SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: tr018 COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Test the S band birdy at PT. Exp. Code: tr018 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 02 July 2002 PI: Craig Walker Address: National Radio Astronomy Observatory P. O. Box O Socorro, New Mexico, 87801 U.S.A. Phone: 505 835 7247 EMAIL: cwalker@nrao.edu Fax: 505 835 7027 Phone during observation: 505 835 7247 Observing mode: 6cm 128-4-2 Notes: No cover letter provided. CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): SOCORRO Correlator average time (2 sec): 2.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Spectral channels per baseband (16): 128 Number of antennas to be correlated: 1 Polarization (ON): OFF Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): DAT Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Craig Walker P. O. Box O Socorro NM 87801 Correlator Notes: DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 4.67 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 4.67 hours. Total time in recording scans: 4.67 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 4.67 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 8.2 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 137.6 Mbytes NOTE: Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. STATIONS USED IN SCHEDULE: Station Code Latitude Longitude Elevation X Y Z VLBA_PT Pt 34.30102 108.11919 2365. -1640953.70 -5014816.03 3575411.88 TAPE INITIALIZATION and CONTROL INFORMATION: (See setup details later for times per pass.) Station Drives Head pos Tape len Density Start position Auto Auto (ft) Drive Head index Aloc Reverse VLBA_PT 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 72 Number of scans scheduled: 14 Number of stations: 1 Number of sources input: 4 Number of setup files used: 4 Station summaries: Station Control Scans Scan Hours Tape hours Tapes Passes Readbacks VLBA_PT VLBA 14 4.67 4.67 1 13 0 Note: Tapes started before scan start time 1 times. See PRESTART and MINPAUSE. They may have been kept running through short scan gaps. The number can be large because each station/scan combination counts. Setup file: S01 Matches group v13cm_1 in /home/eolus/cwalker/code/sched/catalogs/freq.dat LA,NL only 2200-2400 Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 Net SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 BBC SB= U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L IF = A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A VLBA FE= 13cm omit 13cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.9 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2285.99 2285.99 2300.99 2300.99 2315.99 2315.99 2330.99 2330.99 2345.99 2345.99 2360.99 2360.99 2375.99 2375.99 2390.99 2390.99 BBC fr= 614.01 614.01 599.01 599.01 584.01 584.01 569.01 569.01 554.01 554.01 539.01 539.01 524.01 524.01 509.01 509.01 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 990 990 990 990 990 990 990 990 PCALFR2= 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 barrel=roll_auto Setup file: S02 Matches group v13cm_1 in /home/eolus/cwalker/code/sched/catalogs/freq.dat LA,NL only 2200-2400 Setup group: 2 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 Net SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 BBC SB= U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L IF = A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A VLBA FE= 13cm omit 13cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.9 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2285.99 2285.99 2300.99 2300.99 2315.99 2315.99 2330.99 2330.99 2345.99 2345.99 2360.99 2360.99 2375.99 2375.99 2390.99 2390.99 BBC fr= 614.01 614.01 599.01 599.01 584.01 584.01 569.01 569.01 554.01 554.01 539.01 539.01 524.01 524.01 509.01 509.01 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 990 990 990 990 990 990 990 990 PCALFR2= 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 barrel=roll_auto Setup file: S03 Matches group v13cm_1 in /home/eolus/cwalker/code/sched/catalogs/freq.dat LA,NL only 2200-2400 ****** Only 121.01 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 3 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 Net SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 BBC SB= U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L IF = A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A VLBA FE= 13cm omit 13cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.9 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2293.99 2293.99 2308.99 2308.99 2323.99 2323.99 2338.99 2338.99 2353.99 2353.99 2368.99 2368.99 2383.99 2383.99 2398.99 2398.99 BBC fr= 606.01 606.01 591.01 591.01 576.01 576.01 561.01 561.01 546.01 546.01 531.01 531.01 516.01 516.01 501.01 501.01 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 990 990 990 990 990 990 990 990 PCALFR2= 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 barrel=roll_auto Setup file: S04 Matches group v13cm_1 in /home/eolus/cwalker/code/sched/catalogs/freq.dat LA,NL only 2200-2400 ****** Only 121.01 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 4 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 Net SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 BBC SB= U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L IF = A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A VLBA FE= 13cm omit 13cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.9 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2293.99 2293.99 2308.99 2308.99 2323.99 2323.99 2338.99 2338.99 2353.99 2353.99 2368.99 2368.99 2383.99 2383.99 2398.99 2398.99 BBC fr= 606.01 606.01 591.01 591.01 576.01 576.01 561.01 561.01 546.01 546.01 531.01 531.01 516.01 516.01 501.01 501.01 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 990 990 990 990 990 990 990 990 PCALFR2= 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 barrel=roll_auto SUMMARY for experiment tr018 Test the S band birdy at PT. Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: Start azimuth, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 231 is Mon 19 Aug 2002 MJD 52505 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Pt 231 14:30:00 J0000+4054 - 31 231 14:50:00 S01 - 301 231 14:50:00 J0000+4054 - 27 231 15:10:00 S02 - 303 231 15:10:00 J0000+4054 - 24 231 15:30:00 S03 - 304 Skipping scan on J0000+4054 231 15:30:00 J0400+0550 - 49 231 15:50:00 S01 - 234 231 15:50:00 J0400+0550 - 45 231 16:10:00 S02 - 239 231 16:10:00 J0400+0550 - 42 231 16:30:00 S03 - 244 231 16:30:00 J0400+0550 - 38 231 16:50:00 S04 - 248 231 16:50:00 J0801+1414 - 69 231 17:10:00 S01 - 158 231 17:10:00 J0801+1414 - 70 231 17:30:00 S02 - 171 231 17:30:00 J0801+1414 - 70 231 17:50:00 S03 - 185 231 17:50:00 J0801+1414 - 69 231 18:10:00 S04 - 199 231 18:10:00 J1200+2008 - 46 231 18:30:00 S01 - 96 231 18:30:00 J1200+2008 - 50 231 18:50:00 S02 - 99 231 18:50:00 J1200+2008 - 54 231 19:10:00 S03 - 103 SUMMARY for experiment tr018 Test the S band birdy at PT. Top item is: Tape drive, direction, and head index at scan end. Bottom item is: Seconds tape starts before scan start time. Tape parameters are only predictions for stations using automatic tape allocation. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 231 is Mon 19 Aug 2002 MJD 52505 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Pt 231 14:30:00 J0000+4054 - 1F01 231 14:50:00 S01 - 20 231 14:50:00 J0000+4054 - 1R02 231 15:10:00 S02 - 0 231 15:10:00 J0000+4054 - 1F03 231 15:30:00 S03 - 0 Skipping scan on J0000+4054 231 15:30:00 J0400+0550 - 1R04 231 15:50:00 S01 - 0 231 15:50:00 J0400+0550 - 1F05 231 16:10:00 S02 - 0 231 16:10:00 J0400+0550 - 1R06 231 16:30:00 S03 - 0 231 16:30:00 J0400+0550 - 1F07 231 16:50:00 S04 - 0 231 16:50:00 J0801+1414 - 1R08 231 17:10:00 S01 - 0 231 17:10:00 J0801+1414 - 1F09 231 17:30:00 S02 - 0 231 17:30:00 J0801+1414 - 1R10 231 17:50:00 S03 - 0 231 17:50:00 J0801+1414 - 1F11 231 18:10:00 S04 - 0 231 18:10:00 J1200+2008 - 1F11 231 18:30:00 S01 - 0 231 18:30:00 J1200+2008 - 1R12 231 18:50:00 S02 - 0 231 18:50:00 J1200+2008 - 1F13 231 19:10:00 S03 - 0 Automatic tape allocation requested for sites using VLBA control files and having 2 or more drives. SCHED cannot predict tape changes. Number of tapes used at each autoaloc station: Station Tapes VLBA_PT 0.91 ESTIMATED TAPE TIMES (With autoallocation): Times are approximate and assume project starts at the beginning of a tape. Times can be affected by actual tape length. Tape change may occur during scan preceeding indicated time. Tape start time. Tape end time. Station Day Time Day Time (UT) (UT) VLBA_PT 231 14:30:00 231 19:10:00 SOURCE LIST -- Test the S band birdy at PT. Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Source Source position (RA/Dec) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) * J0000+4054 23 58 19.409746 * 00 00 53.081554 00 01 01.469931 2358+406 40 37 19.85980 * 40 54 01.79324 40 54 46.37105 /home/eolus/cwalker/code/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 * J0400+0550 03 57 32.152291 * 04 00 11.735376 04 00 19.047858 0357+057 05 42 17.76036 * 05 50 43.12292 05 51 13.58055 /home/eolus/cwalker/code/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 * J0801+1414 07 58 44.999952 * 08 01 33.501000 08 01 40.172012 0758+143 14 23 03.99973 * 14 14 42.40600 14 14 25.73645 J0801+14 /home/eolus/cwalker/code/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLA Calibrator Source List * J1200+2008 11 58 23.320943 * 12 00 57.116900 12 01 03.237916 1158+204 20 25 26.60315 * 20 08 44.61700 20 08 08.06698 /home/eolus/cwalker/code/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba JVAS - Wilkinson et al. 1998, mnras, 300, 790; S8.4GHz= 137 mJy 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) J0000+4054 119.0 J0400+0550 87.4 J0801+1414 27.6 J1200+2008 31.1 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 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'J0000+4054' ra = 00h00m53.081554s dec = 40d54'01.79324" name = 'J0400+0550' ra = 04h00m11.735376s dec = 05d50'43.12292" name = 'J0801+1414' ra = 08h01m33.501000s dec = 14d14'42.40600" name = 'J1200+2008' ra = 12h00m57.116900s dec = 20d08'44.61700" Code versions: Release version: Release of 02 July 2002 Version of sched code: 5.20 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.78 Version of plot code: 1.05 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0