! ================================================================ ! Preferred Dynamic Contraints. Alter [defaults] as desired. !/ ================================================================ ! 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 ! r r r r o o r r r r ! Minimum number of stations [8 (6 for 3mm)]: 9 ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [yes] 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 ! R ! ! Weather constraints: ! [appropriate for bands marked "L", "R", or "d" above ! minimum number of stations] 9 ! Date constraints: ! Preferred date (Fixed) 2008 Feb 29, UT 23 - Mar 01, UT 07 ! ================================================================ overwrit autotape = 2 version = 1 expt = 'Y27 Test' expcode = ty007a obstype = VLBA piname = 'Michael Rupen' address1 = 'NRAO AOC' address2 = 'Socorro, NM ' address3 = 'U.S.A.' phone = '505 835-7248' obsphone = '505 232-6710' email = 'mrupen@nrao.edu' fax = '505 835-7027' obsmode = '3.6cm, 6cm' note1 = ' ' ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2.0 corchan = 16 cornant = 12 corpol = on corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'standard' cortape = 'DAT' corship1 = 'Michael Rupen' corship2 = 'AOC' corship3 = 'Socorro' ! ==================== Setup Information =================== srccat / ! taken from bd105e source='CYGX1' ra=19:58:21.6744 dec=+35:12:05.758 equinox='J2000' / ! taken from BD117J source='N0239+6005' RA=02:39:37.95235 DEC=+60:05:41.9112 equinox='J2000' / endcat / ! ==================== Scan Information =================== minpause 300 year = 2008 month = 04 day = 03 start = 19:00:00 stations = SC, HN, NL, FD, LA, PT, KP, OV, BR, MK, VLA27 setup = $SCHED/setups/v4cm-256-8-2.set source='J0136+4751' dur= 600 vlamode='VA' / source='J0137+3309' dur= 200 vlamode='VA' / ! 3C48 ! Check very faint sources source='J1957+3338' dur= 300 vlamode='VA' / Vivek's calibrator for CygX-1 source='CYGX1' dur= 100 vlamode='VA' / source='J1957+3338' dur= 80 vlamode='VA' / Vivek's calibrator for CygX-1 source='N0239+6005' dur= 240 vlamode='VA' / ! 0.12 Jy @ X -- LSI calibrator ! Check different DS: ! - 4 groups (10, 3.3, 1.7, 0.4 sec) ! - 5 fs scans in each ! - Interleave with VA scans on our 2ndary source, each 3 mins, DS=10 as a check ! --> 4 x (5x160+80+120)= 4 x 16.7mins= 66.7 mins ! 10s integrations, all VA, enough time on-source to allow for VA ! ...note that VA mode means you ALWAYS lose the 1st 30s of the VA scan!!! ! boy is that annoying... group 2 rep=4 source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / ! 10s integrations group 2 rep=4 source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 90 vlamode='VX' / source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 120 vlamode='VA' / ! 3.3s integrations group 2 rep=4 source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 90 vlamode='VX' / source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 120 vlamode='VA' / ! 1.7s integrations group 2 rep=4 source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 90 vlamode='VX' / source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 120 vlamode='VA' / ! Check shorter switching times ! 10s integrations ; OBSERVE claims ~45s to switch sources ! group 2 rep=4 source='J0136+4751' dur= 70 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 70 vlamode='VX' / source='J0136+4751' dur= 70 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 120 vlamode='VA' / group 2 rep=4 source='J0136+4751' dur= 60 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 60 vlamode='VX' / source='J0136+4751' dur= 60 vlamode='VA' / ! group 2 rep=4 ! source='J0136+4751' dur= 55 vlamode='VA' / ! source='J0154+4743' dur= 55 vlamode='VX' / ! source='J0136+4751' dur= 55 vlamode='VA' / group 2 rep=4 source='J0136+4751' dur= 50 vlamode='VA' / source='J0154+4743' dur= 50 vlamode='VX' / source='J0136+4751' dur= 50 vlamode='VA' / ! Check fainter & VLA-only sources source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' / source='J0128+4901' dur= 120 vlamode='VA' / ! 0.24 Jy; not VLA cal. source='J0132+4325' dur= 120 vlamode='VA' / ! 0.24 Jy; W VLA cal. at 7mm; C-VCS1 says 0.17-0.13 Jy @ X source='J0125+4718' dur= 120 vlamode='VA' / ! 0.20-0.18 Jy @ X C-VCS1 source='J0140+4658' dur= 120 vlamode='VA' / ! 0.08-0.09 Jy; not VLA cal. source='J0136+4751' dur= 90 vlamode='VA' /