! File bt085q.key at 256 MBPS ! Using group11 ! ! Continuum observing at 6cm -- special frequencies ! ! Polarization required ! 3C279 and DA193 may be used as fringe finders. ! ! Test schedule for VIPS for use of OPTMODE=HAS in SCHED. ! ================================================================ ! 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 ! o r r r r r r r r r ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]:9 ! 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 ! Weather constraints: ! [appropriate for bands marked "L", "R", or "d" above ! and for at least the minimum number of stations] ! Date constraints: ! Preferred date(s), usually a series start [none]: ! 08:35 and 09:35 PT LST ! Excluded dates plus reason [none]: ! Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: less than 20 days ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time) [none]: ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! overwrit ! To overwrite previous control files. autotape=2 ! Automatic tape allocation for VLBA stations. prestart=20 ! Disks don't sync very well on the VLBA. minpause=10 ! Don't stop recording unless gap is over 30 sec. sumitem = el1, slew ! Summary file items. !sumitem = el1, dwell ! Summary file items. ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! version = 2 expcode = BT085Q expt = 'VIPS observations. 6cm obs of CLASS/JVAS sources' obstype = VLBA piname = 'Greg Taylor' address1 = 'University of New Mexico' address2 = 'Department of Physics and Astronomy' address3 = '800 Yale Blvd NE' address4 = 'Albuquerque NM 87131' phone = '505-277-5238' obsphone = '505-838-7411' email = 'gbtaylor@unm.edu' fax = '505-277-1520' obsmode = 'continuum' correl = 'Socorro' note1 = 'Fringe finder and pol. EVPA cal #1: 3C279' note2 = 'Pol. EVPA cal #2: J0854+2006' note3 = 'Pol. EVPA cal #3: J1310+3220' note4 = 'Pol. D-term cal: OQ208' ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 corchan = 16 cornant = 10 corpol = 'on' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'schedule' cortape = none corship1 = 'Greg Taylor' corship2 = 'Department of Physics and Astronomy' corship3 = '800 Yale Blvd NE' corship4 = 'Albuquerque NM 87131' cornote1 = '' ! ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== ! These are sched defaults so they are not really needed. stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba freqfile = $SCHED/catalogs/freq.dat ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Frequency setups ====================== ! ========================================================== setinit = rm6cmv.set / ! NON STANDARD setup invented by Greg Taylor on 9/15/2002 ! Modified by Chris Fassnacht on 6/24/2003 ! Modified by Greg Taylor on 10/25/2005 ! based on... ! Standard setup file: v6cm-128-8-1.set ! (Produced by MAKESETUP) ! For the 6 cm band. ! Radio Astronomy allocation: 4990-5000 ! Radio Astnomomy footnote: 4950-4990 ! VLA 50MHz 4960.1 to 5010.1 with VC mode. ! VLA 6cm receiver falling off at high end. ! Reference frequency is Mark II network standard ! Merlin 4986-5002 ! Format Tape length Density Tape speed Time/pass ! VLBA/MkIII/MkIV 17600 High 160.00 22:00 ! MkIII/MkIV 8800 Low 270.00 6:31 ! 128 Mbps - 1 pass/headpos nchan = 8 bits = 2 bbfilter = 8.0 freqref= 4605.49, 4605.49, 4675.49, 4675.49, 4990.49, 4990.49, 5091.49, 5091.49 freqoff=0 netside = U, U, U, U, U, U, U, U pol = dual / ! no vla frequency setup with this wide setup endset / setinit = rm2cmv.set / ! NON STANDARD setup invented by Greg Taylor on 6/15/2003 ! Modified by Chris Fassnacht on 6/24/2003 ! Modified by Greg Taylor on 10/25/2005 ! based on... ! Standard setup file: v2cm-128-8-1.set ! (Produced by MAKESETUP) ! For the the 2 cm band. ! Radio Astronomy allocation: 15350-15400 ! Radio Astronomy footnote(?): 14470-14500 ! ! There are 4 filters in the VLBA IF converter. They are ! 