COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N13L3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Ivan Agudo Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596549 EMAIL: agudo@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596549 Observing mode: Notes: 18cm NME for session 3/2013 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE Additional DBBC testing data from Mc and Tr is expected. COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the 18cm NME on October 27 2013, involving 14 stations: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh Ir The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of four ftp fringe tests, interspersed with a long phase referencing cycle involving 2201+315 (4C+31.63, ~2 Jy source at 1.4 GHz) and a close position reference calibrator (J2157+3127, ~0.44Jy in S band and ~1.27deg away). The four ftp fringe-test scans, all of them on 2201+315, start at: (1) 13:12:30 UT (scan 4, 2 sec) (2) 14:15:30 UT (scan 17, 2 sec) (3) 15:23:00 UT (scan 31, 2 sec) (4) 15:52:30 UT (scan 37, 2 sec) See you on Skype group chat and Good luck with the session! Ivan Skype account: ivan-agudo Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 27 Oct 2013 Day 300 --- Next scan frequencies: 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 Next BBC frequencies: 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 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 13 00 00 2201+315 22 13 08 70.0 545.7 0.2 4.2 0 0 13 00 00 13 04 00 --- 22 17 09 69.9 548.2 0.2 6.0 240 15 13 00 01 13 04 00 2201+315 22 17 09 69.9 548.2 0.2 6.0 -5 15 No stop 13 08 00 --- 22 21 09 69.8 550.7 0.3 7.8 235 31 13 04 01 13 08 00 2201+315 22 21 09 69.8 550.7 0.3 7.8 -5 31 No stop 13 12 00 --- 22 25 10 69.7 553.1 0.4 9.5 235 46 13 08 01 13 12 30 2201+315 22 25 40 69.7 553.4 0.4 9.7 23 46 13 12 30 13 16 30 --- 22 29 41 69.5 555.8 0.4 11.5 240 62 13 12 31 13 18 30 J2157+3127 22 31 41 68.8 560.2 0.6 14.5 99 62 13 18 30 13 22 30 =2155+312 22 35 42 68.6 562.4 0.6 16.1 240 77 13 18 31 13 23 00 2201+315 22 36 12 69.2 559.6 0.5 14.2 10 77 13 23 00 13 27 30 --- 22 40 43 69.0 562.2 0.6 16.0 270 95 13 23 01 13 28 00 J2157+3127 22 41 13 68.3 565.5 0.7 18.2 9 95 13 28 00 13 32 00 =2155+312 22 45 13 68.0 567.7 0.8 19.7 240 110 13 28 01 13 32 30 2201+315 22 45 43 68.6 565.1 0.7 18.0 10 110 13 32 30 13 37 00 --- 22 50 14 68.3 567.5 0.8 19.7 270 128 13 32 31 13 37 30 J2157+3127 22 50 44 67.6 570.6 0.9 21.7 10 128 13 37 30 13 41 30 =2155+312 22 54 45 67.2 572.6 0.9 23.0 240 143 13 37 31 13 42 00 2201+315 22 55 15 68.0 570.2 0.9 21.5 11 143 13 42 00 13 46 30 --- 22 59 46 67.6 572.6 0.9 23.1 270 161 13 42 01 13 47 00 J2157+3127 23 00 16 66.8 575.4 1.0 24.9 10 161 13 47 00 13 51 00 =2155+312 23 04 16 66.4 577.3 1.1 26.1 240 176 13 47 01 13 51 30 2201+315 23 04 47 67.2 575.1 1.0 24.8 11 176 13 51 30 13 56 00 --- 23 09 17 66.8 577.3 1.1 26.2 270 194 13 51 31 13 56 30 J2157+3127 23 09 47 65.9 579.9 1.2 27.8 11 194 13 56 30 14 00 30 =2155+312 23 13 48 65.5 581.7 1.3 28.9 240 209 13 56 31 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 27 Oct 2013 Day 300 --- 14 01 00 2201+315 23 14 18 66.3 579.7 1.2 27.7 12 209 14 01 00 14 05 30 --- 23 18 49 65.8 581.8 1.2 29.0 270 226 14 01 01 14 06 00 J2157+3127 23 19 19 64.9 584.2 1.4 30.4 11 226 14 06 00 14 10 00 =2155+312 23 23 20 64.4 585.9 1.4 31.4 240 242 14 06 01 14 10 30 2201+315 23 23 50 65.3 584.0 1.3 30.4 12 242 14 10 30 14 15 00 --- 23 28 20 64.8 585.9 1.4 31.6 270 259 14 10 31 14 15 30 2201+315 23 28 50 64.7 586.1 1.4 31.7 23 259 14 15 30 14 19 30 --- 23 32 51 64.3 587.8 1.5 32.7 240 275 14 15 31 14 21 30 2201+315 23 34 51 64.1 588.6 1.5 33.1 113 275 14 21 30 14 25 30 --- 23 38 52 63.6 590.3 1.6 34.1 240 290 14 21 31 14 26 00 J2157+3127 23 39 22 62.6 592.3 1.7 35.1 13 290 14 26 00 14 30 00 =2155+312 23 43 23 62.1 593.8 1.8 35.9 240 306 14 26 01 14 30 30 2201+315 23 43 