COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Ftp test Exp. Code: F13K2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Ciriaco Goddi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: goddi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: K-band ftp test for session 3/2013 1 Gbps, 2-bit sampling, 16 MHz filters COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the K-band ftp fringe-test on 16 October 2013, involving 14[?] antennas: Eb Jb2 On20 Mc Nt Tr Ys Mh Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh. The ftp test uses a setup with 1 Gbps and consists of integrations on strong calibrators like 4C39.25 (~8.3 Jy at 15 GHz from MOJAVE) and J1310+3220 (~2.5 Jy at 22GHz from EVLA POLCAL Database). on a strong source 0234+285 - a standard fringe finder. There are three ftp fringe-test scans (1) 12:09:00 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, 4C39.25) (2) 12:55:00 UT (scan 25, 2 sec, 4C39.25) (3) 13:49:00 UT (scan 49, 2 sec, J0923+3849) See you on Skype group chat and Good luck with the session! Ciriaco Skype account: ciriaco.goddi Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 Ftp test 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 16 Oct 2013 Day 289 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 107.49 107.49 107.49 107.49 139.49 139.49 139.49 139.49 171.49 171.49 171.49 171.49 203.49 203.49 203.49 203.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 12 00 00 4C39.25 15 31 24 -16.6 305.8 6.1 D 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 04 00 --- 15 35 25 -17.3 305.5 6.1 D 0.0 0 31 12 00 01 12 06 00 4C39.25 15 37 25 -17.7 305.4 6.2 D 0.0 100 31 12 06 00 12 10 00 --- 15 41 26 -18.4 305.1 6.2 D 0.0 0 62 12 06 01 12 12 00 4C39.25 15 43 26 -18.8 305.0 6.3 D 0.0 100 62 12 12 00 12 17 00 --- 15 48 27 -19.7 304.7 6.3 D 0.0 0 101 12 12 01 12 19 00 4C39.25 15 50 28 -20.1 304.5 6.4 D 0.0 100 101 12 19 00 12 23 00 --- 15 54 28 -20.8 304.3 6.4 D 0.0 0 132 12 19 01 12 25 00 4C39.25 15 56 29 -21.2 304.2 6.5 D 0.0 100 132 12 25 00 12 30 00 --- 16 01 29 -22.1 303.9 6.6 D 0.0 0 170 12 25 01 12 34 00 3C84 16 05 30 -71.8 27.7-11.3 D 0.0 -139 170 12 34 00 12 38 00 --- 16 09 31 -71.4 29.7-11.2 D 0.0 0 201 12 34 01 12 40 00 3C84 16 11 31 -71.2 30.6-11.2 D 0.0 100 201 12 40 00 12 44 00 --- 16 15 32 -70.7 32.4-11.1 D 0.0 0 232 12 40 01 12 47 00 3C84 16 18 32 -70.3 33.6-11.0 D 0.0 160 232 12 47 00 12 54 00 --- 16 25 33 -69.4 36.4-10.9 D 0.0 0 286 12 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess313.K1024 --- 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: 10 Station: HART Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 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 = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 Setup file default. LO sum= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 107.49 107.49 107.49 107.49 139.49 139.49 139.49 139.49 171.49 171.49 171.49 171.49 203.49 203.49 203.49 203.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 14 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Ftp test 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) J0319+4130 03 16 29.567260 * 03 19 48.160090 03 20 45.675515 1.30 0316+413 41 19 51.91699 * 41 30 42.10412 41 33 37.23183 2.72 * 3C84 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 GSFC 2011A astro solution 9957 Observations 0.250 scan and 16.500 baseline hours in setup: sess313.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 2 3 6 8 9 12 13 15 19 J0927+3902 09 23 55.319217 * 09 27 03.013938 09 27 54.363949 0.13 0923+392 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 58 31.14766 0.10 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 239566 observations 0.367 scan and 24.200 baseline hours in setup: sess313.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 18 19 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) 3C84 138.9 4C39.25 73.2 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