COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Experiment: L-band 21-cm Ftp test F13L5 Exp. Code: F13L5 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: COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the L-band 21-cm ftp fringe-test on 30 October 2013, involving 11 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur. The ftp test uses a standard setup and consists of long integrations on standard fringe finder calibrators: 3C345 (3.6 Jy at 1.6 GHz) and 2007+777 (0.7 Jy at 1.6 GHz). Two ftp tests are scheduled: ~13:09 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, 3C345 ) ~13:47 UT (scan 6, 4 sec, 2007+777) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. See you on Skype group chat and Good luck with the session! Ciriaco Goddi Support Scientist, JIVE Skype account: ciriaco.goddi Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 2 L-band 21-cm Ftp test F13L5 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 30 Oct 2013 Day 303 --- Next scan frequencies: 1380.00 1380.00 1380.00 1380.00 1396.00 1396.00 1396.00 1396.00 1412.00 1412.00 1412.00 1412.00 1428.00 1428.00 1428.00 1428.00 Next BBC frequencies: 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 166.00 166.00 166.00 166.00 182.00 182.00 182.00 182.00 198.00 198.00 198.00 198.00 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 13 00 00 3C345 16 02 34 75.1 147.9 -0.7 0.0 0 0 13 00 00 13 04 00 --- 16 06 34 75.4 150.7 -0.6 0.0 240 15 13 00 04 13 06 00 3C345 16 08 35 75.6 152.1 -0.6 0.0 109 15 13 06 00 13 10 00 --- 16 12 35 75.9 155.0 -0.5 0.0 240 31 13 06 04 13 12 00 3C345 16 14 36 76.0 156.5 -0.5 0.0 109 31 13 12 00 13 20 00 --- 16 22 37 76.4 162.8 -0.3 0.0 480 62 13 12 04 13 22 00 3C345 16 24 37 76.5 164.4 -0.3 0.0 109 62 13 22 00 13 30 00 --- 16 32 38 76.7 170.9 -0.2 0.0 480 93 13 22 04 13 40 00 2007+777 16 42 40 59.3 18.5 -3.4 0.0 421 93 13 40 00 13 42 00 --- 16 44 40 59.4 18.4 -3.3 0.0 120 101 13 40 04 13 44 00 2007+777 16 46 41 59.5 18.3 -3.3 0.0 109 101 13 44 00 13 48 00 --- 16 50 41 59.7 18.1 -3.2 0.0 240 116 13 44 04 13 50 00 2007+777 16 52 42 59.8 18.0 -3.2 0.0 109 116 13 50 00 14 00 00 --- 17 02 43 60.3 17.5 -3.0 0.0 600 155 13 50 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess313.H512 --- 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: WSTRBORK Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B 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= 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. LO sum= 1380.00 1380.00 1380.00 1380.00 1396.00 1396.00 1396.00 1396.00 1412.00 1412.00 1412.00 1412.00 1428.00 1428.00 1428.00 1428.00 BBC fr= 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 166.00 166.00 166.00 166.00 182.00 182.00 182.00 182.00 198.00 198.00 198.00 198.00 Bandwd= 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 Matching frequency sets: 2 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 -- L-band 21-cm Ftp test F13L5 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) J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 25.574179 0.77 * 3C345 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 47 22.64396 0.52 1641+399 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2011A astro solution 52621 Observations 0.400 scan and 18.000 baseline hours in setup: sess313.H512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 J2005+7752 20 07 20.430170 * 20 05 30.998498 20 04 59.620397 0.48 * 2007+777 77 43 58.12300 * 77 52 43.24753 77 55 35.53550 0.10 J2005+77 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 16337 observations 0.267 scan and 14.667 baseline hours in setup: sess313.H512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 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) 3C345 63.3 2007+777 102.9 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