COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20X2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Olga Bayandina Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: bayandina@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 3 2020 (2 Gbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 32 MHz filters, assumes use of v107 firmware for DBBCs) Please send the disk pack to JIVE as soon as possible, if appropriate COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 19 October 2020 involving the following antennas: Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On60, T6, Ur, Ys, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir, Wz. The NME uses the 2Gbps setup that will follow in user experiments 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 1, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 12:40:00 (scan 3, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 13:10:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 13:40:00 (scan 7, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:10:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:40:00 (scan 11, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 19 Oct 2020 Day 293 --- Next scan frequencies: 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 Next BBC frequencies: 239.49 239.49 239.49 239.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 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 14 40 17 36.0 475.0 -3.2 -40.9 0 0 12 00 00 12 12 00 =1749+096 14 52 19 37.9 477.9 -3.0 -39.7 720 185 12 00 01 12 17 00 J1751+0939 14 57 20 38.7 479.1 -2.9 -39.2 297 185 12 17 00 12 27 00 =1749+096 15 07 21 40.2 481.6 -2.8 -38.0 600 340 12 17 01 12 32 00 J1751+0939 15 12 22 41.0 482.9 -2.7 -37.4 297 340 12 32 00 12 42 00 =1749+096 15 22 24 42.5 485.5 -2.5 -36.1 600 495 12 32 01 12 47 00 J1751+0939 15 27 25 43.2 486.9 -2.4 -35.3 297 495 12 47 00 12 57 00 =1749+096 15 37 26 44.6 489.7 -2.3 -33.8 600 649 12 47 01 13 02 00 J1751+0939 15 42 27 45.3 491.2 -2.2 -33.0 297 649 13 02 00 13 12 00 =1749+096 15 52 29 46.6 494.2 -2.0 -31.2 600 804 13 02 01 13 17 00 J2031+1219 15 57 30 23.7 455.9 -4.6 -46.6 244 804 13 17 00 13 27 00 =2029+121 16 07 31 25.5 457.7 -4.4 -46.3 600 958 13 17 01 13 32 00 J2031+1219 16 12 32 26.4 458.7 -4.3 -46.2 297 958 13 32 00 13 42 00 =2029+121 16 22 34 28.1 460.6 -4.2 -45.9 600 1113 13 32 01 13 47 00 J2031+1219 16 27 35 29.0 461.6 -4.1 -45.7 297 1113 13 47 00 13 57 00 =2029+121 16 37 36 30.7 463.6 -3.9 -45.2 600 1268 13 47 01 14 02 00 J2031+1219 16 42 37 31.6 464.6 -3.8 -45.0 297 1268 14 02 00 14 12 00 =2029+121 16 52 39 33.3 466.6 -3.7 -44.4 600 1422 14 02 01 14 17 00 J2031+1219 16 57 39 34.2 467.7 -3.6 -44.1 297 1422 14 17 00 14 27 00 =2029+121 17 07 41 35.9 469.8 -3.4 -43.4 600 1577 14 17 01 14 32 00 J2031+1219 17 12 42 36.7 470.9 -3.3 -43.0 297 1577 14 32 00 14 42 00 =2029+121 17 22 44 38.4 473.2 -3.2 -42.1 600 1731 14 32 01 14 47 00 J2031+1219 17 27 44 39.2 474.4 -3.1 -41.7 297 1731 14 47 00 15 00 00 =2029+121 17 40 47 41.3 477.5 -2.9 -40.3 780 1932 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.X2048 --- 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: 9 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= 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 = 9 1 9 1 10 2 10 2 11 3 11 3 12 4 12 4 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 BBC fr= 239.49 239.49 239.49 239.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 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: 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) 1749+096 17 49 10.387930 * 17 51 32.818574 17 52 30.329723 0.00 * J1751+0939 09 39 42.82586 * 09 39 00.72841 09 38 54.87769 0.00 J1751+09 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 192391 observations. 2029+121 20 29 32.681260 * 20 31 54.994267 20 32 53.297133 0.01 * J2031+1219 12 09 28.75299 * 12 19 41.34015 12 24 03.99787 0.02 J2031+12 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/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 sess320.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 0.867 78.867 J2031+1219 sess320.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 1.217 110.717 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 66.2 J2031+1219 105.2 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