COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N18C3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Ross Burns Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: burns@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2018 (512 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 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 18th Oct 2018 involving antennas: j2, wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, o8, T6, Ur, tr, ys, hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir, Kunming, Cm, Da, Kn, Pi, De, Ar The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0956+2515) 12:45:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0956+2515) 13:15:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J1549+0237) 13:45:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, J1549+0237) 14:15:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, BLLAC) 14:45:00 (scan 20, 2 sec, BLLAC) Generally the schedule is split into thirds, the first concentrates on Ar fringe chacking (at the beginnine, at their request), the second aims to confirm fringes to Hh, the thirsd concentrates on the east asian stations. As such, the aforementioned stations will only have two data grabs in which we must fix any problems. So please be alert and ready during your time section if you are one of those stations. Kind regards, and good luck. Ross Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 18 Oct 2018 Day 291 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 866.49 866.49 866.49 866.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 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 J0956+2515 14 15 15 35.3 267.7 4.3 44.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 =OK290 14 25 17 33.7 269.7 4.5 44.6 600 39 12 00 01 12 12 00 J0956+2515 14 27 17 33.4 270.1 4.5 44.6 101 39 12 12 00 12 17 00 =OK290 14 32 18 32.6 271.1 4.6 44.6 300 58 12 12 01 12 24 00 J0956+2515 14 39 19 31.4 272.4 4.7 44.6 401 58 12 24 00 12 25 00 =OK290 14 40 19 31.3 272.6 4.7 44.6 60 62 12 24 01 12 26 00 J0956+2515 14 41 19 31.1 272.8 4.7 44.6 42 62 12 26 00 12 33 00 =OK290 14 48 21 30.0 274.1 4.8 44.5 420 89 12 26 01 12 34 00 J0956+2515 14 49 21 29.8 274.3 4.9 44.5 42 89 12 34 00 12 41 00 =OK290 14 56 22 28.7 275.6 5.0 44.4 420 116 12 34 01 12 43 00 J0956+2515 14 58 22 28.4 275.9 5.0 44.3 102 116 12 43 00 12 47 00 =OK290 15 02 23 27.8 276.7 5.1 44.2 240 131 12 43 01 12 50 00 J0956+2515 15 05 23 27.3 277.2 5.1 44.2 161 131 12 50 00 13 00 00 =OK290 15 15 25 25.7 279.0 5.3 43.9 600 170 12 50 01 13 03 00 J1549+0237 15 18 26 41.6 169.3 -0.5 -6.8 -121 170 13 03 00 13 10 00 =1546+027 15 25 27 41.8 171.6 -0.4 -5.3 299 197 13 03 01 13 12 00 J1549+0237 15 27 27 41.8 172.3 -0.4 -4.9 100 197 13 12 00 13 17 00 =1546+027 15 32 28 41.9 174.0 -0.3 -3.8 300 216 13 12 01 13 18 00 J1549+0237 15 33 28 41.9 174.3 -0.3 -3.6 41 216 13 18 00 13 25 00 =1546+027 15 40 29 42.0 176.7 -0.2 -2.1 420 243 13 18 01 13 26 00 J1549+0237 15 41 29 42.0 177.0 -0.1 -1.9 41 243 13 26 00 13 33 00 =1546+027 15 48 30 42.0 179.4 -0.0 -0.4 420 271 13 26 01 13 34 00 J1549+0237 15 49 31 42.0 179.7 -0.0 -0.2 41 271 13 34 00 13 41 00 =1546+027 15 56 32 42.0 182.1 0.1 1.3 420 298 13 34 01 13 43 00 J1549+0237 15 58 32 42.0 182.7 0.1 1.7 100 298 13 43 00 13 47 00 =1546+027 16 02 33 42.0 184.1 0.2 2.6 240 313 13 43 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 18 Oct 2018 Day 291 --- 13 50 00 J1549+0237 16 05 33 41.9 185.1 0.3 3.2 160 313 13 50 00 14 00 00 =1546+027 16 15 35 41.7 188.4 0.4 5.4 600 352 13 50 01 14 05 00 BLLAC 16 20 36 33.7 62.3 -5.7 -49.7 -42 352 14 05 00 14 10 00 --- 16 25 37 34.4 63.1 -5.6 -50.1 258 371 14 05 01 14 12 00 BLLAC 16 27 37 34.7 63.4 -5.6 -50.3 102 371 14 12 00 14 17 00 --- 16 32 38 35.4 64.1 -5.5 -50.7 300 390 14 12 01 14 18 00 BLLAC 16 33 38 35.6 64.2 -5.5 -50.8 42 390 14 18 00 14 25 00 --- 16 40 39 36.6 65.2 -5.4 -51.4 420 417 14 18 01 14 26 00 BLLAC 16 41 39 36.7 65.4 -5.4 -51.5 42 417 14 26 00 14 33 00 --- 16 48 40 37.7 66.4 -5.2 -52.0 420 444 14 26 01 14 34 00 BLLAC 16 49 41 37.9 66.5 -5.2 -52.1 42 444 14 34 00 14 41 00 --- 16 56 42 38.9 67.5 -5.1 -52.7 420 471 14 34 01 14 43 00 BLLAC 16 58 42 39.2 67.8 -5.1 -52.8 102 471 14 43 00 14 47 00 --- 17 02 43 39.8 68.4 -5.0 -53.1 240 487 14 43 01 14 50 00 BLLAC 17 05 43 40.3 68.8 -5.0 -53.4 162 487 14 50 00 15 00 00 --- 17 15 45 41.7 70.3 -4.8 -54.1 600 526 14 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess318.C512 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef6cm 6cm secondary focus receiver. This LO covers the whole band. ****** 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: 5 Station: EFLSBERG 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= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 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 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 = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 866.49 866.49 866.49 866.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 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: 3 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) OK290 09 53 59.738482 * 09 56 49.875376 09 57 51.768128 0.41 * J0956+2515 25 29 33.58581 * 25 15 16.04991 25 09 54.90230 0.37 0953+254 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0956+25 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 26975 observations. 1546+027 15 46 58.292172 * 15 49 29.436846 15 50 24.196597 0.00 * J1549+0237 02 46 06.07597 * 02 37 01.16332 02 33 53.62473 0.01 J1549+02 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 20624 observations. VR422201 22 00 39.362504 * 22 02 43.291371 22 03 30.312394 0.01 J2202+4216 42 02 08.59075 * 42 16 39.97988 42 22 21.66773 0.00 * BLLAC /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc 2200+420 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 52189 observations. J2202+42 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 J0956+2515 sess318.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 17 0.733 86.250 J1549+0237 sess318.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 18 19 0.783 111.010 BLLAC sess318.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 18 20 + 0.750 133.742 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) J0956+2515 62.9 J1549+0237 36.3 BLLAC 123.9 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