COVER INFORMATION Station: JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N09K3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 8.10 Bug fixs and minor enhancements PI: Stefanie Muehle Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: muehle@jive.nl Fax: +31-521-596539 Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: Please do NOT use the phase cal signal. Thanks. Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the K-band NME and ftp fringe-test on 26 October 2009. The NME uses a setup that covers the frequency range of the following user experiment EA041 and consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like 3C84 and 3C454.3 as well as several ftp-fringe tests and observations of the H2O maser source W3OH for additional real-time diagnostics at the stations. Note that the transfer times of Noto (estimates given below) govern the schedule of the ftp-tests. The data transfers are scheduled to begin at ~14:15 (scan 02, 16 sec, J1751+09) Nt: 60min ~15:48 (scan 10, 8 sec, W3OH) Nt: 30min ~16:47 (scan 16, 16 sec, 3C454.3) Nt: 60min ~18:56 (scan 28, 8 sec, 3C84) Nt: 30min ~19:44 (scan 33, 16 sec, 3C454.3) Nt: 60min @Effelsberg: Please check whether the cable wrap and thus the long slewing time at 17:15 UT (scan 19) can be avoided by selecting a different topo. Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly and that PCAL is OFF. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Stefanie Schedule for JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 26 Oct 2009 Day 299 --- Next scan frequencies: 22226.05 22226.05 22226.05 22226.05 22242.05 22242.05 22242.05 22242.05 Next BBC frequencies: 146.05 146.05 146.05 146.05 162.05 162.05 162.05 162.05 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 14 00 00 J1751+09 16 11 05 41.9 145.6 -1.7 -20.1 0 1 1 0 14 00 00 14 10 00 --- 16 21 07 42.7 148.8 -1.5 -18.3 600 F 1 19 14 00 04 14 11 00 J1751+09 16 22 07 42.8 149.1 -1.5 -18.2 52 1 1 19 14 11 00 14 16 00 --- 16 27 08 43.2 150.7 -1.4 -17.3 300 F 1 29 14 11 04 14 20 00 J1751+09 16 31 08 43.5 152.0 -1.3 -16.6 226 1 1 29 14 20 00 14 25 00 --- 16 36 09 43.8 153.6 -1.3 -15.6 300 F 1 39 14 20 04 14 26 00 J1751+09 16 37 09 43.9 154.0 -1.2 -15.5 52 1 1 39 14 26 00 14 36 00 --- 16 47 11 44.5 157.3 -1.1 -13.5 600 F 1 58 14 26 04 14 37 00 J1751+09 16 48 11 44.6 157.6 -1.1 -13.4 52 1 1 58 14 37 00 14 47 00 --- 16 58 13 45.1 161.0 -0.9 -11.4 600 F 1 77 14 37 04 14 48 00 J1751+09 16 59 13 45.1 161.4 -0.9 -11.2 52 1 1 77 14 48 00 14 58 00 --- 17 09 14 45.6 164.9 -0.7 -9.1 600 F 1 97 14 48 04 14 59 00 J1751+09 17 10 15 45.6 165.2 -0.7 -8.9 52 1 1 97 14 59 00 15 09 00 --- 17 20 16 45.9 168.7 -0.5 -6.8 600 F 1 116 14 59 04 15 18 00 W3H2O 17 29 18 30.6 22.9 -9.0 -29.6 91 1 1 116 15 18 00 15 28 00 --- 17 39 19 31.2 24.1 -8.8 -31.2 600 F 1 135 15 18 04 15 29 00 W3H2O 17 40 19 31.2 24.2 -8.8 -31.4 54 1 1 135 15 29 00 15 44 00 --- 17 55 22 32.2 25.9 -8.5 -33.8 900 F 1 165 15 29 04 15 45 00 W3H2O 17 56 22 32.3 26.1 -8.5 -34.0 54 1 1 165 15 45 00 15 50 00 --- 18 01 23 32.6 26.6 -8.4 -34.8 300 F 1 174 15 45 04 15 54 00 3C454.3 18 05 24 23.5 94.2 -4.8 -38.4 26 1 1 174 15 54 00 16 04 00 --- 18 15 25 25.0 96.3 -4.7 -38.3 600 F 1 194 15 54 04 16 05 00 3C454.3 18 16 25 25.1 96.5 -4.6 -38.3 53 1 1 194 16 05 00 16 15 00 --- 18 26 27 26.6 98.6 -4.5 -38.0 600 F 1 213 16 05 04 Schedule for JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 26 Oct 2009 Day 299 --- 16 16 00 3C454.3 18 27 27 26.8 98.8 -4.5 -38.0 53 1 1 213 16 16 00 16 26 00 --- 18 37 29 28.2 100.9 -4.3 -37.7 600 F 1 232 16 16 04 16 27 00 3C454.3 18 38 29 28.4 101.2 -4.3 -37.7 53 1 1 232 16 27 00 16 37 00 --- 18 48 31 29.9 103.3 -4.1 -37.3 600 F 1 252 16 27 04 16 38 00 3C454.3 18 49 31 30.0 103.6 -4.1 -37.3 53 1 1 252 16 38 00 16 43 00 --- 18 54 32 30.7 104.7 -4.0 -37.1 300 F 1 261 16 38 04 16 44 00 3C454.3 18 55 32 30.9 104.9 -4.0 -37.0 53 1 1 261 16 44 00 16 49 00 --- 19 00 33 31.6 106.0 -3.9 -36.8 300 F 1 271 16 44 04 16 53 00 3C454.3 19 04 33 32.2 106.9 -3.8 -36.6 228 1 1 271 16 53 00 17 03 00 --- 19 14 35 33.6 109.2 -3.7 -36.0 600 F 1 290 16 53 04 17 04 00 3C454.3 19 15 35 33.7 109.5 -3.6 -36.0 53 1 1 290 17 04 00 17 14 00 --- 19 25 37 35.1 111.8 -3.5 -35.3 600 F 1 310 17 04 04 17 15 00 3C454.3 19 26 37 35.3 112.1 -3.5 -35.3 53 1 1 310 17 15 00 17 25 00 --- 19 36 39 36.7 114.5 -3.3 -34.5 600 F 1 329 17 15 04 17 26 00 3C454.3 19 37 39 36.8 114.8 -3.3 -34.5 53 1 1 329 17 26 00 17 36 00 --- 19 47 40 38.2 117.3 -3.1 -33.6 600 F 1 348 17 26 04 17 37 00 3C454.3 19 48 41 38.3 117.5 -3.1 -33.6 53 1 1 348 17 37 00 17 47 00 --- 19 58 42 39.6 120.1 -2.9 -32.6 600 F 1 368 17 37 04 17 48 00 3C454.3 19 59 42 39.7 120.4 -2.9 -32.5 52 1 1 368 17 48 00 17 58 00 --- 20 09 44 41.0 123.1 -2.7 -31.5 600 F 1 387 17 48 04 17 59 00 3C454.3 20 10 44 41.1 123.4 -2.7 -31.4 52 1 1 387 17 59 00 18 09 00 --- 20 20 46 42.4 126.1 -2.6 -30.2 600 F 1 406 17 59 04 18 10 00 3C454.3 20 21 46 42.5 126.4 -2.5 -30.1 52 1 1 406 18 10 00 18 20 00 --- 20 31 48 43.7 129.3 -2.4 -28.9 600 F 1 426 18 10 04 18 24 00 3C84 20 35 48 26.4 55.0 -6.7 -41.0 6 1 1 426 18 24 00 18 34 00 --- 20 45 50 27.6 56.6 -6.6 -41.9 600 F 1 445 18 24 04 18 35 00 3C84 20 46 50 27.8 56.8 -6.6 -42.0 53 1 1 445 18 35 00 18 45 00 --- 20 56 52 29.0 58.4 -6.4 -42.9 600 F 1 464 18 35 04 18 46 00 3C84 20 57 52 29.2 58.5 -6.4 -43.0 53 1 1 464 18 46 00 18 51 00 --- 21 02 53 29.8 59.3 -6.3 -43.4 300 F 1 474 18 46 04 Schedule for JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 26 Oct 2009 Day 299 --- 18 52 00 3C84 21 03 53 29.9 59.5 -6.3 -43.5 53 1 1 474 18 52 00 18 57 00 --- 21 08 54 30.6 60.2 -6.2 -44.0 300 F 1 484 18 52 04 19 02 00 3C454.3 21 13 54 48.1 142.4 -1.7 -22.4 42 1 1 484 19 02 00 19 12 00 --- 21 23 56 48.9 145.8 -1.5 -20.5 600 F 1 503 19 02 04 19 13 00 3C454.3 21 24 56 49.0 146.1 -1.5 -20.3 52 1 1 503 19 13 00 19 23 00 --- 21 34 58 49.8 149.6 -1.3 -18.4 600 F 1 523 19 13 04 19 24 00 3C454.3 21 35 58 49.9 149.9 -1.3 -18.2 52 1 1 523 19 24 00 19 34 00 --- 21 46 00 50.6 153.5 -1.1 -16.1 600 F 1 542 19 24 04 19 35 00 3C454.3 21 47 00 50.7 153.9 -1.1 -15.9 51 1 1 542 19 35 00 19 40 00 --- 21 52 01 51.0 155.8 -1.0 -14.8 300 F 1 552 19 35 04 19 41 00 3C454.3 21 53 01 51.1 156.1 -1.0 -14.6 51 1 1 552 19 41 00 19 46 00 --- 21 58 02 51.4 158.0 -0.9 -13.5 300 F 1 561 19 41 04 19 50 00 3C454.3 22 02 02 51.6 159.5 -0.9 -12.6 225 1 1 561 19 50 00 20 00 00 --- 22 12 04 52.0 163.3 -0.7 -10.3 600 F 1 581 19 50 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: nme.1cm Matches group j2b1cm in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Guess from NET1A in PC-SCHED, must be using Low patch Setup group: 3 Station: JODRELL2 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= 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. LO sum= 22226.05 22226.05 22226.05 22226.05 22242.05 22242.05 22242.05 22242.05 BBC fr= 146.05 146.05 146.05 146.05 162.05 162.05 162.05 162.05 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- 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) * W3H2O 02 23 17.218138 * 02 27 04.600000 02 27 53.165944 0.00 61 38 57.56242 * 61 52 25.00000 61 55 12.57056 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan hours, 14.000 baseline hours above horizon. J0319+4130 03 16 29.567310 * 03 19 48.160141 03 20 29.913712 0.28 0316+413 41 19 51.91765 * 41 30 42.10477 41 32 57.41668 0.41 * 3C84 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.500 scan hours, 14.000 baseline hours above horizon. J1751+0939 17 49 10.387930 * 17 51 32.818573 17 52 00.771671 0.30 1749+096 09 39 42.82589 * 09 39 00.72844 09 38 58.51649 0.20 * J1751+09 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 1.000 scan hours, 28.000 baseline hours above horizon. J2253+1608 22 51 29.519743 * 22 53 57.747942 22 54 28.440801 0.31 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34806 * 16 08 53.56089 16 12 17.39957 0.20 2251+158 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 3.000 scan hours, 82.833 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) W3H2O 130.6 3C84 146.7 J1751+09 60.7 3C454.3 133.9 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