COVER INFORMATION Station: PUSH (Code Pu ) Experiment: Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields Exp. Code: gl038a Schedule Version: 1.10 Processed by SCHED version: 11.10 Version 11.1 Beta of about April 26, 201 PI: Andrei Lobanov Address: MPIfR Bonn Auf dem Huegel 69 53121 Bonn, Germany Phone: +49 228 525 191 EMAIL: alobanov@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: +49 228 525 229 Phone during observation: +7 903 661 48 65 Observing mode: L-band, dual-pol Notes: L-band, Radioastron-compatible frequency setup P-CAL is ON Tsys is ON, auto-level (AGC) is ON Please, send Mk5 disk packs to MPIfR-Bonn Schedule for PUSH (Code Pu ) Page 2 Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 Oct 2013 Day 298 --- ---------- The following is to control the GBTS tracking station recorder ---------- Next scan frequencies: 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 Next BBC frequencies: 178.00 178.00 178.00 178.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 00 21 00 FAKERA 05 05 45 53.3 8.3 -6.9 -69.6 0 0 00 21 00 00 30 30 --- 05 15 16 53.5 8.4 -6.8 -71.9 570 18 00 21 01 00 31 00 FAKERA 05 15 47 53.5 8.4 -6.7 -72.0 10 18 00 31 00 00 40 30 --- 05 25 18 53.7 8.5 -6.6 -74.3 570 37 00 31 01 00 41 00 FAKERA 05 25 48 53.8 8.5 -6.6 -74.4 10 37 00 41 00 00 50 30 --- 05 35 20 54.0 8.6 -6.4 -76.7 570 55 00 41 01 00 51 00 FAKERA 05 35 50 54.0 8.6 -6.4 -76.8 10 55 00 51 00 01 00 30 --- 05 45 21 54.2 8.7 -6.3 -79.2 570 73 00 51 01 01 01 00 FAKERA 05 45 51 54.2 8.7 -6.2 -79.3 10 73 01 01 00 01 11 00 --- 05 55 53 54.4 8.7 -6.1 -81.7 600 92 01 01 01 ---------- The following is to control the GBTS tracking station recorder ---------- 02 18 00 FAKERA 07 03 04 55.9 8.7 -5.0 -98.5 4000 92 02 18 00 02 27 30 --- 07 12 36 56.1 8.7 -4.8 -100.9 570 111 02 18 01 02 28 00 FAKERA 07 13 06 56.1 8.7 -4.8 -101.0 10 111 02 28 00 02 37 30 --- 07 22 37 56.3 8.6 -4.6 -103.5 570 129 02 28 01 02 38 00 FAKERA 07 23 07 56.3 8.6 -4.6 -103.6 10 129 02 38 00 02 47 30 --- 07 32 39 56.5 8.5 -4.5 -106.0 570 147 02 38 01 02 48 00 FAKERA 07 33 09 56.5 8.5 -4.5 -106.2 10 147 02 48 00 02 57 30 --- 07 42 41 56.7 8.4 -4.3 -108.6 570 165 02 48 01 02 58 00 FAKERA 07 43 11 56.7 8.4 -4.3 -108.8 10 165 02 58 00 03 08 00 --- 07 53 12 57.0 8.2 -4.1 -111.4 600 185 02 58 01 ---------- The following is to control the GBTS tracking station recorder ---------- 04 15 00 FAKERA 09 00 23 58.2 6.8 -3.0 -129.3 4000 185 04 15 00 04 24 30 --- 09 09 55 58.4 6.6 -2.8 -131.9 570 203 04 15 01 04 25 00 FAKERA 09 10 25 58.4 6.6 -2.8 -132.0 10 203 04 25 00 04 34 30 --- 09 19 57 58.6 6.3 -2.7 -134.6 570 221 04 25 01 Schedule for PUSH (Code Pu ) Page 3 Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 Oct 2013 Day 298 --- 04 35 00 FAKERA 09 20 27 58.6 6.3 -2.7 -134.8 10 221 04 35 00 04 44 30 --- 09 29 58 58.7 6.0 -2.5 -137.4 570 239 04 35 01 04 45 00 FAKERA 09 30 28 58.7 6.0 -2.5 -137.5 10 239 04 45 00 04 54 30 --- 09 40 00 58.9 5.7 -2.3 -140.2 570 258 04 45 01 04 55 00 FAKERA 09 40 30 58.9 5.6 -2.3 -140.3 10 258 04 55 00 05 05 00 --- 09 50 32 59.0 5.3 -2.2 -143.1 600 277 04 55 01 ---------- The following is to control the GBTS tracking station recorder ---------- 06 12 00 FAKERA 10 57 43 59.7 2.7 -1.0 -162.0 4000 277 06 12 00 06 21 30 --- 11 07 14 59.7 2.3 -0.9 -164.8 570 295 06 12 01 06 22 00 FAKERA 11 07 44 59.7 2.3 -0.9 -164.9 10 295 06 22 00 06 31 30 --- 11 17 16 59.8 1.9 -0.7 -167.6 570 313 06 22 01 06 32 00 FAKERA 11 17 46 59.8 1.9 -0.7 -167.8 10 313 06 32 00 06 41 30 --- 11 27 17 59.8 1.5 -0.6 -170.5 570 332 06 32 01 06 42 00 FAKERA 11 27 47 59.8 1.4 -0.5 -170.6 10 332 06 42 00 06 51 30 --- 11 37 19 59.9 1.0 -0.4 -173.4 570 350 06 42 01 06 52 00 FAKERA 11 37 49 59.9 1.0 -0.4 -173.5 10 350 06 52 00 07 02 00 --- 11 47 51 59.9 0.6 -0.2 -176.4 600 369 06 52 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: ra18cm2.set --- 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: 25 Station: PUSH Total bit rate: 256 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1490.00 1490.00 1490.00 1490.00 Net SB= U L U L IF SB = U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 2 2 BBC SB= U L U L IF = A A B B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 22 Setup file default. LO sum= 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 BBC fr= 178.00 178.00 178.00 178.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 22 23 25 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * FAKERA 11 57 21.769299 * 12 00 00.000000 12 00 25.374091 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 55 09.02682 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for a TS to look at J0841+7053 08 36 21.556645 * 08 41 24.365283 08 42 47.118679 0.31 * 0836+710 71 04 22.42740 * 70 53 42.17302 70 50 18.47640 0.10 J0841+70 ./gl038a.sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 4322 observations SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline FAKERA ra18cm2.set 22 6.883 0.000 0836+710 ra18cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 22 + 14.333 3318.856 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) FAKERA 97.7 0836+710 98.0 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