COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: 3.6cm NME and ftp fringe-test experiment Exp. Code: N11X2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Jun Yang Address: JIVE Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: 512-16-2, RCP & LCP Notes: Make sure that your auto-ftp setting is OK, please. COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, N11X2 is 3.6cm (8.4GHz) NME and ftp fringe-test experiment. Four ftp tests are scheduled: ~12:07 UT (scan 1, 1 sec, 3C454.3) ~13:09 UT (scan 7, 2 sec, 3C454.3) ~14:09 UT (scan 13, 2 sec, 3C454.3) ~15:59 UT (scan 18, 2 sec, 3C454.3) See you in skype group chat! Jun Yang skype account: uaoagn Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 3.6cm NME and ftp 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 7 Nov 2011 Day 311 --- 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: 708.51 708.51 708.51 708.51 692.51 692.51 692.51 692.51 676.51 676.51 676.51 676.51 660.51 660.51 660.51 660.51 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 15 30 00 3C454.3 02 40 45 36.7 267.5 3.8 63.0 0 0 15 30 00 15 38 00 --- 02 48 46 35.0 268.6 3.9 63.1 480 31 15 30 01 15 41 00 3C454.3 02 51 46 34.3 269.0 4.0 63.1 178 31 15 41 00 15 49 00 --- 02 59 48 32.6 270.1 4.1 63.1 480 62 15 41 01 15 51 00 3C454.3 03 01 48 32.2 270.3 4.1 63.1 118 62 15 51 00 15 59 00 --- 03 09 49 30.5 271.3 4.3 63.1 480 93 15 51 01 16 01 00 3C454.3 03 11 50 30.0 271.6 4.3 63.1 118 93 16 01 00 16 09 00 --- 03 19 51 28.3 272.6 4.4 63.0 480 124 16 01 01 16 11 00 3C454.3 03 21 51 27.9 272.8 4.5 63.0 118 124 16 11 00 16 19 00 --- 03 29 53 26.2 273.8 4.6 62.8 480 155 16 11 01 16 21 00 3C454.3 03 31 53 25.8 274.1 4.6 62.8 118 155 16 21 00 16 29 00 --- 03 39 54 24.0 275.0 4.8 62.7 480 186 16 21 01 16 32 00 3C454.3 03 42 55 23.4 275.4 4.8 62.6 178 186 16 32 00 16 40 00 --- 03 50 56 21.7 276.4 4.9 62.4 480 217 16 32 01 16 42 00 3C454.3 03 52 56 21.3 276.6 5.0 62.4 118 217 16 42 00 16 50 00 --- 04 00 58 19.6 277.6 5.1 62.1 480 248 16 42 01 16 52 00 3C454.3 04 02 58 19.1 277.8 5.1 62.1 118 248 16 52 00 17 00 00 --- 04 10 59 17.4 278.8 5.3 61.8 480 279 16 52 01 17 02 00 3C454.3 04 13 00 17.0 279.0 5.3 61.7 118 279 17 02 00 17 10 00 --- 04 21 01 15.3 280.0 5.4 61.4 480 310 17 02 01 17 12 00 3C454.3 04 23 01 14.9 280.2 5.5 61.4 118 310 17 12 00 17 20 00 --- 04 31 03 13.2 281.2 5.6 61.0 480 341 17 12 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 3.6cm NME and ftp 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 7 Nov 2011 Day 311 --- 17 22 00 3C454.3 04 33 03 12.8 281.4 5.6 60.9 118 341 17 22 00 17 30 00 --- 04 41 04 11.1 282.4 5.8 60.6 480 372 17 22 01 17 32 00 3C454.3 04 43 05 10.7 282.6 5.8 60.5 118 372 17 32 00 17 40 00 --- 04 51 06 9.0 283.6 5.9 60.1 480 403 17 32 01 17 42 00 3C454.3 04 53 06 8.6 283.8 6.0 60.0 118 403 17 42 00 17 50 00 --- 05 01 08 6.9 284.8 6.1 59.6 480 434 17 42 01 17 52 00 3C454.3 05 03 08 6.5 285.0 6.1 59.5 118 434 17 52 00 18 00 00 --- 05 11 09 4.9 286.0 6.3 D 59.0 0 464 17 52 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: kvsr.X512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat: shxd From An Tao 18May2006. Dummy dual pol - only RCP available Setup group: 6 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 708.51 708.51 708.51 708.51 692.51 692.51 692.51 692.51 676.51 676.51 676.51 676.51 660.51 660.51 660.51 660.51 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- 3.6cm NME and ftp 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) J2253+1608 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747937 22 54 34.418591 0.76 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34811 * 16 08 53.56094 16 12 58.28126 0.74 2251+158 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 GSFC 2010a astro solution 39550 Observations 2.400 scan and 126.667 baseline hours in setup: kvsr.X512 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) 3C454.3 123.7 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