SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: tf028h COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Mark5 test -- dual record at PT Exp. Code: tf028h Start Day 218 is Thu 5 Aug 2004 MJD 53222 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Trial release of 30 July 2004 PI: Walter Brisken Address: National Radio Astronomy Observatory P. O. Box O Socorro, New Mexico, 87801 U.S.A. Phone: 505 835 7133 EMAIL: wbrisken@nrao.edu Fax: 505 835 7027 Phone during observation: 505 772 2580 Observing mode: Notes: Correlation not needed -- observe test only 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): 64 Number of antennas to be correlated: 1 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): DAT Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Walter Brisken P. O. Box O Socorro NM 87801 Correlator Notes: DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 1.61 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 1.02 hours. Total time in recording scans: 1.02 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 1.02 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 2.0 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 5.1 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 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: Some stations may be scheduled for both tape and disk. TAPES - Stations potentially recording on tape. (See setup details later for times per pass.) Station Drives Head pos Tape len Density Start position Auto Auto Recorder (ft) Driv Head indx Aloc Reverse VLBA_PT 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type VLBA_PT MARK5A EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 16 Number of scans scheduled: 16 Number of stations: 1 Number of sources input: 2 Number of setup files used: 3 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Tape hours Tapes Passes Readbacks VLBA_PT VLBA 16 1.02 1.07 1 3 15 Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes VLBA_PT VLBA 16 1.02 1.07 42. Note: Tapes started before scan start time 16 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: mk5.20.64 Matches group v20cm_2 in /users/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/freq.dat FD filtered above 1760. SC filtered above 1740. Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 64 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 2 Passes/head pos: 2 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= 2400.00 2400.00 Net SB= U U Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 BBC SB= L L IF = A C VLBA FE= 20cm omit 20cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.4 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 2 LO sum= 1409.99 1409.99 BBC fr= 990.01 990.01 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 2 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S1 S1 S1 OFF OFF OFF OFF PCALXB2= S2 S2 S2 S2 OFF OFF OFF OFF PCALFR1= 10 13010 0 1010 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 10 13010 0 1010 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10 track2= 3, 11 barrel=roll_auto Setup file: mk5.20.128 Matches group v20cm_2 in /users/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/freq.dat FD filtered above 1760. SC filtered above 1740. Setup group: 2 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 128 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 2 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= 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= L L L L IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 20cm omit 20cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.4 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1409.99 1409.99 1589.99 1589.99 BBC fr= 990.01 990.01 810.01 810.01 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S1 S3 S1 S3 S1 S3 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S2 S4 S2 S4 S2 S4 PCALFR1= 10 10 13010 13010 0 0 1010 1010 PCALFR2= 10 10 13010 13010 0 0 1010 1010 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26 track2= 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_auto SUMMARY for experiment tf028h Mark5 test -- dual record at PT Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: End elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 218 is Thu 5 Aug 2004 MJD 53222 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Pt 218 18:30:00 B0950+08 - 55 218 18:32:40 mk5.20.128 - 56 218 18:35:00 J0946+1017 - 59 218 18:37:40 - - 59 218 18:40:00 B0950+08 - 57 218 18:42:40 - - 57 218 18:45:00 J0946+1017 - 60 218 18:47:40 - - 61 218 18:50:00 B0950+08 - 58 218 18:52:40 - - 59 218 18:55:00 J0946+1017 - 62 218 18:57:40 - - 62 218 19:00:00 B0950+08 - 59 218 19:02:40 - - 60 218 19:05:00 J0946+1017 - 63 218 19:07:40 - - 63 218 19:10:00 B0950+08 - 61 218 19:15:00 mk5.20.64 - 61 218 19:17:20 J0946+1017 - 64 218 19:22:20 - - 64 218 19:24:40 B0950+08 - 62 218 19:29:40 - - 62 218 19:32:00 J0946+1017 - 65 218 19:37:00 - - 65 218 19:39:20 B0950+08 - 63 218 19:44:20 - - 63 218 19:46:40 J0946+1017 - 66 218 19:51:40 - - 66 218 19:54:00 B0950+08 - 63 218 19:59:00 - - 64 218 20:01:20 J0946+1017 - 66 218 20:06:20 - - 66 SUMMARY for experiment tf028h Mark5 test -- dual record at PT Top item is: Scan end: Tape drive, direction, and head index. Disk Gbytes. Bottom item is: Headset at scan end and tape footage (thousands) at scan start. 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 218 is Thu 5 Aug 2004 MJD 53222 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Pt 218 18:30:00 B0950+08 - 1F01 218 18:32:40 mk5.20.128 - 1/00 218 18:35:00 J0946+1017 - 1F01 218 18:37:40 - - 1/02 218 18:40:00 B0950+08 - 1F01 218 18:42:40 - - 1/05 218 18:45:00 J0946+1017 - 1F01 218 18:47:40 - - 1/07 218 18:50:00 B0950+08 - 1F01 218 18:52:40 - - 1/09 218 18:55:00 J0946+1017 - 1F01 218 18:57:40 - - 1/11 218 19:00:00 B0950+08 - 1F01 218 19:02:40 - - 1/14 218 19:05:00 J0946+1017 - 1R02 218 19:07:40 - - 1/16 218 19:10:00 B0950+08 - 1R02 218 19:15:00 mk5.20.64 - 1/17 218 19:17:20 J0946+1017 - 1R02 218 19:22:20 - - 1/13 218 19:24:40 B0950+08 - 1R02 218 19:29:40 - - 1/09 218 19:32:00 J0946+1017 - 1R02 218 19:37:00 - - 1/05 218 19:39:20 B0950+08 - 1F01 218 19:44:20 - - 2/01 218 19:46:40 J0946+1017 - 1F01 218 19:51:40 - - 2/04 218 19:54:00 B0950+08 - 1F01 218 19:59:00 - - 2/08 218 20:01:20 J0946+1017 - 1F01 218 20:06:20 - - 2/12 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 0.10 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 218 18:30:00 218 20:06:20 SOURCE LIST -- Mark5 test -- dual record 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). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) * B0950+08 09 50 30.540896 * 09 53 09.300000 09 53 22.132195 08 09 45.60179 * 07 55 36.20000 07 54 31.01962 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.511 scan hours, 0.000 baseline hours above horizon. * J0946+1017 09 43 54.519216 * 09 46 35.069931 09 46 48.057479 0943+105 10 30 59.90059 * 10 17 06.13318 10 16 02.59085 /users/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 0.511 scan hours, 0.000 baseline hours above horizon. 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) B0950+08 14.8 J0946+1017 12.1 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 Source separations in degrees for pairs closer than 30.00 degrees. B0950+08 J0946+1017 2.8622 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'B0950+08' ra = 09h53m09.300000s dec = 07d55'36.20000" name = 'J0946+1017' ra = 09h46m35.069931s dec = 10d17'06.13318" Code versions: Release version: Trial release of 30 July 2004 Version of sched code: 5.24 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.79 Version of plot code: 1.05 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0