COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 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: 161.49 161.49 161.49 161.49 165.49 165.49 165.49 165.49 169.49 169.49 169.49 169.49 173.49 173.49 173.49 173.49 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 11 09 42 37.2 289.2 5.2 0.0 0 0 09 00 00 09 05 00 --- 11 14 42 36.5 290.0 5.3 0.0 300 5 09 00 04 09 06 00 DA193 11 15 43 36.4 290.2 5.3 0.0 49 5 09 06 00 09 11 00 --- 11 20 43 35.7 291.0 5.4 0.0 300 10 09 06 04 09 12 00 DA193 11 21 44 35.5 291.1 5.4 0.0 49 10 09 12 00 09 17 00 --- 11 26 44 34.8 291.9 5.5 0.0 300 14 09 12 04 09 20 10 J0927+3902 11 29 55 64.9 248.5 2.0 0.0 3 14 09 20 10 09 30 10 =0923+392 11 39 57 63.5 251.6 2.2 0.0 600 24 09 20 14 09 31 10 J0927+3902 11 40 57 63.4 251.9 2.2 0.0 49 24 09 31 10 09 36 10 =0923+392 11 45 58 62.6 253.3 2.3 0.0 300 29 09 31 14 09 37 10 J0927+3902 11 46 58 62.5 253.6 2.3 0.0 49 29 09 37 10 09 47 10 =0923+392 11 56 59 61.0 256.3 2.5 0.0 600 38 09 37 14 09 53 40 3C286 12 03 30 62.4 135.7 -1.5 0.0 177 38 09 53 40 10 01 40 --- 12 11 32 63.2 139.0 -1.3 0.0 480 46 09 53 44 10 02 40 3C286 12 12 32 63.3 139.5 -1.3 0.0 49 46 10 02 40 10 10 40 --- 12 20 33 64.0 143.0 -1.2 0.0 480 54 10 02 44 10 17 20 J0927+3902 12 27 14 56.5 263.7 3.0 0.0 181 54 10 17 20 10 22 20 =0923+392 12 32 15 55.8 264.8 3.1 0.0 300 59 10 17 24 10 23 20 J0927+3902 12 33 15 55.6 265.0 3.1 0.0 49 59 10 23 20 10 28 20 =0923+392 12 38 16 54.9 266.1 3.2 0.0 300 63 10 23 24 10 33 20 3C273 12 43 17 39.0 184.3 0.2 0.0 138 63 10 33 20 10 43 20 --- 12 53 19 38.8 187.5 0.4 0.0 600 73 10 33 24 10 48 50 3C345 12 58 50 50.2 86.0 -3.7 0.0 109 73 10 48 50 10 54 00 --- 13 04 00 51.0 87.0 -3.7 0.0 310 78 10 48 54 10 54 30 3C345 13 04 30 51.1 87.1 -3.6 0.0 19 78 10 54 30 10 55 30 --- 13 05 31 51.2 87.3 -3.6 0.0 60 79 10 54 34 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Oct 2014 Day 290 --- 10 56 00 J1640+3946 13 06 01 51.7 87.9 -3.6 0.0 15 79 10 56 00 10 57 00 =1638+398 13 07 01 51.8 88.1 -3.6 0.0 60 80 10 56 04 10 57 30 3C345 13 07 31 51.5 87.7 -3.6 0.0 15 80 10 57 30 10 58 30 --- 13 08 31 51.7 87.8 -3.6 0.0 60 81 10 57 34 10 59 00 J1640+3946 13 09 01 52.1 88.5 -3.5 0.0 15 81 10 59 00 11 00 00 =1638+398 13 10 01 52.3 88.7 -3.5 0.0 60 82 10 59 04 11 00 30 3C345 13 10 31 52.0 88.2 -3.5 0.0 15 82 11 00 30 11 01 30 --- 13 11 32 52.1 88.4 -3.5 0.0 60 83 11 00 34 11 02 00 J1640+3946 13 12 02 52.6 89.1 -3.5 0.0 15 83 11 02 00 11 03 00 =1638+398 13 13 02 52.7 89.2 -3.5 0.0 60 84 11 02 04 11 03 30 3C345 13 13 32 52.4 88.8 -3.5 0.0 15 84 11 03 30 11 04 30 --- 13 14 32 52.6 89.0 -3.5 0.0 60 85 11 03 34 11 05 00 J1640+3946 13 15 02 53.0 89.6 -3.4 0.0 15 85 11 05 00 11 06 00 =1638+398 13 16 02 53.2 89.8 -3.4 0.0 60 86 11 05 04 11 06 30 3C345 13 16 32 52.9 89.4 -3.4 0.0 15 86 11 06 30 11 07 30 --- 13 17 33 53.0 89.6 -3.4 0.0 60 87 11 06 34 11 08 00 J1640+3946 13 18 03 53.5 90.2 -3.4 0.0 15 87 11 08 00 11 09 00 =1638+398 13 19 03 53.6 90.4 -3.4 0.0 60 88 11 08 04 11 09 30 3C345 13 19 33 53.3 90.0 -3.4 0.0 15 88 11 09 30 11 10 30 --- 13 20 33 53.5 90.2 -3.4 0.0 60 89 11 09 34 11 11 00 J1640+3946 13 21 03 53.9 90.8 -3.3 0.0 15 89 11 11 00 11 12 00 =1638+398 13 22 03 54.1 91.1 -3.3 0.0 60 90 11 11 04 11 12 30 3C345 13 22 33 53.8 90.6 -3.3 0.0 15 90 11 12 30 11 13 30 --- 13 23 34 54.0 90.8 -3.3 0.0 60 91 11 12 34 11 14 00 J1640+3946 13 24 04 54.4 91.5 -3.3 0.0 15 91 11 14 00 11 15 00 =1638+398 13 25 04 54.5 91.7 -3.3 0.0 60 92 11 14 04 11 15 30 3C345 13 25 34 54.3 91.2 -3.3 0.0 15 92 11 15 30 11 16 30 --- 13 26 34 54.4 91.4 -3.3 0.0 60 92 11 15 34 11 17 00 J1640+3946 13 27 04 54.8 92.1 -3.2 0.0 15 92 11 17 00 11 18 00 =1638+398 13 28 04 55.0 92.3 -3.2 0.0 60 93 11 17 04 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Oct 2014 Day 290 --- 11 18 30 3C345 13 28 34 54.7 91.8 -3.2 0.0 15 93 11 18 30 11 19 30 --- 13 29 35 54.9 92.0 -3.2 0.0 60 94 11 18 34 11 20 00 J1640+3946 13 30 05 55.3 92.7 -3.2 0.0 15 94 11 20 00 11 21 00 =1638+398 13 31 05 55.4 92.9 -3.2 0.0 60 95 11 20 04 11 21 30 3C345 13 31 35 55.2 92.5 -3.2 0.0 15 95 11 21 30 11 22 30 --- 13 32 35 55.3 92.7 -3.2 0.0 60 96 11 21 34 11 23 00 J1640+3946 13 33 05 55.7 93.3 -3.1 0.0 15 96 11 23 00 11 24 00 =1638+398 13 34 05 55.9 93.6 -3.1 0.0 60 97 11 23 04 11 24 30 3C345 13 34 35 55.6 93.1 -3.1 0.0 15 97 11 24 30 11 25 30 --- 13 35 36 55.8 93.3 -3.1 0.0 60 98 11 24 34 11 26 00 J1640+3946 13 36 06 56.2 94.0 -3.1 0.0 15 98 11 26 00 11 27 00 =1638+398 13 37 06 56.3 94.2 -3.1 0.0 60 99 11 26 04 11 27 30 3C345 13 37 36 56.1 93.7 -3.1 0.0 15 99 11 27 30 11 28 30 --- 13 38 36 56.2 93.9 -3.1 0.0 60 100 11 27 34 11 29 00 J1640+3946 13 39 06 56.6 94.6 -3.0 0.0 15 100 11 29 00 11 30 00 =1638+398 13 40 06 56.8 94.9 -3.0 0.0 60 101 11 29 04 11 30 30 3C345 13 40 36 56.5 94.4 -3.0 0.0 15 101 11 30 30 11 31 30 --- 13 41 37 56.7 94.6 -3.0 0.0 60 102 11 30 34 11 32 00 J1640+3946 13 42 07 57.1 95.3 -3.0 0.0 15 102 11 32 00 11 33 00 =1638+398 13 43 07 57.2 95.5 -3.0 0.0 60 103 11 32 04 11 33 30 3C345 13 43 37 57.0 95.0 -3.0 0.0 15 103 11 33 30 11 34 30 --- 13 44 37 57.1 95.3 -3.0 0.0 60 104 11 33 34 11 35 00 J1640+3946 13 45 07 57.5 96.0 -2.9 0.0 15 104 11 35 00 11 36 00 =1638+398 13 46 07 57.7 96.2 -2.9 0.0 60 105 11 35 04 11 36 30 3C345 13 46 37 57.4 95.7 -2.9 0.0 15 105 11 36 30 11 37 30 --- 13 47 38 57.6 95.9 -2.9 0.0 60 106 11 36 34 11 38 00 J1640+3946 13 48 08 58.0 96.6 -2.9 0.0 15 106 11 38 00 11 39 00 =1638+398 13 49 08 58.1 96.9 -2.9 0.0 60 107 11 38 04 11 39 30 3C345 13 49 38 57.9 96.4 -2.9 0.0 15 107 11 39 30 11 40 30 --- 13 50 38 58.0 96.6 -2.9 0.0 60 108 11 39 34 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 41 00 J1640+3946 13 51 08 58.4 97.3 -2.8 0.0 15 108 11 41 00 11 42 00 =1638+398 13 52 08 58.6 97.6 -2.8 0.0 60 109 11 41 04 11 42 30 3C345 13 52 38 58.3 97.1 -2.8 0.0 15 109 11 42 30 11 43 30 --- 13 53 38 58.5 97.3 -2.8 0.0 60 110 11 42 34 11 44 00 J1640+3946 13 54 09 58.9 98.0 -2.8 0.0 15 110 11 44 00 11 45 00 =1638+398 13 55 09 59.0 98.3 -2.8 0.0 60 111 11 44 04 11 45 30 3C345 13 55 39 58.8 97.8 -2.8 0.0 15 111 11 45 30 11 46 30 --- 13 56 39 58.9 98.0 -2.8 0.0 60 112 11 45 34 11 47 00 J1640+3946 13 57 09 59.3 98.7 -2.7 0.0 15 112 11 47 00 11 48 00 =1638+398 13 58 09 59.5 99.0 -2.7 0.0 60 113 11 47 04 11 48 30 3C345 13 58 39 59.2 98.5 -2.7 0.0 15 113 11 48 30 11 49 30 --- 13 59 39 59.4 98.7 -2.7 0.0 60 114 11 48 34 11 50 00 J1640+3946 14 00 10 59.8 99.5 -2.7 0.0 15 114 11 50 00 11 51 00 =1638+398 14 01 10 59.9 99.7 -2.7 0.0 60 115 11 50 04 11 51 30 3C345 14 01 40 59.7 99.2 -2.7 0.0 15 115 11 51 30 11 52 30 --- 14 02 40 59.8 99.4 -2.7 0.0 60 116 11 51 34 11 53 00 J1640+3946 14 03 10 60.2 100.2 -2.6 0.0 15 116 11 53 00 11 54 00 =1638+398 14 04 10 60.4 100.4 -2.6 0.0 60 117 11 53 04 11 55 00 3C345 14 05 10 60.2 100.0 -2.6 0.0 45 117 11 55 00 12 00 00 --- 14 10 11 60.9 101.3 -2.6 0.0 300 121 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: wb5a Best estimates for now Setup group: 1 Station: WSTRBORK Total bit rate: 128 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 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. 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= 161.49 161.49 161.49 161.49 165.49 165.49 165.49 165.49 169.49 169.49 169.49 169.49 173.49 173.49 173.49 173.49 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: 2 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 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