11820-12980, 12820-13980, 13820-14980, and 14770-15630 GHz. ! The filter is chosen based on the frequency of the first channel ! assuming an upper sideband first mix. The splits are at 12.9, ! 13.9 and 14.9 Ghz. ! ! VLA band 14650 - 15325 MHz for 0.9 sensitivity ! Methanol has a rest frequency of 12178.595 MHz ! Format Tape length Density Tape speed Time/pass ! VLBA/MkIII/MkIV 17600 High 160.00 22:00 ! MkIII/MkIV 8800 Low 270.00 6:31 ! 12 Mbps - 1 pass/headpos nchan = 8 bits = 2 bbfilter = 8.0 freqref = 14902.49, 14902.49, 14968.49, 14968.49, 15265.49, 15265.49, 15364.49, 15364.49 freqoff = 0 netside = U, U, U, U, U, U, U, U pol = dual / endset / ! ================================================================ ! In line source catalog. ! ! VIPS targets are chosen to be CLASS/JVAS sources with X-band ! flux densities > 92mJy and sizes < 120 mas. ! see the VIPS web pages for more details ! ** NB: All sources should be strong enough so that phase ! referencing is not needed. ! ! ================================================================ ! Might consider having an external VIPS source catalog with all sources ! so a different section like this is not needed for every schedule. srccat / source = 'J15077+5857' ra=15:07:47.3894 dec=+58:57:27.647 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15080+3353' ra=15:08:04.2259 dec=+33:53:05.664 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15083+3347' ra=15:08:23.7198 dec=+33:47:00.767 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15090+2839' ra=15:09:04.8018 dec=+28:39:26.022 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15091+2046' ra=15:09:09.1689 dec=+20:46:39.227 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15095+4752' ra=15:09:34.3722 dec=+47:52:36.921 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15100+5702' ra=15:10:02.9264 dec=+57:02:43.367 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15113+3439' ra=15:11:20.1053 dec=+34:39:32.662 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15122+4703' ra=15:12:14.2679 dec=+47:03:33.190 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15123+6441' ra=15:12:20.1456 dec=+64:41:06.650 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15186+5002' ra=15:18:39.9636 dec=+50:02:59.489 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15203+5635' ra=15:20:19.1564 dec=+56:35:55.627 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15210+3115' ra=15:21:01.2855 dec=+31:15:37.848 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15218+4336' ra=15:21:49.6150 dec=+43:36:39.257 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15221+3144' ra=15:22:09.9947 dec=+31:44:14.427 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15229+3414' ra=15:22:54.8807 dec=+34:14:09.120 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15250+5306' ra=15:25:05.3708 dec=+53:06:22.819 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15269+6055' ra=15:26:54.8118 dec=+60:55:12.378 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15272+1712' ra=15:27:13.5607 dec=+17:12:54.474 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15273+3115' ra=15:27:18.7414 dec=+31:15:24.424 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15286+3816' ra=15:28:37.0087 dec=+38:16:05.932 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15288+3157' ra=15:28:52.7775 dec=+31:57:25.409 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15302+3758' ra=15:30:16.2530 dec=+37:58:31.162 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15310+5104' ra=15:31:04.9911 dec=+51:04:46.867 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15316+3430' ra=15:31:39.1517 dec=+34:30:03.831 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15345+4920' ra=15:34:32.5675 dec=+49:20:49.159 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15349+5839' ra=15:34:57.2455 dec=+58:39:23.489 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15352+4836' ra=15:35:14.6520 dec=+48:36:59.691 