! Example sched input file with automatically inserted ! geodetic (DELZN) segments. ! ! ================================================================ ! Preferred Dynamic Constraints. 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 o o r r o o r r ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]: 8 ! 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 d R ! 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: October-January ! Excluded dates plus reason [none]: ! Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time): nighttime observations ! Start-time constraints: ! Start-time range in (hhmm - hhmm), in PT_LST [none]: 1500 - 1700 ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! version = 1 expt = 'Geodetic segment insertion example' expcode = egdelzn piname = 'Craig Walker' address1 = 'National Radio Astronomy Observatory' address2 = 'P. O. Box O' address3 = 'Socorro, New Mexico, 87801' address4 = ' U.S.A. ' phone = '505 835 7247 ' obsphone = '505 835 7247 ' email = cwalker@nrao.edu fax = '505 835 7027 ' obsmode = '6cm 128-4-2 ' obstype = VLBA note1 = 'Testing insertion of DELZN segment' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = VLBADiFX coravg = 4 corchan = 1000000 cornant = 10 corpol = on corwtfn = uniform corsrcs = standard cortape = FTP corship1 = 'Craig Walker' corship2 = 'P. O. Box O' corship3 = 'Socorro NM 87801' cornote1 = ' ' ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. ! If you want this protection, comment this following line. overwrit ! What do you want in the summary? This is a minimal one. sumitem = el1, early ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== ! These are sched defaults so they are not really needed. ! Note that the GSFC source catalog may be require if using ! the J2000 names with only 2 declination digits. stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations_RDBE.dat srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.gsfc freqfile = $SCHED/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat ! ========================================================== ! ======================= Setup file ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Convert to the RDBE Nov. 27, 2013. ! Was using EB, but running into too many setup issues which is ! not the concern of this example. So use GBT to show/test ! the impact of a slow antenna. ! The frequencies were shifted a bit to avoid crossovers. ! Note that the narrow bandwidth used here are a left-over from when ! this was a legacy system file. Wider bands could be used. ! I stopped using band = '6cm' because this is not yet supported ! for the modern electronics. Getting the frequencies right, without ! tangling with the crossovers will not be trivial. ! Note: The total bit rate = 2*bbfilt*nchan*bits setini = egvlba.6cm / dbe = rdbe_ddc nchan = 4 ! Number of baseband channels. bbfilt = 8.0 ! Bandwidth per baseband channel (MHz) pol = DUAL ! RCP, LCP, or DUAL. bits = 2 ! Bits per sample netside = U ! RF sideband upper. freqref = 4972.75 ! RF edge of lowest baseband channel. freqoff = 0,0,8,8 ! Frequency offset of other channels. / endset / setini = egvlba.geo / dbe = rdbe_ddc nchan = 8 bbfilter = 8.0 pol = rcp bits = 2 freqref = 4660.75 freqoff = 0, 11, 45, 101, 168, 246, 358, 381 netside = U, U, U, U, U, U, U, U / endset / ! ========================================================== ! ============= Sources for geodetic segments ============ ! ========================================================== ! Select one of the following sets of sources to use for the ! geodetic segments. Select by commenting (with "!") the lists ! not wanted and uncommenting the one that is wanted. ! ! Mark Reid's original 60. It is probably better to use one of the ! other two lists below which give many more options, especially above ! 