COVER INFORMATION Station: JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N14M3 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.00 Release of Feb. 15, 2013 PI: Gabriele Surcis Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and 4 ftp fringe test for session 3/2014 (128 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 17 October 2014 involving 8 antennas: Eb Wb1 Jb2 On25 Nt Tr Ys Sr. The NME uses a standard setup with 128 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrators like DA193, J0927+3902 (4C39.25), and 3C345 for ftp-fringe tests; - linear polarization check using the polarized calibrators J0927+3902, 3C286, and 3C273; - D-terms check using the calibrators DA193 and 3C345; - and phase-referencing part with a continuum source (J1640+3946) as target. Three ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 09:09:58 (scan 2, 2 sec, DA193) 10:27:18 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0927+3902 ) 11:57:58 (scan 53, 2 sec, 3C345) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Oct 2014 Day 290 --- Next scan frequencies: 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 Next BBC frequencies: 141.49 141.49 141.49 141.49 145.49 145.49 145.49 145.49 149.49 149.49 149.49 149.49 153.49 153.49 153.49 153.49 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 09 00 00 DA193 10 33 57 42.5 -77.0 4.6 49.4 0 0 09 00 00 09 05 00 --- 10 38 58 41.7 -76.1 4.7 49.2 300 5 09 00 04 09 06 00 DA193 10 39 58 41.6 -76.0 4.7 49.1 56 5 09 06 00 09 11 00 --- 10 44 59 40.9 -75.1 4.8 48.9 300 10 09 06 04 09 12 00 DA193 10 45 59 40.7 -75.0 4.8 48.8 56 10 09 12 00 09 17 00 --- 10 50 59 40.0 -74.1 4.9 48.5 300 14 09 12 04 09 37 10 J0927+3902 11 11 13 67.3 241.4 1.7 42.5 245 14 09 37 10 09 47 10 =0923+392 11 21 14 66.0 245.0 1.9 44.3 600 24 09 37 14 09 53 40 3C286 11 27 46 58.0 123.0 -2.1 -35.6 1 24 09 53 40 10 01 40 --- 11 35 47 59.0 125.7 -1.9 -34.3 480 32 09 53 44 10 02 40 3C286 11 36 47 59.1 126.1 -1.9 -34.1 54 32 10 02 40 10 10 40 --- 11 44 48 60.1 128.9 -1.8 -32.7 480 39 10 02 44 10 17 20 J0927+3902 11 51 29 61.7 254.3 2.4 47.8 1 39 10 17 20 10 22 20 =0923+392 11 56 30 61.0 255.7 2.5 48.2 300 44 10 17 24 10 23 20 J0927+3902 11 57 30 60.9 255.9 2.5 48.3 55 44 10 23 20 10 28 20 =0923+392 12 02 31 60.1 257.2 2.6 48.7 300 49 10 23 24 10 33 20 3C273 12 07 32 38.5 172.9 -0.4 -4.3 24 49 10 33 20 10 43 20 --- 12 17 34 38.7 176.1 -0.2 -2.4 600 59 10 33 24 10 48 50 3C345 12 23 05 44.9 79.9 -4.3 -50.1 19 59 10 48 50 10 54 00 --- 12 28 15 45.7 80.8 -4.3 -50.3 310 64 10 48 54 10 54 30 3C345 12 28 46 45.8 80.9 -4.2 -50.3 26 64 10 54 30 10 55 30 --- 12 29 46 45.9 81.1 -4.2 -50.3 60 64 10 54 34 10 56 00 J1640+3946 12 30 16 46.3 81.7 -4.2 -50.4 17 64 10 56 00 10 57 00 =1638+398 12 31 16 46.5 81.8 -4.2 -50.4 60 65 10 56 04 10 57 30 3C345 12 31 46 46.2 81.5 -4.2 -50.4 17 65 10 57 30 10 58 30 --- 12 32 46 46.4 81.6 -4.2 -50.4 60 66 10 57 34 Schedule for JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Oct 2014 Day 290 --- 10 59 00 J1640+3946 12 33 16 46.8 82.2 -4.1 -50.5 17 66 10 59 00 11 00 00 =1638+398 12 34 16 46.9 82.4 -4.1 -50.5 60 67 10 59 04 11 00 30 3C345 12 34 46 46.7 82.0 -4.1 -50.5 17 67 11 00 30 11 01 30 --- 12 35 47 46.8 82.2 -4.1 -50.5 60 68 11 00 34 11 02 00 J1640+3946 12 36 17 47.2 82.7 -4.1 -50.6 17 68 11 02 00 11 03 00 =1638+398 12 37 17 47.4 82.9 -4.1 -50.6 60 69 11 02 04 11 03 30 3C345 12 37 47 47.1 82.5 -4.1 -50.6 17 69 11 03 30 11 04 30 --- 12 38 47 47.3 82.7 -4.1 -50.6 60 70 11 03 34 11 05 00 J1640+3946 12 39 17 47.7 83.3 -4.0 -50.6 17 70 11 05 00 11 06 00 =1638+398 12 40 17 47.8 