COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N23M2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Gabor Orosz Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 530 EMAIL: orosz@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 530 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: M-band (5cm) ftp fringe test for Session 3, 2023. 256Mbps mode to match EA072/EO020 COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME FTP-FT on October 25, 2023 involving the following 10 antennas: Jb2, Wb1, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Tr, Hh, Ib. The NME uses a standard 1 Gbps setup (8BBC/32MHz/dual). The NME lasts for 3 hours (25/10, 08:00-11:00 UT) with long scans on calibrators: J1430+1043 -- https://obs.vlba.nrao.edu/cst/calibsource/10988 J1613+3412 -- https://obs.vlba.nrao.edu/cst/calibsource/12148 with ftp grabs every other scan at the following times (in UT): 08:10:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1430+1043) 08:40:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J1430+1043) 09:10:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J1613+3412) 09:40:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J1613+3412) 10:10:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J1613+3412) 10:40:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J1613+3412) 10:59:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J1613+3412) -- Gabor Orosz Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 25 Oct 2023 Day 298 --- 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 08 00 00 J1430+1043 12 04 34 39.0 49.0 -2.4 0.0 0 0 08 00 00 08 02 00 =1427+109 12 06 35 39.3 48.6 -2.4 0.0 120 4 08 00 01 08 07 00 J1430+1043 12 11 35 40.1 47.4 -2.3 0.0 279 4 08 07 00 08 12 00 =1427+109 12 16 36 40.9 46.2 -2.2 0.0 300 14 08 07 01 08 17 00 J1430+1043 12 21 37 41.8 44.9 -2.2 0.0 279 14 08 17 00 08 27 00 =1427+109 12 31 39 43.3 42.3 -2.0 0.0 600 33 08 17 01 08 32 00 J1430+1043 12 36 39 44.1 41.0 -1.9 0.0 279 33 08 32 00 08 42 00 =1427+109 12 46 41 45.5 38.2 -1.7 0.0 600 52 08 32 01 08 47 00 J1613+3412 12 51 42 13.1 41.1 -3.4 0.0 222 52 08 47 00 08 57 00 =1611+343 13 01 44 14.5 39.6 -3.2 0.0 600 71 08 47 01 09 02 00 J1613+3412 13 06 44 15.2 38.8 -3.1 0.0 279 71 09 02 00 09 12 00 =1611+343 13 16 46 16.6 37.2 -3.0 0.0 600 91 09 02 01 09 17 00 J1613+3412 13 21 47 17.3 36.4 -2.9 0.0 279 91 09 17 00 09 27 00 =1611+343 13 31 49 18.6 34.7 -2.7 0.0 600 110 09 17 01 09 32 00 J1613+3412 13 36 49 19.3 33.8 -2.6 0.0 279 110 09 32 00 09 42 00 =1611+343 13 46 51 20.5 32.1 -2.5 0.0 600 129 09 32 01 09 47 00 J1613+3412 13 51 52 21.1 31.1 -2.4 0.0 279 129 09 47 00 09 57 00 =1611+343 14 01 53 22.2 29.3 -2.2 0.0 600 149 09 47 01 10 02 00 J1613+3412 14 06 54 22.8 28.3 -2.1 0.0 279 149 10 02 00 10 12 00 =1611+343 14 16 56 23.8 26.4 -2.0 0.0 600 168 10 02 01 10 17 00 J1613+3412 14 21 57 24.3 25.4 -1.9 0.0 279 168 10 17 00 10 27 00 =1611+343 14 31 58 25.2 23.3 -1.7 0.0 600 187 10 17 01 10 32 00 J1613+3412 14 36 59 25.6 22.3 -1.6 0.0 279 187 10 32 00 10 42 00 =1611+343 14 47 01 26.5 20.2 -1.5 0.0 600 207 10 32 01 10 47 00 J1613+3412 14 52 02 26.8 19.1 -1.4 0.0 279 207 10 47 00 10 52 00 =1611+343 14 57 02 27.2 18.0 -1.3 0.0 300 216 10 47 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 25 Oct 2023 Day 298 --- 10 57 00 J1613+3412 15 02 03 27.5 16.9 -1.2 0.0 279 216 10 57 00 11 00 00 =1611+343 15 05 04 27.7 16.2 -1.2 0.0 180 222 10 57 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess323.M256line --- 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: 5 Station: HART 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 9 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) 1427+109 14 27 43.700718 * 14 30 09.738797 14 31 17.596528 0.06 * J1430+1043 10 56 44.61950 * 10 43 26.86236 10 37 13.42546 0.12 J1430+10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 179 observations. 1611+343 16 11 47.914252 * 16 13 41.064243 16 14 33.382516 0.13 * J1613+3412 34 20 19.83388 * 34 12 47.90890 34 09 19.85570 0.16 J1613+34 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 162031 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 J1430+1043 sess323.M256line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.450 20.250 J1613+3412 sess323.M256line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1.467 66.000 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) J1430+1043 24.1 J1613+3412 56.4 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