COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12M2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: Gabriele Surcis Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2012 (128 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 2 November 2012 involving 8 antennas: Eb Wb1 Jb2 On25 Mc Nt Tr Ys. The NME uses a setup typical for methanol spectral line experiments, but with 16 channels, i.e. using both sidebands of all BBCs, and 8 MHz filters. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like 3C286 and 3C345 as well as phase-referencing parts with a methanol maser and a continuum source as targets, respectively. Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~12:06 (scan 2, 4 sec, 3C286) ~13:32 (scan 27, 4 sec, 3C345) ~14:52 (scan 47, 4 sec, 3C345) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Since this schedule includes a spectral line source (G35.02), please switch OFF the phase cal signal! !!! PCAL is OFF for this experiment !!! Good luck with the session! Gabriele 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 2 Nov 2012 Day 307 --- Next scan frequencies: 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 Next BBC frequencies: 162.52 162.52 162.52 162.52 166.52 166.52 166.52 166.52 170.52 170.52 170.52 170.52 174.52 174.52 174.52 174.52 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 12 00 00 3C286 15 16 11 62.0 234.0 1.7 36.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 15 21 12 61.4 235.8 1.8 37.6 300 5 12 00 01 12 06 00 3C286 15 22 12 61.3 236.2 1.8 37.8 48 5 12 06 00 12 11 00 --- 15 27 13 60.6 238.0 1.9 38.7 300 10 12 06 01 12 13 00 3C286 15 29 13 60.3 238.6 2.0 39.0 107 10 12 13 00 12 23 00 --- 15 39 15 58.9 241.9 2.1 40.6 600 19 12 13 01 12 24 00 J1329+3154 15 40 15 59.7 244.4 2.2 42.5 29 19 12 24 00 12 26 00 =1327+321 15 42 15 59.4 245.1 2.2 42.7 120 21 12 24 01 12 26 00 3C286 15 42 15 58.5 242.9 2.2 41.0 -29 21 No stop 12 29 00 --- 15 45 16 58.1 243.8 2.2 41.4 151 24 12 26 01 12 29 00 J1329+3154 15 45 16 58.9 246.0 2.2 43.1 -30 24 No stop 12 31 00 =1327+321 15 47 16 58.6 246.6 2.3 43.4 90 26 12 29 01 12 31 00 3C286 15 47 16 57.8 244.4 2.3 41.7 -29 26 No stop 12 34 00 --- 15 50 16 57.4 245.3 2.3 42.1 151 29 12 31 01 12 35 00 J1329+3154 15 51 16 58.0 247.7 2.3 43.8 30 29 12 35 00 12 37 00 =1327+321 15 53 17 57.8 248.3 2.4 44.1 120 31 12 35 01 12 37 00 3C286 15 53 17 56.9 246.2 2.4 42.4 -29 31 No stop 12 40 00 --- 15 56 17 56.5 247.1 2.4 42.8 151 34 12 37 01 12 40 00 J1329+3154 15 56 17 57.3 249.2 2.4 44.4 -30 34 No stop 12 42 00 =1327+321 15 58 18 57.0 249.7 2.5 44.6 90 36 12 40 01 12 42 00 3C286 15 58 18 56.2 247.6 2.4 43.0 -29 36 No stop 12 45 00 --- 16 01 18 55.7 248.5 2.5 43.3 151 39 12 42 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 2 Nov 2012 Day 307 --- 12 46 00 J1329+3154 16 02 18 56.4 250.8 2.5 45.0 30 39 12 46 00 12 48 00 =1327+321 16 04 19 56.1 251.4 2.6 45.2 120 41 12 46 01 12 48 00 3C286 16 04 19 55.3 249.3 2.5 43.6 -29 41 No stop 12 51 00 --- 16 07 19 54.9 250.1 2.6 43.9 151 44 12 48 01 12 51 00 J1329+3154 16 07 19 55.7 252.2 2.6 45.4 -30 44 No stop 12 53 00 =1327+321 16 09 19 55.3 252.7 2.6 45.6 90 45 12 51 01 12 53 00 3C286 16 09 19 54.6 250.7 2.6 44.1 -29 45 No stop 12 56 00 --- 16 12 20 54.1 251.5 2.7 44.4 151 48 12 53 01 12 57 00 J1329+3154 16 13 20 