83.5 -4.0 -50.7 60 71 11 05 04 11 06 30 3C345 12 40 47 47.6 83.1 -4.0 -50.6 17 71 11 06 30 11 07 30 --- 12 41 48 47.7 83.2 -4.0 -50.7 60 72 11 06 34 11 08 00 J1640+3946 12 42 18 48.1 83.8 -4.0 -50.7 17 72 11 08 00 11 09 00 =1638+398 12 43 18 48.3 84.0 -4.0 -50.7 60 73 11 08 04 11 09 30 3C345 12 43 48 48.0 83.6 -4.0 -50.7 17 73 11 09 30 11 10 30 --- 12 44 48 48.2 83.8 -4.0 -50.7 60 74 11 09 34 11 11 00 J1640+3946 12 45 18 48.6 84.4 -3.9 -50.8 17 74 11 11 00 11 12 00 =1638+398 12 46 18 48.7 84.6 -3.9 -50.8 60 75 11 11 04 11 12 30 3C345 12 46 48 48.5 84.2 -3.9 -50.8 17 75 11 12 30 11 13 30 --- 12 47 49 48.6 84.3 -3.9 -50.8 60 76 11 12 34 11 14 00 J1640+3946 12 48 19 49.0 84.9 -3.9 -50.9 16 76 11 14 00 11 15 00 =1638+398 12 49 19 49.2 85.1 -3.9 -50.9 60 77 11 14 04 11 15 30 3C345 12 49 49 48.9 84.7 -3.9 -50.9 17 77 11 15 30 11 16 30 --- 12 50 49 49.1 84.9 -3.9 -50.9 60 78 11 15 34 11 17 00 J1640+3946 12 51 19 49.5 85.5 -3.8 -50.9 16 78 11 17 00 11 18 00 =1638+398 12 52 19 49.6 85.7 -3.8 -50.9 60 79 11 17 04 11 18 30 3C345 12 52 49 49.4 85.3 -3.8 -50.9 17 79 11 18 30 11 19 30 --- 12 53 50 49.5 85.5 -3.8 -50.9 60 80 11 18 34 11 20 00 J1640+3946 12 54 20 49.9 86.1 -3.8 -51.0 16 80 11 20 00 11 21 00 =1638+398 12 55 20 50.1 86.2 -3.8 -51.0 60 81 11 20 04 Schedule for JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Oct 2014 Day 290 --- 11 21 30 3C345 12 55 50 49.8 85.8 -3.8 -51.0 17 81 11 21 30 11 22 30 --- 12 56 50 49.9 86.0 -3.8 -51.0 60 82 11 21 34 11 23 00 J1640+3946 12 57 20 50.4 86.6 -3.7 -51.0 16 82 11 23 00 11 24 00 =1638+398 12 58 20 50.5 86.8 -3.7 -51.0 60 83 11 23 04 11 24 30 3C345 12 58 50 50.2 86.4 -3.7 -51.0 17 83 11 24 30 11 25 30 --- 12 59 51 50.4 86.6 -3.7 -51.0 60 84 11 24 34 11 26 00 J1640+3946 13 00 21 50.8 87.2 -3.7 -51.0 16 84 11 26 00 11 27 00 =1638+398 13 01 21 51.0 87.4 -3.7 -51.1 60 85 11 26 04 11 27 30 3C345 13 01 51 50.7 87.0 -3.7 -51.1 17 85 11 27 30 11 28 30 --- 13 02 51 50.8 87.2 -3.7 -51.1 60 86 11 27 34 11 29 00 J1640+3946 13 03 21 51.3 87.8 -3.6 -51.1 16 86 11 29 00 11 30 00 =1638+398 13 04 21 51.4 88.0 -3.6 -51.1 60 87 11 29 04 11 30 30 3C345 13 04 51 51.1 87.5 -3.6 -51.1 17 87 11 30 30 11 31 30 --- 13 05 52 51.3 87.7 -3.6 -51.1 60 88 11 30 34 11 32 00 J1640+3946 13 06 22 51.7 88.4 -3.6 -51.1 16 88 11 32 00 11 33 00 =1638+398 13 07 22 51.9 88.5 -3.6 -51.1 60 88 11 32 04 11 33 30 3C345 13 07 52 51.6 88.1 -3.6 -51.1 17 88 11 33 30 11 34 30 --- 13 08 52 51.7 88.3 -3.6 -51.1 60 89 11 33 34 11 35 00 J1640+3946 13 09 22 52.2 88.9 -3.5 -51.1 16 89 11 35 00 11 36 00 =1638+398 13 10 22 52.3 89.1 -3.5 -51.1 60 90 11 35 04 11 36 30 3C345 13 10 52 52.0 88.7 -3.5 -51.1 17 90 11 36 30 11 37 30 --- 13 11 53 52.2 88.9 -3.5 -51.2 60 91 11 36 34 11 38 00 J1640+3946 13 12 23 52.6 89.5 -3.5 -51.1 16 91 11 38 00 11 39 00 =1638+398 13 13 23 52.8 89.7 -3.5 -51.1 60 92 11 38 04 11 39 30 3C345 13 13 53 52.5 89.3 -3.5 -51.2 17 92 11 39 30 11 40 30 --- 13 14 53 52.6 89.5 -3.5 -51.2 60 93 11 39 34 11 41 00 J1640+3946 13 15 23 53.1 90.1 -3.4 -51.1 16 93 11 41 00 11 42 00 =1638+398 13 16 23 53.2 90.3 -3.4 -51.1 60 94 11 41 04 11 42 30 3C345 13 16 53 52.9 89.9 -3.4 -51.2 17 94 11 42 30 11 43 30 --- 13 17 54 53.1 90.1 -3.4 -51.2 60 95 11 42 34 Schedule for JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) Page 5 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Oct 2014 Day 290 --- 11 44 00 J1640+3946 13 18 24 53.5 90.7 -3.4 -51.1 16 95 11 44 00 11 45 00 =1638+398 13 19 24 53.7 90.9 -3.4 -51.1 60 96 11 44 04 11 45 30 3C345 13 19 54 53.4 90.5 -3.4 -51.2 17 96 11 45 30 11 46 30 --- 13 20 54 53.5 90.7 -3.4 -51.2 60 97 