COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N23X3 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Suma Murthy Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: murthy@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 3 2023 (4 Gbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 32 MHz filters) v2: with Usuda & Misasa in first three scans Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 20 October, 2023. involving the following antennas: Wb, Ef, Mc, On60, T6, Ur, Tr, Hh, Ir, Wz; with Ud & Ms in the first 3 scans. The NME uses a standard setup with 4096 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators 0003-066, 0202+319 for FTP fringe tests. We will use 0204+316 for phase referencing. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 18:08:00 (scan 1, 2 sec, 0202+319) 18:30:00 (scan 3, 2 sec, 0202+319) 19:00:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, 0202+319) 19:30:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, 0202+319) 20:00:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, 0202+319) 20:30:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, 0202+319) Good luck with the session! Suma Murthy 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 20 Oct 2023 Day 293 --- Next scan frequencies: 8112.00 8112.00 8112.00 8112.00 8176.00 8176.00 8176.00 8176.00 8240.00 8240.00 8240.00 8240.00 8304.00 8304.00 8304.00 8304.00 8368.00 8368.00 8368.00 8368.00 8432.00 8432.00 8432.00 8432.00 8496.00 8496.00 8496.00 8496.00 8560.00 8560.00 8560.00 8560.00 Next BBC frequencies: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 224.00 224.00 224.00 224.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 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 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 18 00 00 0202+319 20 42 21 28.0 430.9 -5.4 -52.9 0 0 18 00 00 18 10 00 --- 20 52 22 29.7 432.4 -5.2 -53.5 600 309 18 00 01 18 15 00 0202+319 20 57 23 30.5 433.1 -5.2 -53.8 297 309 18 15 00 18 17 00 --- 20 59 24 30.8 433.4 -5.1 -53.9 120 371 18 15 01 18 22 00 0202+319 21 04 24 31.7 434.1 -5.0 -54.2 297 371 18 22 00 18 32 00 --- 21 14 26 33.4 435.6 -4.9 -54.8 600 680 18 22 01 18 37 00 0003-066 21 19 27 26.8 491.8 -2.8 -32.3 222 680 18 37 00 18 47 00 --- 21 29 28 28.1 494.2 -2.6 -30.9 600 989 18 37 01 18 52 00 0202+319 21 34 29 36.9 438.5 -4.5 -55.8 221 989 18 52 00 19 02 00 --- 21 44 31 38.7 440.0 -4.4 -56.2 600 1298 18 52 01 19 04 00 0202+319 21 46 31 39.0 440.3 -4.3 -56.3 117 1298 19 04 00 19 08 00 --- 21 50 32 39.7 440.9 -4.3 -56.4 240 1422 19 04 01 19 08 00 0204+316 21 50 32 39.1 440.9 -4.3 -56.1 -6 1422 No stop 19 11 00 --- 21 53 32 39.6 441.4 -4.3 -56.2 174 1515 19 08 01 19 13 00 0202+319 21 55 33 40.6 441.7 -4.2 -56.6 114 1515 19 13 00 19 17 00 --- 21 59 33 41.3 442.3 -4.1 -56.7 240 1639 19 13 01 19 22 00 0202+319 22 04 34 42.2 443.1 -4.0 -56.9 297 1639 19 22 00 19 32 00 --- 22 14 36 44.0 444.7 -3.9 -57.1 600 1948 19 22 01 19 34 00 0202+319 22 16 36 44.3 445.0 -3.8 -57.2 117 1948 19 34 00 19 38 00 --- 22 20 37 45.1 445.6 -3.8 -57.3 240 2071 19 34 01 19 38 00 0204+316 22 20 37 44.4 445.6 -3.8 -56.9 -6 2071 No stop 19 41 00 --- 22 23 37 45.0 446.1 -3.8 -57.0 174 2164 19 38 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 20 Oct 2023 Day 293 --- 19 43 00 0202+319 22 25 38 45.9 446.4 -3.7 -57.4 114 2164 19 43 00 19 47 00 --- 22 29 38 46.7 447.1 -3.6 -57.4 240 2288 19 43 01 19 52 00 0202+319 22 34 39 47.5 447.9 -3.5 -57.5 297 2288 19 52 00 20 02 00 --- 22 44 41 49.3 449.7 -3.4 -57.5 600 2597 19 52 01 20 04 00 0202+319 22 46 41 49.7 450.0 -3.3 -57.5 117 2597 20 04 00 20 08 00 --- 22 50 42 50.4 450.7 -3.3 -57.5 240 2721 20 04 01 20 08 00 0204+316 22 50 42 49.8 450.7 -3.3 -57.2 -6 2721 No stop 20 11 00 --- 22 53 42 50.3 451.2 -3.3 -57.2 174 2813 20 08 01 20 13 00 0202+319 22 55 43 51.3 451.6 -3.2 -57.5 114 2813 20 13 00 20 17 00 --- 22 59 43 52.0 452.3 -3.1 -57.5 240 2937 20 13 01 20 22 00 0202+319 23 04 44 52.9 453.3 -3.0 -57.4 297 2937 20 22 00 20 32 00 --- 23 14 46 54.7 455.2 -2.9 -57.2 600 3246 20 22 01 20 34 00 0202+319 23 16 46 55.0 455.6 -2.8 -57.1 117 3246 20 34 00 20 38 00 --- 23 20 47 55.8 456.4 -2.8 -57.0 240 3370 20 34 01 20 38 00 0204+316 23 20 47 55.1 456.4 -2.8 -56.6 -6 3370 No stop 20 41 00 --- 23 23 47 55.7 457.0 -2.8 -56.5 174 3463 20 38 01 20 43 00 0202+319 23 25 48 56.6 457.5 -2.7 -56.8 114 3463 20 43 00 20 47 00 --- 23 29 48 57.4 458.3 -2.6 -56.6 240 3586 20 43 01 20 49 00 0202+319 23 31 49 57.7 458.8 -2.6 -56.5 117 3586 20 49 00 20 53 00 --- 23 35 49 58.4 459.6 -2.5 -56.3 240 3710 20 49 01 20 53 00 0204+316 23 35 49 57.8 459.6 -2.6 -56.0 -6 3710 No stop 20 56 00 --- 23 38 50 58.3 460.3 -2.5 -55.8 174 3803 20 53 01 20 58 00 0202+319 23 40 50 59.3 460.8 -2.4 -56.0 114 3803 20 58 00 21 00 00 --- 23 42 50 59.6 461.3 -2.4 -55.8 120 3865 20 58 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess323.X4096 --- 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: 4 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 4096 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 32 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 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 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 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 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 13 5 13 5 14 6 14 6 15 7 15 7 16 8 16 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U 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 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8112.00 8112.00 8112.00 8112.00 8176.00 8176.00 8176.00 8176.00 8240.00 8240.00 8240.00 8240.00 8304.00 8304.00 8304.00 8304.00 8368.00 8368.00 8368.00 8368.00 8432.00 8432.00 8432.00 8432.00 8496.00 8496.00 8496.00 8496.00 8560.00 8560.00 8560.00 8560.00 BBC fr= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 224.00 224.00 224.00 224.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 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 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, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 0003-066 00 03 40.288767 * 00 06 13.892888 00 07 27.669318 0.00 J0006-0623 -06 40 17.29995 *-06 23 35.33538 -06 15 35.38972 0.01 J0006-06 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 38365 observations. * 0202+319 02 02 09.652800 * 02 05 04.925362 02 06 29.220000 0.00 J0205+3212 31 58 10.39522 * 32 12 30.09544 32 19 24.52536 0.00 J0205+32 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 49141 observations. * 0204+316 02 04 39.613481 * 02 07 34.989607 02 08 59.330386 0.13 J0207+3152 31 37 52.42719 * 31 52 06.46360 31 58 58.16524 0.19 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 150 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 0003-066 sess323.X4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 0.167 6.588 0202+319 sess323.X4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 1.667 80.500 0204+316 sess323.X4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 0.250 10.238 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) 0003-066 151.4 0202+319 157.3 0204+316 157.5 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