54.7 253.7 2.7 45.9 30 48 12 57 00 12 59 00 =1327+321 16 15 20 54.4 254.2 2.7 46.1 120 50 12 57 01 12 59 00 3C286 16 15 20 53.6 252.2 2.7 44.6 -29 50 No stop 13 02 00 --- 16 18 21 53.2 253.0 2.8 44.8 151 53 12 59 01 13 02 00 J1329+3154 16 18 21 54.0 255.0 2.8 46.3 -29 53 No stop 13 04 00 =1327+321 16 20 21 53.7 255.5 2.8 46.4 91 55 13 02 01 13 04 00 3C286 16 20 21 52.9 253.5 2.8 45.0 -28 55 No stop 13 07 00 --- 16 23 22 52.4 254.3 2.9 45.2 152 58 13 04 01 13 08 00 J1329+3154 16 24 22 53.0 256.5 2.9 46.7 31 58 13 08 00 13 10 00 =1327+321 16 26 22 52.7 257.0 2.9 46.8 120 60 13 08 01 13 10 00 3C286 16 26 22 52.0 255.0 2.9 45.4 -28 60 No stop 13 13 00 --- 16 29 23 51.5 255.8 3.0 45.6 152 63 13 10 01 13 13 00 J1329+3154 16 29 23 52.3 257.7 3.0 47.0 -29 63 No stop 13 15 00 =1327+321 16 31 23 52.0 258.2 3.0 47.1 91 65 13 13 01 13 15 00 3C286 16 31 23 51.2 256.2 3.0 45.7 -28 65 No stop 13 18 00 --- 16 34 24 50.7 257.0 3.0 45.9 152 68 13 15 01 13 19 00 J1329+3154 16 35 24 51.3 259.1 3.1 47.3 31 68 13 19 00 13 21 00 =1327+321 16 37 24 51.0 259.6 3.1 47.4 120 70 13 19 01 13 21 00 3C286 16 37 24 50.3 257.7 3.1 46.1 -28 70 No stop 13 24 00 --- 16 40 25 49.8 258.4 3.1 46.2 152 73 13 21 01 13 24 00 J1329+3154 16 40 25 50.5 260.2 3.2 47.5 -29 73 No stop 13 27 00 =1327+321 16 43 25 50.1 260.9 3.2 47.6 151 75 13 24 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 4 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 2 Nov 2012 Day 307 --- 13 32 00 3C345 16 48 26 79.2 185.2 0.1 4.3 84 75 13 32 00 13 34 00 --- 16 50 26 79.2 187.2 0.1 6.0 120 77 13 32 01 13 35 00 3C345 16 51 26 79.2 188.3 0.1 6.8 44 77 13 35 00 13 39 00 --- 16 55 27 79.1 192.3 0.2 10.1 240 81 13 35 01 13 47 00 J1856+0610 17 03 28 39.7 142.0 -1.9 -23.2 299 81 13 47 00 13 49 30 =1854+061 17 05 59 40.0 142.8 -1.9 -22.8 150 84 13 47 01 13 49 30 G35.02 17 05 59 36.4 145.5 -1.8 -21.1 -36 84 No stop 13 52 30 --- 17 08 59 36.6 146.4 -1.8 -20.6 144 87 13 49 31 13 53 30 J1856+0610 17 09 59 40.3 144.0 -1.8 -22.1 24 87 13 53 30 13 56 00 =1854+061 17 12 30 40.6 144.7 -1.7 -21.7 150 89 13 53 31 13 56 00 G35.02 17 12 30 36.9 147.4 -1.7 -20.1 -36 89 No stop 13 59 00 --- 17 15 30 37.2 148.3 -1.7 -19.5 144 92 13 56 01 14 00 00 J1856+0610 17 16 30 40.9 146.0 -1.7 -21.0 24 92 14 00 00 14 02 30 =1854+061 17 19 01 41.2 146.7 -1.6 -20.5 150 94 14 00 01 14 02 30 G35.02 17 19 01 37.5 149.3 -1.6 -18.9 -36 94 No stop 14 05 30 --- 17 22 01 37.7 150.2 -1.5 -18.4 144 97 14 02 31 14 06 30 J1856+0610 17 23 02 41.5 148.0 -1.6 -19.8 23 97 14 06 30 14 09 00 =1854+061 17 25 32 41.7 148.8 -1.5 -19.4 150 100 14 06 31 14 09 00 G35.02 17 25 32 38.0 151.3 -1.5 -17.8 -36 100 No stop 14 12 00 --- 17 28 32 38.2 152.2 -1.4 -17.3 144 103 14 09 01 14 13 00 J1856+0610 17 29 33 42.0 150.0 -1.5 -18.6 23 103 14 13 00 14 15 30 =1854+061 17 32 03 42.2 150.8 -1.4 -18.2 150 105 14 13 01 14 15 30 G35.02 17 32 03 38.5 153.2 -1.4 -16.6 -36 105 No stop 14 18 30 --- 17 35 03 38.7 154.2 -1.3 -16.1 144 108 14 15 31 14 19 30 J1856+0610 17 36 04 42.5 152.1 -1.4 -17.4 23 108 14 19 30 14 22 00 =1854+061 17 38 34 42.7 152.9 -1.3 -16.9 150 110 14 19 31 14 22 00 G35.02 17 38 34 38.9 155.3 -1.3 -15.4 -37 110 No stop 14 24 30 --- 17 41 04 39.1 156.0 -1.2 -15.0 113 113 14 22 01 14 25 30 J1856+0610 17 42 05 43.0 154.1 -1.3 -16.2 23 113 14 25 30 14 28 00 =1854+061 