COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Experiment: non-E-series firmware test in parallel to RSY06 Exp. Code: FR042 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Yang, Marecki, Gawronskri, Paragi Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 536 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: +31 521 596 539 Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: realtime e-vlbi Notes: Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 2 non-E-series firmware test in parallel to RSY06 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 14 Nov 2017 Day 318 --- ---------- clock-search ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 09 00 00 J1734+3857 20 39 11 51.9 -65.1 3.1 87.4 0 0 09 00 00 09 10 00 =1732+389 20 49 12 49.9 -64.9 3.2 86.0 600 77 09 00 01 09 11 00 J1734+3857 20 50 12 49.7 -64.9 3.3 85.8 58 77 09 11 00 09 25 00 =1732+389 21 04 15 47.0 -64.5 3.5 83.9 840 185 09 11 01 09 26 00 J1734+3857 21 05 15 46.8 -64.5 3.5 83.8 58 185 09 26 00 09 40 00 =1732+389 21 19 17 44.1 -64.0 3.7 81.9 840 292 09 26 01 09 41 00 J1734+3857 21 20 17 43.9 -64.0 3.8 81.8 58 292 09 41 00 09 55 00 =1732+389 21 34 20 41.2 -63.4 4.0 80.0 840 400 09 41 01 09 56 00 J1734+3857 21 35 20 41.0 -63.4 4.0 79.8 58 400 09 56 00 10 10 00 =1732+389 21 49 22 38.4 -62.7 4.2 78.1 840 508 09 56 01 10 11 00 J1734+3857 21 50 22 38.2 -62.6 4.3 77.9 58 508 10 11 00 10 25 00 =1732+389 22 04 24 35.5 -61.9 4.5 76.2 840 615 10 11 01 10 26 00 J1734+3857 22 05 25 35.3 -61.8 4.5 76.1 58 615 10 26 00 10 40 00 =1732+389 22 19 27 32.7 -61.0 4.7 74.3 840 723 10 26 01 10 41 00 J1734+3857 22 20 27 32.5 -60.9 4.8 74.2 58 723 10 41 00 10 55 00 =1732+389 22 34 29 29.9 -60.0 5.0 72.5 840 831 10 41 01 10 56 00 J1734+3857 22 35 30 29.7 -59.9 5.0 72.3 58 831 10 56 00 11 10 00 =1732+389 22 49 32 27.1 -58.9 5.2 70.6 840 938 10 56 01 11 11 00 J1734+3857 22 50 32 26.9 -58.9 5.3 70.5 58 938 11 11 00 11 25 00 =1732+389 23 04 34 24.4 -57.8 5.5 68.7 840 1046 11 11 01 11 26 00 J1734+3857 23 05 34 24.2 -57.7 5.5 68.6 58 1046 11 26 00 11 40 00 =1732+389 23 19 37 21.7 -56.6 5.7 66.8 840 1154 11 26 01 11 45 00 J2115+2933 23 24 38 62.4 275.4 2.1 78.8 -367 1154 11 45 00 11 55 00 =2113+293 23 34 39 60.2 276.2 2.3 78.4 233 1231 11 45 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 3 non-E-series firmware test in parallel to RSY06 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 14 Nov 2017 Day 318 --- 11 57 00 J2115+2933 23 36 40 59.8 276.4 2.3 78.3 118 1231 11 57 00 12 10 00 =2113+293 23 49 42 57.0 277.6 2.6 77.6 780 1331 11 57 01 12 12 00 J2115+2933 23 51 42 56.6 277.7 2.6 77.5 118 1331 12 12 00 12 25 00 =2113+293 00 04 44 53.8 278.8 2.8 76.8 780 1431 12 12 01 12 27 00 J2115+2933 00 06 45 53.4 279.0 2.8 76.7 118 1431 12 27 00 12 40 00 =2113+293 00 19 47 50.7 280.1 3.1 75.9 780 1531 12 27 01 12 42 00 J2115+2933 00 21 47 50.2 280.3 3.1 75.8 118 1531 12 42 00 12 55 00 =2113+293 00 34 49 47.5 281.3 3.3 75.0 780 1631 12 42 01 12 56 00 J2115+2933 00 35 49 47.3 281.4 3.3 75.0 58 1631 12 56 00 13 00 00 =2113+293 00 39 50 46.5 281.8 3.4 74.7 240 1662 12 56 01 ---------- Gap ---------- 13 02 00 J2115+2933 00 41 50 46.0 281.9 3.4 74.6 118 1662 13 02 00 13 15 00 =2113+293 00 54 52 43.3 283.0 3.6 73.7 780 1762 13 02 01 13 17 00 J2115+2933 00 56 53 42.9 283.2 3.7 73.6 118 1762 13 17 00 13 30 00 =2113+293 01 09 55 40.2 284.3 3.9 72.7 780 1862 13 17 01 13 32 00 J2115+2933 01 11 55 39.8 284.4 3.9 72.6 118 1862 