COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20L2 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Olga Bayandina Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: bayandina@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 18cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 2 2020 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 MHz filters) v3: includes Pi COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 9th June 2020 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, On85, Ur, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir, Ar. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators J0121+1149, J0956+2515, and J0927+3902. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0121+1149) + Arecibo 12:45:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0121+1149) + Arecibo 13:15:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0121+1149) + Arecibo 13:45:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0956+2515) 14:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0956+2515) 14:45:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0927+3902) Good luck with the session! Olga Bayandina Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 9 Jun 2020 Day 161 --- Next scan frequencies: 1634.50 1634.50 1634.50 1634.50 1650.50 1650.50 1650.50 1650.50 1666.50 1666.50 1666.50 1666.50 1682.50 1682.50 1682.50 1682.50 Next BBC frequencies: 124.50 124.50 124.50 124.50 140.50 140.50 140.50 140.50 156.50 156.50 156.50 156.50 172.50 172.50 172.50 172.50 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 J0121+1149 05 40 48 25.3 257.6 4.3 39.4 0 0 12 00 00 12 04 00 =0119+115 05 44 49 24.7 258.5 4.4 39.5 240 15 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0121+1149 05 47 50 24.2 259.1 4.4 39.6 161 15 12 07 00 12 17 00 =0119+115 05 57 51 22.6 261.2 4.6 39.9 600 54 12 07 01 12 20 00 J0121+1149 06 00 52 22.2 261.8 4.6 40.0 161 54 12 20 00 12 32 00 =0119+115 06 12 54 20.3 264.2 4.8 40.3 720 100 12 20 01 12 35 00 J0121+1149 06 15 54 19.8 264.8 4.9 40.3 161 100 12 35 00 12 47 00 =0119+115 06 27 56 17.9 267.1 5.1 40.5 720 147 12 35 01 12 50 00 J0121+1149 06 30 57 17.4 267.7 5.1 40.5 161 147 12 50 00 13 02 00 =0119+115 06 42 59 15.5 270.1 5.3 40.5 720 193 12 50 01 13 05 00 J0121+1149 06 45 59 15.0 270.6 5.4 40.5 161 193 13 05 00 13 17 00 =0119+115 06 58 01 13.1 273.0 5.6 40.5 720 240 13 05 01 13 25 00 J0956+2515 07 06 02 48.5 111.3 -2.9 -40.9 52 240 13 25 00 13 32 00 =OK290 07 13 04 49.5 113.2 -2.7 -40.2 420 267 13 25 01 13 35 00 J0956+2515 07 16 04 50.0 114.0 -2.7 -39.9 160 267 13 35 00 13 47 00 =OK290 07 28 06 51.7 117.3 -2.5 -38.6 720 313 13 35 01 13 50 00 J0956+2515 07 31 07 52.1 118.2 -2.4 -38.3 160 313 13 50 00 14 02 00 =OK290 07 43 08 53.8 121.8 -2.2 -36.7 720 359 13 50 01 14 05 00 J0956+2515 07 46 09 54.2 122.7 -2.2 -36.2 160 359 14 05 00 14 17 00 =OK290 07 58 11 55.8 126.6 -2.0 -34.3 720 406 14 05 01 14 20 00 J0927+3902 08 01 11 70.8 118.7 -1.5 -45.8 91 406 14 20 00 14 32 00 =4C39.25 08 13 13 72.4 124.0 -1.3 -42.7 720 452 14 20 01 14 35 00 J0927+3902 08 16 14 72.8 125.4 -1.2 -41.8 158 452 14 35 00 14 47 00 =4C39.25 08 28 16 74.3 131.8 -1.0 -37.5 720 499 14 35 01 14 50 00 J0927+3902 08 31 16 74.7 133.6 -1.0 -36.3 158 499 14 50 00 15 00 00 =4C39.25 08 41 18 75.8 139.9 -0.8 -31.8 600 537 14 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess220.L512ar Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef18cm 18cm Prime focus receiver, standard LO ****** Only 64.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 5 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 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 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1634.50 1634.50 1634.50 1634.50 1650.50 1650.50 1650.50 1650.50 1666.50 1666.50 1666.50 1666.50 1682.50 1682.50 1682.50 1682.50 BBC fr= 124.50 124.50 124.50 124.50 140.50 140.50 140.50 140.50 156.50 156.50 156.50 156.50 172.50 172.50 172.50 172.50 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 0119+115 01 19 03.080126 * 01 21 41.595043 01 22 44.659337 0.00 * J0121+1149 11 34 09.31522 * 11 49 50.41321 11 56 02.19449 0.01 J0121+11 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 62476 observations. 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 17.387392 0.31 * J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 57 13.58826 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 observations. OK290 09 53 59.738482 * 09 56 49.875376 09 57 57.579236 0.41 * J0956+2515 25 29 33.58581 * 25 15 16.04991 25 09 35.99177 0.37 0953+254 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0956+25 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 26975 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 J0121+1149 sess220.L512ar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1.033 22.167 J0927+3902 sess220.L512ar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 0.567 31.167 J0956+2515 sess220.L512ar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 0.717 39.298 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) J0121+1149 55.7 J0927+3902 55.9 J0956+2515 64.3 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