17 44 35 43.1 154.9 -1.2 -15.7 150 115 14 25 31 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 5 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 2 Nov 2012 Day 307 --- 14 28 00 G35.02 17 44 35 39.3 157.1 -1.2 -14.3 -37 115 No stop 14 31 00 --- 17 47 36 39.5 158.1 -1.1 -13.7 143 118 14 28 01 14 32 00 J1856+0610 17 48 36 43.4 156.2 -1.1 -14.9 23 118 14 32 00 14 34 30 =1854+061 17 51 06 43.6 157.0 -1.1 -14.4 150 120 14 32 01 14 34 30 G35.02 17 51 06 39.7 159.2 -1.1 -13.1 -37 120 No stop 14 37 30 --- 17 54 07 39.9 160.1 -1.0 -12.5 143 123 14 34 31 14 38 30 J1856+0610 17 55 07 43.8 158.4 -1.0 -13.6 23 123 14 38 30 14 41 00 =1854+061 17 57 37 44.0 159.2 -1.0 -13.1 150 126 14 38 31 14 49 00 3C345 18 05 38 72.1 241.2 1.4 46.5 258 126 14 49 00 14 51 00 --- 18 07 39 71.8 242.0 1.4 46.9 120 128 14 49 01 14 52 00 3C345 18 08 39 71.6 242.5 1.4 47.2 47 128 14 52 00 14 56 00 --- 18 12 40 71.1 244.1 1.5 48.1 240 132 14 52 01 14 58 00 3C345 18 14 40 70.8 244.9 1.5 48.5 107 132 14 58 00 15 00 00 --- 18 16 40 70.5 245.6 1.6 48.9 120 134 14 58 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess312.M512 --- 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: 8 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 128 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = B D B D B D B D B D B D B D B D The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. LO sum= 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 BBC fr= 162.52 162.52 162.52 162.52 166.52 166.52 166.52 166.52 170.52 170.52 170.52 170.52 174.52 174.52 174.52 174.52 Bandwd= 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 Matching frequency sets: 1 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Network Monitoring 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) * G35.02 18 51 29.130363 * 18 54 00.658000 18 54 39.675320 0.00 01 57 30.58416 * 02 01 19.23000 02 02 32.51573 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.392 scan and 9.175 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 * J1329+3154 13 27 34.876202 * 13 29 52.864907 13 30 27.336639 0.03 1327+321 32 09 38.80944 * 31 54 11.05454 31 50 12.04090 0.04 J1329+31 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 488 Observations 0.417 scan and 10.657 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 J1331+3030 13 28 49.657759 * 13 31 08.288051 13 31 42.959261 0.19 * 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 26 34.80427 0.17 1328+307 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 GSFC 2010a astro solution 276 Observations 0.883 scan and 22.927 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 23.705439 0.81 * 3C345 39 54 10.81494 * 39 48 36.99400 39 47 25.87413 0.54 1641+399 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 52595 Observations 0.233 scan and 6.528 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 * J1856+0610 18 54 05.027093 * 18 56 31.838755 18 57 09.637339 0.75 1854+061 06 06 17.24085 * 06 10 16.76535 06 11 34.03861 0.97 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 32 Observations 0.375 scan and 10.500 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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) G35.02 67.0 J1329+3154 49.1 3C286 47.7 3C345 62.7 J1856+0610 68.9 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