18h RA. !geosrcs = J0017+81, J0019+73, J0050-09, J0102+58, J0121+11, ! J0121+04, J0136+47, J0203+11, J0204+15, J0217+73, ! J0231+13, J0238+16, J0303+47, J0339-01, J0501-01, ! J0530+13, J0555+39, J0646+44, J0700+17, J0726+79, ! J0730-11, J0753+53, J0808+49, J0808+40, J0818+42, ! J0824+55, J0825+03, J0854+20, J0927+39, J0956+25, ! J0958+47, J0958+65, J1048+71, J1058+81, J1104+38, ! J1127-18, J1130+38, J1146+39, J1153+80, J1159+29, ! J1222+04, J1302+57, J1310+32, J1354-02, J1357+76, ! J1419+54, J1550+05, J1557-00, J1608+10, J1638+57, ! J1640+39, J1727+45, J1740+52, J1743-03, J1746+62, ! J1751+09, J1800+78, J2148+06, J2225-04, J2236+28 ! The following list has the 295 ICRF2 defining sources from Table 21 of ! the background documentation for the ICRF2. They were selected for positional ! stability and low source structure. ! See: http://www.iers.org/IERS/EN/Publications/TechnicalNotes/tn35.html ! These are the 1950 style names. ! 1038+528 is ambiguous. Use 1038+52A in sources.gsfc. ! 2250+190 is called 2250+194 in sources.gsfc ! This set is recommended for observations at 8 GHz and below and possibly ! for 15 GHz. geosrcs = '0002-478', '0007+106', '0008-264', '0010+405', '0013-005', '0016+731', '0019+058', '0035+413', '0048-097', '0048-427', '0059+581', '0104-408', '0107-610', '0109+224', '0110+495', '0116-219', '0119+115', '0131-522', '0133+476', '0134+311', '0138-097', '0151+474', '0159+723', '0202+319', '0215+015', '0221+067', '0230-790', '0229+131', '0234-301', '0235-618', '0234+285', '0237-027', '0300+470', '0302-623', '0302+625', '0306+102', '0308-611', '0307+380', '0309+411', '0322+222', '0332-403', '0334-546', '0342+147', '0346-279', '0358+210', '0402-362', '0403-132', '0405-385', '0414-189', '0420-014', '0422+004', '0426+273', '0430+289', '0437-454', '0440+345', '0446+112', '0454-810', '0454-234', '0458-020', '0458+138', '0506-612', '0454+844', '0506+101', '0507+179', '0516-621', '0515+208', '0522-611', '0524-460', '0524-485', '0524+034', '0529+483', '0534-611', '0534-340', '0537-441', '0536+145', '0537-286', '0544+273', '0549-575', '0552+398', '0556+238', '0600+177', '0642+449', '0646-306', '0648-165', '0656+082', '0657+172', '0707+476', '0716+714', '0722+145', '0718+792', '0727-115', '0736+017', '0738+491', '0743-006', '0743+259', '0745+241', '0748+126', '0759+183', '0800+618', '0805+046', '0804+499', '0805+410', '0808+019', '0812+367', '0814+425', '0823+033', '0827+243', '0834-201', '0851+202', '0854-108', '0912+029', '0920-397', '0920+390', '0925-203', '0949+354', '0955+476', '0955+326', '0954+658', '1004-500', '1012+232', '1013+054', '1014+615', '1015+359', '1022-665', '1022+194', '1030+415', '1030+074', '1034-374', '1034-293', '1038+52A', '1039+811', '1042+071', '1045-188', '1049+215', '1053+815', '1055+018', '1101-536', '1101+384', '1111+149', '1123+264', '1124-186', '1128+385', '1130+009', '1133-032', '1143-696', '1144+402', '1144-379', '1145-071', '1147+245', '1149-084', '1156-663', '1156+295', '1213-172', '1215+303', '1219+044', '1221+809', '1226+373', '1236+077', '1240+381', '1243-072', '1244-255', '1252+119', '1251-713', '1300+580', '1308+328', '1313-333', '1324+224', '1325-558', '1334-127', '1342+662', '1342+663', '1349-439', '1351-018', '1354-152', '1357+769', '1406-076', '1418+546', '1417+385', '1420-679', '1423+146', '1424-418', '1432+200', '1443-162', '1448-648', '1451-400', '1456+044', '1459+480', '1502+106', '1502+036', '1504+377', '1508+572', '1510-089', '1511-100', '1514+197', '1520+437', '1519-273', '1546+027', '1548+056', '1555+001', '1554-643', '1557+032', '1604-333', '1606+106', '1611-710', '1614+051', '1617+229', '1619-680