COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20K3 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Dhanya G.Nair Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: nair@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3 cm (K-band) ftp fringe test for session 3/2020 (2048 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 x 32 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE, NO PCAL Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 1.3 cm K-band fringe test on 22nd October 2020 involving 21 telescopes: Jb2 Ef Mc On60 T6 Ur Tr Ys Hh Sv Zc Bd Sr Mh Kt Ky Ku CAMBG32M DARNHALL KNOCKIN PICKMERE The FTP-NME uses a standard setup at 2048 Mbps: The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators: Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every 30 min throughout the experiment: 12:10:00 (scan 1, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 12:40:00 (scan 3, 4 sec, J1751+0939) 13:10:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 13:40:00 (scan 7, 4 sec, J1849+6705) !Hart down 14:10:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J2139+1423) 14:40:00 (scan 11, 4 sec, J2148+0657) Clear skies! Dhanya G.Nair 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 22 Oct 2020 Day 296 --- Next scan frequencies: 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 Next BBC frequencies: 219.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 12 00 00 J1751+0939 16 51 47 53.4 514.3 -1.0 -18.5 0 0 12 00 00 12 12 00 =1749+096 17 03 49 54.3 519.2 -0.8 -15.1 720 185 12 00 01 12 17 00 J1751+0939 17 08 50 54.6 521.2 -0.7 -13.6 292 185 12 17 00 12 27 00 =1749+096 17 18 51 55.1 525.4 -0.6 -10.6 600 338 12 17 01 12 32 00 J1751+0939 17 23 52 55.3 527.5 -0.5 -9.1 292 338 12 32 00 12 42 00 =1749+096 17 33 54 55.6 531.9 -0.3 -6.0 600 492 12 32 01 12 47 00 J1751+0939 17 38 55 55.7 534.0 -0.2 -4.4 292 492 12 47 00 12 57 00 =1749+096 17 48 56 55.9 538.4 -0.1 -1.1 600 646 12 47 01 13 02 00 J1751+0939 17 53 57 55.9 540.6 0.0 0.5 292 646 13 02 00 13 12 00 =1749+096 18 03 59 55.8 545.0 0.2 3.7 600 800 13 02 01 13 17 00 J1849+6705 18 09 00 66.0 369.6 -0.7 -161.9 100 800 13 17 00 13 27 00 =1849+670 18 19 01 66.3 367.3 -0.5 -166.3 600 954 13 17 01 13 32 00 J1849+6705 18 24 02 66.4 366.1 -0.4 -168.6 293 954 13 32 00 13 42 00 =1849+670 18 34 04 66.6 363.7 -0.3 -173.1 600 1108 13 32 01 13 47 00 J2139+1423 18 39 05 41.7 473.0 -3.0 -43.4 166 1108 13 47 00 13 57 00 =2136+141 18 49 06 43.4 475.4 -2.8 -42.4 600 1262 13 47 01 14 02 00 J2139+1423 18 54 07 44.2 476.6 -2.8 -41.8 293 1262 14 02 00 14 12 00 =2136+141 19 04 09 45.8 479.2 -2.6 -40.6 600 1415 14 02 01 14 17 00 J2139+1423 19 09 09 46.6 480.5 -2.5 -40.0 293 1415 14 17 00 14 27 00 =2136+141 19 19 11 48.1 483.3 -2.3 -38.5 600 1569 14 17 01 14 32 00 J2148+0657 19 24 12 41.5 488.4 -2.4 -34.7 271 1569 14 32 00 14 42 00 =2145+067 19 34 14 42.9 491.2 -2.2 -33.2 600 1723 14 32 01 14 47 00 J2148+0657 19 39 14 43.6 492.6 -2.2 -32.3 293 1723 14 47 00 15 00 00 =2145+067 19 52 17 45.3 496.5 -1.9 -30.0 780 1923 14 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess320.K2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 2 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 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: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 BBC fr= 219.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 10 11 12 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 30.306958 0.00 * J1751+0939 09 39 42.82586 * 09 39 00.72841 09 38 54.65645 0.00 J1751+09 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 192391 observations. 1849+670 18 49 16.505878 * 18 49 16.072291 18 49 14.532438 0.01 * J1849+6705 67 02 07.88051 * 67 05 41.68025 67 07 27.11804 0.00 J1849+67 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 31337 observations. 2136+141 21 36 37.412147 * 21 39 01.309269 21 40 00.618613 0.00 * J2139+1423 14 10 00.62101 * 14 23 35.99216 14 29 21.64103 0.00 J2139+14 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53632 observations. 2145+067 21 45 36.078473 * 21 48 05.458671 21 49 07.038861 0.26 * J2148+0657 06 43 40.90456 * 06 57 38.60416 07 03 31.23764 0.25 J2148+06 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 110505 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 sess320.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 15 18 0.867 182.000 J1849+6705 sess320.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 15 18 0.333 60.167 J2139+1423 sess320.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 15 18 0.500 105.000 J2148+0657 sess320.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 15 18 0.383 80.500 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 63.8 J1849+6705 94.6 J2139+1423 119.1 J2148+0657 120.4 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