COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11C3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Mehreen Mahmud Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596506 EMAIL: mahmud@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596506 Observing mode: Notes: Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME on 20 Oct 2011 involving 14 antennas: Ef Wb Jb1 On Mc Tr Ys Ur Sh Sv Zc Bd Hh, Irbene The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps, with a few long integrations on J1800+3848 and a phase referencing part with NRAO512 and 3C345. Three ftp tests are scheduled: ~12:18 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, J1800+3848) ~13:14 UT (scan 16, 2 sec, 3C345) ~14:33 UT (scan 35, 2 sec, J1800+3848) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Mehreen Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 20 Oct 2011 Day 293 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 726.49 726.49 726.49 726.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 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 J1800+3848 14 21 56 50.3 85.4 -3.6 -54.4 0 0 12 00 00 12 08 00 =1758+388 14 29 58 51.6 86.9 -3.5 -54.6 480 31 12 00 01 12 10 00 J1800+3848 14 31 58 51.9 87.2 -3.5 -54.6 109 31 12 10 00 12 20 00 =1758+388 14 42 00 53.5 89.1 -3.3 -54.7 600 70 12 10 01 12 25 00 3C345 14 47 00 67.1 106.6 -1.9 -52.5 227 70 12 25 00 12 28 00 --- 14 50 01 67.5 107.5 -1.9 -52.1 180 81 12 25 01 12 28 00 NRAO512 14 50 01 67.9 108.4 -1.8 -51.7 -22 81 No stop 12 32 00 --- 14 54 02 68.5 109.7 -1.8 -51.2 218 97 12 28 01 12 32 00 3C345 14 54 02 68.1 108.8 -1.8 -51.6 -22 97 No stop 12 34 00 --- 14 56 02 68.4 109.4 -1.8 -51.3 98 105 12 32 01 12 34 00 NRAO512 14 56 02 68.8 110.3 -1.7 -50.9 -23 105 No stop 12 38 00 --- 15 00 02 69.4 111.7 -1.7 -50.2 217 120 12 34 01 12 39 00 3C345 15 01 03 69.2 111.1 -1.7 -50.5 38 120 12 39 00 12 41 00 --- 15 03 03 69.5 111.8 -1.7 -50.2 120 128 12 39 01 12 41 00 NRAO512 15 03 03 69.8 112.8 -1.6 -49.7 -23 128 No stop 12 45 00 --- 15 07 04 70.4 114.2 -1.6 -48.9 217 143 12 41 01 12 45 00 3C345 15 07 04 70.1 113.2 -1.6 -49.5 -22 143 No stop 12 47 00 --- 15 09 04 70.3 114.0 -1.6 -49.1 98 151 12 45 01 12 47 00 NRAO512 15 09 04 70.7 115.0 -1.5 -48.6 -24 151 No stop 12 51 00 --- 15 13 05 71.3 116.6 -1.5 -47.7 216 166 12 47 01 12 52 00 3C345 15 14 05 71.1 115.9 -1.5 -48.1 37 166 12 52 00 12 54 00 --- 15 16 05 71.4 116.7 -1.5 -47.7 120 174 12 52 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 20 Oct 2011 Day 293 --- 12 54 00 NRAO512 15 16 05 71.7 117.8 -1.4 -47.0 -24 174 No stop 12 58 00 --- 15 20 06 72.2 119.5 -1.3 -46.0 216 190 12 54 01 12 58 00 3C345 15 20 06 71.9 118.4 -1.4 -46.7 -23 190 No stop 13 00 00 --- 15 22 06 72.2 119.2 -1.4 -46.2 97 197 12 58 01 13 00 00 NRAO512 15 22 06 72.5 120.4 -1.3 -45.5 -25 197 No stop 13 04 00 --- 15 26 07 73.1 122.3 -1.2 -44.4 215 213 13 00 01 13 05 00 3C345 15 27 07 72.9 121.5 -1.3 -44.9 36 213 13 05 00 13 07 00 --- 15 29 07 73.2 122.4 -1.2 -44.3 120 221 13 05 01 13 09 00 3C345 15 31 08 73.4 123.4 -1.2 -43.7 106 221 13 09 00 13 17 00 --- 15 39 09 74.5 127.5 -1.1 -41.0 480 252 13 09 01 13 19 00 3C345 15 41 09 74.7 128.6 -1.0 -40.3 106 252 13 19 00 13 22 30 --- 15 44 40 75.1 130.6 -1.0 -38.9 210 265 13 19 01 13 24 30 NRAO512 15 46 40 75.6 133.4 -0.9 -36.9 92 265 13 24 30 13 28 00 --- 15 50 11 76.0 135.6 -0.8 -35.3 210 279 13 24 31 13 28 00 3C345 15 50 11 75.8 133.9 -0.9 -36.6 -26 279 No stop 13 29 30 --- 15 51 41 76.0 134.9 -0.9 -35.9 64 284 13 28 01 13 29 30 NRAO512 15 51 41 76.2 136.6 -0.8 -34.6 -29 284 No stop 13 33 00 --- 15 55 12 76.6 139.0 -0.8 -32.9 181 298 13 29 31 13 34 