COVER INFORMATION Station: YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment N13C3 Exp. Code: N13C3 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Jun YANG Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and FT Fringe Test for Session 3/2013 512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and FTP fringe-test N13C3 on 21 Oct 2013 involving 15 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Mc Nt Tr Ys Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh Ir. There are also separate names for stations to test their new backends: Md and Td -- Medicina and Torun DBBC backends. Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the 3-hour experiment: 02:39:00 UT -- scan 2, 1 sec, 4C39.25 03:35:40 UT -- scan 20, 2 sec, 4C39.25 04:32:40 UT -- scan 38, 2 sec, 4C39.25 05:29:00 UT -- scan 56, 2 sec, 4C39.25 Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Jun Yang Support Scientist, JIVE Skype: uaoagn Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment N13C3 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 21 Oct 2013 Day 294 --- 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: 808.49 808.49 808.49 808.49 824.49 824.49 824.49 824.49 840.49 840.49 840.49 840.49 856.49 856.49 856.49 856.49 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 02 30 00 4C39.25 04 16 28 32.2 63.9 -5.2 -61.4 0 0 02 30 00 02 35 00 --- 04 21 29 33.1 64.5 -5.1 -61.9 300 19 02 30 01 02 36 00 4C39.25 04 22 29 33.2 64.6 -5.1 -62.0 45 19 02 36 00 02 40 00 --- 04 26 30 33.9 65.0 -5.0 -62.4 240 35 02 36 01 02 44 00 4C39.25 04 30 31 34.6 65.5 -5.0 -62.8 225 35 02 44 00 02 50 00 --- 04 36 32 35.7 66.1 -4.9 -63.4 360 58 02 44 01 02 50 30 J0923+3849 04 37 02 36.3 66.8 -4.8 -63.6 14 58 02 50 30 02 52 30 =0920+390 04 39 02 36.7 67.0 -4.8 -63.8 120 66 02 50 31 02 53 00 4C39.25 04 39 32 36.2 66.4 -4.8 -63.7 14 66 02 53 00 02 55 00 --- 04 41 32 36.5 66.6 -4.8 -63.8 120 74 02 53 01 02 55 30 J0923+3849 04 42 02 37.2 67.3 -4.7 -64.1 14 74 02 55 30 02 57 30 =0920+390 04 44 03 37.5 67.6 -4.7 -64.3 120 81 02 55 31 02 58 00 4C39.25 04 44 33 37.1 67.0 -4.7 -64.1 14 81 02 58 00 03 00 00 --- 04 46 33 37.4 67.2 -4.7 -64.3 120 89 02 58 01 03 00 30 J0923+3849 04 47 03 38.1 67.9 -4.6 -64.6 14 89 03 00 30 03 02 30 =0920+390 04 49 04 38.4 68.1 -4.6 -64.7 120 97 03 00 31 03 03 00 4C39.25 04 49 34 37.9 67.5 -4.6 -64.6 14 97 03 03 00 03 05 00 --- 04 51 34 38.3 67.7 -4.6 -64.8 120 105 03 03 01 03 05 30 J0923+3849 04 52 04 39.0 68.4 -4.5 -65.0 14 105 03 05 30 03 07 30 =0920+390 04 54 04 39.3 68.6 -4.5 -65.2 120 112 03 05 31 03 08 00 4C39.25 04 54 34 38.8 68.0 -4.6 -65.1 14 112 03 08 00 03 10 00 --- 04 56 35 39.2 68.2 -4.5 -65.2 120 120 03 08 01 03 10 30 J0923+3849 04 57 05 39.8 68.9 -4.5 -65.5 14 120 03 10 30 03 12 30 =0920+390 04 59 05 40.2 69.1 -4.4 -65.6 120 128 03 10 31 03 13 00 4C39.25 04 59 35 39.7 68.5 -4.5 -65.5 14 128 03 13 00 03 15 00 --- 05 01 36 40.1 68.8 -4.4 -65.7 120 135 03 13 01 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment N13C3 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 21 Oct 2013 Day 294 --- 03 15 30 J0923+3849 05 02 06 40.7 69.5 -4.4 -65.9 14 135 03 15 30 03 17 30 =0920+390 05 04 06 41.1 69.7 -4.3 -66.1 120 143 03 15 31 03 18 00 4C39.25 05 04 36 40.6 69.1 -4.4 -66.0 14 143 03 18 00 03 20 00 --- 05 06 36 40.9 69.3 -4.4 -66.1 120 151 03 18 01 03 20 30 J0923+3849 05 07 07 41.6 70.0 -4.3 -66.3 14 151 03 20 30 03 22 30 =0920+390 05 09 07 42.0 70.2 -4.2 -66.5 120 159 03 20 31 03 23 00 4C39.25 05 09 37 41.5 