! 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]: ! 06:45 and 07:45 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 = 'J11412+5953' ra=11:41:16.0609 dec=+59:53:08.782 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11432+6122' ra=11:43:12.1005 dec=+61:22:10.733 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11436+6633' ra=11:43:41.6057 dec=+66:33:31.212 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11507+5632' ra=11:50:45.9766 dec=+56:32:56.289 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11514+5859' ra=11:51:24.6554 dec=+58:59:17.552 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11533+5831' ra=11:53:23.9738 dec=+58:31:38.534 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11540+5934' ra=11:54:01.3651 dec=+59:34:54.186 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11540+6022' ra=11:54:04.5339 dec=+60:22:20.785 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11579+5527' ra=11:57:56.1326 dec=+55:27:12.912 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J11598+5820' ra=11:59:48.7733 dec=+58:20:20.306 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12001+5300' ra=12:00:11.3846 dec=+53:00:46.884 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12030+6031' ra=12:03:03.5094 dec=+60:31:19.129 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12089+5441' ra=12:08:54.2583 dec=+54:41:58.190 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12105+6422' ra=12:10:31.6419 dec=+64:22:17.476 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12158+6422' ra=12:15:48.9064 dec=+64:22:28.462 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12171+5835' ra=12:17:11.0189 dec=+58:35:26.225 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12191+6344' ra=12:19:10.5879 dec=+63:44:10.713 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12195+6600' ra=12:19:35.7981 dec=+66:00:31.860 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12207+6327' ra=12:20:46.8488 dec=+63:27:29.020 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12208+6446' ra=12:20:49.2623 dec=+64:46:36.652 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12291+6335' ra=12:29:06.0229 dec=+63:35:00.970 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12291+5522' ra=12:29:09.2879 dec=+55:22:30.577 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12301+5830' ra=12:30:07.0554 dec=+58:30:07.773 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12358+5340' ra=12:35:48.2530 dec=+53:40:04.839 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12414+5458' ra=12:41:27.7030 dec=+54:58:19.063 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12414+6020' ra=12:41:29.5913 dec=+60:20:41.331 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12475+6723' ra=12:47:33.3280 dec=+67:23:16.445 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12566+5334' ra=12:56:38.6310 dec=+53:34:23.741 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J12582+5421' ra=12:58:15.6094 dec=+54:21:52.125 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13060+5529' ra=13:06:03.3489 dec=+55:29:43.850 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13128+5548' ra=13:12:53.1973 dec=+55:48:13.098 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13136+5458' ra=13:13:37.8533 dec=+54:58:23.911 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13164+6726' ra=13:16:27.2006 dec=+67:26:24.256 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13191+6217' ra=13:19:07.4843 dec=+62:17:21.339 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13268+5712' ra=13:26:50.5718 dec=+57:12:06.759 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13286+6221' ra=13:28:40.5655 dec=+62:21:37.046 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13372+6532' ra=13:37:16.0578 dec=+65:32:46.333 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13437+6602' ra=13:43:45.9591 dec=+66:02:25.734 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13457+5332' ra=13:45:45.3565 dec=+53:32:52.293 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13506+6132' ra=13:50:38.1902 dec=+61:32:48.517 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13519+5542' ra=13:51:58.1981 dec=+55:42:10.920 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13539+6324' ra=13:53:58.8417 dec=+63:24:32.470 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J13543+6645' ra=13:54:23.0872 dec=+66:45:25.598 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J14017+5835' ra=14:01:45.7023 dec=+58:35:42.252 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J14069+5822' ra=14:06:55.5030 dec=+58:22:00.049 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J14082+5613' ra=14:08:12.9463 dec=+56:13:32.494 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J14105+6141' ra=14:10:30.9896 dec=+61:41:36.918 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J14105+6216' ra=14:10:35.4184 dec=+62:16:47.405 equinox='J2000' / source = 'J14113+5917' ra=14:11:21.9867 dec=+59:17:04.297 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 = 60501 LST=VLBA_PT start = 07:15:00 ! ========================================================== ! ================= 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=62 opminant=8 ophawid = 30:00 ophawt=1.0 source = J11412+5953 rep=10 / source = J11432+6122 rep=10 / source = J11436+6633 rep=10 / source = J11507+5632 rep=10 / source = J11514+5859 rep=10 / source = J11533+5831 rep=10 / source = J11540+5934 rep=10 / source = J11540+6022 rep=10 / source = J11579+5527 rep=10 / source = J11598+5820 rep=10 / source = J12001+5300 rep=10 / source = J12030+6031 rep=10 / source = J12089+5441 rep=10 / source = J12105+6422 rep=10 / source = J12158+6422 rep=10 / source = J12171+5835 rep=10 / source = J12191+6344 rep=10 / source = J12195+6600 rep=10 / source = J12207+6327 rep=10 / source = J12208+6446 rep=10 / source = J12291+6335 rep=10 / source = J12291+5522 rep=10 / source = J12301+5830 rep=10 / source = J12358+5340 rep=10 / source = J12414+5458 rep=10 / source = J12414+6020 rep=10 / source = J12475+6723 rep=10 / source = J12566+5334 rep=10 / source = J12582+5421 rep=10 / source = J13060+5529 rep=10 / source = J13128+5548 rep=10 / source = J13136+5458 rep=10 / source = J13164+6726 rep=10 / source = J13191+6217 rep=10 / source = J13268+5712 rep=10 / source = J13286+6221 rep=10 / source = J13372+6532 rep=10 / source = J13437+6602 rep=10 / source = J13457+5332 rep=10 / source = J13506+6132 rep=10 / source = J13519+5542 rep=10 / source = J13539+6324 rep=10 / source = J13543+6645 rep=10 / source = J14017+5835 rep=10 / source = J14069+5822 rep=10 / source = J14082+5613 rep=10 / source = J14105+6141 rep=10 / source = J14105+6216 rep=10 / source = J14113+5917 rep=10 /