COVER INFORMATION Station: NT_DBBC (Code Nd ) 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 NT_DBBC (Code Nd ) 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: 773.38 773.38 773.38 773.38 769.38 769.38 769.38 769.38 765.38 765.38 765.38 765.38 761.38 761.38 761.38 761.38 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 48 36 61.0 267.3 2.3 68.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 15 53 37 60.0 268.2 2.4 68.0 300 5 12 00 01 12 06 00 3C286 15 54 37 59.8 268.3 2.4 68.0 58 5 12 06 00 12 11 00 --- 15 59 38 58.8 269.1 2.5 68.1 300 10 12 06 01 12 13 00 3C286 16 01 38 58.4 269.4 2.5 68.1 118 10 12 13 00 12 23 00 --- 16 11 40 56.4 270.9 2.7 68.1 600 19 12 13 01 12 24 00 J1329+3154 16 12 40 56.4 273.6 2.7 70.0 54 19 12 24 00 12 26 00 =1327+321 16 14 40 56.0 273.8 2.7 70.0 120 21 12 24 01 12 26 00 3C286 16 14 40 55.8 271.4 2.7 68.1 -5 21 No stop 12 29 00 --- 16 17 41 55.1 271.8 2.8 68.0 175 24 12 26 01 12 29 00 J1329+3154 16 17 41 55.4 274.2 2.8 69.9 -5 24 No stop 12 31 00 =1327+321 16 19 41 55.0 274.5 2.8 69.8 115 26 12 29 01 12 31 00 3C286 16 19 41 54.7 272.1 2.8 68.0 -5 26 No stop 12 34 00 --- 16 22 42 54.1 272.5 2.8 68.0 175 29 12 31 01 12 35 00 J1329+3154 16 23 42 54.2 275.0 2.9 69.7 55 29 12 35 00 12 37 00 =1327+321 16 25 42 53.8 275.3 2.9 69.7 120 31 12 35 01 12 37 00 3C286 16 25 42 53.5 272.9 2.9 67.9 -5 31 No stop 12 40 00 --- 16 28 43 52.9 273.3 2.9 67.9 175 34 12 37 01 12 40 00 J1329+3154 16 28 43 53.2 275.6 3.0 69.6 -5 34 No stop 12 42 00 =1327+321 16 30 43 52.8 275.9 3.0 69.5 115 36 12 40 01 12 42 00 3C286 16 30 43 52.5 273.6 3.0 67.8 -5 36 No stop 12 45 00 --- 16 33 43 51.9 274.0 3.0 67.8 175 39 12 42 01 Schedule for NT_DBBC (Code Nd ) 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 34 44 52.0 276.4 3.1 69.4 55 39 12 46 00 12 48 00 =1327+321 16 36 44 51.6 276.6 3.1 69.3 120 41 12 46 01 12 48 00 3C286 16 36 44 51.3 274.4 3.1 67.7 -5 41 No stop 12 51 00 --- 16 39 44 50.7 274.8 3.1 67.6 175 44 12 48 01 12 51 00 J1329+3154 16 39 44 51.0 277.0 3.2 69.2 -5 44 No stop 12 53 00 =1327+321 16 41 45 50.6 277.2 3.2 69.1 115 45 12 51 01 12 53 00 3C286 16 41 45 50.3 275.0 3.2 67.6 -5 45 No stop 12 56 00 --- 16 44 45 49.7 275.4 3.2 67.5 175 48 12 53 01 12 57 00 J1329+3154 16 45 45 49.8 277.7 3.3 68.9 55 48 12 57 00 12 59 00 =1327+321 16 47 46 49.4 277.9 3.3 68.8 120 50 12 57 01 12 59 00 3C286 16 47 46 49.1 275.8 3.3 67.4 -5 50 No stop 13 02 00 --- 16 50 46 48.5 276.2 3.3 67.3 175 53 12 59 01 13 02 00 J1329+3154 16 50 46 48.8 278.3 3.3 68.7 -5 53 No stop 13 04 00 =1327+321 16 52 47 48.4 278.5 3.4 68.6 115 55 13 02 01 13 04 00 3C286 16 52 47 48.2 276.4 3.4 67.2 -5 55 No stop 13 07 00 --- 16 55 47 47.6 276.8 3.4 67.1 175 58 13 04 01 13 08 00 J1329+3154 16 56 47 47.6 279.0 3.4 68.4 55 58 13 08 00 13 10 00 =1327+321 16 58 48 47.2 279.2 3.5 68.3 120 60 13 08 01 13 10 00 3C286 16 58 48 47.0 277.2 3.5 67.0 -5 60 No stop 13 13 00 --- 17 01 48 46.4 277.5 3.5 66.9 175 63 13 10 01 13 13 00 J1329+3154 17 01 48 46.6 279.6 3.5 68.2 -5 63 No stop 13 15 00 =1327+321 17 03 48 46.2 279.8 3.6 68.1 115 65 13 13 01 13 15 00 3C286 17 03 48 46.0 277.8 3.5 66.8 -5 65 No stop 13 18 00 --- 17 06 49 45.4 278.1 3.6 66.7 175 68 13 15 01 13 19 00 J1329+3154 17 07 49 45.5 280.2 3.6 67.9 55 68 13 19 00 13 21 00 =1327+321 17 09 49 45.1 280.5 3.7 67.8 120 70 13 19 01 13 21 00 3C286 17 09 49 44.8 278.5 3.6 66.6 -5 70 No stop 13 24 00 --- 17 12 50 44.2 278.9 3.7 66.5 175 73 13 21 01 13 24 00 J1329+3154 17 12 50 44.5 280.8 3.7 67.6 -5 73 No stop 13 27 00 =1327+321 17 15 50 43.9 281.2 3.8 67.5 175 75 13 24 01 Schedule for NT_DBBC (Code Nd ) 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 17 20 51 82.1 294.5 0.6 108.7 220 75 13 32 00 13 34 00 --- 17 22 51 81.7 293.7 0.7 107.5 120 77 13 32 01 13 35 00 3C345 17 23 52 81.6 