COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 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 11 00 25 33.6 470.1 -3.5 -42.9 0 0 08 00 00 08 02 00 =1427+109 11 02 25 34.0 470.5 -3.5 -42.8 120 4 08 00 01 08 07 00 J1430+1043 11 07 26 34.8 471.6 -3.4 -42.4 297 4 08 07 00 08 12 00 =1427+109 11 12 27 35.6 472.7 -3.3 -42.0 300 14 08 07 01 08 17 00 J1430+1043 11 17 28 36.4 473.9 -3.2 -41.6 297 14 08 17 00 08 27 00 =1427+109 11 27 29 38.1 476.2 -3.1 -40.6 600 33 08 17 01 08 32 00 J1430+1043 11 32 30 38.9 477.4 -3.0 -40.1 297 33 08 32 00 08 42 00 =1427+109 11 42 32 40.4 479.9 -2.8 -39.0 600 52 08 32 01 08 47 00 J1613+3412 11 47 33 38.8 437.3 -4.5 -57.2 239 52 08 47 00 08 57 00 =1611+343 11 57 34 40.5 438.8 -4.3 -57.7 600 71 08 47 01 09 02 00 J1613+3412 12 02 35 41.4 439.5 -4.2 -57.9 297 71 09 02 00 09 12 00 =1611+343 12 12 37 43.2 441.0 -4.0 -58.3 600 91 09 02 01 09 17 00 J1613+3412 12 17 38 44.1 441.7 -3.9 -58.5 297 91 09 17 00 09 27 00 =1611+343 12 27 39 45.8 443.2 -3.8 -58.8 600 110 09 17 01 09 32 00 J1613+3412 12 32 40 46.7 444.0 -3.7 -59.0 297 110 09 32 00 09 42 00 =1611+343 12 42 42 48.5 445.6 -3.5 -59.2 600 129 09 32 01 09 47 00 J1613+3412 12 47 43 49.4 446.4 -3.4 -59.3 297 129 09 47 00 09 57 00 =1611+343 12 57 44 51.2 448.1 -3.3 -59.4 600 149 09 47 01 10 02 00 J1613+3412 13 02 45 52.1 448.9 -3.2 -59.5 297 149 10 02 00 10 12 00 =1611+343 13 12 47 53.9 450.7 -3.0 -59.5 600 168 10 02 01 10 17 00 J1613+3412 13 17 47 54.8 451.6 -2.9 -59.5 297 168 10 17 00 10 27 00 =1611+343 13 27 49 56.5 453.4 -2.8 -59.3 600 187 10 17 01 10 32 00 J1613+3412 13 32 50 57.4 454.4 -2.7 -59.2 297 187 10 32 00 10 42 00 =1611+343 13 42 52 59.2 456.4 -2.5 -58.9 600 207 10 32 01 10 47 00 J1613+3412 13 47 52 60.1 457.5 -2.4 -58.7 297 207 10 47 00 10 52 00 =1611+343 13 52 53 61.0 458.6 -2.4 -58.4 300 216 10 47 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 25 Oct 2023 Day 298 --- 10 57 00 J1613+3412 13 57 54 61.9 459.7 -2.3 -58.1 297 216 10 57 00 11 00 00 =1611+343 14 00 55 62.4 460.4 -2.2 -57.9 180 222 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: 7 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 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