COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11M3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Gabriele Surcis Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2011 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 27 October 2011 involving 8 antennas: Eb Wb1 JB2 On25 M. The NME uses a setup typical for methanol spectral line experiments, but with 16 channels, i.e. using both sidebands of all BBCs, and 8 MHz filters. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like OQ208, J2202+4216, J2005+7752 and 3C345 as well as phase-referencing parts with a methanol maser and a continuum source as targets, respectively. Three ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~12:06 (scan 2, 4 sec, 3C345) ~12:57 (scan 17, 4 sec, 3C345) ~14:22 (scan 37, 4 sec, J2005+7752) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Since this schedule includes a spectral line source (W48), please switch OFF the phase cal signal! !!! PCAL is OFF for this experiment !!! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 27 Oct 2011 Day 300 --- Next scan frequencies: 6638.52 6638.52 6638.52 6638.52 6654.52 6654.52 6654.52 6654.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6686.52 6686.52 6686.52 6686.52 Next BBC frequencies: 738.52 738.52 738.52 738.52 754.52 754.52 754.52 754.52 770.52 770.52 770.52 770.52 786.52 786.52 786.52 786.52 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 3C345 22 26 48 22.2 -55.9 5.7 67.3 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 22 31 49 21.3 -55.5 5.8 66.6 300 19 12 00 01 12 06 00 3C345 22 32 49 21.2 -55.4 5.8 66.5 58 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 --- 22 37 50 20.3 -55.0 5.9 65.9 300 39 12 06 01 12 13 00 3C345 22 39 50 19.9 -54.8 5.9 65.6 118 39 12 13 00 12 23 00 --- 22 49 52 18.2 -53.9 6.1 64.3 600 77 12 13 01 12 24 00 3C345 22 50 52 18.0 -53.9 6.1 64.1 58 77 12 24 00 12 25 30 --- 22 52 22 17.7 -53.7 6.2 63.9 90 83 12 24 01 12 25 30 J1640+3946 22 52 22 17.3 -53.5 6.2 63.6 -5 83 No stop 12 28 30 =1638+398 22 55 23 16.8 -53.3 6.2 63.2 175 95 12 25 31 12 28 30 3C345 22 55 23 17.2 -53.5 6.2 63.5 -4 95 No stop 12 30 00 --- 22 56 53 17.0 -53.3 6.2 63.3 86 101 12 28 31 12 30 00 J1640+3946 22 56 53 16.5 -53.1 6.3 63.0 -5 101 No stop 12 33 00 =1638+398 22 59 53 16.0 -52.8 6.3 62.6 175 112 12 30 01 12 34 00 3C345 23 00 54 16.3 -53.0 6.3 62.8 56 112 12 34 00 12 35 30 --- 23 02 24 16.0 -52.8 6.3 62.6 90 118 12 34 01 12 35 30 J1640+3946 23 02 24 15.6 -52.6 6.4 62.3 -5 118 No stop 12 38 30 =1638+398 23 05 24 15.1 -52.3 6.4 61.8 175 130 12 35 31 12 38 30 3C345 23 05 24 15.5 -52.5 6.4 62.2 -4 130 No stop 12 40 00 --- 23 06 55 15.3 -52.4 6.4 62.0 86 135 12 38 31 12 40 00 J1640+3946 23 06 55 14.8 -52.2 6.4 61.6 -5 135 No stop 12 43 00 =1638+398 23 09 55 14.3 -51.9 6.5 61.2 175 147 12 40 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 27 Oct 2011 Day 300 --- 12 44 00 3C345 23 10 55 14.6 -52.0 6.5 61.4 56 147 12 