COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20M3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Olga Bayandina Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: bayandina@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 3 2020 (256 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 4 MHz filters; with a 2Gbps mode via 32 MHz filters at the end) COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 2020, October 15 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Tr, Ys, Ir, Sr, Km, Cm, Da, De, Kn, Pi. The NME uses a standard setup with 256 Mbps (and 2Gbps mode at the end); both as will follow in user experiments. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators 3C345, J2031+1219, and J2139+1423 for ftp-fringe tests. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 256 Mbps 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) 2Gbps 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) Good luck with the session! Olga Bayandina Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 15 Oct 2020 Day 289 --- 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: 241.49 241.49 241.49 241.49 249.49 249.49 249.49 249.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 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 14 24 31 64.0 448.2 -2.3 -68.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 --- 14 34 32 65.8 449.9 -2.2 -68.1 600 19 12 00 01 12 11 00 3C345 14 35 33 65.9 450.1 -2.1 -68.1 57 19 12 11 00 12 20 00 --- 14 44 34 67.6 451.7 -2.0 -68.0 540 37 12 11 01 12 21 00 3C345 14 45 34 67.7 451.9 -2.0 -68.0 57 37 12 21 00 12 30 00 --- 14 54 36 69.3 453.7 -1.8 -67.8 540 54 12 21 01 12 31 00 3C345 14 55 36 69.5 453.9 -1.8 -67.8 57 54 12 31 00 12 40 00 --- 15 04 37 71.1 455.9 -1.7 -67.3 540 71 12 31 01 12 41 00 3C345 15 05 37 71.3 456.1 -1.6 -67.3 57 71 12 41 00 12 50 00 --- 15 14 39 72.9 458.3 -1.5 -66.6 540 89 12 41 01 12 51 00 3C345 15 15 39 73.1 458.6 -1.5 -66.5 57 89 12 51 00 13 00 00 --- 15 24 41 74.7 461.1 -1.3 -65.5 540 106 12 51 01 13 09 00 J2031+1219 15 33 42 19.5 451.6 -5.0 -46.9 422 106 13 09 00 13 10 00 =2029+121 15 34 42 19.6 451.8 -5.0 -46.9 60 108 13 09 01 13 11 00 J2031+1219 15 35 42 19.8 452.0 -5.0 -46.9 57 108 13 11 00 13 20 00 =2029+121 15 44 44 21.4 453.6 -4.8 -46.8 540 126 13 11 01 13 21 00 J2031+1219 15 45 44 21.6 453.8 -4.8 -46.8 57 126 13 21 00 13 30 00 =2029+121 15 54 46 23.2 455.4 -4.6 -46.6 540 143 13 21 01 13 31 00 J2031+1219 15 55 46 23.4 455.6 -4.6 -46.6 57 143 13 31 00 13 40 00 =2029+121 16 04 47 25.0 457.2 -4.5 -46.4 540 160 13 31 01 13 41 00 J2031+1219 16 05 47 25.2 457.4 -4.5 -46.4 57 160 13 41 00 13 50 00 =2029+121 16 14 49 26.8 459.1 -4.3 -46.1 540 178 13 41 01 13 51 00 J2031+1219 16 15 49 26.9 459.3 -4.3 -46.1 57 178 13 51 00 14 00 00 =2029+121 16 24 50 28.5 461.0 -4.1 -45.8 540 195 13 51 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 15 Oct 2020 Day 289 --- Next scan frequencies: 6584.49 6584.49 6584.49 6584.49 6648.49 6648.49 6648.49 6648.49 6712.49 6712.49 6712.49 6712.49 6776.49 6776.49 6776.49 6776.49 Next BBC frequencies: 170.49 170.49 170.49 170.49 234.49 234.49 234.49 234.49 298.49 298.49 298.49 298.49 362.49 362.49 362.49 362.49 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 14 04 00 J2139+1423 16 28 51 18.7 447.9 -5.2 -47.4 215 195 14 04 00 14 10 00 =2136+141 16 34 52 19.8 448.9 -5.1 -47.4 360 288 14 04 25 14 11 00 J2139+1423 16 35 52 20.0 449.1 -5.1 -47.4 57 288 14 11 00 14 20 00 =2136+141 16 44 54 21.6 450.7 -4.9 -47.4 540 427 14 11 01 14 21 00 J2139+1423 16 45 54 21.8 450.9 -4.9 -47.4 57 427 14 21 00 14 30 00 =2136+141 16 54 55 23.4 452.5 -4.8 -47.4 540 566 14 21 01 14 31 00 J2139+1423 16 55 56 23.6 452.7 -4.7 -47.4 57 566 14 31 00 14 40 00 =2136+141 17 04 57 25.2 454.3 -4.6 -47.3 540 705 14 31 01 14 41 00 J2139+1423 17 05 57 25.4 454.5 -4.6 -47.2 57 705 14 41 00 14 50 00 =2136+141 17 14 59 27.0 456.1 -4.4 -47.1 540 844 14 41 01 14 51 00 J2139+1423 17 15 59 27.1 456.3 -4.4 -47.1 57 844 14 51 00 15 00 00 =2136+141 17 25 00 28.7 458.0 -4.3 -46.8 540 984 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: sess320.M256 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 8 Station: MEDICINA 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= 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 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: 4 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= 241.49 241.49 241.49 241.49 249.49 249.49 249.49 249.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 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: 4 11 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: sess320.M2048 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 24 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 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: 21 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6584.49 6584.49 6584.49 6584.49 6648.49 6648.49 6648.49 6648.49 6712.49 6712.49 6712.49 6712.49 6776.49 6776.49 6776.49 6776.49 BBC fr= 170.49 170.49 170.49 170.49 234.49 234.49 234.49 234.49 298.49 298.49 298.49 298.49 362.49 362.49 362.49 362.49 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: 21 28 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 39.015698 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 46 35.45561 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/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 53.370948 0.01 * J2031+1219 12 09 28.75299 * 12 19 41.34015 12 24 03.92963 0.02 J2031+12 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 4314 observations. 2136+141 21 36 37.412147 * 21 39 01.309269 21 40 00.702923 0.00 * J2139+1423 14 10 00.62101 * 14 23 35.99216 14 29 21.27720 0.00 J2139+14 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/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 sess320.M256 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 0.917 124.667 J2031+1219 sess320.M256 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 0.767 104.000 J2139+1423 sess320.M2048 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 29 + 0.850 114.000 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 67.0 J2031+1219 108.6 J2139+1423 125.0 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