COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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: 946.39 946.39 946.39 946.39 962.39 962.39 962.39 962.39 978.39 978.39 978.39 978.39 994.39 994.39 994.39 994.39 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 16 40 40 74.2 461.5 -1.3 -65.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 08 00 =1758+388 16 48 41 75.6 464.0 -1.2 -64.0 480 31 12 00 01 12 10 00 J1800+3848 16 50 41 76.0 464.7 -1.2 -63.6 113 31 12 10 00 12 20 00 =1758+388 17 00 43 77.7 468.7 -1.0 -61.4 600 70 12 10 01 12 47 00 NRAO512 17 27 48 80.4 609.3 0.8 D 61.4 1492 70 12 47 00 12 51 00 --- 17 31 48 79.7 611.4 0.8 62.9 0 85 12 47 01 12 52 00 3C345 17 32 48 80.0 610.8 0.8 62.5 46 85 12 52 00 12 54 00 --- 17 34 49 79.6 611.8 0.9 63.2 120 93 12 52 01 12 54 00 NRAO512 17 34 49 79.2 612.8 0.9 63.8 -14 93 No stop 12 58 00 --- 17 38 49 78.5 614.5 1.0 64.8 226 108 12 54 01 12 58 00 3C345 17 38 49 78.9 613.6 0.9 64.3 -13 108 No stop 13 00 00 --- 17 40 50 78.6 614.4 1.0 64.8 107 116 12 58 01 13 00 00 NRAO512 17 40 50 78.1 615.3 1.0 65.3 -14 116 No stop 13 04 00 --- 17 44 50 77.4 616.8 1.1 66.1 226 132 13 00 01 13 05 00 3C345 17 45 51 77.7 616.4 1.0 66.0 47 132 13 05 00 13 07 00 --- 17 47 51 77.4 617.1 1.1 66.3 120 139 13 05 01 13 09 00 3C345 17 49 51 77.0 617.8 1.1 66.7 113 139 13 09 00 13 17 00 --- 17 57 52 75.6 620.3 1.2 67.8 480 170 13 09 01 13 19 00 3C345 17 59 53 75.2 620.9 1.3 68.1 113 170 13 19 00 13 22 30 --- 18 03 23 74.6 621.9 1.3 68.4 210 184 13 19 01 13 24 30 NRAO512 18 05 24 73.8 622.9 1.4 68.7 108 184 13 24 30 13 28 00 --- 18 08 54 73.2 623.8 1.5 69.0 210 197 13 24 31 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 28 00 3C345 18 08 54 73.6 623.3 1.4 68.9 -11 197 No stop 13 29 30 --- 18 10 25 73.3 623.6 1.5 69.0 79 203 13 28 01 13 29 30 NRAO512 18 10 25 72.9 624.1 1.5 69.1 -11 203 No stop 13 33 00 --- 18 13 55 72.3 624.9 1.6 69.3 199 217 13 29 31 13 34 00 3C345 18 14 55 72.5 624.7 1.5 69.3 49 217 13 34 00 13 35 30 --- 18 16 26 72.3 625.0 1.6 69.4 90 223 13 34 01 13 37 30 NRAO512 18 18 26 71.4 625.9 1.6 69.5 109 223 13 37 30 13 41 00 --- 18 21 56 70.8 626.6 1.7 69.6 210 236 13 37 31 13 41 00 3C345 18 21 56 71.3 626.2 1.6 69.6 -11 236 No stop 13 42 30 --- 18 23 27 71.0 626.5 1.7 69.7 79 242 13 41 01 13 42 30 NRAO512 18 23 27 70.5 626.9 1.7 69.7 -11 242 No stop 13 46 00 --- 18 26 57 69.9 627.6 1.8 69.8 199 255 13 42 31 13 47 00 3C345 18 27 57 70.2 627.4 1.7 69.8 49 255 13 47 00 13 48 30 --- 18 29 28 69.9 627.7 1.8 69.8 90 261 13 47 01 13 50 30 NRAO512 18 31 28 69.1 628.5 1.8 69.8 109 261 13 50 30 13 54 00 --- 18 34 59 68.5 629.1 1.9 69.9 210 275 13 50 31 13 54 00 3C345 18 34 59 68.9 628.7 1.9 69.9 -11 275 No stop 13 55 30 --- 18 36 29 68.6 629.0 1.9 70.0 79 281 13 54 01 13 55 30 NRAO512 18 36 29 68.2 629.4 1.9 69.9 -11 281 No stop 13 59 00 --- 18 39 59 67.6 630.0 2.0 69.9 199 294 13 55 31 14 00 00 3C345 18 41 00 67.8 629.8 2.0 70.0 49 294 14 00 00 14 01 30 --- 18 42 30 67.6 630.1 2.0 70.0 90 300 14 00 01 14 03 30 NRAO512 18 44 30 66.7 630.8 2.1 69.9 109 300 14 03 30 14 07 00 --- 18 48 01 66.1 631.3 2.1 69.9 210 314 14 03 31 14 07 00 3C345 18 48 01 66.6 631.0 2.1 69.9 -11 314 No stop 14 08 30 --- 18 49 31 66.3 631.3 2.1 69.9 79 319 14 07 01 14 08 30 NRAO512 18 49 31 65.8 631.6 2.1 69.8 -11 319 No stop 14 12 00 --- 18 53 02 65.2 632.2 2.2 69.8 199 333 14 08 31 14 13 00 3C345 18 54 02 65.5 632.0 2.2 69.9 49 333 14 13 00 14 14 30 --- 18 55 32 65.2 632.2 2.2 69.9 90 339 14 13 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 18 58 32 78.1 610.3 1.0 60.7 132 339 14 17 30 14 22 30 =1758+388 19 03 33 77.2 612.5 1.0 62.1 300 358 14 17 31 14 25 30 J1800+3848 19 06 34 76.7 613.7 1.1 62.8 173 358 14 25 30 14 35 30 =1758+388 19 16 35 75.0 617.2 1.3 64.6 600 397 14 25 31 14 37 30 J1800+3848 19 18 36 74.6 617.8 1.3 64.9 113 397 14 37 30 14 52 30 =1758+388 19 33 38 71.9 622.0 1.5 66.6 900 455 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: 11 Station: ZELENCHK 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= 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 946.39 946.39 946.39 946.39 962.39 962.39 962.39 962.39 978.39 978.39 978.39 978.39 994.39 994.39 994.39 994.39 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 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 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