69.6 -4.3 -66.4 14 159 03 23 00 03 25 00 --- 05 11 37 41.8 69.8 -4.3 -66.6 120 166 03 23 01 03 25 30 J0923+3849 05 12 07 42.5 70.5 -4.2 -66.8 14 166 03 25 30 03 27 30 =0920+390 05 14 08 42.9 70.7 -4.2 -67.0 120 174 03 25 31 03 28 00 4C39.25 05 14 38 42.4 70.1 -4.2 -66.8 14 174 03 28 00 03 30 00 --- 05 16 38 42.7 70.3 -4.2 -67.0 120 182 03 28 01 03 30 40 4C39.25 05 17 18 42.9 70.4 -4.2 -67.1 25 182 03 30 40 03 36 40 --- 05 23 19 43.9 71.0 -4.1 -67.6 360 205 03 30 41 03 40 40 4C39.25 05 27 20 44.7 71.4 -4.0 -67.9 225 205 03 40 40 03 46 40 --- 05 33 21 45.7 72.0 -3.9 -68.4 360 228 03 40 41 03 47 10 J0923+3849 05 33 51 46.4 72.8 -3.8 -68.6 14 228 03 47 10 03 49 10 =0920+390 05 35 51 46.8 73.0 -3.8 -68.8 120 236 03 47 11 03 49 40 4C39.25 05 36 21 46.3 72.3 -3.9 -68.7 14 236 03 49 40 03 51 40 --- 05 38 22 46.7 72.5 -3.8 -68.9 120 244 03 49 41 03 52 10 J0923+3849 05 38 52 47.4 73.3 -3.8 -69.0 14 244 03 52 10 03 54 10 =0920+390 05 40 52 47.7 73.5 -3.7 -69.2 120 252 03 52 11 03 54 40 4C39.25 05 41 22 47.2 72.9 -3.8 -69.1 14 252 03 54 40 03 56 40 --- 05 43 22 47.6 73.1 -3.7 -69.3 120 259 03 54 41 03 57 10 J0923+3849 05 43 53 48.3 73.8 -3.7 -69.4 14 259 03 57 10 03 59 10 =0920+390 05 45 53 48.6 74.0 -3.6 -69.6 120 267 03 57 11 03 59 40 4C39.25 05 46 23 48.1 73.4 -3.7 -69.5 14 267 03 59 40 04 01 40 --- 05 48 23 48.5 73.6 -3.7 -69.7 120 275 03 59 41 04 02 10 J0923+3849 05 48 53 49.2 74.3 -3.6 -69.8 14 275 04 02 10 04 04 10 =0920+390 05 50 54 49.6 74.5 -3.6 -70.0 120 283 04 02 11 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment N13C3 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 21 Oct 2013 Day 294 --- 04 04 40 4C39.25 05 51 24 49.0 73.9 -3.6 -69.9 14 283 04 04 40 04 06 40 --- 05 53 24 49.4 74.1 -3.6 -70.1 120 290 04 04 41 04 07 10 J0923+3849 05 53 54 50.1 74.8 -3.5 -70.2 14 290 04 07 10 04 09 10 =0920+390 05 55 55 50.5 75.0 -3.5 -70.4 120 298 04 07 11 04 09 40 4C39.25 05 56 25 49.9 74.4 -3.5 -70.3 14 298 04 09 40 04 11 40 --- 05 58 25 50.3 74.6 -3.5 -70.5 120 306 04 09 41 04 12 10 J0923+3849 05 58 55 51.0 75.3 -3.4 -70.6 14 306 04 12 10 04 14 10 =0920+390 06 00 55 51.4 75.6 -3.4 -70.7 120 314 04 12 11 04 14 40 4C39.25 06 01 25 50.9 74.9 -3.4 -70.7 14 314 04 14 40 04 16 40 --- 06 03 26 51.2 75.1 -3.4 -70.9 120 321 04 14 41 04 17 10 J0923+3849 06 03 56 51.9 75.9 -3.3 -71.0 14 321 04 17 10 04 19 10 =0920+390 06 05 56 52.3 76.1 -3.3 -71.1 120 329 04 17 11 04 19 40 4C39.25 06 06 26 51.8 75.4 -3.4 -71.1 14 329 04 19 40 04 21 40 --- 06 08 27 52.1 75.6 -3.3 -71.3 120 337 04 19 41 04 22 10 J0923+3849 06 08 57 52.9 76.4 -3.3 -71.3 14 337 04 22 10 04 24 10 =0920+390 06 10 57 53.2 76.6 -3.2 -71.5 120 344 04 22 11 04 24 40 4C39.25 06 11 27 52.7 75.9 -3.3 -71.5 14 344 04 24 40 04 26 40 --- 06 13 27 53.1 76.1 -3.2 -71.7 120 352 04 24 41 04 27 20 4C39.25 06 14 08 53.2 76.2 -3.2 -71.7 25 352 04 27 20 04 33 20 --- 06 20 08 54.3 76.8 -3.1 -72.2 360 375 04 27 21 04 37 20 4C39.25 06 24 09 55.0 77.2 -3.1 -72.5 225 375 04 37 20 04 43 20 --- 06 30 10 56.2 77.8 -3.0 -72.9 360 399 04 37 21 04 43 50 J0923+3849 06 30 40 56.9 78.6 -2.9 -72.9 14 399 04 43 50 04 45 50 =0920+390 06 32 41 57.3 78.9 -2.9 -73.0 120 406 04 43 51 04 46 20 4C39.25 06 33 11 56.7 78.1 -2.9 -73.1 14 406 04 46 20 04 48 20 --- 06 35 11 57.1 78.3 -2.9 -73.3 120 414 04 46 21 04 48 50 J0923+3849 06 35 41 57.8 79.2 -2.8 -73.2 14 414 04 48 50 04 50 50 =0920+390 06 37 41 58.2 79.4 -2.8 -73.4 120 422 04 48 51 04 51 20 4C39.25 06 38 11 57.7 78.7 -2.8 -73.5 14 422 04 51 20 04 53 20 --- 