COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) Experiment: J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar Exp. Code: EF029B Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Sandor Frey Address: Konkoly Observatory Konkoly Thege M ut 15-17 H-1121 Budapest Hungary Phone: +36 20 3561859 EMAIL: sandor.frey@gmail.com Fax: Phone during observation: +36 20 3561859 Observing mode: 6 cm 2 Gb/s Notes: Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) Page 2 J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar 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 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 210.49 210.49 210.49 210.49 274.49 274.49 274.49 274.49 338.49 338.49 338.49 338.49 402.49 402.49 402.49 402.49 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 18 30 00 J1407+2827 17 51 49 43.2 270.5 3.7 55.6 0 0 18 30 00 18 40 00 =1404+286 18 01 50 41.4 272.1 3.9 55.5 600 154 18 30 01 18 44 00 J2022+6136 18 05 51 62.9 395.8 -2.3 -116.4 112 154 18 44 00 18 54 00 =2021+614 18 15 53 64.0 394.6 -2.1 -119.7 600 308 18 44 01 18 54 40 J2055+6122 18 16 33 60.5 398.5 -2.7 -109.0 30 308 18 54 40 18 55 40 =2054+611 18 17 33 60.6 398.4 -2.6 -109.3 60 323 18 54 41 18 55 40 J2102+6015 18 17 33 60.1 401.1 -2.8 -105.4 -7 323 No stop 18 59 10 =2101+600 18 21 03 60.6 400.9 -2.7 -106.4 203 377 18 55 41 18 59 10 J2055+6122 18 21 03 61.0 398.2 -2.6 -110.3 -7 377 No stop 19 00 40 =2054+611 18 22 34 61.2 398.0 -2.6 -110.7 83 400 18 59 11 19 00 40 J2102+6015 18 22 34 60.7 400.8 -2.7 -106.8 -7 400 No stop 19 04 10 =2101+600 18 26 04 61.1 400.5 -2.6 -107.8 203 454 19 00 41 19 04 10 J2055+6122 18 26 04 61.6 397.7 -2.5 -111.8 -7 454 No stop 19 05 40 =2054+611 18 27 35 61.7 397.6 -2.5 -112.3 83 477 19 04 11 19 06 10 J2102+6015 18 28 05 61.4 400.3 -2.6 -108.4 23 477 19 06 10 19 20 40 =2101+600 18 42 37 63.1 399.0 -2.3 -112.7 870 700 19 06 11 19 21 10 J2102+6015 18 43 07 63.1 398.9 -2.3 -112.9 28 700 19 21 10 19 35 40 =2101+600 18 57 39 64.7 397.2 -2.1 -117.6 870 923 19 21 11 19 36 10 J2102+6015 18 58 10 64.8 397.1 -2.1 -117.8 28 923 19 36 10 19 50 40 =2101+600 19 12 42 66.4 394.9 -1.8 -123.0 870 1146 19 36 11 19 51 10 J2102+6015 19 13 12 66.4 394.8 -1.8 -123.1 28 1146 19 51 10 20 05 40 =2101+600 19 27 44 67.9 392.1 -1.6 -128.8 870 1369 19 51 11 20 06 10 J2102+6015 19 28 14 67.9 392.0 -1.6 -129.0 28 1369 20 06 10 20 20 40 =2101+600 19 42 47 69.2 388.7 -1.3 -135.2 870 1592 20 06 11 20 21 10 J2102+6015 19 43 17 69.3 388.6 -1.3 -135.5 28 1592 20 21 10 20 35 40 =2101+600 19 57 49 70.5 384.6 -1.1 -142.3 870 1815 20 21 11 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) Page 3 J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar 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 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 --- 20 36 10 J2102+6015 19 58 19 70.5 384.5 -1.1 -142.6 28 1815 20 36 10 20 50 40 =2101+600 20 12 52 71.5 379.9 -0.8 -150.1 870 2038 20 36 11 20 51 10 J2102+6015 20 13 22 71.5 379.7 -0.8 -150.4 28 2038 20 51 10 21 05 40 =2101+600 20 27 54 72.3 374.5 -0.6 -158.5 870 2262 20 51 11 21 06 10 J2102+6015 20 28 24 72.3 374.3 -0.6 -158.8 28 2262 21 06 10 21 20 40 =2101+600 20 42 57 72.9 368.5 -0.3 -167.4 870 2485 21 06 11 21 21 10 J2055+6122 20 43 27 71.9 364.9 -0.2 -172.6 23 2485 21 21 10 21 22 10 =2054+611 20 44 27 71.9 364.5 -0.2 -173.1 60 2500 21 21 11 21 22 10 J2102+6015 20 44 27 72.9 367.9 -0.3 -168.4 -7 2500 No stop 21 25 40 =2101+600 20 47 58 73.0 366.5 -0.3 -170.5 203 2554 21 22 11 21 25 40 J2055+6122 20 47 58 72.0 