! Primary Stations Catalog for SCHED. ! ! Do not modify the standard copy of stations.dat directly. It is ! the combination of a number of "Master" files. See proceedure ! Update to see what is involved. Users making a special version ! can modify stations.dat at will. ! ! INPUT PARAMETERS: ! Parm Note Description ! STATION 3 Station name. ! STCODE Station code. Usually 2 letters. Used for scheduling. ! DBNAME 1 Station name in VLBA correlator and geodetic station lists. ! DBCODE 1 Station code used in VLBA correlator data base. ! FRAME Source of the solution providing station coordinates. ! CONTROL Type of control file. ! DAR Type of data aquisition rack. ! RECORDER Type of tape recorder. ! NDRIVES Number of recorders at the site. ! NHEADS Number of recording head stacks on each recorder. ! ELEV 2 Site elevation above mean sea level or geocentric radius. ! LAT 2 Station latitude. ! LONG 2 Station longitude. ! ZALIM Zenith angle limit. ! X 2 Station X coordinate. ! Y 2 Station Y coordinate. ! Z 2 Station X coordinate. ! DXDT Rate of change of X coordinate (continental drift). ! DYDT Ditto for Y coordinate. ! DZDT Ditto for Z coordinate. ! EPOCH Time of zero offset from X,Y,Z. ! DESCRIP Any text. ! NDRIVES The number of tape drives at the station. ! HOR_AZ A list of azimuths at which the horizon is measured. ! HOR_EL The horizon elevation at the above azimuths. ! MOUNT The mount type as used by SCHED. ! AXISTYPE 1 The mount type according to the VLBA correlator database. ! AXISOFF The offset between the axes. ! AX1LIM Slew limits for first axis for several regions. ! AX2LIM Slew limits for the second axis in the same regions. ! AX1RATE The first axis slew rate. ! AX2RATE The second axis slew rate. ! TSETTLE Extra time required for source change beyond dist/rate. ! ! NOTES: ! 1. These items appear redundant with STCODE, STATION, and MOUNT, but ! reflect the contents of the VLBA correlator data base which can ! be, and often is, different from what is used in SCHED for ! scheduling. Often this difference reflects the refusal by the ! array schedulers to specify before observe time which specific ! antenna is going to be used for single dish observations at places ! like the VLA and Westerbork. Therefore STCODE does not contain ! this information. But the correlator must know and has separate ! database entries for each pad (gets which was used from the log). ! AXISTYPE is there as a consistency check. SCHED users do not ! need to specify DBCODE, DBNAME, or AXISTYPE if providing their ! own catalog for SCHED. ! 2. At least one of (ELEV, LAT, LONG) or (X, Y, Z) must be provided. ! It is a bad idea to provide both. SCHED will calculate the ! missing one from the one provided. Note if ELEV is large, ! (ELEV, LAT, LONG) are treated as geocentric. If it is small, ! they are treated as geodetic. ! 3. *** WARNING: SCHED uses the first 4 characters in many places ! to detect a true VLBA station. Those characters should only be VLBA ! if all the hardware all the way up the antenna is VLBA type. ! ! ------------------------------------------------------------------ ! HISTORY ! ! May. 12, 1989 - VLBA stations updated to VLBA Memo 644 (done later?) ! Feb. 3, 1994 - Update to Barry Clark station codes. ! Jan. 5, 1993 - New station codes and SN50 control. ! Codes are the ones recommended by Porcas except for ! a few single letter codes and a few 3 letter codes for DSN. ! Dec. 5, 1994 - Remove HCRK control type. ! Jan. 17, 1995 - Added VLBA horizon information (150K limit). RCW ! Nov. 18, 1995 Added VLBA mount information. RCW ! Feb. 15, 1996 - Add slew information for many sites. RCW ! - Make station names consistent with pc-sched and sked. RCW ! - pc-sched and sked catalogs don't agree on all parameters. ! - This whole area needs help. ! Dec. 2, 1996 - Add some Japanese stations. Note in last months various ! parameters like DAR, RECORDER etc were added. ! Mar. 14, 1997 - Merge with "huibstat.dat" to include VEX and ! Mark IV info. RCW. Huibstat.dat from Huib vanLangevelde. ! Mar. 25, 1997 - Incorporate changes to EVN etc stations from Huib. ! Mar. 25, 1997 - Split into rcwstat.dat