COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N19M3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Katharina Immer Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: immer@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm (m-band) NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2019 (256 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 4 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 30 October 2019 involving 11 antennas. JB2, WB1, EF, MC, ON85, T6, TR, YS, HH, IR, SR. The NME uses a standard setup with 256 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrators, 3C345, J2031+1219, J2139+1423, for ftp-fringe tests; Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every twenty minutes throughout the experiment: 12:18:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, 3C345) 12:38:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, 3C345) 12:58:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, 3C345) 13:18:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 13:38:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 13:58:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:18:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J2139+1423) 14:38:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, J2139+1423) 14:58:00 (scan 18, 2 sec, J2139+1423) Clear skies! Katharina Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 30 Oct 2019 Day 303 --- Next scan frequencies: 6655.49 6655.49 6655.49 6655.49 6663.49 6663.49 6663.49 6663.49 6671.49 6671.49 6671.49 6671.49 6679.49 6679.49 6679.49 6679.49 Next BBC frequencies: 145.49 145.49 145.49 145.49 153.49 153.49 153.49 153.49 161.49 161.49 161.49 161.49 169.49 169.49 169.49 169.49 Next scan bandwidths: 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 12 00 00 3C345 16 24 49 24.2 4.0 -0.3 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 --- 16 34 51 24.3 1.8 -0.1 0.0 600 19 12 00 01 12 11 00 3C345 16 35 51 24.3 1.6 -0.1 0.0 39 19 12 11 00 12 20 00 --- 16 44 52 24.3 359.7 0.0 0.0 540 37 12 11 01 12 21 00 3C345 16 45 52 24.3 359.5 0.0 0.0 39 37 12 21 00 12 30 00 --- 16 54 54 24.3 357.6 0.2 0.0 540 54 12 21 01 12 31 00 3C345 16 55 54 24.3 357.4 0.2 0.0 39 54 12 31 00 12 40 00 --- 17 04 56 24.1 355.5 0.4 0.0 540 71 12 31 01 12 41 00 3C345 17 05 56 24.1 355.3 0.4 0.0 39 71 12 41 00 12 50 00 --- 17 14 57 23.9 353.4 0.5 0.0 540 89 12 41 01 12 51 00 3C345 17 15 57 23.9 353.2 0.5 0.0 39 89 12 51 00 13 00 00 --- 17 24 59 23.6 351.3 0.7 0.0 540 106 12 51 01 13 09 00 J2031+1219 17 34 00 32.1 54.2 -3.0 0.0 399 106 13 09 00 13 10 00 =2029+121 17 35 01 32.2 54.0 -3.0 0.0 60 108 13 09 01 13 11 00 J2031+1219 17 36 01 32.4 53.8 -2.9 0.0 39 108 13 11 00 13 20 00 =2029+121 17 45 02 34.0 52.0 -2.8 0.0 540 126 13 11 01 13 21 00 J2031+1219 17 46 02 34.2 51.8 -2.8 0.0 39 126 13 21 00 13 30 00 =2029+121 17 55 04 35.8 49.9 -2.6 0.0 540 143 13 21 01 13 31 00 J2031+1219 17 56 04 36.0 49.7 -2.6 0.0 39 143 13 31 00 13 40 00 =2029+121 18 05 05 37.5 47.7 -2.5 0.0 540 160 13 31 01 13 41 00 J2031+1219 18 06 06 37.7 47.5 -2.4 0.0 39 160 13 41 00 13 50 00 =2029+121 18 15 07 39.1 45.4 -2.3 0.0 540 178 13 41 01 13 51 00 J2031+1219 18 16 07 39.3 45.1 -2.3 0.0 39 178 13 51 00 14 00 00 =2029+121 18 25 09 40.7 42.9 -2.1 0.0 540 195 13 51 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 30 Oct 2019 Day 303 --- Next scan frequencies: 6021.49 6021.49 6021.49 6021.49 6029.49 6029.49 6029.49 6029.49 6037.49 6037.49 6037.49 6037.49 6045.49 6045.49 6045.49 6045.49 Next BBC frequencies: 141.49 141.49 141.49 141.49 149.49 149.49 149.49 149.49 157.49 157.49 157.49 157.49 165.49 165.49 165.49 165.49 14 03 00 J2139+1423 18 28 09 28.3 54.7 -3.2 0.0 120 195 14 03 00 14 10 00 =2136+141 18 35 10 29.6 53.5 -3.1 0.0 420 209 14 03 01 14 11 00 J2139+1423 18 36 11 29.8 53.3 -3.1 0.0 39 209 14 11 00 14 20 00 =2136+141 18 45 12 31.4 51.6 -2.9 0.0 540 226 14 11 01 14 21 00 J2139+1423 18 46 12 31.6 51.4 -2.9 0.0 39 226 14 21 00 14 30 00 =2136+141 18 55 14 33.1 49.6 -2.7 0.0 540 243 14 21 01 14 31 00 J2139+1423 18 56 14 33.3 49.4 -2.7 0.0 39 243 14 31 00 14 40 00 =2136+141 19 05 15 34.8 47.5 -2.6 0.0 540 261 14 31 01 14 41 00 J2139+1423 19 06 15 35.0 47.3 -2.6 0.0 39 261 14 41 00 14 50 00 =2136+141 19 15 17 36.4 45.3 -2.4 0.0 540 278 14 41 01 14 51 00 J2139+1423 19 16 17 36.6 45.0 -2.4 0.0 39 278 14 51 00 15 00 00 =2136+141 19 25 19 38.0 42.9 -2.2 0.0 540 296 14 51 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess319.M256meth Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh5cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20170808 (CR) ****** Only 30.51 of 64.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 5 Station: HART Total bit rate: 256 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 8.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6655.49 6655.49 6655.49 6655.49 6663.49 6663.49 6663.49 6663.49 6671.49 6671.49 6671.49 6671.49 6679.49 6679.49 6679.49 6679.49 BBC fr= 145.49 145.49 145.49 145.49 153.49 153.49 153.49 153.49 161.49 161.49 161.49 161.49 169.49 169.49 169.49 169.49 Bandwd= 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Matching frequency sets: 9 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess319.M256oh Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh5cmOH Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 29.49 of 64.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 23 Station: HART Total bit rate: 256 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 8.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 5880.00 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 27 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6021.49 6021.49 6021.49 6021.49 6029.49 6029.49 6029.49 6029.49 6037.49 6037.49 6037.49 6037.49 6045.49 6045.49 6045.49 6045.49 BBC fr= 141.49 141.49 141.49 141.49 149.49 149.49 149.49 149.49 157.49 157.49 157.49 157.49 165.49 165.49 165.49 165.49 Bandwd= 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Matching frequency sets: 27 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) * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 36.700257 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 46 41.90528 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53724 observations. 2029+121 20 29 32.681260 * 20 31 54.994267 20 32 50.316256 0.01 * J2031+1219 12 09 28.75299 * 12 19 41.34015 12 23 53.80887 0.02 J2031+12 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 4314 observations. 2136+141 21 36 37.412147 * 21 39 01.309269 21 39 57.663180 0.00 * J2139+1423 14 10 00.62101 * 14 23 35.99216 14 29 06.93825 0.00 J2139+14 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53632 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 sess319.M256meth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 17 + 0.917 140.250 J2031+1219 sess319.M256meth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 17 + 0.767 117.017 J2139+1423 sess319.M256oh 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 + 0.867 132.600 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 63.4 J2031+1219 96.5 J2139+1423 112.9 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