363.2 -0.1 -175.2 -7 2554 No stop 21 27 10 =2054+611 20 49 28 72.0 362.6 -0.1 -176.1 83 2577 21 25 41 21 27 10 J2102+6015 20 49 28 73.0 365.8 -0.2 -171.4 -7 2577 No stop 21 30 40 =2101+600 20 52 58 73.1 364.3 -0.2 -173.6 203 2631 21 27 11 21 30 40 J2055+6122 20 52 58 72.0 361.2 -0.1 -178.1 -7 2631 No stop 21 32 10 =2054+611 20 54 29 72.0 360.6 -0.0 -179.0 83 2654 21 30 41 21 32 40 J2102+6015 20 54 59 73.1 363.5 -0.1 -174.9 23 2654 21 32 40 21 47 10 =2101+600 21 09 31 73.1 357.3 0.1 176.1 870 2877 21 32 41 21 47 40 J2102+6015 21 10 01 73.1 357.1 0.1 175.7 28 2877 21 47 40 22 02 10 =2101+600 21 24 34 72.8 351.0 0.4 166.8 870 3100 21 47 41 22 02 40 J2102+6015 21 25 04 72.8 350.8 0.4 166.5 28 3100 22 02 40 22 17 10 =2101+600 21 39 36 72.3 345.1 0.6 157.9 870 3323 22 02 41 22 17 40 J2102+6015 21 40 06 72.2 344.9 0.6 157.6 28 3323 22 17 40 22 32 10 =2101+600 21 54 38 71.4 339.7 0.9 149.5 870 3546 22 17 41 22 40 10 J2102+6015 22 02 40 70.9 337.2 1.0 145.3 478 3546 22 40 10 22 47 10 =2101+600 22 09 41 70.4 335.0 1.1 141.8 420 3654 22 40 11 22 47 40 J2102+6015 22 10 11 70.4 334.9 1.1 141.5 28 3654 22 47 40 23 02 10 =2101+600 22 24 43 69.2 331.0 1.4 134.8 870 3877 22 47 41 23 02 40 J2102+6015 22 25 13 69.1 330.9 1.4 134.5 28 3877 23 02 40 23 17 10 =2101+600 22 39 46 67.8 327.7 1.6 128.4 870 4100 23 02 41 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) Page 4 J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar 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 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 --- 23 17 40 J2102+6015 22 40 16 67.7 327.6 1.6 128.2 28 4100 23 17 40 23 32 10 =2101+600 22 54 48 66.2 324.9 1.9 122.5 870 4323 23 17 41 23 32 40 J2055+6122 22 55 18 64.9 326.0 2.0 121.9 24 4323 23 32 40 23 33 40 =2054+611 22 56 19 64.8 325.8 2.0 121.5 60 4338 23 32 41 23 33 40 J2102+6015 22 56 19 66.1 324.7 1.9 122.0 -6 4338 No stop 23 37 10 =2101+600 22 59 49 65.7 324.1 1.9 120.7 204 4392 23 33 41 23 37 10 J2055+6122 22 59 49 64.4 325.3 2.1 120.3 -6 4392 No stop 23 38 40 =2054+611 23 01 19 64.3 325.1 2.1 119.8 84 4415 23 37 11 23 38 40 J2102+6015 23 01 19 65.6 323.9 2.0 120.2 -6 4415 No stop 23 42 10 =2101+600 23 04 50 65.2 323.4 2.0 119.0 204 4469 23 38 41 23 42 10 J2055+6122 23 04 50 63.9 324.7 2.1 118.6 -6 4469 No stop 23 43 40 =2054+611 23 06 20 63.7 324.5 2.2 118.1 84 4492 23 42 11 23 44 10 J2102+6015 23 06 50 65.0 323.1 2.1 118.3 24 4492 23 44 10 23 58 40 =2101+600 23 21 23 63.3 321.3 2.3 113.5 870 4715 23 44 11 --- Start: Mon 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 -- Stop: Tue 15 Jun 2021 Day 166 --- 23 59 10 J2102+6015 23 21 53 63.3 321.2 2.3 113.3 28 4715 23 59 10 00 13 40 =2101+600 23 36 25 61.6 319.8 2.6 108.9 870 4938 23 59 11 00 14 10 J2102+6015 23 36 55 61.5 319.8 2.6 108.8 28 4938 00 14 10 00 28 40 =2101+600 23 51 28 59.8 318.7 2.8 104.7 870 5162 00 14 11 00 29 10 J2102+6015 23 51 58 59.8 318.7 2.8 104.6 28 5162 00 29 10 00 43 40 =2101+600 00 06 30 58.0 317.9 3.1 100.8 870 5385 00 29 11 00 44 10 J2102+6015 00 07 00 57.9 317.9 3.1 100.6 28 5385 00 44 10 00 58 40 =2101+600 00 21 33 56.2 317.4 3.3 97.0 870 5608 00 44 11 00 59 10 J2102+6015 00 22 03 56.1 317.4 3.3 96.9 28 5608 00 59 10 01 13 40 =2101+600 00 36 35 54.3 317.1 3.6 93.5 870 5831 00 59 11 01 14 10 J2055+6122 00 37 05 53.3 318.9 3.7 93.3 24 5831 01 14 10 01 15 10 =2054+611 00 38 05 53.2 318.9 3.7 93.1 60 5846 01 14 11 01 15 10 J2102+6015 00 38 05 54.1 317.1 3.6 93.2 -6 5846 No stop 01 18 40 =2101+600 00 41 36 53.7 317.0 3.6 92.4 204 5900 01 15 11 