SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: tf026 COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 Exp. Code: tf026 Start Day 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 18 Sept. 2003 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: 505 835 7133 Observing mode: 6cm 128-4-2 Notes: Walter Brisken will arrange for correlation No cover letter provided. CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): SOCORRO Correlator average time (2 sec): 4.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Spectral channels per baseband (16): 16 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: 3.46 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 2.67 hours. Total time in recording scans: 2.67 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 2.67 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 0.5 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 2.5 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_L1 L1 42.93361 71.98658 296. 1446375.13 -4447939.65 4322306.12 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type VLBA_L1 MARK5A EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 80 Number of scans scheduled: 80 Number of stations: 1 Number of sources input: 2 Number of setup files used: 2 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Tape hours Tapes Passes Readbacks Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes VLBA_L1 VLBA 80 2.67 2.68 155. Note: Tapes started before scan start time 20 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: egvlba.6cm Matches group v6cm_2 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 128 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 2.00 1st LO= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= U U U U IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 6cm omit 6cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 4.1 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4982.49 4982.49 4990.49 4990.49 BBC fr= 882.49 882.49 890.49 890.49 Bandwd= 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 S1 S3 S1 S2 S3 S4 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S2 S4 M1 M2 M3 M4 PCALFR1= 510 510 6510 6510 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 510 510 6510 6510 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_auto SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 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 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 57 22:40:00 JNQ1 - 33 57 22:42:00 egvlba.6cm - 1 57 22:42:00 JNQ2 - 33 57 22:44:00 - - 1 57 22:44:00 JNQ1 - 33 57 22:46:00 - - 1 57 22:46:00 JNQ2 - 33 57 22:48:00 - - 1 57 22:50:30 JNQ1 - 33 57 22:52:30 - - 1 57 22:52:30 JNQ2 - 33 57 22:54:30 - - 1 57 22:54:30 JNQ1 - 33 57 22:56:30 - - 2 57 22:56:30 JNQ2 - 33 57 22:58:30 - - 2 57 23:01:00 JNQ1 - 33 57 23:03:00 - - 2 57 23:03:00 JNQ2 - 33 57 23:05:00 - - 2 57 23:05:00 JNQ1 - 33 57 23:07:00 - - 2 57 23:07:00 JNQ2 - 33 57 23:09:00 - - 2 57 23:11:30 JNQ1 - 33 57 23:13:30 - - 2 57 23:13:30 JNQ2 - 33 57 23:15:30 - - 2 57 23:15:30 JNQ1 - 33 57 23:17:30 - - 3 57 23:17:30 JNQ2 - 33 57 23:19:30 - - 3 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 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 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 57 23:22:00 JNQ1 - 34 57 23:24:00 egvlba.6cm - 3 57 23:24:00 JNQ2 - 34 57 23:26:00 - - 3 57 23:26:00 JNQ1 - 34 57 23:28:00 - - 3 57 23:28:00 JNQ2 - 34 57 23:30:00 - - 3 57 23:32:30 JNQ1 - 34 57 23:34:30 - - 3 57 23:34:30 JNQ2 - 34 57 23:36:30 - - 3 57 23:36:30 JNQ1 - 34 57 23:38:30 - - 4 57 23:38:30 JNQ2 - 34 57 23:40:30 - - 4 57 23:43:00 JNQ1 - 34 57 23:45:00 - - 4 57 23:45:00 JNQ2 - 34 57 23:47:00 - - 4 57 23:47:00 JNQ1 - 34 57 23:49:00 - - 4 57 23:49:00 JNQ2 - 34 57 23:51:00 - - 4 57 23:53:30 JNQ1 - 34 57 23:55:30 - - 4 57 23:55:30 JNQ2 - 34 57 23:57:30 - - 4 57 23:57:30 JNQ1 - 34 57 23:59:30 - - 5 57 23:59:30 JNQ2 - 34 58 00:01:30 - - 5 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 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 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 58 00:04:00 JNQ1 - 34 58 00:06:00 egvlba.6cm - 5 58 00:06:00 JNQ2 - 34 58 00:08:00 - - 5 58 00:08:00 JNQ1 - 34 58 00:10:00 - - 5 58 00:10:00 JNQ2 - 34 58 00:12:00 - - 5 58 00:14:30 JNQ1 - 34 58 00:16:30 - - 5 58 00:16:30 JNQ2 - 34 58 00:18:30 - - 5 58 00:18:30 JNQ1 - 34 58 00:20:30 - - 6 58 00:20:30 JNQ2 - 34 58 00:22:30 - - 6 58 00:25:00 JNQ1 - 34 58 00:27:00 - - 6 58 00:27:00 JNQ2 - 34 58 00:29:00 - - 6 58 00:29:00 JNQ1 - 34 58 00:31:00 - - 6 58 00:31:00 JNQ2 - 35 58 00:33:00 - - 6 58 00:35:30 JNQ1 - 35 58 00:37:30 - - 6 58 00:37:30 JNQ2 - 35 58 00:39:30 - - 6 58 00:39:30 JNQ1 - 35 58 00:41:30 - - 7 58 00:41:30 JNQ2 - 35 58 00:43:30 - - 7 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 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 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 58 00:46:00 JNQ1 - 35 58 00:48:00 egvlba.6cm - 7 58 00:48:00 JNQ2 - 35 58 00:50:00 - - 7 58 00:50:00 JNQ1 - 35 58 00:52:00 - - 7 58 00:52:00 JNQ2 - 35 58 00:54:00 - - 7 58 00:56:30 JNQ1 - 35 58 00:58:30 - - 7 58 00:58:30 JNQ2 - 35 58 01:00:30 - - 7 58 01:00:30 JNQ1 - 35 58 01:02:30 - - 7 58 01:02:30 JNQ2 - 35 58 01:04:30 - - 8 58 01:07:00 JNQ1 - 35 58 01:09:00 - - 8 58 01:09:00 JNQ2 - 35 58 01:11:00 - - 8 58 01:11:00 JNQ1 - 35 58 01:13:00 - - 8 58 01:13:00 JNQ2 - 35 58 01:15:00 - - 8 58 01:17:30 JNQ1 - 36 58 01:19:30 - - 8 58 01:19:30 JNQ2 - 36 58 01:21:30 - - 8 58 01:21:30 JNQ1 - 36 58 01:23:30 - - 8 58 01:23:30 JNQ2 - 36 58 01:25:30 - - 8 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 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 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 58 01:28:00 JNQ1 - 36 58 01:30:00 egvlba.6cm - 9 58 01:30:00 JNQ2 - 36 58 01:32:00 - - 9 58 01:32:00 JNQ1 - 36 58 01:34:00 - - 9 58 01:34:00 JNQ2 - 36 58 01:36:00 - - 9 58 01:38:30 JNQ1 - 36 58 01:40:30 - - 9 58 01:40:30 JNQ2 - 36 58 01:42:30 - - 9 58 01:42:30 JNQ1 - 36 58 01:44:30 - - 9 58 01:44:30 JNQ2 - 36 58 01:46:30 - - 9 58 01:49:00 JNQ1 - 36 58 01:51:00 - - 9 58 01:51:00 JNQ2 - 37 58 01:53:00 - - 9 58 01:53:00 JNQ1 - 37 58 01:55:00 - - 10 58 01:55:00 JNQ2 - 37 58 01:57:00 - - 10 58 01:59:30 JNQ1 - 37 58 02:01:30 - - 10 58 02:01:30 JNQ2 - 37 58 02:03:30 - - 10 58 02:03:30 JNQ1 - 37 58 02:05:30 - - 10 58 02:05:30 JNQ2 - 37 58 02:07:30 - - 10 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 Top item is: Scan end: Tape drive, direction, and head index. Disk Gbytes. Bottom item is: Seconds tape starts before scan start time. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 57 22:40:00 JNQ1 - 1 57 22:42:00 egvlba.6cm - 3 57 22:42:00 JNQ2 - 3 57 22:44:00 - - 0 57 22:44:00 JNQ1 - 5 57 22:46:00 - - 0 57 22:46:00 JNQ2 - 7 57 22:48:00 - - 0 57 22:50:30 JNQ1 - 9 57 22:52:30 - - 3 57 22:52:30 JNQ2 - 11 57 22:54:30 - - 0 57 22:54:30 JNQ1 - 13 57 22:56:30 - - 0 57 22:56:30 JNQ2 - 15 57 22:58:30 - - 0 57 23:01:00 JNQ1 - 17 57 23:03:00 - - 3 57 23:03:00 JNQ2 - 19 57 23:05:00 - - 0 57 23:05:00 JNQ1 - 21 57 23:07:00 - - 0 57 23:07:00 JNQ2 - 23 57 23:09:00 - - 0 57 23:11:30 JNQ1 - 25 57 23:13:30 - - 3 57 23:13:30 JNQ2 - 27 57 23:15:30 - - 0 57 23:15:30 JNQ1 - 28 57 23:17:30 - - 0 57 23:17:30 JNQ2 - 30 57 23:19:30 - - 0 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 Top item is: Scan end: Tape drive, direction, and head index. Disk Gbytes. Bottom item is: Seconds tape starts before scan start time. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 57 23:22:00 JNQ1 - 32 57 23:24:00 egvlba.6cm - 3 57 23:24:00 JNQ2 - 34 57 23:26:00 - - 0 57 23:26:00 JNQ1 - 36 57 23:28:00 - - 0 57 23:28:00 JNQ2 - 38 57 23:30:00 - - 0 57 23:32:30 JNQ1 - 40 57 23:34:30 - - 3 57 23:34:30 JNQ2 - 42 57 23:36:30 - - 0 57 23:36:30 JNQ1 - 44 57 23:38:30 - - 0 57 23:38:30 JNQ2 - 46 57 23:40:30 - - 0 57 23:43:00 JNQ1 - 48 57 23:45:00 - - 3 57 23:45:00 JNQ2 - 50 57 23:47:00 - - 0 57 23:47:00 JNQ1 - 52 57 23:49:00 - - 0 57 23:49:00 JNQ2 - 54 57 23:51:00 - - 0 57 23:53:30 JNQ1 - 56 57 23:55:30 - - 3 57 23:55:30 JNQ2 - 57 57 23:57:30 - - 0 57 23:57:30 JNQ1 - 59 57 23:59:30 - - 0 57 23:59:30 JNQ2 - 61 58 00:01:30 - - 0 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 Top item is: Scan end: Tape drive, direction, and head index. Disk Gbytes. Bottom item is: Seconds tape starts before scan start time. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 58 00:04:00 JNQ1 - 63 58 00:06:00 egvlba.6cm - 3 58 00:06:00 JNQ2 - 65 58 00:08:00 - - 0 58 00:08:00 JNQ1 - 67 58 00:10:00 - - 0 58 00:10:00 JNQ2 - 69 58 00:12:00 - - 0 58 00:14:30 JNQ1 - 71 58 00:16:30 - - 3 58 00:16:30 JNQ2 - 73 58 00:18:30 - - 0 58 00:18:30 JNQ1 - 75 58 00:20:30 - - 0 58 00:20:30 JNQ2 - 77 58 00:22:30 - - 0 58 00:25:00 JNQ1 - 79 58 00:27:00 - - 3 58 00:27:00 JNQ2 - 81 58 00:29:00 - - 0 58 00:29:00 JNQ1 - 83 58 00:31:00 - - 0 58 00:31:00 JNQ2 - 85 58 00:33:00 - - 0 58 00:35:30 JNQ1 - 86 58 00:37:30 - - 3 58 00:37:30 JNQ2 - 88 58 00:39:30 - - 0 58 00:39:30 JNQ1 - 90 58 00:41:30 - - 0 58 00:41:30 JNQ2 - 92 58 00:43:30 - - 0 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 Top item is: Scan end: Tape drive, direction, and head index. Disk Gbytes. Bottom item is: Seconds tape starts before scan start time. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 58 00:46:00 JNQ1 - 94 58 00:48:00 egvlba.6cm - 3 58 00:48:00 JNQ2 - 96 58 00:50:00 - - 0 58 00:50:00 JNQ1 - 98 58 00:52:00 - - 0 58 00:52:00 JNQ2 - 100 58 00:54:00 - - 0 58 00:56:30 JNQ1 - 102 58 00:58:30 - - 3 58 00:58:30 JNQ2 - 104 58 01:00:30 - - 0 58 01:00:30 JNQ1 - 106 58 01:02:30 - - 0 58 01:02:30 JNQ2 - 108 58 01:04:30 - - 0 58 01:07:00 JNQ1 - 110 58 01:09:00 - - 3 58 01:09:00 JNQ2 - 112 58 01:11:00 - - 0 58 01:11:00 JNQ1 - 113 58 01:13:00 - - 0 58 01:13:00 JNQ2 - 115 58 01:15:00 - - 0 58 01:17:30 JNQ1 - 117 58 01:19:30 - - 3 58 01:19:30 JNQ2 - 119 58 01:21:30 - - 0 58 01:21:30 JNQ1 - 121 58 01:23:30 - - 0 58 01:23:30 JNQ2 - 123 58 01:25:30 - - 0 SUMMARY for experiment tf026 Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 Top item is: Scan end: Tape drive, direction, and head index. Disk Gbytes. Bottom item is: Seconds tape starts before scan start time. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 57 is Thu 26 Feb 2004 MJD 53061 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT L1 58 01:28:00 JNQ1 - 125 58 01:30:00 egvlba.6cm - 3 58 01:30:00 JNQ2 - 127 58 01:32:00 - - 0 58 01:32:00 JNQ1 - 129 58 01:34:00 - - 0 58 01:34:00 JNQ2 - 131 58 01:36:00 - - 0 58 01:38:30 JNQ1 - 133 58 01:40:30 - - 3 58 01:40:30 JNQ2 - 135 58 01:42:30 - - 0 58 01:42:30 JNQ1 - 137 58 01:44:30 - - 0 58 01:44:30 JNQ2 - 139 58 01:46:30 - - 0 58 01:49:00 JNQ1 - 141 58 01:51:00 - - 3 58 01:51:00 JNQ2 - 142 58 01:53:00 - - 0 58 01:53:00 JNQ1 - 144 58 01:55:00 - - 0 58 01:55:00 JNQ2 - 146 58 01:57:00 - - 0 58 01:59:30 JNQ1 - 148 58 02:01:30 - - 3 58 02:01:30 JNQ2 - 150 58 02:03:30 - - 0 58 02:03:30 JNQ1 - 152 58 02:05:30 - - 0 58 02:05:30 JNQ2 - 154 58 02:07:30 - - 0 TAPE TIMES (Without autoallocation): Tape start time. Tape end time. Station Day Time Day Time (UT) (UT) VLBA_L1 57 22:40:00 58 02:07:30 SOURCE LIST -- Mark5 test : test the monitor data pathway with VLB1 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) * JNQ1 16 04 10.686804 * 16 01 00.000000 16 00 47.304643 80 28 31.04427 * 80 20 20.00000 80 19 14.62275 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * JNQ2 16 05 11.514890 * 16 02 00.000000 16 01 47.194506 80 28 27.20299 * 80 20 20.00000 80 19 14.89984 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 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) JNQ1 100.1 JNQ2 100.0 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 15.00 degrees. JNQ1 JNQ2 0.0420 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'JNQ1' ra = 16h01m00.000000s dec = 80d20'20.00000" name = 'JNQ2' ra = 16h02m00.000000s dec = 80d20'20.00000" Code versions: Release version: Release of 18 Sept. 2003 Version of sched code: 5.22 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