and huibstat.dat for maintenance. ! From now on, stations.dat is the two catted together. ! Do not modify it directly. ! Oct. 1997 - More splits - to stations_APT.dat, stations_DSN.dat, ! stations_US.dat, stations_geodesy.dat, stations_EVN.dat, ! and stations_mm.dat. ! Nov. 5, 1997 - Add some S2 entries for Green Bank, Arecibo ... ! Feb. 25, 1998 - Setting up to get station locations from correlator ! data base. ! -- - Probably did not document a bunch of changes. ! Jan. 23, 2001 - Point ARECIBO position to locations.dat. RCW ! Apr. 23, 2001 - More Arecibo information prior to test. RCW. ! Oct. 15,16 2001 - Fix some Arecibo stuff. ! ! ! ===================================================================== ! The following are US stations not in the DSN and not primarily used ! for mm VLBI. These stations are maintained in file stations_US.dat. ! ===================================================================== ! STATION=VLBA_PT STCODE=Pt CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = PIETOWN MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! PT From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85,165,170,180,185,190,195, 200,240,245,250,255,265,270,275,280,285,360 HOR_EL = 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2 / STATION=VLBA_KP STCODE=Kp CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = KP-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! KP From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95,105, 110,115,120,150,155,165,170,180,185,215,220,225,230,235, 240,255,260,265,270,360 HOR_EL = 2, 2, 2, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 6, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2 / STATION=VLBA_LA STCODE=La CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = LA-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! LA From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 75, 80, 85,130,135,145,150,250,255,300,305,315, 320,340,345,360 HOR_EL = 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2 / STATION=VLBA_BR STCODE=Br CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = BR-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! BR From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 10, 15, 25, 30, 40, 45, 70, 75,120,125,130,135, 155,160,185,190,195,220,225,235,240,245,250,255,265,270, 275,300,305,310,315,330,335,340,345,350,360 HOR_EL = 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2 / STATION=VLBA_FD STCODE=Fd CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = FD-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! FD From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95,100,105,110,115,150,155,160,220,225, 230,240,245,250,255,260,265,270,275,280,285,290,295,300, 305,310,315,325,330,335,340,345,360 HOR_EL = 5, 4, 5, 5, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5 / STATION=VLBA_SC STCODE=Sc CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = SC-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! SC From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 10, 20, 25, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 95,100,105,110,115,120,125,130,135,140,145,150,155, 160,165,175,180,185,190,200,205,210,215,220,230,235,240, 245,250,260,265,270,275,280,360 HOR_EL = 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 6, 8, 9, 9, 8, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 16, 15, 13, 13, 12, 11, 11, 10, 9, 9, 11, 13, 14, 14, 15, 13, 12, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8, 7, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2 / STATION=VLBA_NL STCODE=Nl CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = NL-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! NL From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 75, 80, 85,100,105,110,115,120,125,130,135,140, 145,150,155,160,165,170,190,195,200,220,225,360 HOR_EL = 2, 2, 2, 3, 6, 6, 8, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2 / STATION=VLBA_OV STCODE=Ov CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = OV-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! OV