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) Page 5 J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 15 Jun 2021 Day 166 --- 01 18 40 J2055+6122 00 41 36 52.8 318.8 3.8 92.3 -6 5900 No stop 01 20 10 =2054+611 00 43 06 52.6 318.8 3.8 92.0 84 5923 01 18 41 01 20 10 J2102+6015 00 43 06 53.5 317.0 3.7 92.1 -6 5923 No stop 01 23 40 =2101+600 00 46 37 53.1 317.0 3.7 91.3 204 5977 01 20 11 01 23 40 J2055+6122 00 46 37 52.2 318.8 3.8 91.2 -6 5977 No stop 01 25 10 =2054+611 00 48 07 52.0 318.8 3.9 90.8 84 6000 01 23 41 01 25 40 J2102+6015 00 48 37 52.8 317.0 3.8 90.8 24 6000 01 25 40 01 40 10 =2101+600 01 03 09 51.0 317.0 4.0 87.7 870 6223 01 25 41 01 40 40 J2102+6015 01 03 39 51.0 317.0 4.0 87.6 28 6223 01 40 40 01 55 10 =2101+600 01 18 12 49.2 317.2 4.2 84.6 870 6446 01 40 41 01 55 40 J2102+6015 01 18 42 49.1 317.2 4.3 84.5 28 6446 01 55 40 02 10 10 =2101+600 01 33 14 47.3 317.6 4.5 81.6 870 6669 01 55 41 02 10 40 J2102+6015 01 33 44 47.3 317.6 4.5 81.5 28 6669 02 10 40 02 16 10 =2101+600 01 39 15 46.6 317.7 4.6 80.4 330 6754 02 10 41 02 20 00 J0319+4130 01 43 06 71.9 447.5 -1.6 -75.8 96 6754 02 20 00 02 30 00 =0316+413 01 53 08 73.7 449.1 -1.5 -76.0 600 6908 02 20 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess221.C2048 --- 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: 12 Station: URUMQI Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B 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= 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 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 = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 210.49 210.49 210.49 210.49 274.49 274.49 274.49 274.49 338.49 338.49 338.49 338.49 402.49 402.49 402.49 402.49 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: 8 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 0316+413 03 16 29.567283 * 03 19 48.160114 03 21 10.748342 0.14 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91856 * 41 30 42.10568 41 35 07.50128 0.11 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 15726 observations 1404+286 14 04 45.615157 * 14 07 00.394415 14 07 58.326191 0.11 * J1407+2827 28 41 29.23512 * 28 27 14.69015 28 21 20.42493 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 72228 observations 2021+614 20 21 13.300234 * 20 22 06.681752 20 22 31.031457 0.21 * J2022+6136 61 27 18.15582 * 61 36 58.80483 61 40 50.88027 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 3597 observations 2054+611 20 54 33.038660 * 20 55 38.838295 20 56 08.122312 0.36 * J2055+6122 61 10 27.48076 * 61 22 00.63796 61 26 38.81834 0.16 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 278 observations 2101+600 21 01 28.001902 * 21 02 40.219102 21 03 12.116510 0.89 * J2102+6015 60 03 15.00381 * 60 15 09.83639 60 19 57.09239 0.34 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 102 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 J0319+4130 sess221.C2048 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 15 0.167 11.973 J1407+2827 sess221.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 0.167 17.500 J2022+6136 sess221.C2048 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 0.167 12.815 J2055+6122 sess221.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 0.267 21.555 J2102+6015 sess221.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 6.717 612.331 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) J0319+4130 33.2 J1407+2827 108.3 J2022+6136 88.6 J2055+6122 86.1 J2102+6015 86.2 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