COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N14L3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.30 Version 11.3 update 1. April 14, 2014 PI: Dmitry Duev Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596521 EMAIL: duev@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596521 Observing mode: Notes: 18cm NME for session 3/2014 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 30 October 2014, involving 12 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Sh Hh Sr. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of long integrations on a strong calibrator J1800+3848 and phase-referencing cycles with sources 1922+155 as a calibrator and 1909+161 as a target. Four ftp tests are scheduled: (1) 11:09:38 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, J1800+3848) (2) 11:51:58 UT (scan 11, 2 sec, 1922+155) (3) 13:11:38 UT (scan 27, 2 sec, 1922+155) (4) 13:53:38 UT (scan 35, 2 sec, J1800+3848) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session and see you on Skype! Dmitry Skype account: oasis230987 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 30 Oct 2014 Day 303 --- 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: 124.49 124.49 124.49 124.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 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 11 00 00 J1800+3848 14 01 17 47.4 84.4 -4.0 0.0 0 0 11 00 00 11 05 00 =1758+388 14 06 17 48.1 85.3 -3.9 0.0 300 19 11 00 04 11 05 40 J1800+3848 14 06 57 48.2 85.4 -3.9 0.0 29 19 11 05 40 11 10 40 =1758+388 14 11 58 49.0 86.4 -3.8 0.0 300 38 11 05 44 11 12 40 1922+155 14 13 59 19.8 89.9 -5.2 0.0 30 38 11 12 40 11 15 40 --- 14 16 59 20.2 90.5 -5.1 0.0 180 50 11 12 44 11 16 20 1909+161 14 17 39 22.6 92.9 -4.9 0.0 16 50 11 16 20 11 21 20 --- 14 22 40 23.4 93.9 -4.8 0.0 300 69 11 16 24 11 22 00 1922+155 14 23 20 21.2 91.8 -5.0 0.0 17 69 11 22 00 11 25 00 --- 14 26 21 21.6 92.4 -5.0 0.0 180 81 11 22 04 11 25 40 1909+161 14 27 01 24.1 94.8 -4.8 0.0 16 81 11 25 40 11 30 40 --- 14 32 02 24.8 95.8 -4.7 0.0 300 100 11 25 44 11 31 20 1922+155 14 32 42 22.6 93.7 -4.9 0.0 17 100 11 31 20 11 34 20 --- 14 35 42 23.0 94.3 -4.8 0.0 180 112 11 31 24 11 35 00 1909+161 14 36 22 25.5 96.7 -4.6 0.0 16 112 11 35 00 11 40 00 --- 14 41 23 26.2 97.7 -4.5 0.0 300 131 11 35 04 11 40 40 1922+155 14 42 03 24.0 95.6 -4.7 0.0 17 131 11 40 40 11 43 40 --- 14 45 04 24.5 96.2 -4.7 0.0 180 142 11 40 44 11 44 20 1909+161 14 45 44 26.9 98.6 -4.4 0.0 16 142 11 44 20 11 49 20 --- 14 50 45 27.6 99.7 -4.4 0.0 300 162 11 44 24 11 50 00 1922+155 14 51 25 25.4 97.5 -4.6 0.0 17 162 11 50 00 11 53 00 --- 14 54 25 25.9 98.2 -4.5 0.0 180 173 11 50 04 11 55 00 1909+161 14 56 26 28.4 100.9 -4.3 0.0 96 173 11 55 00 12 00 00 --- 15 01 26 29.2 102.0 -4.2 0.0 300 192 11 55 04 12 00 40 1922+155 15 02 07 27.0 99.8 -4.4 0.0 17 192 12 00 40 12 03 40 --- 15 05 07 27.4 100.4 -4.3 0.0 180 204 12 00 44 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 30 Oct 2014 Day 303 --- 12 04 20 1909+161 15 05 47 29.8 103.0 -4.1 0.0 16 204 12 04 20 12 09 20 --- 15 10 48 30.6 104.1 -4.0 0.0 300 223 12 04 24 12 10 00 1922+155 15 11 28 28.4 101.8 -4.2 0.0 17 223 12 10 00 12 13 00 --- 15 14 29 28.8 102.4 -4.2 0.0 180 235 12 10 04 12 13 40 1909+161 15 15 09 31.2 105.0 -4.0 0.0 16 235 12 13 40 12 18 40 --- 15 20 09 31.9 106.1 -3.9 0.0 300 254 12 13 44 12 19 20 1922+155 15 20 50 29.8 103.8 -4.1 0.0 17 254 12 19 20 12 22 20 --- 15 23 50 30.2 104.5 -4.0 0.0 180 265 12 19 24 12 23 00 1909+161 15 24 30 32.5 107.1 -3.8 0.0 16 265 12 23 00 12 28 00 --- 15 29 31 33.3 108.3 -3.7 0.0 300 285 12 23 04 12 30 00 3C345 15 31 31 72.0 129.7 -1.2 0.0 -19 285 12 30 00 12 35 00 --- 15 36 32 72.6 132.3 -1.1 0.0 281 304 12 30 04 12 35 40 3C345 15 37 12 72.7 132.6 -1.1 0.0 29 304 12 35 40 12 39 40 --- 15 41 13 73.1 134.8 -1.0 0.0 240 319 12 35 44 12 41 40 1922+155 15 43 13 33.0 108.9 -3.7 0.0 -26 319 12 41 40 12 44 40 --- 15 46 14 33.4 109.6 -3.7 0.0 154 331 12 41 44 12 45 20 1909+161 15 46 54 35.7 112.4 -3.4 0.0 16 331 12 45 20 12 50 20 --- 15 51 55 36.4 113.6 -3.3 