COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N17L3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Katharina Immer Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: immer@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: 512-8-2 Notes: 512 Mbps, 8x8 MHz, RCP & LCP, 2 bit sampling L Band/1.6 GHz COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 30 Oct 2017 involving 18 antennas. JB1, WB1, EF, MC, ON85, T6, UR, TR, Sv, Zc, Bd, Hh, Ir,[Ar], JODRELL2,CAMBG32M,DARNHALL,KNOCKIN,TABLEY. The NME uses 16x BBC (8 for each Pol.) of 8MHz bandwidth: Data rate of 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrators: J1751+0939, J2115+2933 for ftp-fringe tests; Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every half hour throughout the experiment: 12:24:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 12:54:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J2115+2933) 13:24:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J2115+2933) 13:54:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J2115+2933) 14:24:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J2115+2933) 14:54:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J2115+2933) All the best to everyone involved Katharina Skype account: jive.support.scientist Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 30 Oct 2017 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 12 00 00 J1751+0939 16 26 44 48.8 33.1 -1.4 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 13 00 =1749+096 16 39 46 50.3 28.7 -1.2 0.0 780 50 12 00 01 12 15 00 J1751+0939 16 41 46 50.5 28.0 -1.2 0.0 99 50 12 15 00 12 28 00 =1749+096 16 54 48 51.8 23.3 -1.0 0.0 780 100 12 15 01 12 34 00 J1848+3219 17 00 49 26.3 25.4 -1.8 0.0 288 100 12 34 00 12 43 00 =1846+322 17 09 51 27.2 23.5 -1.7 0.0 540 135 12 34 01 12 45 00 J1848+3219 17 11 51 27.3 23.0 -1.6 0.0 99 135 12 45 00 12 58 00 =1846+322 17 24 53 28.4 20.2 -1.4 0.0 780 185 12 45 01 13 00 00 J1848+3219 17 26 53 28.6 19.7 -1.4 0.0 99 185 13 00 00 13 13 00 =1846+322 17 39 56 29.5 16.7 -1.2 0.0 780 236 13 00 01 13 15 00 J1848+3219 17 41 56 29.6 16.3 -1.1 0.0 99 236 13 15 00 13 28 00 =1846+322 17 54 58 30.4 13.2 -0.9 0.0 780 286 13 15 01 13 30 00 J1848+3219 17 56 58 30.5 12.7 -0.9 0.0 99 286 13 30 00 13 43 00 =1846+322 18 10 01 31.0 9.6 -0.7 0.0 780 336 13 30 01 13 45 00 J1848+3219 18 12 01 31.1 9.1 -0.6 0.0 99 336 13 45 00 13 58 00 =1846+322 18 25 03 31.5 5.9 -0.4 0.0 780 386 13 45 01 14 00 00 J1848+3219 18 27 03 31.5 5.4 -0.4 0.0 99 386 14 00 00 14 13 00 =1846+322 18 40 05 31.7 2.2 -0.1 0.0 780 437 14 00 01 14 15 00 J1848+3219 18 42 06 31.7 1.7 -0.1 0.0 99 437 14 15 00 14 28 00 =1846+322 18 55 08 31.7 358.5 0.1 0.0 780 487 14 15 01 14 30 00 J1848+3219 18 57 08 31.7 358.0 0.1 0.0 99 487 14 30 00 14 43 00 =1846+322 19 10 10 31.5 354.8 0.4 0.0 780 537 14 30 01 14 45 00 J1848+3219 19 12 11 31.5 354.3 0.4 0.0 99 537 14 45 00 15 00 00 =1846+322 19 27 13 31.1 350.6 0.6 0.0 900 595 14 45 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess317.L512nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh18cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 64.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 8 Station: HART Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC 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 = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 5 13 5 13 7 15 7 15 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 12 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: 12 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 1749+096 17 49 10.387931 * 17 51 32.818574 17 52 21.982296 0.00 * J1751+0939 09 39 42.82591 * 09 39 00.72847 09 39 04.07211 0.00 J1751+09 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 144578 observations. 1846+322 18 46 29.612032 * 18 48 22.088575 18 49 00.939412 0.00 * J1848+3219 32 15 36.66046 * 32 19 02.60386 32 20 38.33774 0.00 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 29306 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 J1751+0939 sess317.L512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 15 0.433 66.300 J1848+3219 sess317.L512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 15 2.133 322.150 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) J1751+0939 57.7 J1848+3219 79.2 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