53 63.0 592.2 1.7 35.1 13 306 14 30 30 14 35 00 --- 23 48 24 62.4 593.9 1.7 36.1 270 323 14 30 31 14 35 30 J2157+3127 23 48 54 61.4 595.8 1.8 36.9 13 323 14 35 30 14 39 30 =2155+312 23 52 54 60.9 597.2 1.9 37.6 240 339 14 35 31 14 40 00 2201+315 23 53 24 61.8 595.7 1.8 37.0 14 339 14 40 00 14 44 30 --- 23 57 55 61.2 597.3 1.9 37.8 270 356 14 40 01 14 45 00 J2157+3127 23 58 25 60.1 599.1 2.0 38.5 14 356 14 45 00 14 49 00 =2155+312 00 02 26 59.6 600.4 2.1 39.1 240 372 14 45 01 14 49 30 2201+315 00 02 56 60.5 599.0 2.0 38.7 14 372 14 49 30 14 54 00 --- 00 07 27 59.9 600.5 2.1 39.4 270 389 14 49 31 14 54 30 J2157+3127 00 07 57 58.8 602.2 2.2 39.9 14 389 14 54 30 14 58 30 =2155+312 00 11 58 58.3 603.4 2.2 40.5 240 404 14 54 31 14 59 00 2201+315 00 12 28 59.3 602.2 2.1 40.1 15 404 14 59 00 15 03 30 --- 00 16 58 58.6 603.6 2.2 40.7 270 422 14 59 01 15 04 00 J2157+3127 00 17 28 57.5 605.1 2.3 41.2 14 422 15 04 00 15 08 00 =2155+312 00 21 29 57.0 606.3 2.4 41.7 240 437 15 04 01 15 08 30 2201+315 00 21 59 57.9 605.1 2.3 41.4 15 437 15 08 30 15 13 00 --- 00 26 30 57.3 606.4 2.4 41.9 270 455 15 08 31 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 27 Oct 2013 Day 300 --- 15 13 30 J2157+3127 00 27 00 56.2 607.9 2.5 42.3 15 455 15 13 30 15 17 30 =2155+312 00 31 01 55.6 609.0 2.5 42.7 240 470 15 13 31 15 18 00 2201+315 00 31 31 56.6 607.9 2.5 42.4 15 470 15 18 00 15 22 30 --- 00 36 01 55.9 609.2 2.5 42.9 270 488 15 18 01 15 23 00 2201+315 00 36 32 55.9 609.3 2.5 42.9 24 488 15 23 00 15 27 00 --- 00 40 32 55.3 610.4 2.6 43.3 240 503 15 23 01 15 29 00 2201+315 00 42 33 55.0 610.9 2.6 43.5 113 503 15 29 00 15 33 00 --- 00 46 33 54.4 612.0 2.7 43.8 240 519 15 29 01 15 33 30 J2157+3127 00 47 03 53.3 613.3 2.8 44.0 15 519 15 33 30 15 37 30 =2155+312 00 51 04 52.7 614.3 2.9 44.3 240 534 15 33 31 15 38 00 2201+315 00 51 34 53.7 613.3 2.8 44.2 16 534 15 38 00 15 42 30 --- 00 56 05 53.0 614.5 2.9 44.6 270 552 15 38 01 15 43 00 J2157+3127 00 56 35 51.8 615.7 3.0 44.7 16 552 15 43 00 15 47 00 =2155+312 01 00 35 51.2 616.6 3.0 44.9 240 567 15 43 01 15 47 30 2201+315 01 01 06 52.2 615.7 3.0 44.9 16 567 15 47 30 15 52 00 --- 01 05 36 51.6 616.8 3.0 45.2 270 584 15 47 31 15 52 30 2201+315 01 06 06 51.5 616.9 3.0 45.2 24 584 15 52 30 15 56 30 --- 01 10 07 50.9 617.9 3.1 45.4 240 600 15 52 31 15 58 30 2201+315 01 12 07 50.6 618.3 3.1 45.5 114 600 15 58 30 16 00 00 --- 01 13 38 50.4 618.7 3.2 45.6 90 606 15 58 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess313.L512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: kvzr_l Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 7 Station: BADARY 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= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 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: 7 Setup file default. LO sum= 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 BBC fr= 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 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: 7 8 9 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 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) * J2157+3127 21 55 15.930441 * 21 57 28.823886 21 58 06.899933 0.12 2155+312 31 12 41.62468 * 31 27 01.35172 31 31 21.90937 0.11 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 793 observations 0.933 scan and 109.000 baseline hours in setup: sess313.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 J2203+3145 22 01 01.441998 * 22 03 14.975789 22 03 53.278261 0.27 * 2201+315 31 31 05.87505 * 31 45 38.26998 31 50 02.15359 0.32 J2203+31 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2011A astro solution 31618 Observations 1.675 scan and 189.623 baseline hours in setup: sess313.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 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) J2157+3127 120.0 2201+315 121.2 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