SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: TC013A COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: TESTS.SOFTWARE.CORRELATOR.SPECTRA.W75N.4STOKES Exp. Code: TC013A Start Day 53 is Fri 22 Feb 2008 MJD 54518 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Miller Goss Address: NRAO-Socorro 1003 Lopezville Rd. Socorro, NM 87801 Phone: (575) 835-7267 EMAIL: mgoss@nrao.edu Fax: (575) 835-7027 Phone during observation: Observing mode: 1612,1665,1665,1720 4 Stokes Notes: Dynamic scheduling, so make sure DAY is set correctly. Spectral line -- make sure PCALs are off 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): 128 Number of antennas to be correlated: 10 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): DAT Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Miller Goss NRAO P.O. Box O Socorro, NM 87801 Correlator Notes: IMPORTANT: Contact Walter Brisken as soon as all Mark5 packs arrive DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 2.17 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 1.98 hours. Total time in recording scans: 1.98 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 108.79 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 901.1 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 1604.1 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_SC Sc 17.75658 64.58363 -15. 2607848.521 -5488069.685 1932739.540 VLBA_HN Hn 42.93361 71.98658 296. 1446375.116 -4447939.656 4322306.124 VLBA_NL Nl 41.77142 91.57414 222. -130872.254 -4762317.116 4226851.040 VLBA_FD Fd 30.63503 103.94482 1606. -1324009.127 -5332181.966 3231962.474 VLBA_LA La 35.77512 106.24560 1962. -1449752.359 -4975298.588 3709123.928 VLBA_PT Pt 34.30102 108.11919 2365. -1640953.712 -5014816.024 3575411.880 VLBA_KP Kp 31.95630 111.61242 1902. -1995678.626 -5037317.713 3357328.129 VLBA_OV Ov 37.23165 118.27705 1196. -2409150.112 -4478573.229 3838617.399 VLBA_BR Br 48.13122 119.68328 251. -2112064.976 -3705356.516 4726813.798 VLBA_MK Mk 19.80138 155.45550 3763. -5464074.960 -2495249.116 2148296.844 Plate tectonic motion adjustments for MJD 54518 Station Code Station motions (m/yr) Adjusted positions X Y Z MJD0 X Y Z VLBA_SC Sc 0.0082 0.0098 0.0100 50449 2607848.613 -5488069.576 1932739.652 VLBA_HN Hn -0.0145 -0.0009 0.0019 50449 1446374.954 -4447939.666 4322306.145 VLBA_NL Nl -0.0144 0.0013 -0.0039 50449 -130872.414 -4762317.101 4226850.997 VLBA_FD Fd -0.0116 0.0004 -0.0066 50449 -1324009.256 -5332181.962 3231962.400 VLBA_LA La -0.0132 0.0008 -0.0068 50449 -1449752.506 -4975298.579 3709123.852 VLBA_PT Pt -0.0138 -0.0003 -0.0082 50449 -1640953.865 -5014816.027 3575411.789 VLBA_KP Kp -0.0127 0.0006 -0.0081 50449 -1995678.768 -5037317.707 3357328.039 VLBA_OV Ov -0.0175 0.0068 -0.0054 50449 -2409150.307 -4478573.153 3838617.339 VLBA_BR Br -0.0136 0.0008 -0.0095 50449 -2112065.128 -3705356.507 4726813.692 VLBA_MK Mk -0.0137 0.0622 0.0303 50449 -5464075.113 -2495248.423 2148297.181 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Sc 0 2853 3645 4143 4458 4579 4839 5460 5767 8611 Hn 2853 0 1611 3105 3006 3226 3623 3885 3657 7502 Nl 3645 1611 0 1654 1432 1663 2075 2328 2300 6156 Fd 4143 3105 1654 0 608 564 744 1508 2345 5134 La 4458 3006 1432 608 0 236 652 1088 1757 4970 Pt 4579 3226 1663 564 236 0 417 973 1806 4795 Kp 4839 3623 2075 744 652 417 0 845 1913 4466 Ov 5460 3885 2328 1508 1088 973 845 0 1214 4015 Br 5767 3657 2300 2345 1757 1806 1913 1214 0 4398 Mk 8611 7502 6156 5134 4970 4795 4466 4015 4398 0 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type DAR VLBA_SC MARK5A VLBA VLBA_HN MARK5A VLBA VLBA_NL MARK5A VLBA VLBA_FD MARK5A VLBA VLBA_LA MARK5A VLBA VLBA_PT MARK5A VLBA VLBA_KP MARK5A VLBA VLBA_OV MARK5A VLBA VLBA_BR MARK5A VLBA VLBA_MK MARK5A VLBA EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 8 Number of scans scheduled: 8 Number of stations: 10 Number of sources input: 2 Number of setup files used: 1 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Tape Tapes Passes Readbacks Formatter Sync Hours Hours Reconfigures Hours Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes Formatter Sync Reconfigures Hours VLBA_SC VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_HN VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_NL VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_FD VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_LA VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_PT VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_KP VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_OV VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_BR VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_MK VLBA 8 1.98 2.19 32. 0/ 0 0.00 Notes on the station summaries: "Sync Hours" is on-source, in-scan time lost during correlation to resyncing recordings. Resyncs follow tape stoppages and formatter reconfigures. For VLBA DAR stations, total reconfigures and reconfigures during recording are shown. Reconfigures during recording can cause slow correlator sync. Any reconfigure can slow sync at JIVE. Tapes started before scan start time 80 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. The following setup groups are the same as group 1 below. 2:VLBA_HN 3:VLBA_NL 4:VLBA_FD 5:VLBA_LA 6:VLBA_PT 7:VLBA_KP 8:VLBA_OV 9:VLBA_BR 10:VLBA_MK Setup file: oh1612.18cm Matches group v20cm_2 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat FD filtered above 1760. SC filtered above 1740. Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA_SC Total bit rate: 32 Format: VLBA1:1 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 2.