COVER INFORMATION Station: PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N22L3 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Suma Murthy Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo Netherlands Phone: +31 686337748 EMAIL: murthy@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: L-band (18cm) NME and ftp fringe test for Session 3, 2022. EVN: 1024 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 BBC, 32 MHz filters MER: 512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 BBC, 64 MHz filters There is 21cm portion at end using GM081D-E channelization (no Ur,Hh) COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe test on October 28, 2022 involving 10 EVN antennas + eMERLIN: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, O8, T6, Ur, Tr, Hh, Ir, Cm, Da, Kn, Pi, De. The NME uses a standard setup with a datarate of 1024 Mbps (512 Mbps for eMERLIN). The NME lasts for 3 hours and consists of long scans on 3C395 We will use J1848+3219 for phase referencing. The ftp grabs will be at the following times (in UT): 12:00:00 (scan 1, 2 sec, 3C395) 12:30:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, 3C395) 13:00:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, 3C395) 13:30:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, 3C395) 14:00:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, 3C395) 14:30:00 (scan 21, 2 sec, 3C395) Suma Murthy Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 28 Oct 2022 Day 301 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 Next BBC frequencies: 645.51 645.51 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 12 00 00 3C395 14 17 29 35.8 82.8 -4.8 -44.4 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 --- 14 27 31 37.3 84.6 -4.6 -44.6 600 39 12 00 01 12 12 00 3C395 14 29 31 37.6 85.0 -4.6 -44.6 115 39 12 12 00 12 16 00 --- 14 33 32 38.2 85.8 -4.5 -44.7 240 54 12 12 01 12 16 00 J1848+3219 14 33 32 40.6 88.3 -4.3 -45.0 -28 54 No stop 12 19 00 =1846+322 14 36 32 41.1 88.9 -4.2 -45.0 152 66 12 16 01 12 21 00 3C395 14 38 33 39.0 86.8 -4.4 -44.7 93 66 12 21 00 12 25 00 --- 14 42 33 39.6 87.5 -4.4 -44.8 240 81 12 21 01 12 30 00 3C395 14 47 34 40.3 88.5 -4.3 -44.8 294 81 12 30 00 12 40 00 --- 14 57 36 41.8 90.5 -4.1 -44.8 600 120 12 30 01 12 42 00 3C395 14 59 36 42.1 90.9 -4.1 -44.8 115 120 12 42 00 12 46 00 --- 15 03 37 42.7 91.7 -4.0 -44.8 240 135 12 42 01 12 46 00 J1848+3219 15 03 37 45.1 94.5 -3.8 -44.9 -29 135 No stop 12 49 00 =1846+322 15 06 37 45.6 95.1 -3.7 -44.8 151 147 12 46 01 12 51 00 3C395 15 08 38 43.5 92.8 -3.9 -44.8 92 147 12 51 00 12 55 00 --- 15 12 38 44.1 93.6 -3.9 -44.7 240 162 12 51 01 13 00 00 3C395 15 17 39 44.8 94.7 -3.8 -44.7 294 162 13 00 00 13 10 00 --- 15 27 41 46.3 96.8 -3.6 -44.4 600 201 13 00 01 13 12 00 3C395 15 29 41 46.6 97.3 -3.6 -44.4 115 201 13 12 00 13 16 00 --- 15 33 42 47.2 98.2 -3.5 -44.3 240 216 13 12 01 13 16 00 J1848+3219 15 33 42 49.6 101.2 -3.3 -44.0 -30 216 No stop 13 19 00 =1846+322 15 36 42 50.0 101.9 -3.2 -43.8 150 228 13 16 01 13 21 00 3C395 15 38 43 47.9 99.3 -3.4 -44.1 91 228 13 21 00 13 25 00 --- 15 42 43 48.5 100.2 -3.4 -43.9 240 243 13 21 01 13 30 00 3C395 15 47 44 49.3 101.4 -3.3 -43.7 294 243 13 30 00 13 40 00 --- 15 57 46 50.7 103.8 -3.1 -43.2 600 282 13 30 01 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 28 Oct 2022 Day 301 --- Next scan frequencies: 1362.25 1362.25 Next BBC frequencies: 909.75 909.75 13 42 00 3C395 15 59 46 51.0 104.3 -3.1 -43.1 115 282 13 42 00 13 46 00 --- 16 03 47 51.6 105.3 -3.0 -42.9 240 298 13 42 01 13 46 00 J1848+3219 16 03 47 53.9 108.7 -2.8 -42.1 -32 298 No stop 13 49 00 =1846+322 16 06 47 54.3 109.5 -2.7 -41.8 148 309 13 46 01 13 51 00 3C395 16 08 47 52.3 106.5 -2.9 -42.5 89 309 13 51 00 13 55 00 --- 16 12 48 52.9 107.6 -2.8 -42.2 240 325 13 51 01 14 00 00 3C395 16 17 49 53.6 108.9 -2.8 -41.9 294 325 14 00 00 14 10 00 --- 16 27 51 55.0 111.6 -2.6 -41.0 600 363 14 00 01 14 12 00 3C395 16 29 51 55.3 112.2 -2.6 -40.8 114 363 14 12 00 14 16 00 --- 16 33 52 55.8 113.3 -2.5 -40.4 240 379 14 12 01 14 16 00 J1848+3219 16 33 52 58.0 117.3 -2.3 -39.0 -34 379 No stop 14 19 00 =1846+322 16 36 52 58.4 118.2 -2.2 -38.6 146 390 14 16 01 14 21 00 3C395 16 38 52 56.5 114.8 -2.4 -39.8 87 390 14 21 00 14 25 00 --- 16 42 53 57.1 116.0 -2.3 -39.3 240 406 14 21 01 14 30 00 3C395 16 47 54 57.7 117.5 -2.3 -38.7 293 406 14 30 00 14 40 00 --- 16 57 55 59.0 120.7 -2.1 -37.3 600 444 14 30 01 14 45 00 3C395 17 02 56 59.7 122.4 -2.0 -36.6 293 444 14 45 00 14 55 00 --- 17 12 58 60.9 125.8 -1.8 -34.9 600 483 14 45 01 14 55 00 J1848+3219 17 12 58 62.9 130.9 -1.6 -32.3 -38 483 No stop 15 00 00 =1846+322 17 17 59 63.4 132.9 -1.5 -31.2 262 502 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: sess322.L1024 --- 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: 16 Station: PICKMERE Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2272.00 2272.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 13 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 BBC fr= 645.51 645.51 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 13 14 15 16 17 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess322.H512 --- 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: 30 Station: PICKMERE Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2272.00 2272.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 27 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1362.25 1362.25 BBC fr= 909.75 909.75 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 27 28 29 30 31 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 1846+322 18 46 29.612030 * 18 48 22.088573 18 49 12.073358 0.00 * J1848+3219 32 15 36.66044 * 32 19 02.60384 32 20 46.53737 0.00 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 38727 observations. * 3C395 19 01 02.310064 * 19 02 55.938900 19 03 46.517164 0.02 J1902+3159 31 55 13.94285 * 31 59 41.70165 32 01 53.82600 0.02 1901+319 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1902+31 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 2536 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 J1848+3219 sess322.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.150 17.148 sess322.H512 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 + 0.183 13.096 3C395 sess322.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 1.067 145.067 sess322.H512 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 + 0.767 69.767 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) J1848+3219 80.4 3C395 83.2 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