! BH105, VLBA, 128 MBPS, 4 cm RCP, 2 cm LCP, 6x10-12 HRS (DYNAMIC), HOUGH ! ! To be used for a total of SIX 10-to-12-hour Monitoring Sessions: ! BH105A, BH105B, BH105C, BH105D, BH105E, BH105F ! ! ================================================================ ! 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 r o r r r r ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]: 9 ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? yes ! 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 L ! Weather constraints: none ! [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]: ! Excluded dates plus reason [none]: JULY 20 - AUGUST 15 ! AND ! AUGUST 20 - SEPTEMBER 15, ! SOME SOURCES TOO CLOSE TO SUN!!! ! Preferred interval between segments in days: 90 days ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time) [none]: ! ================================================================ ! ========================================================== ! =================== Cover Information =================== ! ========================================================== ! version = 1 overwrite autotape = 2 expt = 'BH105, VLBA, 128 MBPS, 4 cm RCP, 2cm LCP, 6x10-12 HRS (DYNAMIC), HOUGH' expcode = 'BH105A' obstype = 'VLBA' piname = 'David H. Hough' address1 = 'Dept. of Physics & Astronomy' address2 = 'Trinity University' address3 = 'San Antonio, TX 78212-7200' phone = '210-999-7466 (work) or 210-824-0358 (home)' obsphone = '210-999-7466 (work) or 210-824-0358 (home)' fax = '210-999-7423' email = 'dhough@trinity.edu' obsmode = 'VLBA 128-4-2; 4 cm RCP; 2 cm LCP' note1 = 'Part A: 1st of 6 10-to-12-hr sessions' note2 = 'Program sources: 3C204, 3C205, 3C207, 3C208' note3 = ' 3C212, 3C245, 3C249.1, 3C263' note4 = 'Fringe finders and amplitude check: 3C286, OJ287' ! ! ========================================================== ! =================== Correlator Information ============== ! ========================================================== ! correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 corchan = 16 cornant = 10 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'SCHEDULE' cortape = 'DAT' corship1 = 'David H. Hough' corship2 = 'Dept. of Physics & Astronomy' corship3 = 'Trinity University' corship4 = 'San Antonio, TX 78212-7200' cornote1 = 'PLEASE use the source positions in the SCHEDULE;' cornote2 = 'DO NOT use the VLBA Data Base!!!' ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Source and Station Catalogs ============= ! ========================================================== ! srccat / source='3C204' RA=08:37:45.009 DEC=65:13:35.21 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE=' ' / source='3C205' RA=08:39:06.528 DEC=57:54:17.11 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE=' ' / source='3C207' RA=08:40:47.587 DEC=13:12:23.54 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE=' ' / source='3C208' RA=08:53:08.606 DEC=13:52:54.80 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE=' ' / source='3C212' RA=08:58:41.450 DEC=14:09:44.79 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE=' ' / source='3C245' RA=10:42:44.618 DEC=12:03:31.07 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE=' ' / source='3C249.1' RA=11:04:13.876 DEC=76:58:58.20 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE=' ' / source='3C263' RA=11:39:57.021 DEC=65:47:49.46 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE=' ' / source='OJ287' RA=08:54:48.8749 DEC=20:06:30.642 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE='N' / source='3C286' RA=13:31:08.2882 DEC=30:30:32.960 EPOCH='J2000' CALCODE='N' / endcat / STAFILE = '$SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat' ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== General Scan Information ================ ! ========================================================== ! stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK ! ! 4cm for vast majority of scans; some 2 cm on 3C207 and 3C245 ! setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== The Scans =============================== ! ========================================================== ! ! ! ************************************************************* ! ATTENTION! Day number is a "dummy" to keep sched happy; ! need to insert actual day number for observations! ! ************************************************************* ! day = 59340 LST = VLBA_PT ! ! DYNAMIC SCHEDULING!!!!! ! ! 128 Mbps, 4 cm RCP, 2cm LCP ! ! Monitoring eight 3C lobe-dominated quasar nuclei: ! ! 3C204, 3C205, 3C207, 3C208, 3C212, 3C245, 3C249.1, 3C263 ! ! 3C286, OJ287 are fringe-finders and amplitude check sources ! end end ! schedule begins: some start/stop recording !N*44m lst tape ! !********Beginning part of schedule (03:00 - 04:33 LST) !********no 3C 245 during first 1.5 hour block. start = 03:00:00 ! source = '3C205' prescan = 00:03:00 dur = 00:13:00 / ! 0313 10 source = '3C204' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0323 20 source = '3C263' dur = 00:07:00 / ! 0330 27 source = '3C249.1' dur = 00:07:00 / ! 0337 34 source = '3C207' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:06:00 / ! 0343 39 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C207' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 1 0348 44 ! setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C208' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0358 10 source = '3C212' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0408 20 source = '3C205' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:14:00 / ! 0422 33 source = '3C204' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:11:00 / ! 2 0433 44 ! !********Second block (04:33 - 6:04 LST) !********no 3C 245 until end of block start = 04:33:00 source = '3C207' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:08:00 / ! 0441 7 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C207' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 0448 14 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C208' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0458 24 source = '3C212' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0508 34 source = '3C263' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:11:00 / ! 3 0519 44 ! source = '3C249.1' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0529 10 source = '3C205' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0539 20 source = '3C204' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0549 30 ! source = '3C245' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:08:00 / ! 0557 37 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C245' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 4 0604 44 ! !********Third block (6:04 - 7:35 LST) !