COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Expt Exp. Code: N09C3 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 8.10 Bug fixs and minor enhancements 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: C-band NME (256 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8*8 MHz filters) Please send the disk packs by express to JIVE Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 23 Oct 2009 Day 296 --- Next scan frequencies: 4974.49 4974.49 4982.49 4982.49 4990.49 4990.49 4998.49 4998.49 Next BBC frequencies: 774.49 774.49 782.49 782.49 790.49 790.49 798.49 798.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 17 30 00 3C454.3 03 43 51 23.2 275.5 4.8 62.6 0 1 1 0 17 30 00 17 36 00 --- 03 49 52 21.9 276.2 4.9 62.4 360 F 1 12 17 30 01 17 36 00 J2254+1341 03 49 52 20.8 273.9 4.9 61.6 -6 1 1 12 No stop 17 39 00 =2251+134 03 52 52 20.2 274.2 5.0 61.5 174 F 1 17 17 36 01 17 40 00 3C454.3 03 53 52 21.0 276.7 5.0 62.3 54 1 1 17 17 40 00 17 46 00 --- 03 59 53 19.8 277.4 5.1 62.2 360 F 1 29 17 40 01 17 46 00 J2254+1341 03 59 53 18.7 275.1 5.1 61.4 -6 1 1 29 No stop 17 49 00 =2251+134 04 02 54 18.0 275.5 5.1 61.3 174 F 1 35 17 46 01 17 50 00 3C454.3 04 03 54 18.9 277.9 5.2 62.0 54 1 1 35 17 50 00 17 56 00 --- 04 09 55 17.6 278.6 5.3 61.8 360 F 1 46 17 50 01 17 56 00 J2254+1341 04 09 55 16.6 276.3 5.3 61.2 -6 1 1 46 No stop 17 59 00 =2251+134 04 12 55 15.9 276.7 5.3 61.1 174 F 1 52 17 56 01 18 00 00 3C454.3 04 13 55 16.8 279.1 5.3 61.7 54 1 1 52 18 00 00 18 06 00 --- 04 19 56 15.5 279.8 5.4 61.5 360 F 1 64 18 00 01 18 06 00 J2254+1341 04 19 56 14.4 277.6 5.4 60.9 -6 1 1 64 No stop 18 09 00 =2251+134 04 22 57 13.8 277.9 5.5 60.8 174 F 1 70 18 06 01 18 10 00 3C454.3 04 23 57 14.7 280.3 5.5 61.3 54 1 1 70 18 10 00 18 16 00 --- 04 29 58 13.4 281.0 5.6 61.1 360 F 1 81 18 10 01 18 16 00 J2254+1341 04 29 58 12.3 278.8 5.6 60.6 -6 1 1 81 No stop 18 19 00 =2251+134 04 32 59 11.7 279.1 5.6 60.5 174 F 1 87 18 16 01 18 20 00 3C454.3 04 33 59 12.6 281.5 5.7 60.9 54 1 1 87 18 20 00 18 26 00 --- 04 40 00 11.3 282.2 5.8 60.6 360 F 1 99 18 20 01 18 26 00 J2254+1341 04 40 00 10.2 280.0 5.8 60.2 -6 1 1 99 No stop 18 29 00 =2251+134 04 43 00 9.5 280.4 5.8 60.1 174 F 1 105 18 26 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 23 Oct 2009 Day 296 --- 18 34 30 0234+285 04 48 31 61.9 273.8 2.2 77.3 239 1 1 105 18 34 30 18 45 00 --- 04 59 03 59.6 274.9 2.3 76.9 630 F 1 125 18 34 31 18 47 30 3C84 05 01 33 67.2 304.4 1.7 109.2 117 1 1 125 18 47 30 19 00 00 --- 05 14 05 65.0 302.6 1.9 105.5 750 F 1 149 18 47 31 19 02 30 0234+285 05 16 36 55.9 276.6 2.6 76.2 120 1 1 149 19 02 30 19 15 00 --- 05 29 08 53.2 277.7 2.8 75.6 750 F 1 173 19 02 31 19 17 30 3C84 05 31 38 61.8 300.9 2.2 101.1 123 1 1 173 19 17 30 19 30 00 --- 05 44 10 59.5 300.1 2.4 98.3 750 F 1 197 19 17 31 19 32 30 0234+285 05 46 41 49.5 279.3 3.1 74.7 125 1 1 197 19 32 30 19 45 00 --- 05 59 13 46.8 280.4 3.3 74.1 750 F 1 222 19 32 31 19 47 30 3C84 06 01 43 56.2 299.4 2.7 94.8 127 1 1 222 19 47 30 20 00 00 --- 06 14 15 53.9 299.2 2.9 92.5 750 F 1 246 19 47 31 20 02 30 0234+285 06 16 46 43.2 281.9 3.6 73.0 128 1 1 246 20 02 30 20 15 00 --- 06 29 18 40.5 283.0 3.8 72.3 750 F 1 270 20 02 31 20 17 30 3C84 06 31 48 50.6 299.1 3.2 89.5 129 1 1 270 20 17 30 20 30 00 --- 06 44 20 48.3 299.2 3.4 87.5 750 F 1 294 20 17 31 20 32 30 0234+285 06 46 51 36.9 284.6 4.1 71.1 127 1 1 294 20 32 30 