13 32 00 13 45 00 =2113+293 01 24 57 37.1 285.6 4.1 71.7 780 1962 13 32 01 13 47 00 J2115+2933 01 26 58 36.7 285.7 4.2 71.5 118 1962 13 47 00 14 00 00 =2113+293 01 40 00 34.0 286.9 4.4 70.5 780 2062 13 47 01 14 02 00 J2115+2933 01 42 00 33.6 287.0 4.4 70.4 118 2062 14 02 00 14 15 00 =2113+293 01 55 02 30.9 288.2 4.6 69.4 780 2162 14 02 01 14 17 00 J2115+2933 01 57 03 30.5 288.4 4.7 69.2 118 2162 14 17 00 14 30 00 =2113+293 02 10 05 27.9 289.5 4.9 68.2 780 2262 14 17 01 14 32 00 J2115+2933 02 12 05 27.5 289.7 4.9 68.0 118 2262 14 32 00 14 45 00 =2113+293 02 25 07 24.8 290.9 5.1 67.0 780 2362 14 32 01 14 47 00 J2115+2933 02 27 08 24.4 291.1 5.2 66.8 118 2362 14 47 00 15 00 00 =2113+293 02 40 10 21.8 292.4 5.4 65.7 780 2462 14 47 01 15 02 00 J2115+2933 02 42 10 21.4 292.6 5.4 65.5 118 2462 15 02 00 15 15 00 =2113+293 02 55 12 18.9 293.8 5.6 64.3 780 2562 15 02 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 4 non-E-series firmware test in parallel to RSY06 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 14 Nov 2017 Day 318 --- 15 17 00 J2115+2933 02 57 12 18.5 294.0 5.7 64.1 118 2562 15 17 00 15 30 00 =2113+293 03 10 15 16.0 295.4 5.9 62.9 780 2662 15 17 01 15 32 00 J2115+2933 03 12 15 15.6 295.6 5.9 62.7 118 2662 15 32 00 15 45 00 =2113+293 03 25 17 13.1 296.9 6.2 61.5 780 2762 15 32 01 15 47 00 J2115+2933 03 27 17 12.7 297.1 6.2 61.3 118 2762 15 47 00 16 00 00 =2113+293 03 40 20 10.2 298.6 6.4 59.9 780 2862 15 47 01 16 02 00 J2115+2933 03 42 20 9.8 298.8 6.4 59.7 118 2862 16 02 00 16 15 00 =2113+293 03 55 22 7.4 300.3 6.7 58.3 780 2962 16 02 01 16 17 00 J2115+2933 03 57 22 7.0 300.5 6.7 58.1 118 2962 16 17 00 16 30 00 =2113+293 04 10 24 4.7 302.0 6.9 D 56.6 0 3062 16 17 01 19 50 00 J0808+4950 07 30 57 69.9 378.6 -0.7 -155.0 11784 3062 19 50 00 20 02 00 =0804+499 07 42 59 70.6 373.2 -0.4 -162.3 720 3154 19 50 01 20 07 00 J0808+4950 07 48 00 70.9 370.9 -0.4 -165.5 298 3154 20 07 00 20 19 00 =0804+499 08 00 02 71.2 365.0 -0.2 -173.4 720 3246 20 07 01 20 20 00 J0808+4950 08 01 02 71.2 364.5 -0.1 -174.1 58 3246 20 20 00 20 28 30 =0804+499 08 09 34 71.3 360.2 -0.0 -179.7 510 3312 20 20 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess217.C2048e --- 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: 12 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 7 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 0804+499 08 04 58.395749 * 08 08 39.666290 08 09 57.883268 0.16 * J0808+4950 49 59 23.07809 * 49 50 36.53039 49 47 10.81121 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 95712 observations 1732+389 17 32 40.487471 * 17 34 20.578537 17 34 54.271378 0.13 * J1734+3857 38 59 46.93242 * 38 57 51.44310 38 57 29.39513 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 5680 observations 2113+293 21 13 20.577469 * 21 15 29.413456 21 16 14.838657 0.12 * J2115+2933 29 21 06.68464 * 29 33 38.36694 29 38 23.52703 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 43714 observations SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline J0808+4950 sess217.C2048e 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 0.542 22.329 J1734+3857 sess217.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 2.500 165.000 J2115+2933 sess217.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 6.950 424.212 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) J0808+4950 115.2 J1734+3857 65.4 J2115+2933 98.2 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