******** start = 06:04:00 source = '3C207' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:08:00 / ! 0612 7 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C207' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 0619 14 source = '3C208' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0629 24 source = '3C212' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0639 34 source = '3C263' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:11:00 / ! 5 0650 44 ! source = '3C249.1' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0700 10 source = '3C205' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0710 20 source = '3C204' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0720 30 source = '3C245' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:08:00 / ! 0728 37 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C245' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 6 0735 44 ! ! ! *************************************************************** ! ATTENTION! Begin here and do this roughly 6-hour "core block", ! 0735-1318 Pie Town LST, if only 6 hours available! ! *************************************************************** !********approximately 6-hour "core block" (7:35 - 13:18 LST) ! start = 07:35:00 source = '3C207' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:06:00 / ! 0741 5 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C207' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 0746 10 source = '3C208' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0756 20 source = '3C212' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0806 30 source = 'OJ287' dur = 00:04:00 / ! 0810 34 source = '3C263' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:12:00 / ! 7 0822 44 ! source = '3C249.1' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:12:00 / ! 0834 10 source = '3C205' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0844 20 source = '3C204' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 0854 30 source = '3C245' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:08:00 / ! 0902 37 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C245' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 8 0909 44 ! source = 'OJ287' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 0914 3 source = '3C207' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:06:30 / ! 092030 7.5 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C207' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:04:30 / ! 0925 12 source = '3C208' dur = 00:07:00 / ! 0932 19 source = '3C212' dur = 00:06:00 / ! 0938 25 source = 'OJ287' dur = 00:03:00 / ! 0941 28 source = '3C263' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 0948 33 source = '3C249.1' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 0953 38 source = '3C205' dur = 00:06:00 / ! 9 0959 44 ! source = '3C204' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 1006 5 source = '3C245' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 1011 9 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C245' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:04:00 / ! 1015 13 source = '3C207' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 1020 17 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C207' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:04:00 / ! 1024 21 source = '3C208' dur = 00:05:00 / ! 1029 26 source = '3C212' dur = 00:05:00 / ! 1034 31 source = 'OJ287' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:04:00 / ! 1038 34 source = '3C249.1' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 1045 39 source = '3C263' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 10 1050 44 ! source = '3C286' prescan = 00:03:00 dur = 00:06:00 / ! 1056 3 source = '3C205' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 1103 8 source = '3C204' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 1108 13 source = '3C245' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:05:30 / ! 111330 17.5 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C245' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:04:30 / ! 1118 22 source = '3C207' prescan = 00:03:00 dur = 00:07:30 / ! 112530 26.5 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C207' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:04:30 / ! 1130 31 source = '3C208' dur = 00:06:30 / ! 113630 37.5 source = '3C212' dur = 00:06:30 / ! 11 1143 44 ! source = '3C207' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:10:00 / ! 1153 8 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C207' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:08:00 / ! 1201 16 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C208' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 1211 26 source = '3C212' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 1221 36 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C286' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:05:00 / ! 1226 40 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C286' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:04:00 / ! 12 1230 44 ! source = '3C263' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:11:00 / ! 1241 10 source = '3C245' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:09:00 / ! 1250 17 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C245' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 1257 24 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C249.1' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:11:00 / ! 1308 34 source = '3C205' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:10:00 / ! 13 1318 44 ! ! !********Final block (13:18 - 14:54 LST) !********no more 3C207,3C208, or 3C212 start = 13:18:00 source = '3C204' prescan = 00:02:00 dur = 00:12:00 / ! 1330 10 source = '3C245' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 1337 16 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v2cm-128-4-2-L.set' source = '3C245' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:06:00 / ! 1343 22 setup = '$SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2-R.set' source = '3C263' prescan = 00:01:00 dur = 00:07:00 / ! 1350 28 source = '3C249.1' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:06:00 / ! 1356 34 source = '3C205' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 14 1406 44 ! source = '3C204' prescan = 00:04:00 dur = 00:13:00 / ! 1419 9 source = '3C263' prescan = 00:00:00 dur = 00:08:00 / ! 1427 17 source = '3C249.1' dur = 00:08:00 / ! 1435 25 source = '3C205' dur = 00:10:00 / ! 1445 35 source = '3C204' dur = 00:09:00 / ! 15 1454 44 ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== End of Schedule ========================== ! ========================================================== !end