COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: 22GHz Network Monitoring and Fringe Test Experiment Exp. Code: N11K1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Jun YANG Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: muehle@jive.nl Fax: +31-521-596539 Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: K-band fringe test (512 Mbps/2-bit sampling/16 MHz filters) Please check pointing and auto-ftp setup COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the K-band ftp fringe-test on 9 November 2011. The test uses two setups: a) the regular NME setup for optimum sensitivity and b) a setup that mimics the one of the following science experiment. The schedule consists of long integrations on the strong calibrator sources 3C273, 4C39.25, 3C345, 3C454.3 and 3C84, including 14 ftp fringe tests, and a brief fast phase-referencing part. Phase cal tones are ON to provide additional diagnostics at the stations. Please make sure that PCAL is turned OFF after this experiment. Thanks! Good luck with the observations! Stefanie Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 22GHz Network Monitoring and Fringe Test 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 9 Nov 2011 Day 313 --- Next scan frequencies: 22210.99 22210.99 22226.99 22226.99 22242.99 22242.99 22258.99 22258.99 Next BBC frequencies: 290.99 290.99 306.99 306.99 322.99 322.99 338.99 338.99 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 12 00 00 3C345 22 02 11 36.0 290.9 5.3 48.8 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 --- 22 12 13 34.6 292.4 5.5 48.1 600 39 12 00 01 12 12 00 3C345 22 14 13 34.3 292.7 5.5 48.0 114 39 12 12 00 12 20 00 --- 22 22 15 33.1 294.0 5.6 47.4 480 70 12 12 01 12 22 00 3C345 22 24 15 32.8 294.3 5.7 47.2 114 70 12 22 00 12 30 00 --- 22 32 16 31.7 295.5 5.8 46.6 480 101 12 22 01 12 32 00 3C345 22 34 17 31.4 295.9 5.8 46.4 114 101 12 32 00 12 40 00 --- 22 42 18 30.3 297.1 6.0 45.8 480 132 12 32 01 12 42 00 3C345 22 44 18 30.1 297.4 6.0 45.6 114 132 12 42 00 12 50 00 --- 22 52 20 29.0 298.7 6.1 45.0 480 163 12 42 01 12 52 00 3C345 22 54 20 28.7 299.0 6.2 44.8 114 163 12 52 00 13 00 00 --- 23 02 21 27.6 300.2 6.3 44.1 480 194 12 52 01 13 01 00 3C345 23 03 21 27.5 300.4 6.3 44.0 54 194 13 01 00 13 11 00 --- 23 13 23 26.1 301.9 6.5 43.1 600 232 13 01 01 13 13 00 3C345 23 15 23 25.9 302.3 6.5 42.9 114 232 13 13 00 13 21 00 --- 23 23 25 24.8 303.5 6.7 42.2 480 263 13 13 01 13 23 00 3C345 23 25 25 24.6 303.8 6.7 42.0 114 263 13 23 00 13 31 00 --- 23 33 26 23.6 305.1 6.8 41.2 480 294 13 23 01 13 33 00 3C345 23 35 27 23.3 305.4 6.9 41.0 114 294 13 33 00 13 41 00 --- 23 43 28 22.3 306.7 7.0 40.2 480 325 13 33 01 13 43 00 3C345 23 45 28 22.1 307.0 7.0 40.0 114 325 13 43 00 13 51 00 --- 23 53 30 21.1 308.3 7.2 39.2 480 356 13 43 01 13 53 00 3C345 23 55 30 20.8 308.6 7.2 39.0 114 356 13 53 00 14 01 00 --- 00 03 31 19.9 309.9 7.3 38.2 480 387 13 53 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 22GHz Network Monitoring and Fringe Test 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 9 Nov 2011 Day 313 --- 14 02 00 3C345 00 04 31 19.7 310.0 7.4 38.1 54 387 14 02 00 14 12 00 --- 00 14 33 18.6 311.6 7.5 37.0 600 426 14 02 01 14 14 00 3C345 00 16 33 18.3 312.0 7.6 36.8 114 426 14 14 00 14 22 00 --- 00 24 35 17.4 313.3 7.7 35.9 480 457 14 14 01 14 24 00 3C345 00 26 35 17.2 313.6 7.7 35.7 114 457 14 24 00 14 32 00 --- 00 34 36 16.3 314.9 7.9 34.8 480 488 14 24 01 14 34 00 3C345 00 36 37 16.1 315.2 7.9 34.5 114 488 14 34 00 14 42 00 --- 00 44 38 15.2 316.6 8.0 33.6 480 519 14 34 01 14 44 00 3C345 00 46 38 15.0 316.9 8.1 33.4 114 519 14 44 00 14 52 00 --- 00 54 40 14.2 318.2 8.2 32.4 480 550 14 44 01 14 54 00 3C345 00 56 40 14.0 318.6 8.2 32.2 114 550 14 54 00 15 02 00 --- 01 04 41 13.2 319.9 8.4 31.2 480 581 14 54 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess311.K512 --- 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: 10 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:1 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 0.25 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 6 4 7 5 8 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. LO sum= 22210.99 22210.99 22226.99 22226.99 22242.99 22242.99 22258.99 22258.99 BBC fr= 290.99 290.99 306.99 306.99 322.99 322.99 338.99 338.99 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- 22GHz Network Monitoring and Fringe Test Experiment Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 21.757223 0.81 * 3C345 39 54 10.81494 * 39 48 36.99400 39 47 27.74152 0.54 1641+399 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 52595 Observations 2.500 scan and 110.100 baseline hours in setup: sess311.K512 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 61.8 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