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15362+3833' ra=15:36:13.8477 dec=+38:33:28.603 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15389+4225' ra=15:38:55.7965 dec=+42:25:27.045 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15392+3104' ra=15:39:16.1727 dec=+31:04:07.666 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15395+1707' ra=15:39:35.8039 dec=+17:07:04.491 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15398+6113' ra=15:39:48.0948 dec=+61:13:56.293 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15414+5348' ra=15:41:25.4611 dec=+53:48:13.030 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15425+5509' ra=15:42:33.8133 dec=+55:09:10.223 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15429+6129' ra=15:42:56.9464 dec=+61:29:55.358 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15440+3240' ra=15:44:05.6590 dec=+32:40:48.303 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15514+6405' ra=15:51:28.2123 dec=+64:05:37.527 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15550+3812' ra=15:55:03.7023 dec=+38:12:14.972 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15573+4522' ra=15:57:18.9989 dec=+45:22:21.527 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15588+5625' ra=15:58:48.2903 dec=+56:25:14.108 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15589+3323' ra=15:58:55.1842 dec=+33:23:18.615 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J15590+5924' ra=15:59:01.7039 dec=+59:24:21.841 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16002+1838' ra=16:00:16.9877 dec=+18:38:30.047 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16012+5706' ra=16:01:12.5854 dec=+57:06:00.571 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16021+2610' ra=16:02:08.4097 dec=+26:10:22.616 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16039+5730' ra=16:03:55.9315 dec=+57:30:54.424 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16046+5714' ra=16:04:37.3568 dec=+57:14:36.668 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16056+2214' ra=16:05:36.4289 dec=+22:14:12.429 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16058+5931' ra=16:05:50.2030 dec=+59:31:43.368 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16061+5521' ra=16:06:07.6232 dec=+55:21:35.425 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J16083+5613' ra=16:08:20.7501 dec=+56:13:56.375 equinox='J2000' / SOURCE='J1407+2827','1404+286','J1407+28','OQ208' RA=14:07:00.3944100 DEC= 28:27:14.689980 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / SOURCE='J1256-0547','1253-055','3C279','J1256-05' RA=12:56:11.1665602 DEC= -05:47:21.524580 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / SOURCE='J0854+2006','0851+202','J0854+20','OJ287' RA=08:54:48.8749237 DEC= 20:06:30.640881 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / SOURCE='J1310+3220','1308+326','J1310+32' RA=13:10:28.6638451 DEC= 32:20:43.782951 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / SOURCE='J1159+2914','1159+292','J1159+29' RA=11:59:31.833911 DEC= 29:14:43.826940 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / endcat / ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== ! ! Dummy start date to check things out. !year = 2006 !month = 1 DAY = 60672 LST=VLBA_PT start = 09:05:00 ! ========================================================== ! ================= Optimization Information ============= ! ========================================================== ! Commented parameters are set differently for calibrators and targets optmode = HAS ! Hour angle selection mode. ophasta = PT ! Station for which hour angles are set. opdur = 11:05:00 ! Total observation duration opminel = 15.0 ! Minimum elevation for "up" station. opminant = 9 ! Minimum "up" stations per scan. opminsep = 0.6 ! Minimum scan separation as fraction ! optimum scan separation. !ophawt = 1.0 ! Weight scaling for time offset. !ophawid = 35:00 ! Normalization time for offset from optimum HA. ! Sort of a tolerance. If zero, uses 0.7 times ! interval between optimum times. opslewwt = 1.0 ! Relative weight of slew vs scan sep. opslewti = 90 ! Normalization time for slew-time weights ! With opdur=10:30:00 dwell=50, got: ! 