! ================================================================ ! Preferred Dynamic Contraints. ! Proposal code: BJ050 ! ================================================================ ! Equipment constraints: ! Stations. Below each station code, the "o" indicates an ! [optional] station that is to be used if it is available. ! Change "o" to "r" if the station is required or change ! "o" to "n" if the station is not to be used. ! SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK ! n o r r r r r r n r ! Minimum number of stations [7]: ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [No] ! Bands and polarizations. Below each band code, insert "R" ! if the righthand polarization is to be used, "L" if the ! lefthand polarization is to be used, "d" if dual ! polarizations are to be used, or "o" if the band is in ! your setups but scheduling should not be constrained by ! its availability. ! 90cm 50cm 20cm 13cm 6cm 4cm 2cm 1cm 7mm 3mm ! d d ! Weather constraints: clear, no rain. ! [appropriate for bands marked "L", "R", or "d" above ! and for at least the minimum number of stations] ! Date constraints: none ! Preferred date(s), usually a series start [none]: ! Excluded dates plus reason [none]: ! Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time) [none]: ! ================================================================ ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== version = 2 expt = 'PKS 1830-211 at 3mm' expcode = BJ050 obstype = VLBA piname = 'Jin Chengjin' address1 = 'National Astronomical Observatories, CAS' address2 = 'Beijing, Chaoyang District' address3 = 'Datun Road A20, 100012' address4 = ' P.R. China ' phone = '0086 10 64875411 ext. 202 ' obsphone = '0086 10 64875411 ext. 202 ' email = 'cjjin@bao.ac.cn' fax = '0086 10 64852055 ' obsmode = 'VLBA/MKIV' obstype = 'VLBI' correl = 'Socorro' note1 = 'Analysts: please contact Vivek before correlation' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== ! Please use the coordinates provided HERE in this shedule. ! 1830-211 position is centered midway between the SW and NE ! components. 1830-SW and 1830-NE are positions centered on ! the two components, where the two passes of correlations ! are proposed to be centered. ! correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 1 corchan = 32 cornant = 8 corpol = 'on' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'Get the two correlation phase centers from this file.' cortape = DAT corship1 = 'Jin Chengjin' corship2 = 'Chaoyang District, Datun Rd. A20' corship3 = 'Beijing, China, 100012' cornote1 = '1830-211 consists of two components separated by 1' cornote2 = 'arcsec. The correlation is to be done on two phase' cornote3 = 'centers that are centered on the two components:' cornote4 = '1830-SW for SW image and 1830-NE for NE image.' ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== overwrit dosta 'VLBA' autotape=2 ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Station Catalog ==================== ! ========================================================== ! Get most stations from the catalog. stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Source Catalog ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Get the sources from the imbedded catalog. srccat / source='1830-211' RA=18:33:39.9065850 DEC=-21:03:40.2138250 EQUINOX='J2000'/ source='1830-SW' RA=18:33:39.5626068 DEC=-21:03:40.5768242 EQUINOX='J2000'/ source='1830-NE' RA=18:33:40.2505646 DEC=-21:03:39.8488235 EQUINOX='J2000'/ source='1924-291' RA=19:24:51.0559578 DEC= -29:14:30.121149 EQUINOX='J2000'/ source='1733-130' RA=17:33:02.7057900 DEC= -13:04:49.548229 EQUINOX='J2000'/ !! for reference pointing at 7mm. use 2MHz BW. !!! AHSco is about 35Jy now; VXSgr about 