11 45 34 11 47 00 J1640+3946 13 21 24 54.0 91.4 -3.3 -51.1 16 97 11 47 00 11 48 00 =1638+398 13 22 24 54.1 91.6 -3.3 -51.1 60 98 11 47 04 11 48 30 3C345 13 22 54 53.8 91.1 -3.3 -51.2 17 98 11 48 30 11 49 30 --- 13 23 55 54.0 91.3 -3.3 -51.1 60 99 11 48 34 11 50 00 J1640+3946 13 24 25 54.4 92.0 -3.3 -51.1 16 99 11 50 00 11 51 00 =1638+398 13 25 25 54.6 92.2 -3.3 -51.1 60 100 11 50 04 11 51 30 3C345 13 25 55 54.3 91.7 -3.3 -51.1 17 100 11 51 30 11 52 30 --- 13 26 55 54.4 91.9 -3.3 -51.1 60 101 11 51 34 11 53 00 J1640+3946 13 27 25 54.9 92.6 -3.2 -51.1 16 101 11 53 00 11 54 00 =1638+398 13 28 25 55.0 92.8 -3.2 -51.0 60 102 11 53 04 11 55 00 3C345 13 29 25 54.8 92.5 -3.2 -51.1 46 102 11 55 00 12 00 00 --- 13 34 26 55.6 93.5 -3.2 -51.0 300 107 11 55 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess314.M128 Matching groups in /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/freq.dat: j2b5cm Values confirmed by E-mail P.Burgess (JFD 26Oct98) Setup group: 2 Station: JODRELL2 Total bit rate: 128 Format: MKIV1:1 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 2.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 6520.00 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: 3 Setup file default. LO sum= 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 BBC fr= 141.49 141.49 141.49 141.49 145.49 145.49 145.49 145.49 149.49 149.49 149.49 149.49 153.49 153.49 153.49 153.49 Bandwd= 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 33.942849 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 40.76075 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 376994 observations * J0927+3902 09 23 55.319217 * 09 27 03.013938 09 27 57.681779 0.13 0923+392 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 58 15.81625 0.10 4C39.25 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 239566 observations J1229+0203 12 26 33.245833 * 12 29 06.699729 12 29 51.162013 1.05 * 3C273 02 19 43.30578 * 02 03 08.59828 01 58 20.99815 1.38 3C273B /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba 1226+023 GSFC 2011B astro solution 31886 Observations J1229+02 J1331+3030 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 47.737209 0.20 * 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 26 07.08197 0.19 1328+307 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 542 observations * J1640+3946 16 38 48.169686 * 16 40 29.632770 16 40 58.476619 0.13 1638+398 39 52 30.08655 * 39 46 46.02836 39 45 26.94066 0.10 J1640+39 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba NRAO512 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 107387 observations J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 27.593051 0.77 * 3C345 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 47 21.08594 0.52 1641+399 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2011B astro solution 52621 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 DA193 sess314.M128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.250 7.000 J0927+3902 sess314.M128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.583 13.583 3C273 sess314.M128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.167 4.667 3C286 sess314.M128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.267 7.467 J1640+3946 sess314.M128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.333 9.333 3C345 sess314.M128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.503 14.078 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) DA193 113.6 J0927+3902 73.8 3C273 18.5 3C286 39.7 J1640+3946 66.2 3C345 66.6 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