! Data Quality Test. ! !---------------------------------------------------------------------- ! HISTORY ! VHC: VLBA Health Check (aka Network Monitoring) (LOS 21/04/02) ! minor mods by Greg Taylor 23/04/02, now aka auto-release test ! assigned project code TR017A, runs 1 hour at 128 Mbps ! Change of observing mode to 4IFsx8MHz, still dual pol: LOS 09/08/02 ! Change of observing mode to 8IFsx8MHz, now 1-bit only: LOS 15/01/03 ! Added different settings for barrel roll - go weekly! LOS 30/01/03 ! Modified to include more filters (4, 16) and 2-bit LOS 21/05/03 ! Corrected a typo in 9050 setup, and new PI information LOS 10/06/03 ! Changed scan order to have 2-bit not in between 1-bit LOS 11/06/03 ! Analysts request longer scans and gaps; 1.5 h ok/Dave LOS 24/06/03 ! Now MT326. Less readbacks for longer scans, esp 90/50 LOS 09/07/03 ! Shorten to make room for disk @ 512 Mbps testing LOS 25/07/07 ! Included 512 Mbps testing by forcing FORMATs in SETINI LOS 08/08/07 ! Changed coravg to 2.000 for DiFX integration time JO 09/23/09 ! Changed expcode to DQyxx to avoid reusing last decade's expcodes JO 01/05/10 ! Setups modified for DDC version; a few scans omitted. JDR 02/25/13 ! Added a C to the expcode to indicate Mark5C version JO 02/27/13 ! The above will only be when we run both A and C in the same week. ! Fixed a setup error in band.6-8 JO 03/26/13 ! Modified to use both RDBEs. Combined 21 and 18cm RCW 02/03/14 ! Removed gaps. No longer needed (I hope). ! Use 250 kHz offsets for pcal. ! Changed to a com file that should run any time. RCW 05/29/14 !---------------------------------------------------------------------- overwrit lst='vlba_pt' ! dynamic scheduling. ! ------ This observation ------ expcode = 'DQHIEL' version = 1 day = 63521 start = 23:03:00 stations = SC, HN, NL, FD, LA, PT, KP, OV, BR, MK ! ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ! ------ DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE! ------ ! ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------------ ------ stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations_RDBE.dat freqfile = $SCHED/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat ! Set up for a reference pointing scan insertion before the 3mm ! scan. But turn off insertions until we get there with point. peakfile='$SCHED/catalogs/peak_RDBE_DDC.cmd' autopeak point=-1 ! ------ Basic schedule info ------ expt = 'VLBA Monitoring' obsmode = 'RDBE mostly 512 Mbps' piname = 'NRAO AOC Data Analysts' email='analysts@nrao.edu' address1 ='NRAO-AOC' obsphone = '+1-505-835-7359 (Paul)' address2 ='P.O.Box O' phone = '+1-505-835-7000 (front)' address3 ='Socorro NM 87801, U.S.A.' obstype = VLBA correl = Socorro corpol = ON coravg = 2.000 corchan = 128 corwtfn = Uniform cortape = DAT cornant = 10 corsrcs = Schedule corship1 = 'Analysts Office' corship2 = 'NRAO-AOC' corship3 = 'P.O.Box O, Socorro NM 87801, U.S.A.' cornote1 = 'Please correlate at highest priority,' cornote2 = 'and notify analysts when complete. ThanX..' note1 "VLBA Monitoring test in dynamic scheduling" note2 "and runs for 82 minutes (1.36 hours) total." sumitem=dwell,slew,early,el1 ! ------ The setups ------ setini = band.9050 / dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= U bbfilt= 4 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 freqref= 320.75,320.75, 324.75,324.75, 328.75, 328.75, 608.75,608.75 firstlo= -500,-500, -500,-500, -500,-500, 0, 0 / endset / setini = band.20cm / ! Combined 21 and 18 cm dbe= rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= L bbfilt= 16 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 2400 bbsyn= 992.25,992.25, 976.25,976.25, 750.25,750.25, 734.25,734.25 / endset / setini = band.13cm / ! Basebands 5 and 6 intentionally on the satellite radio dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= L bbfilt= 16 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 3100 bbsyn= 880.25,880.25, 813.25,813.25, 775.25,775.25, 740.25,740.25 / endset / setini = band.6cm / ! Four IF mode at C band ! Shifted the 5 GHz down a bit to get farther from the crossover ! Intentionally left some pcals at .25 and others at .75 in basebands. dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= U, U, U, U, L, L, L, L bbfilt= 16 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 4100, 4100, 4100, 4100, 8100, 8100, 8100, 8100 bbsyn= 854.25,854.25, 870.25,870.25, 805.25,805.25, 821.25,821.25 / endset / setini = band.sx / ! RDV frequency sequence for 2014 and later. Tests 3 IF, dual freq mode. dbe = rdbe_ddc nchan = 8 bits = 2 bbfilter = 8.0 pol = rcp netside = U dualx freqref = 8365.75,8365.75,8365.75,8365.75, 2232.75,2232.75,2232.75,2232.75 freqoff = 0, 80, 440, 560, 0, 30, 120, 140 firstlo = 7600,7600,9600,9600,3100,3100,3100,3100 ifchan = B,B,D,D,A,A,A,A synth = 7.6, 3.1, 9.6 / endset / setini = band.6-64 / ! Two Gbps mode - 8 channels of 64 MHz ! Three channels in the central polyphase band, one ! on the high side of the 896 MHz