06 40 12 58.0 78.9 -2.8 -73.6 120 430 04 51 21 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Page 5 Network Monitoring Experiment N13C3 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 21 Oct 2013 Day 294 --- 04 53 50 J0923+3849 06 40 42 58.8 79.7 -2.7 -73.6 14 430 04 53 50 04 55 50 =0920+390 06 42 42 59.2 79.9 -2.7 -73.7 120 437 04 53 51 04 56 20 4C39.25 06 43 12 58.6 79.2 -2.7 -73.8 14 437 04 56 20 04 58 20 --- 06 45 13 59.0 79.4 -2.7 -73.9 120 445 04 56 21 04 58 50 J0923+3849 06 45 43 59.7 80.2 -2.6 -73.9 14 445 04 58 50 05 00 50 =0920+390 06 47 43 60.1 80.4 -2.6 -74.0 120 453 04 58 51 05 01 20 4C39.25 06 48 13 59.5 79.7 -2.7 -74.2 14 453 05 01 20 05 03 20 --- 06 50 13 59.9 79.9 -2.6 -74.3 120 461 05 01 21 05 03 50 J0923+3849 06 50 44 60.7 80.8 -2.6 -74.2 14 461 05 03 50 05 05 50 =0920+390 06 52 44 61.0 81.0 -2.5 -74.3 120 468 05 03 51 05 06 20 4C39.25 06 53 14 60.5 80.2 -2.6 -74.5 14 468 05 06 20 05 08 20 --- 06 55 14 60.8 80.4 -2.5 -74.6 120 476 05 06 21 05 08 50 J0923+3849 06 55 44 61.6 81.3 -2.5 -74.5 14 476 05 08 50 05 10 50 =0920+390 06 57 45 62.0 81.5 -2.4 -74.6 120 484 05 08 51 05 11 20 4C39.25 06 58 15 61.4 80.8 -2.5 -74.8 14 484 05 11 20 05 13 20 --- 07 00 15 61.8 81.0 -2.5 -74.9 120 492 05 11 21 05 13 50 J0923+3849 07 00 45 62.5 81.9 -2.4 -74.8 14 492 05 13 50 05 15 50 =0920+390 07 02 45 62.9 82.1 -2.4 -74.9 120 499 05 13 51 05 16 20 4C39.25 07 03 16 62.3 81.3 -2.4 -75.1 14 499 05 16 20 05 18 20 --- 07 05 16 62.7 81.5 -2.4 -75.2 120 507 05 16 21 05 18 50 J0923+3849 07 05 46 63.5 82.4 -2.3 -75.1 14 507 05 18 50 05 20 50 =0920+390 07 07 46 63.9 82.7 -2.3 -75.2 120 515 05 18 51 05 21 20 4C39.25 07 08 16 63.3 81.8 -2.3 -75.4 14 515 05 21 20 05 23 20 --- 07 10 17 63.7 82.1 -2.3 -75.5 120 523 05 21 21 05 24 00 4C39.25 07 10 57 63.8 82.1 -2.3 -75.6 25 523 05 24 00 05 30 00 --- 07 16 58 64.9 82.8 -2.2 -75.9 360 546 05 24 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess313.C512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: ys40_6cm P. de Vicente (apr09) Setup group: 5 Station: YEBES40M 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= 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 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 = A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 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= 808.49 808.49 808.49 808.49 824.49 824.49 824.49 824.49 840.49 840.49 840.49 840.49 856.49 856.49 856.49 856.49 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: 8 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, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Network Monitoring Experiment N13C3 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) * J0923+3849 09 20 06.318435 * 09 23 14.452935 09 24 06.090765 0.13 0920+390 39 02 32.11175 * 38 49 39.91002 38 45 52.12158 0.10 J0923+38 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 3755 observations 0.800 scan and 93.100 baseline hours in setup: sess313.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 17 J0927+3902 09 23 55.319217 * 09 27 03.013938 09 27 54.493311 0.13 0923+392 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 58 30.24957 0.10 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 239566 observations 1.550 scan and 198.000 baseline hours in setup: sess313.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 17 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) J0923+3849 78.0 4C39.25 77.4 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