COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12X3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: Jun YANG Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6cm NME for session 3/2012 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: Four ftp tests are scheduled: ~12:08:00 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, J1751+0939/1749+096) ~12:54:00 UT (scan 7, 2 sec, J1751+0939/1749+096) ~14:31:00 UT (scan 46, 2 sec, 3C454.3) ~14:59:00 UT (scan 49, 4 sec, 3C454.3) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Jun YANG Skype: uaoagn Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 1 Nov 2012 Day 306 --- 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: 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 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 12 00 00 J1751+0939 15 31 17 43.8 488.1 -2.3 -34.7 0 0 12 00 00 12 04 00 =1749+096 15 35 18 44.3 489.2 -2.3 -34.1 240 15 12 00 04 12 05 00 J1751+0939 15 36 18 44.5 489.5 -2.3 -33.9 57 15 12 05 00 12 09 00 =1749+096 15 40 19 45.0 490.6 -2.2 -33.3 240 31 12 05 04 12 11 00 J1751+0939 15 42 19 45.3 491.2 -2.2 -32.9 117 31 12 11 00 12 19 00 =1749+096 15 50 21 46.3 493.6 -2.0 -31.6 480 62 12 11 04 12 20 00 J1751+0939 15 51 21 46.5 493.9 -2.0 -31.4 57 62 12 20 00 12 28 00 =1749+096 15 59 22 47.5 496.4 -1.9 -29.9 480 93 12 20 04 12 29 00 J1751+0939 16 00 22 47.6 496.7 -1.9 -29.7 57 93 12 29 00 12 37 00 =1749+096 16 08 23 48.6 499.3 -1.7 -28.1 480 124 12 29 04 12 38 00 J1751+0939 16 09 24 48.7 499.7 -1.7 -27.9 57 124 12 38 00 12 46 00 =1749+096 16 17 25 49.6 502.4 -1.6 -26.2 480 155 12 38 04 12 47 00 J1751+0939 16 18 25 49.7 502.7 -1.6 -26.0 57 155 12 47 00 12 55 00 =1749+096 16 26 26 50.5 505.5 -1.4 -24.2 480 186 12 47 04 12 57 00 J1751+0939 16 28 27 50.7 506.2 -1.4 -23.7 117 186 12 57 00 13 05 00 =1749+096 16 36 28 51.5 509.1 -1.3 -21.8 480 217 12 57 04 13 09 00 J1925+2106 16 40 29 48.7 470.6 -2.8 -45.7 184 217 13 09 00 13 12 00 =1923+210 16 43 29 49.2 471.4 -2.7 -45.4 180 228 13 09 04 13 12 30 J1925+2106 16 43 59 49.2 471.5 -2.7 -45.3 27 228 13 12 30 13 13 30 =1923+210 16 44 59 49.4 471.7 -2.7 -45.2 60 232 13 12 34 13 14 00 J1931+2243 16 45 30 49.7 468.7 -2.8 -47.1 22 232 13 14 00 13 16 00 =1929+226 16 47 30 50.0 469.2 -2.7 -46.9 120 240 13 14 04 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 1 Nov 2012 Day 306 --- 13 16 30 J1925+2106 16 48 00 49.9 472.5 -2.6 -44.9 22 240 13 16 30 13 17 30 =1923+210 16 49 00 50.1 472.8 -2.6 -44.8 60 244 13 16 34 13 18 00 J1931+2243 16 49 30 50.4 469.7 -2.7 -46.7 22 244 13 18 00 13 20 00 =1929+226 16 51 31 50.7 470.2 -2.7 -46.5 120 252 13 18 04 13 20 30 J1925+2106 16 52 01 50.6 473.5 -2.6 -44.5 22 252 13 20 30 13 21 30 =1923+210 16 53 01 50.7 473.8 -2.6 -44.4 60 255 13 20 34 13 22 00 J1931+2243 16 53 31 51.1 470.7 -2.6 -46.3 22 255 13 22 00 13 24 00 =1929+226 16 55 31 51.4 471.2 -2.6 -46.1 120 263 13 22 04 13 24 30 J1925+2106 16 56 01 51.2 474.6 -2.5 -44.0 22 263 13 24 30 13 25 30 =1923+210 16 57 01 51.4 474.9 -2.5 -43.9 60 267 13 24 34 13 26 00 J1931+2243 16 57 32 51.7 471.7 -2.6 -45.9 22 267 13 26 00 13 28 00 =1929+226 16 59 32 52.1 472.3 -2.5 -45.7 120 275 13 26 04 13 28 30 J1925+2106 17 00 02 51.9 475.7 -2.4 -43.5 22 275 13 28 30 13 29 30 =1923+210 17 01 02 52.0 476.0 -2.4 -43.4 60 279 13 28 34 13 30 00 J1931+2243 17 01 32 52.4 472.8 -2.5 -45.5 22 279 13 30 00 13 32 00 =1929+226 17 03 32 52.7 473.3 -2.5 -45.2 120 286 13 30 04 13 32 30 J1925+2106 17 04 03 52.5 476.8 -2.4 -43.0 22 286 13 32 30 13 33 30 =1923+210 17 05 03 52.7 477.1 -2.4 -42.9 60 290 13 32 34 13 34 00 J1931+2243 17 05 33 53.0 473.9 -2.4 -45.0 22 290 13 34 00 13 36 00 =1929+226 17 07 33 53.4 474.4 -2.4 -44.8 120 298 13 34 04 13 36 30 J1925+2106 17 08 03 53.1 477.9 -2.3 -42.5 22 298 13 36 30 13 37 30 =1923+210 17 09 03 53.3 478.2 -2.3 -42.3 60 302 13 36 34 13 38 00 J1931+2243 17 09 33 53.7 475.0 -2.4 -44.5 22 302 13 38 00 13 40 00 =1929+226 17 11 34 54.0 475.5 -2.3 -44.2 120 310 13 38 04 13 40 30 J1925+2106 17 12 04 53.8 479.1 -2.2 -41.9 21 310 13 40 30 13 41 30 =1923+210 17 13 04 53.9 479.4 -2.2 -41.8 60 314 13 40 34 13 42 00 J1931+2243 17 13 34 54.3 476.1 -2.3 -44.0 22 314 13 42 00 13 44 00 =1929+226 17 15 34 54.7 476.7 -2.3 -43.7 120 321 13 42 04 13 44 30 J1925+2106 17 16 05 54.4 480.3 -2.2 -41.3 21 321 13 44 30 13 45 30 =1923+210 17 17 05 54.5 480.6 -2.2 -41.1 60 325 13 44 34 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 1 Nov 2012 Day 306 --- 13 46 00 J1931+2243 17 17 35 55.0 477.2 -2.2 -43.4 21 325 13 46 00 13 48 00 =1929+226 17 19 35 55.3 477.8 -2.2 -43.1 120 333 13 46 04 13 48 30 J1925+2106 17 20 05 55.0 481.5 -2.1 -40.7 21 333 13 48 30 13 49 30 =1923+210 17 21 05 55.2 481.8 -2.1 -40.5 60 337 13 48 34 13 50 00 J1931+2243 17 21 35 55.6 478.4 -2.2 -42.8 21 337 13 50 00 13 52 00 =1929+226 17 23 36 55.9 479.0 -2.1 -42.5 120 344 13 50 04 13 52 30 J1925+2106 17 24 06 55.6 482.8 -2.0 -40.0 21 344 13 52 30 13 53 30 =1923+210 17 25 06 55.8 483.1 -2.0 -39.8 60 348 13 52 34 13 54 00 J1931+2243 17 25 36 56.2 479.6 -2.1 -42.2 21 348 13 54 00 13 56 00 =1929+226 17 27 36 56.5 480.3 -2.1 -41.9 120 356 13 54 04 13 56 30 J1925+2106 17 28 07 56.2 484.1 -2.0 -39.3 21 356 13 56 30 13 57 30 =1923+210 17 29 07 56.4 484.4 -2.0 -39.1 60 360 13 56 34 13 58 00 J1931+2243 17 29 37 56.8 480.9 -2.0 -41.6 21 360 13 58 00 14 00 00 =1929+226 17 31 37 57.2 481.5 -2.0 -41.2 120 368 13 58 04 14 00 30 J1925+2106 17 32 07 56.8 485.4 -1.9 -38.6 21 368 14 00 30 14 01 30 =1923+210 17 33 07 56.9 485.7 -1.9 -38.4 60 372 14 00 34 14 02 00 J1931+2243 17 33 37 57.5 482.2 -2.0 -40.9 21 372 14 02 00 14 04 00 =1929+226 17 35 38 57.8 482.8 -1.9 -40.5 120 379 14 02 04 14 04 30 J1925+2106 17 36 08 57.4 486.7 -1.8 -37.8 21 379 14 04 30 14 05 30 =1923+210 17 37 08 57.5 487.1 -1.8 -37.6 60 383 14 04 34 14 06 00 J1931+2243 17 37 38 58.1 483.5 -1.9 -40.2 21 383 14 06 00 14 08 00 =1929+226 17 39 38 58.4 484.2 -1.9 -39.8 120 391 14 06 04 14 08 30 J1925+2106 17 40 08 57.9 488.1 -1.8 -37.0 21 391 14 08 30 14 09 30 =1923+210 17 41 09 58.1 488.5 -1.8 -36.8 60 395 14 08 34 14 10 00 J1931+2243 17 41 39 58.7 484.8 -1.8 -39.4 21 395 14 10 00 14 12 00 =1929+226 17 43 39 58.9 485.5 -1.8 -39.0 120 403 14 10 04 14 12 30 J1925+2106 17 44 09 58.5 489.5 -1.7 -36.1 21 403 14 12 30 14 13 30 =1923+210 17 45 09 58.6 489.9 -1.7 -35.9 60 406 14 12 34 14 14 00 J1931+2243 17 45 39 59.2 486.2 -1.8 -38.6 21 406 14 14 00 14 16 00 =1929+226 17 47 40 59.5 487.0 -1.7 -38.2 120 414 14 14 04 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 1 Nov 2012 Day 306 --- 14 16 30 J1925+2106 