543 of 557 scans with wt 0.6 and ti 1:30 ! 546 of 557 scans with wt 1.0 and ti 30 ! 484 of 557 scans with wt 0.0 (ignore slew) ophlimwt = 0.3 ! Relative weight of near limits vs scan sep. ophlimti = 45:00 ! Normalization time near-limits weights ! Using this forces the missing scans to be on higher RA sources. ! Some even missed 2 scans with wt 1.0 and ti 45:00 ophmaxdt = 3:0:0 ! Maximum deviation from optimum time. ! Scan not considered if outside this limit. ! Note: opminel, opminant, opslewwt, opslewti, opminsep, ! ophlimwt, ophlimti, and ophmaxdt can all be scan dependent. ! Note that the desired hour angle can be specified with OPHA ! (not yet tested) and the tolerance can be set with OPHAWID. ! The default tries to space scans on a source evenly ! through the available time. ! ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== stations = SC, HN, NL, FD, LA, PT, KP, OV, BR, MK setup = rm6cmv.set !CALIBRATORS: ! Both 3C279 and DA193 are good fringe finders. ! ! D-term - Choose 1 depending on RA (6-8 scans): ! Is there another good one in the middle? ! J0927+3902? too much structure? ! Is DA193 a good D-term calibrator? ! It's a bit early and BR has a limited PA range ! if the first scan is missed. dwell=2:00 opminant=8 ophawid=30:00 ophawt=3.0 source= OQ208 rep=8 / !source= DA193 rep=8 / ! ! EVPA (2-3 scans each): dwell=2:00 opminant=10 ophawid=30:00 ophawt=3.0 source= 3C279 rep=3 / !source= J0854+2006 rep=3 / source= J1159+2914 rep=3 / source= J1310+3220 rep=3 / ! Other calibrators: ! CSO = [none in this file] ! ! What about amplitude check source (strong, nearly unresolved)? ! DA193 ok. OQ208? ! Note that "rep" (repeat) must be repeated every scan. ! Otherwise it reverts to 1 (one of few SCHED parameters that does). ! VIPS sources ! Note that with rep=10 and and 17 calibration scans, there are 557 ! requested scans. That makes about 10 minutes of lost observing ! for each second of average slew and setup time. ! The dwell time was set by the effort to finish in 10:30:00. ! If the schedule could be longer, the dwell could be longer. dwell=52 opminant=8 ophawid = 30:00 ophawt=1.0 source = J15077+5857 rep=10 / source = J15080+3353 rep=10 / source = J15083+3347 rep=10 / source = J15090+2839 rep=10 / source = J15091+2046 rep=10 / source = J15095+4752 rep=10 / source = J15100+5702 rep=10 / source = J15113+3439 rep=10 / source = J15122+4703 rep=10 / source = J15123+6441 rep=10 / source = J15186+5002 rep=10 / source = J15203+5635 rep=10 / source = J15210+3115 rep=10 / source = J15218+4336 rep=10 / source = J15221+3144 rep=10 / source = J15229+3414 rep=10 / source = J15250+5306 rep=10 / source = J15269+6055 rep=10 / source = J15272+1712 rep=10 / source = J15273+3115 rep=10 / source = J15286+3816 rep=10 / source = J15288+3157 rep=10 / source = J15302+3758 rep=10 / source = J15310+5104 rep=10 / source = J15316+3430 rep=10 / source = J15345+4920 rep=10 / source = J15349+5839 rep=10 / source = J15352+4836 rep=10 / source = J15362+3833 rep=10 / source = J15389+4225 rep=10 / source = J15392+3104 rep=10 / source = J15395+1707 rep=10 / source = J15398+6113 rep=10 / source = J15414+5348 rep=10 / source = J15425+5509 rep=10 / source = J15429+6129 rep=10 / source = J15440+3240 rep=10 / source = J15514+6405 rep=10 / source = J15550+3812 rep=10 / source = J15573+4522 rep=10 / source = J15588+5625 rep=10 / source = J15589+3323 rep=10 / source = J15590+5924 rep=10 / source = J16002+1838 rep=10 / source = J16012+5706 rep=10 / source = J16021+2610 rep=10 / source = J16039+5730 rep=10 / source = J16046+5714 rep=10 / source = J16056+2214 rep=10 / source = J16058+5931 rep=10 / source = J16061+5521 rep=10 / source = J16083+5613 rep=10 /