0.0 300 350 12 45 24 12 51 00 1922+155 15 52 35 34.3 111.1 -3.5 0.0 17 350 12 51 00 12 54 00 --- 15 55 35 34.7 111.8 -3.5 0.0 180 362 12 51 04 12 54 40 1909+161 15 56 15 37.0 114.7 -3.3 0.0 16 362 12 54 40 12 59 40 --- 16 01 16 37.7 115.9 -3.2 0.0 300 381 12 54 44 13 00 20 1922+155 16 01 56 35.6 113.3 -3.4 0.0 17 381 13 00 20 13 03 20 --- 16 04 57 36.0 114.0 -3.3 0.0 180 392 13 00 24 13 04 00 1909+161 16 05 37 38.3 117.0 -3.1 0.0 16 392 13 04 00 13 09 00 --- 16 10 38 39.0 118.3 -3.0 0.0 300 412 13 04 04 13 09 40 1922+155 16 11 18 36.9 115.6 -3.2 0.0 17 412 13 09 40 13 12 40 --- 16 14 18 37.3 116.3 -3.2 0.0 180 423 13 09 44 13 14 40 1909+161 16 16 19 39.7 119.7 -2.9 0.0 96 423 13 14 40 13 19 40 --- 16 21 20 40.4 121.1 -2.9 0.0 300 442 13 14 44 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 30 Oct 2014 Day 303 --- 13 20 20 1922+155 16 22 00 38.4 118.3 -3.1 0.0 17 442 13 20 20 13 23 20 --- 16 25 00 38.7 119.1 -3.0 0.0 180 454 13 20 24 13 24 00 1909+161 16 25 40 40.9 122.2 -2.8 0.0 16 454 13 24 00 13 29 00 --- 16 30 41 41.5 123.6 -2.7 0.0 300 473 13 24 04 13 29 40 1922+155 16 31 21 39.6 120.7 -2.9 0.0 17 473 13 29 40 13 32 40 --- 16 34 22 40.0 121.5 -2.8 0.0 180 485 13 29 44 13 33 20 1909+161 16 35 02 42.1 124.8 -2.6 0.0 16 485 13 33 20 13 38 20 --- 16 40 03 42.7 126.2 -2.5 0.0 300 504 13 33 24 13 39 00 1922+155 16 40 43 40.8 123.2 -2.7 0.0 17 504 13 39 00 13 42 00 --- 16 43 43 41.2 124.0 -2.7 0.0 180 515 13 39 04 13 42 40 1909+161 16 44 23 43.2 127.4 -2.5 0.0 16 515 13 42 40 13 47 40 --- 16 49 24 43.8 128.9 -2.4 0.0 300 535 13 42 44 13 49 40 J1800+3848 16 51 24 71.5 132.8 -1.2 0.0 32 535 13 49 40 13 54 40 =1758+388 16 56 25 72.1 135.4 -1.1 0.0 300 554 13 49 44 13 56 40 J1800+3848 16 58 26 72.3 136.5 -1.0 0.0 109 554 13 56 40 13 59 40 =1758+388 17 01 26 72.6 138.1 -1.0 0.0 180 565 13 56 44 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess314.L512 Matching groups in /Users/oasis/Applications/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: wb18cm E-mail Foley 22Jan97 MFFE, must be using Low patch Setup group: 1 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= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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. Used with PCAL = off 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= 124.49 124.49 124.49 124.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 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: 2 Track assignments are: track1= 20, 18, 4, 2, 24, 22, 8, 6, 28, 26, 12, 10, 32, 30, 16, 14 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 27.366393 0.77 * 3C345 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 47 18.34921 0.52 1641+399 /Users/oasis/Applications/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2011B astro solution 52621 Observations * J1800+3848 17 58 44.703952 * 18 00 24.765361 18 00 53.518207 0.13 1758+388 38 48 32.47341 * 38 48 30.69739 38 48 54.72074 0.10 J1800+38 /Users/oasis/Applications/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 2965 observations J1911+1611 19 09 42.903006 * 19 11 58.257403 19 12 38.144926 0.11 * 1909+161 16 06 41.98721 * 16 11 46.86517 16 13 39.16023 0.10 /Users/oasis/Applications/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 3779 observations J1924+1540 19 22 23.129976 * 19 24 39.455870 19 25 19.710351 0.12 * 1922+155 15 34 46.75040 * 15 40 43.94143 15 42 51.61502 0.15 J1924+15 /Users/oasis/Applications/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 490 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 3C345 sess314.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 0.150 8.961 J1800+3848 sess314.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 0.300 19.455 1909+161 sess314.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 1.250 82.500 1922+155 sess314.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 0.750 47.637 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) 3C345 63.3 J1800+3848 73.9 1909+161 78.6 1922+155 81.3 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