COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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: 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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 40 59 52.8 440.9 -3.3 -64.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 08 00 =1758+388 14 49 01 54.3 442.0 -3.2 -65.0 480 31 12 00 04 12 10 00 J1800+3848 14 51 01 54.6 442.3 -3.2 -65.1 117 31 12 10 00 12 20 00 =1758+388 15 01 03 56.4 443.8 -3.0 -65.5 600 70 12 10 04 12 25 00 3C345 15 06 04 71.4 456.2 -1.6 -67.3 267 70 12 25 00 12 28 00 --- 15 09 04 72.0 457.0 -1.6 -67.1 180 81 12 25 04 12 28 00 NRAO512 15 09 04 72.4 457.7 -1.5 -66.8 -5 81 No stop 12 32 00 --- 15 13 05 73.1 458.7 -1.5 -66.5 235 97 12 28 04 12 32 00 3C345 15 13 05 72.7 457.9 -1.5 -66.8 -5 97 No stop 12 34 00 --- 15 15 05 73.0 458.5 -1.5 -66.6 115 105 12 32 04 12 34 00 NRAO512 15 15 05 73.5 459.2 -1.4 -66.3 -5 105 No stop 12 38 00 --- 15 19 06 74.2 460.3 -1.4 -65.8 235 120 12 34 04 12 39 00 3C345 15 20 06 73.9 459.8 -1.4 -66.1 55 120 12 39 00 12 41 00 --- 15 22 06 74.3 460.4 -1.4 -65.9 120 128 12 39 04 12 41 00 NRAO512 15 22 06 74.7 461.2 -1.3 -65.5 -5 128 No stop 12 45 00 --- 15 26 07 75.4 462.5 -1.2 -64.9 235 143 12 41 04 12 45 00 3C345 15 26 07 75.0 461.6 -1.3 -65.4 -5 143 No stop 12 47 00 --- 15 28 07 75.3 462.2 -1.3 -65.1 115 151 12 45 04 12 47 00 NRAO512 15 28 07 75.7 463.1 -1.2 -64.6 -5 151 No stop 12 51 00 --- 15 32 08 76.4 464.5 -1.1 -63.9 235 166 12 47 04 12 52 00 3C345 15 33 08 76.2 463.9 -1.2 -64.3 55 166 12 52 00 12 54 00 --- 15 35 08 76.5 464.6 -1.1 -63.9 120 174 12 52 04 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 35 08 76.9 465.7 -1.1 -63.3 -5 174 No stop 12 58 00 --- 15 39 09 77.6 467.3 -1.0 -62.3 235 190 12 54 04 12 58 00 3C345 15 39 09 77.2 466.1 -1.1 -63.1 -5 190 No stop 13 00 00 --- 15 41 09 77.6 466.9 -1.0 -62.6 115 197 12 58 04 13 00 00 NRAO512 15 41 09 78.0 468.1 -1.0 -61.8 -6 197 No stop 13 04 00 --- 15 45 10 78.6 469.9 -0.9 -60.7 234 213 13 00 04 13 05 00 3C345 15 46 10 78.4 469.1 -1.0 -61.3 54 213 13 05 00 13 07 00 --- 15 48 10 78.8 470.0 -0.9 -60.7 120 221 13 05 04 13 09 00 3C345 15 50 11 79.1 471.0 -0.9 -60.0 117 221 13 09 00 13 17 00 --- 15 58 12 80.4 475.6 -0.8 -56.8 480 252 13 09 04 13 19 00 3C345 16 00 12 80.7 476.9 -0.7 -55.9 117 252 13 19 00 13 22 30 --- 16 03 43 81.3 479.4 -0.7 -54.0 210 265 13 19 04 13 24 30 NRAO512 16 05 43 81.9 483.1 -0.6 -51.0 113 265 13 24 30 13 28 00 --- 16 09 14 82.5 486.3 -0.5 -48.3 210 279 13 24 34 13 28 00 3C345 16 09 14 82.1 483.8 -0.6 -50.4 -7 279 No stop 13 29 30 --- 16 10 44 82.3 485.2 -0.5 -49.3 83 284 13 