COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N19SX2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6/13cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 3 2019 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6/13cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 22 October 2019 The first half of the NME will run with the dual 3.6/13cm RCP-only setup involving antennas: Ef, Mc, Nt, On60, T6, Ur, Ys, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir. The second half of the NME will run with the 3.6cm dual pol setup involving antennas: Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On60, T6, Ur, Ys, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators J1751+0939 and J2031+1219 for ftp-fringe tests. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:10:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1751+0939) --- SX512geo mode (No Wb) 12:30:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 12:50:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 13:10:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 13:30:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J2031+1219) --- X512 mode (Wb comes in) 13:50:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:10:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:30:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:50:00 (scan 18, 2 sec, J2031+1219) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote & Olga Bayandina Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 22 Oct 2019 Day 295 --- Next scan frequencies: 8237.99 8237.99 8287.99 8367.99 8480.99 8625.99 8697.99 8816.99 8906.99 8906.99 2200.99 2232.99 2264.99 2296.99 2328.99 2360.99 Next BBC frequencies: 157.99 157.99 207.99 287.99 400.99 545.99 617.99 736.99 826.99 826.99 180.99 212.99 244.99 276.99 308.99 340.99 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 48 48 53.2 513.2 -1.1 -19.3 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =1749+096 16 50 48 53.3 514.0 -1.0 -18.7 120 8 12 00 01 12 07 00 J1751+0939 16 55 49 53.7 516.0 -0.9 -17.4 292 8 12 07 00 12 12 00 =1749+096 17 00 50 54.1 518.0 -0.9 -15.9 300 27 12 07 01 12 17 00 J1751+0939 17 05 51 54.4 520.0 -0.8 -14.5 292 27 12 17 00 12 22 00 =1749+096 17 10 51 54.7 522.1 -0.7 -13.0 300 46 12 17 01 12 27 00 J1751+0939 17 15 52 54.9 524.2 -0.6 -11.5 292 46 12 27 00 12 32 00 =1749+096 17 20 53 55.2 526.3 -0.5 -10.0 300 65 12 27 01 12 37 00 J1751+0939 17 25 54 55.4 528.4 -0.4 -8.4 292 65 12 37 00 12 42 00 =1749+096 17 30 55 55.5 530.6 -0.4 -6.9 300 85 12 37 01 12 47 00 J1751+0939 17 35 55 55.7 532.8 -0.3 -5.3 292 85 12 47 00 12 52 00 =1749+096 17 40 56 55.8 534.9 -0.2 -3.7 300 104 12 47 01 12 57 00 J1751+0939 17 45 57 55.8 537.1 -0.1 -2.1 292 104 12 57 00 13 02 00 =1749+096 17 50 58 55.9 539.3 -0.0 -0.5 300 123 12 57 01 13 07 00 J1751+0939 17 55 59 55.9 541.5 0.1 1.1 292 123 13 07 00 13 12 00 =1749+096 18 01 00 55.8 543.7 0.1 2.7 300 142 13 07 01 ---------- X512 ---------- Next scan frequencies: 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 Next BBC frequencies: 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 13 17 00 J2031+1219 18 06 00 45.5 483.5 -2.4 -38.0 214 142 13 17 00 13 22 00 =2029+121 18 11 01 46.3 484.9 -2.4 -37.3 300 162 13 17 25 13 27 00 J2031+1219 18 16 02 47.0 486.3 -2.3 -36.5 293 162 13 27 00 13 32 00 =2029+121 18 21 03 47.8 487.8 -2.2 -35.7 300 181 13 27 01 13 37 00 J2031+1219 18 26 04 48.5 489.3 -2.1 -34.9 293 181 13 37 00 13 42 00 =2029+121 18 31 04 49.2 490.8 -2.0 -34.0 300 200 13 37 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 22 Oct 2019 Day 295 --- 13 47 00 J2031+1219 18 36 05 49.8 492.4 -1.9 -33.1 293 200 13 47 00 13 52 00 =2029+121 18 41 06 50.5 494.0 -1.9 -32.1 300 219 13 47 01 13 57 00 J2031+1219 18 46 07 51.1 495.7 -1.8 -31.1 293 219 13 57 00 14 02 00 =2029+121 18 51 08 51.8 497.4 -1.7 -30.0 300 238 13 57 01 14 07 00 J2031+1219 18 56 09 52.4 499.1 -1.6 -28.9 293 238 14 07 00 14 12 00 =2029+121 19 01 09 52.9 500.9 -1.5 -27.8 300 258 14 07 01 14 17 00 J2031+1219 19 06 10 53.5 502.7 -1.4 -26.6 293 258 14 17 00 14 22 00 =2029+121 19 11 11 54.0 504.5 -1.4 -25.4 300 277 14 17 01 14 27 00 J2031+1219 19 16 12 54.5 506.5 -1.3 -24.1 293 277 14 27 00 14 32 00 =2029+121 19 21 13 55.0 508.4 -1.2 -22.8 300 296 14 27 01 14 37 00 J2031+1219 19 26 14 55.5 510.4 -1.1 -21.4 292 296 14 37 00 14 42 00 =2029+121 19 31 14 55.9 512.4 -1.0 -20.0 300 315 14 37 01 14 47 00 J2031+1219 19 36 15 56.3 514.5 -0.9 -18.6 292 315 14 47 00 14 52 00 =2029+121 19 41 16 56.7 516.6 -0.9 -17.1 300 335 14 47 01 14 55 00 J2031+1219 19 44 16 56.9 517.9 -0.8 -16.2 173 335 14 55 00 15 00 00 =2029+121 19 49 17 57.2 520.1 -0.7 -14.6 300 354 14 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess319.SX512geo Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 ****** Only 80.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 22 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 Net SB= L U U U U U U U L U U U U U U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 BBC SB= L U U U U U U U L U U U U U U U IF = A A A A A A A A A A B B B B B B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 8237.99 8237.99 8287.99 8367.99 8480.99 8625.99 8697.99 8816.99 8906.99 8906.99 2200.99 2232.99 2264.99 2296.99 2328.99 2360.99 BBC fr= 157.99 157.99 207.99 287.99 400.99 545.99 617.99 736.99 826.99 826.99 180.99 212.99 244.99 276.99 308.99 340.99 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: 9 10 11 Track assignments are: track1= 30, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 32, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess319.X512 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 2 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 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 = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 21 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 BBC fr= 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 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: 21 22 23 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 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 10.387930 * 17 51 32.818574 17 52 27.473748 0.00 * J1751+0939 09 39 42.82586 * 09 39 00.72841 09 38 58.41772 0.00 J1751+09 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 192391 observations. 2029+121 20 29 32.681260 * 20 31 54.994267 20 32 50.468930 0.01 * J2031+1219 12 09 28.75299 * 12 19 41.34015 12 23 54.09886 0.02 J2031+12 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 4314 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 sess319.SX512geo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 0.617 40.700 J2031+1219 sess319.X512 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 + 0.917 71.500 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 64.4 J2031+1219 103.3 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