17 48 10 59.0 491.0 -1.6 -35.2 21 414 14 16 30 14 17 30 =1923+210 17 49 10 59.2 491.4 -1.6 -35.0 60 418 14 16 34 14 18 00 J1931+2243 17 49 40 59.8 487.7 -1.7 -37.7 21 418 14 18 00 14 20 00 =1929+226 17 51 40 60.1 488.4 -1.7 -37.3 120 426 14 18 04 14 20 30 J1925+2106 17 52 10 59.6 492.5 -1.6 -34.3 21 426 14 20 30 14 21 30 =1923+210 17 53 11 59.7 492.9 -1.6 -34.1 60 430 14 20 34 14 22 00 J1931+2243 17 53 41 60.4 489.2 -1.6 -36.8 21 430 14 22 00 14 24 00 =1929+226 17 55 41 60.6 489.9 -1.6 -36.4 120 437 14 22 04 14 27 30 3C454.3 17 59 12 22.7 449.3 -4.9 -47.9 129 437 14 27 30 14 32 30 --- 18 04 12 23.6 450.1 -4.8 -47.9 300 457 14 27 34 14 35 00 3C454.3 18 06 43 24.1 450.6 -4.8 -47.9 147 457 14 35 00 14 43 00 --- 18 14 44 25.5 452.0 -4.7 -47.9 480 488 14 35 04 14 43 30 3C454.3 18 15 14 25.6 452.1 -4.7 -47.9 27 488 14 43 30 14 51 30 --- 18 23 16 27.0 453.5 -4.5 -47.8 480 519 14 43 34 14 52 00 3C454.3 18 23 46 27.1 453.6 -4.5 -47.8 27 519 14 52 00 15 00 00 --- 18 31 47 28.5 455.1 -4.4 -47.7 480 550 14 52 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess312.X512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/freq.dat: mc_x changed Maccaferri (CR 30Jan01) Setup group: 3 Station: MEDICINA 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= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 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= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. 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= 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 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 Matching frequency sets: 4 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 -- 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) * J1751+0939 17 49 10.387930 * 17 51 32.818573 17 52 09.173820 0.00 1749+096 09 39 42.82591 * 09 39 00.72846 09 39 04.87773 0.01 J1751+09 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 121343 Observations 0.933 scan and 83.200 baseline hours in setup: sess312.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 * J1925+2106 19 23 49.792391 * 19 25 59.605354 19 26 33.126488 0.01 1923+210 21 00 23.30496 * 21 06 26.16204 21 08 19.69755 0.01 J1925+21 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 29033 Observations 0.350 scan and 31.601 baseline hours in setup: sess312.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 * J1931+2243 19 29 16.894890 * 19 31 24.916784 19 31 58.001969 0.02 1929+226 22 37 06.35059 * 22 43 31.25861 22 45 30.96903 0.03 J1931+22 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 2349 Observations 0.600 scan and 54.400 baseline hours in setup: sess312.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 J2253+1608 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747937 22 54 37.370320 0.76 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34811 * 16 08 53.56094 16 13 17.39017 0.74 2251+158 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 GSFC 2010a astro solution 39550 Observations 0.483 scan and 43.983 baseline hours in setup: sess312.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 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) J1751+0939 56.0 J1925+2106 81.4 J1931+2243 83.1 3C454.3 128.6 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