From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95,100,105,110,115,120,125,130,145,150, 155,175,180,185,190,195,200,205,210,230,235,240,245,250, 260,265,270,280,285,290,295,300,305,310,350,355,360 HOR_EL = 3, 5, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, 15, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 8, 7, 7, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3 / STATION=VLBA_MK STCODE=Mk CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = MK-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! MK From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20,120,125,130,135,140,145,150,155,160, 165,170,175,185,190,195,200,205,210,215,220,255,260,270, 275,280,285,290,295,300,305,310,315,320,325,330,335,340, 345,350,355,360 HOR_EL = 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, 11, 12, 13, 13, 11, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 12, 11, 9, 10, 11, 10, 12, 14, 12, 9, 7, 5 / STATION=VLBA_HN STCODE=Hn CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = HN-VLBA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=2.25,90 AX1RATE=90 AX2RATE=30 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! HN From 150 K Ts line by Beasley and Medcalf Aug 1992. HOR_AZ = 0, 5, 30, 35, 40, 45, 65, 70, 80, 85, 90, 95,100,105, 110,115,120,125,130,135,140,145,150,155,160,165,170,190, 195,200,205,210,220,225,230,235,240,245,250,255,270,275, 290,295,315,320,325,330,335,345,350,355,360 HOR_EL = 6, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6, 5, 7, 7, 5, 3, 5, 4, 4, 2, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 6 / ! ! Some stations with VLBA terminals and control computers: ! STATION=VLA STCODE=Y CONTROL=VLA DBNAME = VLA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-85,445 AX2LIM=8,90 AX1RATE=40 AX2RATE=20 TSETTLE = 15 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 HOR_AZ = 0,360 HOR_EL = 8,8 ! Horizon not blocked to El limit. / STATION=VLA1 STCODE=Y CONTROL=VLA ! The coordinates are for pad E8 which will often, but not always, ! be the one used. At 7mm, some other pad must be used because ! antenna 9, on pad E8, does not have a receiver. DBNAME = VLA_E8 MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-85,445 AX2LIM=8,90 AX1RATE=40 AX2RATE=20 TSETTLE = 15 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 HOR_AZ = 0,360 HOR_EL = 8,8 ! Horizon not blocked to El limit. / STATION=VLA27 STCODE=Y CONTROL=VLA DBNAME = VLA MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-85,445 AX2LIM=8,90 AX1RATE=40 AX2RATE=20 TSETTLE = 15 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 HOR_AZ = 0,360 HOR_EL = 8,8 ! Horizon not blocked to El limit. / STATION=GB_VLBA STCODE=Gb CONTROL=NRAOV ZALIM=88.000 DBNAME = NRAO140 MOUNT = EQUAT AX1RATE=20 AX2RATE=20 ! From bvance email 16nov95. AX1LIM= -3.296,3.296, -4.958,4.958, -7.092,7.092 AX2LIM= -45, -36, -36, -16, -16, 86 TSETTLE=20 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! For Tsys measurement, allow an extra minute. / STATION=GBT_VLBA STCODE=Gb CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = GBT MOUNT = ALTAZ AX1RATE=20 AX2RATE=20 ! Frank Ghigo 21sep2000 AX1LIM= -270, 270 AX2LIM= 5, 90 TSETTLE=12.0 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 ! Position from F. Ghigo Email 12Dec2000 based on offsets from other ! antennas. Rate is for NRAO20, which is probably good. X= 882590. Y= -4924875. Z= 3943730. DXDT= -0.01378 DYDT= -0.00004 DZDT= -0.00021 EPOCH=50449 / ! STATION=EB_VLBA STCODE=Eb CONTROL=VLBA ! Note use "EFLSBERG" for the Mark III/IV system. ! Tsettle a compromise from Dave Graham email of 13 Jan 97. DBNAME = EFLSBERG MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=20 AX2RATE=15 AX1LIM=33,480 AX2LIM=9,89 TSETTLE=15 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=2 NBBC=8 ! Horizon of April 1979, trees in az 230-260 have grown since then.. ! From Dave Graham email of Nov 18, 1996. HOR_AZ = 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90,100,110,120,130, 140,145,150,155,190,195,200,210,220,245,255,260,270,280, 290,300,310,320,330,340,350,360 HOR_EL = 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 17, 15, 13, 12, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 12, 11, 11, 10, 9, 10, 10 / ! STATION=EFLSBERG STCODE=Ef CONTROL=VEX ! This is for Mark III/IV. Use EB_VLBA for the VLBA terminal. ! Uses Ef station code preferred by e-mail Dave Graham 26/11/96 DBNAME = EFLSBERG MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=20 AX2RATE=15 AX1LIM=33,480 AX2LIM=9,89 TSETTLE=15 DAR=MKIV RECORDER=VLBA4 NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=2 NBBC=14 ! Horizon of April 1979, trees in az 230-260 have grown since then.. ! From Dave Graham email of Nov 18, 1996. HOR_AZ = 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90,100,110,120,130, 140,145,150,155,190,195,200,210,220,245,255,260,270,280, 290,300,310,320,330,340,350,360 HOR_EL = 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 17, 15, 13, 12, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 12, 11, 11, 10, 9, 10, 10 / STATION=METSAHOV STCODE=Mh CONTROL=VEX ! huib 12/9/96 previously 'METS' ! CR: 15/10/01 previously 'DBNAME=METSHOVI' ! CR: updated from P.Kononen 1Dec00 ! CR: NBBC=8 until replacements arrive (30Oct01) DBNAME = METSAHOV MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=60 AX2RATE=60 AX1LIM=-55,415 AX2LIM=5,95.0 TSETTLE=3 DAR=VLBA4 RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=2 NBBC=8 / STATION=NOTO STCODE=Nt CONTROL=VEX DBNAME = NOTO MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=43 AX2RATE=30 AX1LIM=90,540 AX2LIM=5,89.0 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA4 RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=1 NBBC=14 / STATION=ONSALA60 STCODE=On CONTROL=VEX DBNAME = ONSALA60 MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=144 AX2RATE=60 AX1LIM=270,810 AX2LIM=5,88 TSETTLE=2 DAR=MKIV RECORDER=MKIV NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=2 NBBC=14 / STATION=YEBES STCODE=Yb CONTROL=VEX ! From vicente@cay.oan.es Thu May 29 12:52:22 1997 DBNAME = YEBES MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1LIM=-354,354 AX2LIM=10,89.9 AX1RATE=60 AX2RATE=60 DAR=VLBA4 RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=1 NBBC=14 / ! ! ! ===================================================================== ! The following entries in the SCHED stations catalog are for stations ! mainly used in CMVA observations. ! These stations are maintained in file stations_mm.dat. ! Some updates based on krichbaum email of 18sep2001. RCW ! ===================================================================== ! STATION=HAYSTACK STCODE=Hs CONTROL=VEX DBNAME = HAYSTACK MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=120 AX2RATE=120 AX1LIM=0,360 AX2LIM=5,88 TSETTLE=2 DAR=MKIV RECORDER=MKIV NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=1 NBBC=14 / ! Kitt Peak millimeter antenna STATION=KITTPEAK STCODE=Km CONTROL=VLBA DBNAME = KP12 ! X= -1995954.40 Y= -5037389.40 Z= 3357044.30 MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=14 AX2RATE=14 AX1LIM=270,690 AX2LIM=15,88 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA RECORDER=VLBA NDRIVES=2 NHEADS=1 NBBC=8 / STATION=PICOVEL STCODE=PV CONTROL=VEX DBNAME = PICOVEL ! X= 5088969.8 Y= -301682.6 Z= 3825016.0 MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=30 AX2RATE=30 AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=9,89 TSETTLE=2 DAR=VLBA4 RECORDER=VLBA4 NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=2 NBBC=14 / STATION=PDBURE STCODE=PB CONTROL=VEX DBNAME = PDBURE ! Position of Pad W00. X= 4524000.43 Y= 468042.14 Z= 4460309.76 MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=30 AX2RATE=30 AX1LIM=-90,450 AX2LIM=9,89 TSETTLE=2 DAR=MKIV RECORDER=VLBA4 NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=2 NBBC=8 / ! HHT millimeter antenna ! NOTE: check position and also must redo slew constants, etc... STATION=HHT STCODE=Ht CONTROL=VEX DBNAME = HHT10 X= -1827013.4000 Y= -5049530.4000 Z= 3447409.1000 MOUNT=ALTAZ AX1RATE=30 AX2RATE=30 AX1LIM=270,690 AX2LIM=15,88 ! TSETTLE=2 DAR=MKIV RECORDER=MKIV NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=1 NBBC=4 !for special 2mm version from Dave TSETTLE=2 DAR=MKIV RECORDER=MKIII NDRIVES=1 NHEADS=1 NBBC=4 /