COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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: 466.49 466.49 466.49 466.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 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 07 15 05 64.8 449.5 -2.2 -68.2 0 0 02 30 00 02 35 00 --- 07 20 06 65.7 450.3 -2.1 -68.2 300 19 02 30 01 02 36 00 4C39.25 07 21 06 65.9 450.5 -2.1 -68.2 54 19 02 36 00 02 40 00 --- 07 25 06 66.6 451.2 -2.0 -68.2 240 35 02 36 01 02 44 00 4C39.25 07 29 07 67.3 452.0 -2.0 -68.1 234 35 02 44 00 02 50 00 --- 07 35 08 68.4 453.1 -1.9 -68.0 360 58 02 44 01 02 50 30 J0923+3849 07 35 38 69.1 454.5 -1.8 -67.4 15 58 02 50 30 02 52 30 =0920+390 07 37 38 69.5 455.0 -1.8 -67.3 120 66 02 50 31 02 53 00 4C39.25 07 38 08 69.0 453.7 -1.8 -67.9 15 66 02 53 00 02 55 00 --- 07 40 09 69.3 454.1 -1.8 -67.8 120 74 02 53 01 02 55 30 J0923+3849 07 40 39 70.0 455.6 -1.7 -67.1 14 74 02 55 30 02 57 30 =0920+390 07 42 39 70.4 456.1 -1.7 -67.0 120 81 02 55 31 02 58 00 4C39.25 07 43 09 69.9 454.8 -1.7 -67.7 15 81 02 58 00 03 00 00 --- 07 45 10 70.2 455.2 -1.7 -67.6 120 89 02 58 01 03 00 30 J0923+3849 07 45 40 70.9 456.8 -1.6 -66.8 14 89 03 00 30 03 02 30 =0920+390 07 47 40 71.3 457.2 -1.6 -66.7 120 97 03 00 31 03 03 00 4C39.25 07 48 10 70.8 455.9 -1.7 -67.5 14 97 03 03 00 03 05 00 --- 07 50 10 71.1 456.3 -1.6 -67.4 120 105 03 03 01 03 05 30 J0923+3849 07 50 41 71.8 458.0 -1.6 -66.5 14 105 03 05 30 03 07 30 =0920+390 07 52 41 72.2 458.5 -1.5 -66.3 120 112 03 05 31 03 08 00 4C39.25 07 53 11 71.7 457.0 -1.6 -67.2 14 112 03 08 00 03 10 00 --- 07 55 11 72.0 457.5 -1.5 -67.0 120 120 03 08 01 03 10 30 J0923+3849 07 55 41 72.7 459.3 -1.5 -66.0 13 120 03 10 30 03 12 30 =0920+390 07 57 42 73.1 459.8 -1.4 -65.8 120 128 03 10 31 03 13 00 4C39.25 07 58 12 72.6 458.3 -1.5 -66.8 14 128 03 13 00 03 15 00 --- 08 00 12 72.9 458.8 -1.5 -66.6 120 135 03 13 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 08 00 42 73.6 460.7 -1.4 -65.5 13 135 03 15 30 03 17 30 =0920+390 08 02 43 74.0 461.2 -1.4 -65.2 120 143 03 15 31 03 18 00 4C39.25 08 03 13 73.5 459.6 -1.4 -66.3 13 143 03 18 00 03 20 00 --- 08 05 13 73.8 460.2 -1.4 -66.1 120 151 03 18 01 03 20 30 J0923+3849 08 05 43 74.5 462.2 -1.3 -64.8 13 151 03 20 30 03 22 30 =0920+390 08 07 43 74.8 462.8 -1.3 -64.5 120 159 03 20 31 03 23 00 4C39.25 08 08 13 74.3 461.0 -1.3 -65.7 13 159 03 23 00 03 25 00 --- 08 10 14 74.7 461.6 -1.3 -65.4 120 166 03 23 01 03 25 30 J0923+3849 08 10 44 75.4 463.8 -1.2 -64.1 12 166 03 25 30 03 27 30 =0920+390 08 12 44 75.7 464.5 -1.2 -63.7 120 174 03 25 31 03 28 00 4C39.25 08 13 14 75.2 462.6 -1.2 -65.0 12 174 03 28 00 03 30 00 --- 08 15 15 75.6 463.3 -1.2 -64.7 120 182 03 28 01 03 30 40 4C39.25 08 15 55 75.7 463.5 -1.2 -64.6 34 182 03 30 40 03 36 40 --- 08 21 56 76.7 465.6 -1.1 -63.4 360 205 03 30 41 03 40 40 4C39.25 08 25 56 77.4 467.2 -1.0 -62.5 233 205 03 40 40 03 46 40 --- 08 31 57 78.5 469.9 -0.9 -60.8 360 228 03 40 41 03 47 10 J0923+3849 08 32 27 79.1 473.0 -0.9 -58.5 10 228 03 47 10 03 49 10 =0920+390 08 34 28 79.4 474.1 -0.8 -57.7 120 236 03 47 11 03 49 40 4C39.25 08 34 58 79.0 471.4 -0.9 -59.9 10 236 03 49 40 03 51 40 --- 08 36 58 79.3 472.4 -0.8 -59.1 120 244 03 49 41 03 52 10 J0923+3849 08 37 28 79.9 475.9 -0.8 -56.4 9 244 03 52 10 03 54 10 =0920+390 08 39 29 80.2 477.1 -0.7 D -55.5 0 252 03 52 11 03 54 40 4C39.25 08 39 59 79.8 474.1 -0.8 -58.0 9 252 03 54 40 03 56 40 --- 08 41 59 80.1 475.3 -0.8 D -57.1 0 259 03 54 41 05 24 00 4C39.25 10 09 33 80.8 601.9 0.7 D 55.0 5224 259 05 24 00 05 30 00 --- 10 15 34 79.9 605.8 0.8 57.8 0 283 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: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 7 Station: ZELENCHK 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= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. 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= 466.49 466.49 466.49 466.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 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: 9 10 11 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