COVER INFORMATION Station: JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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 JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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: 126.49 126.49 126.49 126.49 142.49 142.49 142.49 142.49 158.49 158.49 158.49 158.49 174.49 174.49 174.49 174.49 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 13 45 10 45.0 81.8 -4.3 -49.5 0 0 12 00 00 12 08 00 =1758+388 13 53 11 46.2 83.3 -4.1 -49.7 480 31 12 00 04 12 10 00 J1800+3848 13 55 12 46.5 83.6 -4.1 -49.8 112 31 12 10 00 12 20 00 =1758+388 14 05 13 48.0 85.5 -3.9 -50.0 600 70 12 10 04 12 25 00 3C345 14 10 14 60.9 101.9 -2.6 -49.7 195 70 12 25 00 12 28 00 --- 14 13 15 61.3 102.7 -2.5 -49.5 180 81 12 25 04 12 28 00 NRAO512 14 13 15 61.7 103.4 -2.5 -49.2 -17 81 No stop 12 32 00 --- 14 17 15 62.3 104.4 -2.4 -48.9 223 97 12 28 04 12 32 00 3C345 14 17 15 61.9 103.7 -2.4 -49.2 -16 97 No stop 12 34 00 --- 14 19 16 62.2 104.2 -2.4 -49.0 104 105 12 32 04 12 34 00 NRAO512 14 19 16 62.5 105.0 -2.4 -48.8 -17 105 No stop 12 38 00 --- 14 23 16 63.1 106.1 -2.3 -48.4 223 120 12 34 04 12 41 00 NRAO512 14 26 17 63.6 107.0 -2.2 -48.1 171 120 12 41 00 12 45 00 --- 14 30 18 64.1 108.1 -2.2 -47.7 240 135 12 41 04 12 45 00 3C345 14 30 18 63.8 107.3 -2.2 -48.0 -17 135 No stop 12 47 00 --- 14 32 18 64.1 107.9 -2.2 -47.8 103 143 12 45 04 12 47 00 NRAO512 14 32 18 64.4 108.7 -2.1 -47.5 -17 143 No stop 12 51 00 --- 14 36 19 65.0 109.9 -2.1 -47.0 223 159 12 47 04 12 54 00 NRAO512 14 39 19 65.4 110.9 -2.0 -46.7 171 159 12 54 00 12 58 00 --- 14 43 20 66.0 112.2 -2.0 -46.1 240 174 12 54 04 12 58 00 3C345 14 43 20 65.6 111.3 -2.0 -46.5 -17 174 No stop 13 00 00 --- 14 45 20 65.9 112.0 -2.0 -46.3 103 182 12 58 04 Schedule for JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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 --- 13 00 00 NRAO512 14 45 20 66.2 112.8 -1.9 -45.9 -18 182 No stop 13 04 00 --- 14 49 21 66.8 114.2 -1.9 -45.3 222 197 13 00 04 13 09 00 3C345 14 54 21 67.2 115.0 -1.8 -44.9 283 197 13 09 00 13 17 00 --- 15 02 23 68.2 117.9 -1.7 -43.5 480 228 13 09 04 13 19 00 3C345 15 04 23 68.5 118.7 -1.6 -43.1 111 228 13 19 00 13 22 30 --- 15 07 54 69.0 120.0 -1.6 -42.4 210 242 13 19 04 13 24 30 NRAO512 15 09 54 69.5 121.9 -1.5 -41.4 101 242 13 24 30 13 28 00 --- 15 13 25 69.9 123.4 -1.5 -40.5 210 255 13 24 34 13 28 00 3C345 15 13 25 69.7 122.3 -1.5 -41.2 -18 255 No stop 13 29 30 --- 15 14 55 69.8 122.9 -1.5 -40.8 72 261 13 28 04 13 29 30 NRAO512 15 14 55 70.1 124.0 -1.4 -40.2 -20 261 No stop 13 33 00 --- 15 18 25 70.6 125.6 -1.4 -39.3 190 275 13 29 34 13 37 30 NRAO512 15 22 56 71.1 127.6 -1.3 -38.1 259 275 13 37 30 13 41 00 --- 15 26 27 71.5 129.3 -1.2 -37.0 210 288 13 37 34 13 41 00 3C345 15 26 27 71.3 128.1 -1.3 -37.8 -19 288 No stop 13 42 30 --- 15 27 57 71.4 128.8 -1.3 -37.4 71 294 13 41 04 13 42 30 NRAO512 15 27 57 71.7 130.0 -1.2 -36.6 -21 294 No stop 13 46 00 --- 15 31 28 72.1 131.8 -1.2 -35.5 189 308 13 42 34 13 50 30 NRAO512 15 35 58 72.6 134.1 -1.1 -34.0 259 308 13 50 30 13 54 00 --- 15 39 29 73.0 136.0 -1.0 -32.7 210 321 13 50 34 13 54 00 3C345 15 39 29 72.7 134.6 -1.1 -33.7 -20 321 No stop 13 55 30 --- 15 40 59 72.9 135.4 -1.0 -33.1 70 327 13 54 04 13 55 30 NRAO512 15 40 59 73.1 136.9 -1.0 -32.2 -22 327 No stop 13 59 00 --- 15 44 30 73.5 138.9 -0.9 -30.8 188 341 13 55 34 14 03 30 NRAO512 15 49 00 73.9 141.6 -0.9 -29.0 258 341 14 03 30 14 07 00 --- 15 52 31 74.2 143.7 -0.8 -27.4 210 354 14 03 34 14 07 00 3C345 15 52 31 74.0 142.1 -0.8 -28.6 -21 354 No stop 14 08 30 --- 15 54 01 74.1 143.1 -0.8 -27.9 69 360 14 07 04 14 08 30 NRAO512 15 54 01 74.3 144.7 -0.8 -26.8 -23 360 No stop 14 12 00 --- 15 57 32 74.6 146.9 -0.7 -25.1 187 374 14 08 34 Schedule for JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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 --- 14 17 30 J1800+3848 16 03 03 65.3 113.7 -2.0 -44.7 178 374 14 17 30 14 22 30 =1758+388 16 08 04 65.9 115.4 -1.9 -43.9 300 393 14 17 34 14 25 30 J1800+3848 16 11 04 66.4 116.5 -1.8 -43.4 171 393 14 25 30 14 35 30 =1758+388 16 21 06 67.7 120.2 -1.7 -41.6 600 432 14 25 34 14 37 30 J1800+3848 16 23 06 67.9 120.9 -1.6 -41.2 111 432 14 37 30 14 52 30 =1758+388 16 38 08 69.8 127.2 -1.4 -37.7 900 490 14 37 34 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess311.C512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat: j1b6cm LO from Spencer 05Jun96, must be using Low patch Setup group: 2 Station: JODRELL1 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= 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 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= 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= 126.49 126.49 126.49 126.49 142.49 142.49 142.49 142.49 158.49 158.49 158.49 158.49 174.49 174.49 174.49 174.49 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