28 04 13 29 30 NRAO512 16 10 44 82.7 487.8 -0.5 -47.1 -8 284 No stop 13 33 00 --- 16 14 15 83.1 491.7 -0.4 -43.9 202 298 13 29 34 13 34 00 3C345 16 15 15 83.0 489.8 -0.5 -45.5 52 298 13 34 00 13 35 30 --- 16 16 45 83.2 491.5 -0.4 -44.0 90 304 13 34 04 13 37 30 NRAO512 16 18 45 83.7 497.4 -0.4 -38.9 112 304 13 37 30 13 41 00 --- 16 22 16 84.1 502.5 -0.3 -34.4 210 317 13 37 34 13 41 00 3C345 16 22 16 83.9 498.6 -0.4 -37.8 -9 317 No stop 13 42 30 --- 16 23 46 84.0 500.8 -0.3 -35.9 81 323 13 41 04 13 42 30 NRAO512 16 23 46 84.3 504.9 -0.3 -32.3 -10 323 No stop 13 46 00 --- 16 27 17 84.6 510.9 -0.2 -26.8 200 337 13 42 34 13 47 00 3C345 16 28 17 84.5 508.1 -0.3 -29.3 50 337 13 47 00 13 48 30 --- 16 29 47 84.6 510.8 -0.2 -26.9 90 343 13 47 04 13 50 30 NRAO512 16 31 48 85.0 519.7 -0.2 -18.7 109 343 13 50 30 13 54 00 --- 16 35 18 85.1 527.3 -0.1 -11.8 210 356 13 50 34 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 35 18 85.0 521.8 -0.1 -16.9 -11 356 No stop 13 55 30 --- 16 36 48 85.1 525.0 -0.1 -13.9 79 362 13 54 04 13 55 30 NRAO512 16 36 48 85.2 530.6 -0.1 -8.7 -12 362 No stop 13 59 00 --- 16 40 19 85.2 538.7 -0.0 -1.2 198 375 13 55 34 14 00 00 3C345 16 41 19 85.3 535.2 -0.0 -4.4 49 375 14 00 00 14 01 30 --- 16 42 49 85.3 538.7 -0.0 -1.2 90 381 14 00 04 14 03 30 NRAO512 16 44 50 85.2 549.1 0.1 8.4 108 381 14 03 30 14 07 00 --- 16 48 20 85.0 556.8 0.1 15.6 210 395 14 03 34 14 07 00 3C345 16 48 20 85.2 551.4 0.1 10.6 -11 395 No stop 14 08 30 --- 16 49 51 85.1 554.8 0.1 13.7 79 401 14 07 04 14 08 30 NRAO512 16 49 51 85.0 560.0 0.1 18.5 -11 401 No stop 14 12 00 --- 16 53 21 84.7 567.0 0.2 24.9 199 414 14 08 34 14 13 00 3C345 16 54 21 84.9 564.2 0.2 22.4 50 414 14 13 00 14 14 30 --- 16 55 52 84.7 567.1 0.2 25.1 90 420 14 13 04 14 17 30 J1800+3848 16 58 52 77.1 470.9 -1.0 -58.7 47 420 14 17 30 14 22 30 =1758+388 17 03 53 78.0 473.3 -0.9 -57.2 300 439 14 17 34 14 25 30 J1800+3848 17 06 53 78.4 474.9 -0.9 -56.1 177 439 14 25 30 14 35 30 =1758+388 17 16 55 80.0 481.1 -0.7 -51.6 600 478 14 25 34 14 37 30 J1800+3848 17 18 55 80.3 482.5 -0.7 -50.5 117 478 14 37 30 14 52 30 =1758+388 17 33 58 82.4 496.4 -0.4 -39.1 900 536 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: mc6cm Values confirmed by E-mail A.Orfei (JFD 2Oct98) Setup group: 4 Station: MEDICINA 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= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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: 5 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= 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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