 -38.7 -28 1453 No stop 14 27 00 =0525+132 01 41 00 30.8 107.6 -3.8 -38.5 152 1499 14 24 01 14 27 00 J0530+1331 01 41 00 30.7 106.9 -3.9 -38.7 -28 1499 No stop 14 29 00 =0528+134 01 43 01 31.0 107.4 -3.8 -38.6 92 1530 14 27 01 14 32 00 J0530+1331 01 46 01 31.4 108.0 -3.8 -38.4 161 1530 14 32 00 14 37 00 =0528+134 01 51 02 32.2 109.2 -3.7 -38.1 300 1608 14 32 01 14 40 00 J0530+1331 01 54 02 32.6 109.8 -3.6 -38.0 161 1608 14 40 00 14 43 00 =0528+134 01 57 03 33.1 110.5 -3.6 -37.8 180 1654 14 40 01 14 43 00 J0528+1317 01 57 03 33.2 111.2 -3.6 -37.5 -29 1654 No stop 14 46 00 =0525+132 02 00 03 33.7 111.9 -3.5 -37.3 151 1700 14 43 01 14 46 00 J0530+1331 02 00 03 33.5 111.2 -3.5 -37.6 -28 1700 No stop 14 48 00 =0528+134 02 02 04 33.8 111.7 -3.5 -37.4 92 1731 14 46 01 14 48 00 J0528+1317 02 02 04 34.0 112.4 -3.5 -37.2 -29 1731 No stop 14 51 00 =0525+132 02 05 04 34.4 113.1 -3.4 -36.9 151 1778 14 48 01 14 51 00 J0530+1331 02 05 04 34.3 112.4 -3.5 -37.2 -28 1778 No stop 14 53 00 =0528+134 02 07 05 34.5 112.9 -3.4 -37.1 92 1809 14 51 01 14 56 00 J0530+1331 02 10 05 35.0 113.6 -3.4 -36.8 161 1809 14 56 00 15 00 00 =0528+134 02 14 06 35.6 114.5 -3.3 -36.5 240 1870 14 56 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess125.X2048 --- 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: 1 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 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 = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A3 C1 A3 C1 A3 C1 A3 C1 A3 C1 A3 C1 A3 C1 A3 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 BBC fr= 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 847.49 847.49 847.49 847.49 911.49 911.49 911.49 911.49 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 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 POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J0528+1317 05 25 53.606105 * 05 28 42.954893 05 30 08.552696 0.22 0525+132 13 15 29.00336 * 13 17 51.48671 13 19 04.87974 0.53 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. rfc_2024a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 36 observations 0234+285 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 39 20.680468 0.00 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40773 * 28 48 08.98999 28 54 44.91835 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 58420 observations. 3C84 03 16 29.567265 * 03 19 48.160096 03 21 27.570895 1.50 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91692 * 41 30 42.10404 41 36 18.99656 2.86 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 10291 observations. 0528+134 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416746 05 32 22.182301 0.21 * J0530+1331 13 29 42.28882 * 13 31 55.14948 13 33 03.76449 0.24 J0530+13 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 138236 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 J0528+1317 sess125.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0.200 9.981 J0237+2848 sess125.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0.783 43.083 J0319+4130 sess125.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0.667 36.667 J0530+1331 sess125.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0.367 18.788 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) J0528+1317 99.3 J0237+2848 63.9 J0319+4130 76.8 J0530+1331 99.8 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