20 45 00 --- 06 59 23 34.3 285.7 4.3 70.2 750 F 1 318 20 32 31 20 47 30 3C84 07 01 53 45.0 299.5 3.7 84.8 128 1 1 318 20 47 30 21 00 00 --- 07 14 25 42.7 299.8 3.9 83.0 750 F 1 343 20 47 31 21 02 30 0234+285 07 16 55 30.7 287.3 4.6 69.0 126 1 1 343 21 02 30 21 15 00 --- 07 29 28 28.1 288.4 4.8 68.0 750 F 1 367 21 02 31 21 17 30 3C84 07 31 58 39.4 300.5 4.2 80.5 127 1 1 367 21 17 30 21 30 00 --- 07 44 30 37.1 301.0 4.4 78.8 750 F 1 391 21 17 31 21 32 30 0234+285 07 47 00 24.6 290.1 5.1 66.6 125 1 1 391 21 32 30 21 45 00 --- 07 59 32 22.1 291.3 5.4 65.6 750 F 1 415 21 32 31 21 47 30 3C84 08 02 03 33.9 301.9 4.7 76.3 126 1 1 415 21 47 30 22 00 00 --- 08 14 35 31.6 302.6 4.9 74.6 750 F 1 439 21 47 31 22 02 30 0234+285 08 17 05 18.6 293.0 5.6 64.1 124 1 1 439 22 02 30 22 15 00 --- 08 29 37 16.2 294.3 5.9 63.0 750 F 1 464 22 02 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 23 Oct 2009 Day 296 --- 22 17 30 3C84 08 32 08 28.5 303.6 5.2 72.3 125 1 1 464 22 17 30 22 30 00 --- 08 44 40 26.3 304.5 5.4 70.6 750 F 1 488 22 17 31 22 32 30 0234+285 08 47 10 12.8 296.2 6.1 61.3 123 1 1 488 22 32 30 22 45 00 --- 08 59 42 10.4 297.5 6.4 60.1 750 F 1 512 22 32 31 22 47 30 3C84 09 02 13 23.2 305.8 5.7 68.2 124 1 1 512 22 47 30 23 00 00 --- 09 14 45 21.0 306.7 5.9 66.5 750 F 1 536 22 47 31 23 02 30 0234+285 09 17 15 7.1 299.5 6.6 58.3 123 1 1 536 23 02 30 23 15 00 --- 09 29 47 4.7 301.0 6.9 D 56.9 0 F 1 560 23 02 31 23 17 30 3C84 09 32 18 18.0 308.2 6.2 64.1 124 1 1 560 23 17 30 23 30 00 --- 09 44 50 15.9 309.3 6.4 62.3 750 F 1 584 23 17 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: NME.6CM Matches group sh6cm in ./freq.n09c3 Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 10 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 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 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4974.49 4974.49 4982.49 4982.49 4990.49 4990.49 4998.49 4998.49 BBC fr= 774.49 774.49 782.49 782.49 790.49 790.49 798.49 798.49 Bandwd= 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 = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- Network Monitoring Expt 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) J0237+2848 02 34 55.589591 * 02 37 52.405678 02 38 29.514641 0.23 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40781 * 28 48 08.99006 28 50 52.78287 0.40 J0237+28 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 2.050 scan hours, 132.890 baseline hours above horizon. J0319+4130 03 16 29.567310 * 03 19 48.160141 03 20 29.846326 0.28 0316+413 41 19 51.91765 * 41 30 42.10477 41 32 56.81712 0.41 * 3C84 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 2.083 scan hours, 137.500 baseline hours above horizon. J2253+1608 22 51 29.519743 * 22 53 57.747942 22 54 28.463191 0.31 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34806 * 16 08 53.56089 16 12 17.23975 0.20 2251+158 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.600 scan hours, 39.600 baseline hours above horizon. * J2254+1341 22 51 51.877720 * 22 54 21.016225 22 54 51.915962 0.33 2251+134 13 25 48.97030 * 13 41 48.67553 13 45 11.91693 0.32 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.300 scan hours, 17.341 baseline hours above horizon. 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) 0234+285 159.9 3C84 144.6 3C454.3 136.3 J2254+1341 136.4 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