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 4.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= L L L L L L L L IF = A C A C 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 Based on FREQ, BW, and/or DOPPLER in schedule. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1612.23 1612.23 1720.51 1720.51 1667.33 1667.33 1665.40 1665.40 BBC fr= 787.77 787.77 679.49 679.49 732.67 732.67 734.60 734.60 Bandwd= 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30 barrel=roll_off SUMMARY for experiment TC013A TESTS.SOFTWARE.CORRELATOR.SPECTRA.W75N.4STOKES 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 53 is Fri 22 Feb 2008 MJD 54518 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 1 53 14:34:57 3C345 - 38 54 69 74 79 79 80 87 82 54 53 14:49:54 oh1612.18cm - 35 52 66 72 76 77 78 85 81 56 2 53 14:51:52 W75N - 65 85 70 57 58 56 52 50 52 13 53 15:21:47 - - 64 89 76 62 63 61 58 55 57 18 3 53 15:23:40 3C345 - 28 46 60 65 69 70 72 79 78 62 53 15:29:39 - - 27 45 58 64 68 69 71 78 77 63 4 53 15:31:31 W75N - 64 88 78 64 65 63 59 57 59 20 53 16:01:27 - - 61 82 83 69 71 68 65 62 64 26 5 53 16:03:21 3C345 - 21 39 52 58 62 63 64 71 72 67 53 16:09:20 - - 20 38 51 57 61 61 63 70 71 68 6 53 16:09:24 3C345 - 20 38 51 57 61 61 63 70 71 68 53 16:15:23 - - 18 37 50 56 59 60 62 69 70 68 7 53 16:17:19 W75N - 59 79 86 72 73 71 68 65 66 29 53 16:37:15 - - 56 76 89 74 77 75 71 69 70 32 8 53 16:39:12 3C345 - 14 33 46 51 55 56 57 64 66 70 53 16:45:11 - - 13 32 45 50 54 55 56 63 65 70 SUMMARY for experiment TC013A TESTS.SOFTWARE.CORRELATOR.SPECTRA.W75N.4STOKES 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 53 is Fri 22 Feb 2008 MJD 54518 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 1 53 14:34:57 3C345 - 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 53 14:49:54 oh1612.18cm - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 2 53 14:51:52 W75N - 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 53 15:21:47 - - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 3 53 15:23:40 3C345 - 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 53 15:29:39 - - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 4 53 15:31:31 W75N - 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 53 16:01:27 - - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 5 53 16:03:21 3C345 - 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 53 16:09:20 - - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 6 53 16:09:24 3C345 - 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 53 16:15:23 - - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 7 53 16:17:19 W75N - 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 53 16:37:15 - - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 8 53 16:39:12 3C345 - 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 53 16:45:11 - - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 Automatic tape allocation requested for sites using VLBA control files and having 2 or more drives. SCHED cannot predict tape changes. Number of tapes or GBytes used at each autoaloc station: Includes all disk stations. Station Tapes GBytes VLBA_SC 31.8 VLBA_HN 31.8 VLBA_NL 31.8 VLBA_FD 31.8 VLBA_LA 31.8 VLBA_PT 31.8 VLBA_KP 31.8 VLBA_OV 31.8 VLBA_BR 31.8 VLBA_MK 31.8 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_SC 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_HN 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_NL 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_FD 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_LA 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_PT 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_KP 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_OV 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_BR 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 VLBA_MK 53 14:34:57 53 16:45:11 SOURCE LIST -- TESTS.SOFTWARE.CORRELATOR.SPECTRA.W75N.4STOKES 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) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * W75N 20 36 49.997296 * 20 38 36.441000 20 38 52.245606 0.00 42 26 59.08576 * 42 37 35.49000 42 39 06.01224 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Doppler based on LSR frame and radio definition. Velocities: 6.00 6.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 6.00 6.00 1.330 scan hours, 59.836 baseline hours above horizon. J1642+3948 16 41 17.606231 * 16 42 58.809968 16 43 15.555012 0.26 1641+399 39 54 10.81494 * 39 48 36.99400 39 47 16.36531 0.40 * 3C345 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro Doppler based on other sources. 0.648 scan hours, 29.170 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) W75N 57.9 3C345 92.4 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. J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'W75N' ra = 20h38m36.441000s dec = 42d37'35.49000" name = '3C345' ra = 16h42m58.809968s dec = 39d48'36.99400" Catalogs: Station: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/stations.dat Version: 2006Dec04-17:14:51 Location: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/locations.dat Version: Not known Frequency: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Version: 2006Jun08-14:55:16 Source: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba Version: Not given Code versions: Release version: 6.05 June 2006 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.86 Version of plot code: 1.06 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0