00 3C345 15 56 12 76.5 137.9 -0.8 -33.7 33 298 13 34 00 13 35 30 --- 15 57 42 76.6 138.9 -0.8 -32.9 90 304 13 34 01 13 37 30 NRAO512 15 59 42 77.0 142.2 -0.7 -30.4 90 304 13 37 30 13 41 00 --- 16 03 13 77.4 144.9 -0.6 -28.4 210 317 13 37 31 13 41 00 3C345 16 03 13 77.2 142.9 -0.7 -29.9 -28 317 No stop 13 42 30 --- 16 04 43 77.3 144.0 -0.6 -29.1 62 323 13 41 01 13 42 30 NRAO512 16 04 43 77.5 146.0 -0.6 -27.5 -30 323 No stop 13 46 00 --- 16 08 14 77.8 148.9 -0.5 -25.3 180 337 13 42 31 13 47 00 3C345 16 09 14 77.7 147.6 -0.6 -26.3 32 337 13 47 00 13 48 30 --- 16 10 44 77.8 148.8 -0.5 -25.4 90 343 13 47 01 13 50 30 NRAO512 16 12 44 78.2 152.7 -0.5 -22.3 88 343 13 50 30 13 54 00 --- 16 16 15 78.4 155.8 -0.4 -19.8 210 356 13 50 31 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 20 Oct 2011 Day 293 --- 13 54 00 3C345 16 16 15 78.3 153.5 -0.5 -21.6 -29 356 No stop 13 55 30 --- 16 17 45 78.4 154.9 -0.4 -20.6 61 362 13 54 01 13 55 30 NRAO512 16 17 45 78.5 157.1 -0.4 -18.7 -32 362 No stop 13 59 00 --- 16 21 16 78.7 160.4 -0.3 -16.1 178 375 13 55 31 14 00 00 3C345 16 22 16 78.6 159.0 -0.4 -17.3 30 375 14 00 00 14 01 30 --- 16 23 46 78.7 160.4 -0.3 -16.1 90 381 14 00 01 14 03 30 NRAO512 16 25 47 78.9 164.7 -0.3 -12.6 87 381 14 03 30 14 07 00 --- 16 29 17 79.0 168.2 -0.2 -9.7 210 395 14 03 31 14 07 00 3C345 16 29 17 79.0 165.7 -0.2 -11.8 -30 395 No stop 14 08 30 --- 16 30 47 79.0 167.2 -0.2 -10.6 60 401 14 07 01 14 08 30 NRAO512 16 30 47 79.1 169.7 -0.2 -8.5 -33 401 No stop 14 12 00 --- 16 34 18 79.2 173.2 -0.1 -5.6 177 414 14 08 31 14 13 00 3C345 16 35 18 79.2 171.7 -0.1 -6.8 30 414 14 13 00 14 14 30 --- 16 36 48 79.2 173.3 -0.1 -5.6 90 420 14 13 01 14 17 30 J1800+3848 16 39 49 71.5 121.6 -1.3 -44.0 26 420 14 17 30 14 22 30 =1758+388 16 44 50 72.2 123.9 -1.3 -42.6 300 439 14 17 31 14 25 30 J1800+3848 16 47 50 72.6 125.3 -1.2 -41.7 166 439 14 25 30 14 35 30 =1758+388 16 57 52 73.9 130.5 -1.0 -38.4 600 478 14 25 31 14 37 30 J1800+3848 16 59 52 74.1 131.6 -1.0 -37.6 106 478 14 37 30 14 52 30 =1758+388 17 14 55 75.8 140.9 -0.8 -30.9 900 536 14 37 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess311.C512 --- 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: 13 Station: EFLSBERG 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= 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 4240.00 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 726.49 726.49 726.49 726.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 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 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) J1640+3946 16 38 48.169688 * 16 40 29.632772 16 40 52.911254 0.01 1638+398 39 52 30.08668 * 39 46 46.02849 39 45 38.84612 0.01 J1640+39 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba * NRAO512 GSFC 2010a astro solution 96956 Observations 0.867 scan and 70.443 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C512 J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 22.037741 0.81 * 3C345 39 54 10.81494 * 39 48 36.99400 39 47 32.40349 0.54 1641+399 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 52595 Observations 0.642 scan and 50.604 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C512 * J1800+3848 17 58 44.703953 * 18 00 24.765362 18 00 48.187828 0.02 1758+388 38 48 32.47354 * 38 48 30.69752 38 48 49.18341 0.02 J1800+38 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 1963 Observations 0.800 scan and 72.650 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C512 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) NRAO512 65.4 3C345 65.8 J1800+3848 78.0 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