16Jy, so use it after AHSco sets. source='P-AHSco' RA=17:11:16.98 DEC=-32:19:31.2 equinox=j2000 vel= -7,-7,-7,-7 / source='P-VXSgr' RA=18:08:04.062 DEC=-22:13:26.1 equinox=j2000 vel= 6,6,6,6 / endcat / !!!! SiO 7mm maser - for pointing. lineinit / lineset='SiO431' restfreq=43122.027, 43122.027, 43172.027, 43172.027 / endlines / ! ==================== Setup Information =================== setinit = 3mm-512.set / nchan = 8 bits = 2 bbfilter = 16.0 freqref = 86244.99 freqoff = -32.50,-32.50,-16.50,-16.50,-0.50,-0.50,15.50,15.50 netside = U, U, U, U, U, U, U, U pol = dual pcal=OFF ! No useful PCAL is available at 3mm. / endset / setinit pt7mm.set / ! Four channel VLBA Pointing observations. ! Especially for on/off frequency on line sources. station = VLBA format = NONE nchan = 4 bits = 2 netside = U, U, U, U bbc = 1, 2, 3, 4 pol = dual bbfilter = 16 freqref = 43115.99, 43115.99, 43215.99, 43215.99 ptincr = 0.5 / endset / ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! Set the start time. The day is for the scan stop time. ! 1 times 8.0 hrs dynamically scheduled centered at LST 18.5 ! with 512 Mbits/sec recording !!! NOTE: only 5.1hrs total recording can be done at 512MB/s. !!! so shift center time a bit. Also, data below 10degrees elevation !!! may be of little use. LST=VLBA_PT day=59910 start=15:00:00 !! year = 2004 month = 10 day = 22 start = 14:30:00 ! ======================== The Scans ===================== stations = VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_MK !! these commands will skip a scan if the criteria are not !! met for minimum no. of antennas and minimum elevation. opminant=4 opminel=10 optmode='scans' group 6 rep 9 ! I shortened the scans a bit to put in more pointing. ! Also, 22min is the length of recording on one pass, ! you lose less data if the tape is kept running ! for the full pass and stopped at the end. Occasional ! stops of 4min are required to check the tape quality ! (readback test) ! Reference pointing with AHSco. 1min + 4 minutes gap. setup='$SCHED/setups/pt7mm.set' source='P-AHSco' doppler bw=2,2,16,16 linena='SiO431' norecord gap=04:00 peak=1 dur=0:01:00 / ! Recording data on 1733-1304, take it as a calibrator. 2 minutes source = '1733-130' setup='3mm-512.set' nodop nopeak gap=0:00 record dur=0:02:00 / ! Recording data on target. 9 minutes source = '1830-211' setup='3mm-512.set' nodop nopeak gap=0:00:00 record dur=0:09:00 / setup='$SCHED/setups/pt7mm.set' source='P-AHSco' doppler bw=2,2,16,16 linena='SiO431' norecord gap=04:00 peak=1 dur=0:01:00 / ! Recording data on 1924-2914, take it as a calibrator. 2 minutes source = '1924-291' setup='3mm-512.set' nodop nopeak gap=0:00 record dur=0:02:00 / ! Recording data on target. 9 minutes source = '1830-211' setup='3mm-512.set' nodop nopeak gap=0:00:00 record dur=0:09:00 / group 6 rep 5 ! ! A: Reference pointing with VXSgr. 1 + 4 minutes gap. setup='$SCHED/setups/pt7mm.set' source='P-VXSgr' doppler bw=2,2,16,16 linena='SiO431' norecord gap=04:00 peak=1 dur=0:01:00 / ! Recording data on 1733-1304, take it as a calibrator. 2 minutes source = '1733-130' setup='3mm-512.set' nodop nopeak gap=0:00 record dur=0:02:00 / ! B: Recording data on target. 9 minutes source = '1830-211' setup='3mm-512.set' nodop nopeak gap=0:00:00 record dur=0:09:00 / setup='$SCHED/setups/pt7mm.set' source='P-VXSgr' doppler bw=2,2,16,16 linena='SiO431' norecord gap=04:00 peak=1 dur=0:01:00 / ! Recording data on 1924-2914, take it as a calibrator. 2 minutes source = '1924-291' setup='3mm-512.set' nodop nopeak gap=0:00 record dur=0:02:00 / ! B: Recording data on target. 9 minutes source = '1830-211' setup='3mm-512.set' nodop nopeak gap=0:00:00 record dur=0:09:00 / ! ======================== End of file ====================