44 00 12 45 30 --- 23 12 25 14.3 -51.9 6.5 61.2 90 153 12 44 01 12 45 30 J1640+3946 23 12 25 13.9 -51.7 6.5 60.9 -5 153 No stop 12 48 30 =1638+398 23 15 26 13.4 -51.4 6.6 60.5 175 165 12 45 31 12 48 30 3C345 23 15 26 13.8 -51.6 6.5 60.8 -4 165 No stop 12 50 00 --- 23 16 56 13.6 -51.4 6.6 60.6 86 170 12 48 31 12 50 00 J1640+3946 23 16 56 13.1 -51.2 6.6 60.3 -5 170 No stop 12 52 30 =1638+398 23 19 27 12.7 -51.0 6.6 59.9 145 180 12 50 01 12 53 30 3C345 23 20 27 13.0 -51.1 6.6 60.1 56 180 12 53 30 12 55 30 --- 23 22 27 12.6 -50.9 6.7 59.9 120 188 12 53 31 12 56 30 3C345 23 23 27 12.5 -50.8 6.7 59.7 58 188 12 56 30 13 00 30 --- 23 27 28 11.8 -50.4 6.7 59.2 240 203 12 56 31 13 01 30 3C345 23 28 28 11.6 -50.3 6.8 59.0 58 203 13 01 30 13 03 30 --- 23 30 28 11.3 -50.1 6.8 58.7 120 211 13 01 31 13 03 30 J1640+3946 23 30 28 10.9 -49.9 6.8 58.4 -4 211 No stop 13 06 30 =1638+398 23 33 29 10.4 -49.6 6.9 58.0 176 223 13 03 31 13 06 30 3C345 23 33 29 10.8 -49.8 6.8 58.3 -4 223 No stop 13 08 30 --- 23 35 29 10.5 -49.6 6.9 58.0 116 230 13 06 31 13 08 30 J1640+3946 23 35 29 10.1 -49.4 6.9 57.7 -4 230 No stop 13 11 30 =1638+398 23 38 30 9.6 -49.0 7.0 57.3 176 242 13 08 31 13 11 30 3C345 23 38 30 10.0 -49.3 6.9 57.6 -4 242 No stop 13 13 30 --- 23 40 30 9.7 -49.1 7.0 57.3 116 250 13 11 31 13 13 30 J1640+3946 23 40 30 9.3 -48.8 7.0 57.0 -4 250 No stop 13 16 30 =1638+398 23 43 31 8.8 -48.5 7.0 56.5 176 261 13 13 31 13 16 30 3C345 23 43 31 9.2 -48.7 7.0 56.9 -4 261 No stop 13 18 30 --- 23 45 31 8.9 -48.5 7.0 56.6 116 269 13 16 31 13 23 30 W48 23 50 32 16.0 261.6 4.8 57.9 -14 269 13 23 30 13 28 30 --- 23 55 33 14.9 262.3 4.9 58.1 286 288 13 23 31 13 28 30 J1907+0127 23 55 33 16.2 261.7 4.8 58.0 -6 288 No stop 13 30 30 =1904+013 23 57 33 15.8 262.0 4.8 58.0 114 296 13 28 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 27 Oct 2011 Day 300 --- 13 31 30 W48 23 58 33 14.3 262.7 4.9 58.2 54 296 13 31 30 13 36 30 --- 00 03 34 13.2 263.4 5.0 58.3 300 315 13 31 31 13 36 30 J1907+0127 00 03 34 14.5 262.8 4.9 58.2 -6 315 No stop 13 38 30 =1904+013 00 05 34 14.1 263.1 5.0 58.3 114 323 13 36 31 13 39 30 W48 00 06 34 12.6 263.8 5.1 58.4 54 323 13 39 30 13 44 30 --- 00 11 35 11.5 264.4 5.2 58.5 300 343 13 39 31 13 44 30 J1907+0127 00 11 35 12.8 263.9 5.1 58.4 -6 343 No stop 13 46 30 =1904+013 00 13 35 12.4 264.2 5.1 58.4 114 350 13 44 31 14 08 30 J2202+4216 00 35 39 57.8 301.2 2.5 97.8 1234 350 14 08 30 14 15 30 =BLLAC 00 42 40 56.5 300.9 2.7 96.3 420 377 14 08 31 14 15 30 J2202+4216 00 42 40 56.5 300.9 2.7 96.3 -2 377 No stop 14 17 30 =BLLAC 00 44 41 56.1 300.8 2.7 95.9 118 385 14 15 31 14 19 30 J2005+7752 00 46 41 34.4 346.2 4.7 102.1 71 385 14 19 30 14 21 30 =2007+777 00 48 41 34.3 346.1 4.7 101.6 120 393 14 19 31 14 22 30 J2005+7752 00 49 41 34.3 346.1 4.7 101.3 58 393 14 22 30 14 25 30 =2007+777 00 52 42 34.1 346.1 4.8 100.6 180 404 14 22 31 14 27 30 J2005+7752 00 54 42 34.0 346.1 4.8 100.1 118 404 14 27 30 14 30 00 =2007+777 00 57 13 33.9 346.0 4.9 99.4 150 414 14 27 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess311M3 Matching groups in /export/jive/surcis/Documents/Schedules_EVNsep11_check/N11M3/n11m3_freq.dat: sh5cm Email from Shen Zhiqiang, 30 Jan 2010 Setup group: 7 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 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 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 6638.52 6638.52 6638.52 6638.52 6654.52 6654.52 6654.52 6654.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6686.52 6686.52 6686.52 6686.52 BBC fr= 738.52 738.52 738.52 738.52 754.52 754.52 754.52 754.52 770.52 770.52 770.52 770.52 786.52 786.52 786.52 786.52 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 = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) * W48 18 59 13.049612 * 19 01 45.500000 19 02 21.968555 0.00 01 09 06.54055 * 01 13 28.00000 01 14 41.93319 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.250 scan and 6.845 baseline hours in setup: sess311M3 J1407+2827 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 31.521076 0.24 1404+286 28 41 29.23518 * 28 27 14.69021 28 23 54.36823 0.35 J1407+28 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba * OQ208 GSFC 2010a astro solution 66201 Observations 0.267 scan and 3.913 baseline hours in setup: sess311M3 * J1640+3946 16 38 48.169688 * 16 40 29.632772 16 40 52.781897 0.01 1638+398 39 52 30.08668 * 39 46 46.02849 39 45 37.41638 0.01 J1640+39 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba NRAO512 GSFC 2010a astro solution 96956 Observations 0.442 scan and 11.052 baseline hours in setup: sess311M3 J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 21.906676 0.81 * 3C345 39 54 10.81494 * 39 48 36.99400 39 47 30.98705 0.54 1641+399 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 52595 Observations 0.717 scan and 19.224 baseline hours in setup: sess311M3 * J1907+0127 19 04 39.788505 * 19 07 11.996263 19 07 48.434208 0.73 1904+013 01 22 24.60117 * 01 27 08.96316 01 28 28.49900 0.91 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 38 Observations 0.133 scan and 2.985 baseline hours in setup: sess311M3 * J2005+7752 20 07 20.430202 * 20 05 30.998530 20 05 03.444046 0.05 2007+777 77 43 58.12303 * 77 52 43.24756 77 55 11.51259 0.01 J2005+77 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 15626 Observations 0.125 scan and 3.269 baseline hours in setup: sess311M3 * J2202+4216 22 00 39.362504 * 22 02 43.291371 22 03 14.173401 0.01 BLLAC 42 02 08.59078 * 42 16 39.97992 42 20 29.83808 0.01 2200+420 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J2202+42 GSFC 2010a astro solution 51107 Observations VR422201 0.150 scan and 3.080 baseline hours in setup: sess311M3 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) W48 74.8 OQ208 41.2 J1640+3946 63.7 3C345 64.0 J1907+0127 76.1 J2005+7752 102.4 J2202+4216 120.1 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