293.3 0.7 107.0 58 77 13 35 00 13 39 00 --- 17 27 52 80.8 291.9 0.7 105.0 240 81 13 35 01 13 47 00 J1856+0610 17 35 54 54.1 143.9 -1.4 -28.3 269 81 13 47 00 13 49 30 =1854+061 17 38 24 54.4 144.8 -1.3 -27.6 150 84 13 47 01 13 49 30 G35.02 17 38 24 51.0 148.8 -1.3 -24.5 -9 84 No stop 13 52 30 --- 17 41 25 51.3 149.9 -1.2 -23.7 171 87 13 49 31 13 53 30 J1856+0610 17 42 25 54.9 146.4 -1.2 -26.5 51 87 13 53 30 13 56 00 =1854+061 17 44 55 55.2 147.3 -1.2 -25.7 150 89 13 53 31 13 56 00 G35.02 17 44 55 51.6 151.2 -1.2 -22.7 -9 89 No stop 13 59 00 --- 17 47 56 51.9 152.3 -1.1 -21.9 171 92 13 56 01 14 00 00 J1856+0610 17 48 56 55.6 148.9 -1.1 -24.5 51 92 14 00 00 14 02 30 =1854+061 17 51 26 55.8 149.9 -1.1 -23.8 150 94 14 00 01 14 02 30 G35.02 17 51 26 52.2 153.6 -1.1 -20.8 -9 94 No stop 14 05 30 --- 17 54 27 52.5 154.8 -1.0 -20.0 171 97 14 02 31 14 06 30 J1856+0610 17 55 27 56.2 151.6 -1.0 -22.5 51 97 14 06 30 14 09 00 =1854+061 17 57 57 56.5 152.6 -1.0 -21.7 150 100 14 06 31 14 09 00 G35.02 17 57 57 52.8 156.1 -0.9 -18.9 -9 100 No stop 14 12 00 --- 18 00 58 53.0 157.3 -0.9 -18.0 171 103 14 09 01 14 13 00 J1856+0610 18 01 58 56.8 154.3 -0.9 -20.4 51 103 14 13 00 14 15 30 =1854+061 18 04 28 57.0 155.4 -0.9 -19.6 150 105 14 13 01 14 15 30 G35.02 18 04 28 53.3 158.7 -0.8 -16.9 -9 105 No stop 14 18 30 --- 18 07 29 53.5 159.9 -0.8 -16.0 171 108 14 15 31 14 19 30 J1856+0610 18 08 29 57.4 157.1 -0.8 -18.2 50 108 14 19 30 14 22 00 =1854+061 18 10 59 57.6 158.2 -0.8 -17.4 150 110 14 19 31 14 22 00 G35.02 18 10 59 53.7 161.3 -0.7 -14.8 -10 110 No stop 14 24 30 --- 18 13 30 53.9 162.4 -0.7 -14.0 140 113 14 22 01 14 25 30 J1856+0610 18 14 30 57.8 159.8 -0.7 -16.1 50 113 14 25 30 14 28 00 =1854+061 18 17 00 58.0 160.9 -0.7 -15.2 150 115 14 25 31 Schedule for NT_DBBC (Code Nd ) 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 18 17 00 54.1 163.8 -0.6 -12.9 -10 115 No stop 14 31 00 --- 18 20 01 54.3 165.1 -0.6 -11.9 170 118 14 28 01 14 32 00 J1856+0610 18 21 01 58.2 162.8 -0.6 -13.8 50 118 14 32 00 14 34 30 =1854+061 18 23 31 58.4 163.9 -0.6 -12.9 150 120 14 32 01 14 34 30 G35.02 18 23 31 54.4 166.5 -0.5 -10.7 -10 120 No stop 14 37 30 --- 18 26 32 54.6 167.8 -0.5 -9.7 170 123 14 34 31 14 38 30 J1856+0610 18 27 32 58.6 165.8 -0.5 -11.4 50 123 14 38 30 14 41 00 =1854+061 18 30 02 58.7 166.9 -0.5 -10.5 150 126 14 38 31 14 49 00 3C345 18 38 04 67.4 286.2 1.9 88.2 312 126 14 49 00 14 51 00 --- 18 40 04 67.0 286.3 1.9 87.9 120 128 14 49 01 14 52 00 3C345 18 41 04 66.8 286.3 2.0 87.8 58 128 14 52 00 14 56 00 --- 18 45 05 66.1 286.4 2.0 87.2 240 132 14 52 01 14 58 00 3C345 18 47 05 65.7 286.4 2.1 86.9 118 132 14 58 00 15 00 00 --- 18 49 06 65.3 286.5 2.1 86.7 120 134 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: 10 Station: NT_DBBC 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= 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 7435.90 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 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= 773.38 773.38 773.38 773.38 769.38 769.38 769.38 769.38 765.38 765.38 765.38 765.38 761.38 761.38 761.38 761.38 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: 10 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 14.854 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 * 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 17.236 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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 37.032 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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 10.493 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 * 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 16.875 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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