crossover. dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= U bbfilt= 64 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 4100 bbsyn= 672.75,672.75, 736.75,736.75, 798.75,798.75, 920.75,920.75 / endset / setini = band.6-2 / ! Narrow band, 4 channel set dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= U bbfilt= 8 nchan= 4 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 4100 bbsyn= 879.75,879.75, 881.25,881.25 / endset / setini = band.4cm / ! Throw in some LSB channels for testing. dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U,U,U,U,L,L,L,L sideband= U,U,U,U,L,L,L,L bbfilt= 16 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 7600 bbsyn= 783.75, 783.75,799.75,799.75, 831.75,831.75, 847.75,847.75 / endset / setini = band.2cm / ! Try some channels with 15.625 kHz offset for pcal. dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= U bbfilt= 16 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 14600 bbsyn= 669.984375, 669.984375, 685.984375, 685.984375, 701.75,701.75, 717.75,717.75 / endset / setini = band.1cm / dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= U bbfilt= 16 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 21500 bbsyn= 703.75, 703.75, 719.75,719.75, 735.75,735.75, 751.75, 751.75 / endset / setini = band.7mm / dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= U bbfilt= 16 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 42400 bbsyn= 703.75, 703.75, 719.75,719.75, 735.75,735.75, 751.75, 751.75 / endset / setini = band.3mm / dbe = rdbe_ddc netside= U sideband= U bbfilt= 64 nchan= 8 pol= dual bits= 2 firstlo= 85500.0 bbsyn= 672.75,672.75, 736.75,736.75, 798.75,798.75, 920.75,920.75 / endset / ! ------ The Schedule ------ ! ------------- Historical note --------------------- ! Here are the sources with the recommended PT LST range from before the ! use of HIGHEL. They were used for all bands. !source = 'J0319+4130' ! PT-LST range 00h-06h 3C84 is very strong !source = 'J0927+3902' ! PT-LST range 06h-12h 4C39.25 pt source !source = 'J1256-0547' ! PT-LST range 12h-14h 3C279 is very strong double !source = 'J1310+3220' ! PT-LST range 14h-16h double !source = 'J1751+0939' ! PT-LST range 16h-20h core jet !source = 'J2148+0657' ! PT-LST range 20h-24h core jet ! ----------------------------------------------------- optmode = 'highel' dwell=6:00 setup='band.20cm' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.13cm' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.6cm' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.4cm' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.sx' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.2cm' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.1cm' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.6-64' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 ! pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.6-2' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet ! Source comments are for 50/90 (some checks from bk184 in 2014) setup='band.9050' higroup = 8 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 Weak but usable at 327. weaker at 608. source = 'J0542+4951' / ! 3C147 Good at 327. source = 'J1150-0023' / ! From some LOFAR info Garrett 2008. Check. source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 weak at 325, stronger 608. Usable. source = 'J1331+3030' / ! 3C286 Good at 327 source = 'J1642+3948' / ! 3C345 Ok at 327 long baselines weak? core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet Ok for 327/608. source = 'J2253+1608' / ! 3C454.3. Good at 327. (/ is later) ! Some sources that are known to be poor at 50/90 cm. ! source = 'J0927+3902' / ! point Too weak at 327/608 in old DQ runs (4C39.25) ! source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double Marginal in old DQ runs for 327/608 ! source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet Marginal in old DQ runs for 327/608 ! Leave the high frequencies to the end. Try to keep the same source ! list for both so that the antennas will likely be on-source ! when the automatic pointing insertion request comes. Set a big enough ! gap for 3mm to trigger automatic pointing insertion. setup='band.7mm' higroup = 6 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 is very strong but resolved source = 'J0927+3902' / ! 4C39.25 pt source source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 is very strong double source = 'J1310+3220' / ! double source = 'J1751+0939' / ! core jet source = 'J2148+0657' / ! core jet setup='band.3mm' ! Need to check sources at this band. stations = NL, FD, LA, PT, KP, OV, BR, MK ! 3mm stations only. gap = 6:00 ! Provide time for the pointing. point=-2 ! Turn on the autopointing. ! Sources from Krichbaum email of June 17, 2014. higroup = 8 source = 'J0319+4130' / ! 3C84 source = 'J0854+2006' / ! OJ287 source = 'J1229+0203' / ! 3C273 source = 'J1256-0547' / ! 3C279 source = 'J1635+3808' / source = 'J1642+3948' / ! 3C345 source = 'J2202+4216' / ! BLLAC source = 'J2253+1608' / ! 3C454.3