', '1622-253', '1624-617', '1637+574', '1638+398', '1639+230', '1642+690', '1633-810', '1657-261', '1657-562', '1659-621', '1705+018', '1706-174', '1717+178', '1726+455', '1730-130', '1725-795', '1732+389', '1738+499', '1738+476', '1741-038', '1743+173', '1745+624', '1749+096', '1751+288', '1754+155', '1758+388', '1803+784', '1800+440', '1758-651', '1806-458', '1815-553', '1823+689', '1823+568', '1824-582', '1831-711', '1842+681', '1846+322', '1849+670', '1908-201', '1920-211', '1921-293', '1925-610', '1929+226', '1933-400', '1936-155', '1935-692', '1954+513', '1954-388', '1958-179', '2000+472', '2002-375', '2008-159', '2029+121', '2052-474', '2059+034', '2106+143', '2106-413', '2113+293', '2123-463', '2126-158', '2131-021', '2136+141', '2142-758', '2150+173', '2204-540', '2209+236', '2220-351', '2223-052', '2227-088', '2229+695', '2232-488', '2236-572', '2244-372', '2245-328', '2250+194', '2254+074', '2255-282', '2300-683', '2318+049', '2326-477', '2333-415', '2344-514', '2351-154', '2353-686', '2355-534', '2355-106', '2356+385', '2357-318' ! The following list were extracted from the USNO 1cm surveys for Mark Reid ! by Li Gao at Shanghai. They are sources that have >0.1 Jy on long baselines, ! normalized visibilities >10% on long baselines, and ICRF positions accurate ! to < 1 mas. This list is recommended for geodetic segments observed at ! 12 GHz and up. ! Sources obtained by RCW from MJR in email of Aug 23, 2010. !geosrcs = J0010+10, J0019+73, J0019+20, J0022+06, J0040-01, J0048+31, J0050-09, ! J0056+16, J0102+58, J0106-40, J0112+22, J0113+02, J0121+04, J0121+11, ! J0122+25, J0125-00, J0126+25, J0130+08, J0136+47, J0152+22, J0205+32, ! J0215-02, J0224+06, J0225+18, J0228+67, J0231+13, J0237+28, J0238+16, ! J0239-02, J0239+04, J0242+11, J0244+62, J0253+32, J0259+19, J0303+47, ! J0309+10, J0313+41, J0325+22, J0336+32, J0339-01, J0343+36, J0349+46, ! J0348-27, J0354+46, J0357+23, J0401+04, J0401+21, J0403+26, J0403-36, ! J0407-33, J0406-38, J0409+12, J0419+39, J0423-01, J0422+02, J0424+00, ! J0427+04, J0428-37, J0429+27, J0433+05, J0449+11, J0453+01, J0457-23, ! J0501-01, J0502+13, J0505+04, J0509+05, J0510+18, J0513-21, J0527+03, ! J0530+13, J0530-25, J0536-34, J0538-44, J0547+27, J0550+23, J0555+39, ! J0559+23, J0609-15, J0613+13, J0641-03, J0646+44, J0648-30, J0650-16, ! J0657+24, J0710+47, J0713+19, J0720+47, J0724-07, J0725+14, J0728+21, ! J0730-11, J0738+17, J0739+01, J0748+24, J0750+48, J0750+12, J0802+18, ! J0808+49, J0808-07, J0808+40, J0811+01, J0815+36, J0818+42, J0824+55, ! J0824+24, J0824+39, J0825+03, J0830+24, J0836-20, J0837+24, J0842+18, ! J0914+02, J0921+62, J0958+32, J0958+47, J1008+06, J1014+23, J1018-31, ! J1023+39, J1024+19, J1024+23, J1035-20, J1037-29, J1044+80, J1048-19, ! J1051+21, J1058+81, J1058+01, J1104+38, J1127-18, J1130+38, J1147-38, ! J1146+39, J1150+24, J1153+80, J1159+29, J1215-17, J1239+07, J1246-07, ! J1258-22, J1305-10, J1310+32, J1311+55, J1316-33, J1327+22, J1337-12, ! J1357-15, J1357+76, J1408-07, J1419+54, J1438-22, J1439-15, J1454-37, ! J1500+47, J1505+03, J1504+10, J1506+37, J1506+42, J1516+00, J1516+19, ! J1517-24, J1522-27, J1549+02, J1608+10, J1613+34, J1619+22, J1625-25, ! J1626-29, J1638+57, J1640+39, J1650-29, J1653+39, J1658-07, J1700-26, ! J1707+01, J1719+17, J1727+45, J1733-13, J1734+38, J1739+47, J1743-03, ! J1745-07, J1751+09, J1748+70, J1753+28, J1756+15, J1801+44, J1820-25, ! J1819+38, J1849+67, J1924-29, J1930+15, J1939-15, J1949-19, J1957-38, ! J2000-17, J2002+47, J2011-15, J2016+16, J2023+31, J2031+12, J2038+51, ! J2050+31, J2115+29, J2129-15, J2139+14, J2146-15, J2148+06, J2152+17, ! J2202+42, J2203+17, J2212+23, J2216+35, J2229-08, J2241+09, J2253+16, ! J2257+02, J2258-27, J2308+09, J2311+45, J2320+05, J2327+09, J2337-02, ! J2356+81, J2358-10, J2359-31 ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== year = 2010 month = 7 day = 5 start = 16:00:00 ! PT_LST 1500 - 1700 ok. ! ========================================================== ! ==========Geodetic segment insertion parameters=========== ! ========================================================== ! First set is for use with the Verify script (test the examples) ! to keep the run time short. ! geoprt = -1 geotries = 5 ! These are more like reasonable values for real project. geoprt = 0 ! Light monitoring of what happens. geotries = 20 ! Test 20 different sets of sources looking for best. geoback = 100 ! During the psuedo fit part of source picking (toward ! the end, pick sources to make the best solution using ! only the most recent geoback sources. This is ! probably best left longer than the segment is likely ! to be. geosrep = 20 ! Minimum number of scans separating repeats of the ! same source. Can be large for the large source list ! but smaller for the shorter list. geoslew = 1.0 ! Weight for slewing penalty while selecting by SecZ ! psuedo fits. geoslow = 40.0 ! Consider taking an antenna out of a scan if it ! arrives this much later (sec) on source than the ! average. If the source is a good low elevation ! source for that antenna, skip the source for that ! scan. geolowel = 20 ! Upper cutoff for what is considered low elevation ! for the first few selected sources. geohiel = 40 ! Lower cutoff for high elevation sources. ! geoseg, setup, dwell, opminel, and opminant need to be set ! at the scan where the insertion will be done. That scan ! should have a dummy source. If using an optmode, like "scans", ! that source should be up at all stations at that time. ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Include a non-vlba, slow slewing (but very sensitive) antenna ! to show the effect on the geodetic segments. stations = GBT_VLBA, VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK ! First geodetic segment: ! Note that geotries is set low in this example. That is to speed ! SCHED testing and verification when all examples are run. ! Any real observation should use about 20 or more. geotries = 5 opminel=10.0 opminant=5 source=J1058+81 dwell=60 geoseg=30:00 setup= egvlba.geo ! Protect the geodetic segment from preemption for USNO observations. ! Note that there should be periods where preempt='ok' of at least ! 1:40:00 with no more than 4 hours between them. preempt='no' / ! Reset some parameters for the normal scans, including preempt. opminel=0.0 opminant=0 preempt='ok' ! This is a phase referencing project switching between soruces ! that are both in the calibrator list. Throw in some OJ287 for ! polarization calibration etc. setup = egvlba.6cm source = OJ287 dwell=3:00 / group=2 rep=10 source=4C39.25 dwell=45 / source=J0926+4029 dwell=2:00 / source = OJ287 dwell=3:00 / group=2 rep=10 source=4C39.25 dwell=45 / source=J0926+4029 dwell=2:00 / source = OJ287 dwell=3:00 / group=2 rep=10 source=4C39.25 dwell=45 / source=J0926+4029 dwell=2:00 / ! Second geodetic segment. preempt='no' opminel=10.0 opminant=5 source=J1058+81 dwell=60 geoseg=30:00 setup= egvlba.geo / opminel=0.0 opminant=0 preempt='ok' ! More phase referencing. setup = egvlba.6cm source = OJ287 dwell=3:00 / group=2 rep=10 source=4C39.25 dwell=45 / source=J0926+4029 dwell=2:00 / source = OJ287 dwell=3:00 / group=2 rep=10 source=4C39.25 dwell=45 / source=J0926+4029 dwell=2:00 / source = OJ287 dwell=3:00 / group=2 rep=10 source=4C39.25 dwell=45 / source=J0926+4029 dwell=2:00 / ! Third and last geodetic segment. preempt = 'no' opminel=10.0 opminant=5 source=J1058+81 dwell=60 geoseg=30:00 setup= egvlba.geo /