INT3 sessions e-VLBI INTensive <<<<< k15131 >>>>> Schedules and Notes prepared by Arno Mueskens , IGG University of Bonn Date of experiment: 2015, May,11 Nominal Start Time: 07h00 UT Nominal End Time: 08h00 UT Duration: 1.0 hr Correlator: BONN Participating stations: NyAlesund Ny TSUKUB32 Ts Wettzell Wz WettDBBC Wd Seshan25 Sh Purpose ======= The project is the first implementation of a third INTENSIVE-observation routine to improve UT1-determination. The project started with regular observations each Monday on August 27th 2007. With its regular experiments it will be both independent control and reasonable complement to the existing observation routine using baseline Wz-Kk, Wz-Ts The goal is to bring up final processed data in less than a few hours to the IVS data centers. Schedule ======== The schedule was produced by using a mixture of the automatic and the manual mode of the actual sked version. The minimum scan duration was fixed to 15. The minimum snr was set to 25 for all baselines. COMMENT ======= Wettzell will test their DBBC equipment. Therefore we will have two recording modes e.g. MK5B and DBBC and also two stations physicaly, due to correlation handling. Session Notes for session: k15131 =========================================================== Experiment: K15131 Description e-Intensive INT3 k15131 Scheduler: IGGB Correlator: BONN Start: 2015-131-07:00:00 End: 2015-131-08:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2015131 (2015.36) ( 17154 MJD, MON. 11MAY.) =========================================================== First observations Observation listing from file k15131.skd for experiment K15131 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Sh Ts Wd Wz 1849+670 15131-070000| 51 58 26 58 58| Last observations 0059+581 15131-075853| 15 15 15 15 15| =========================================================== Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 0.4 Min = 0.0 Max = 15.0 (Baseline Ts-Wd on 0202+319) RMS = 1.5 Total time: 59 minutes ( 1.0 hours). Key: Ny=NYALES20 Sh=SESHAN25 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wd=WETTDBBC Wz=WETTZELL Ny Sh Ts Wd Wz Avg % obs. time: 33 32 14 30 30 28 % cal. time: 7 7 7 7 7 7 % slew time: 42 53 23 19 19 32 % idle time: 17 7 54 43 43 33 total # scans: 26 26 26 26 26 26 # scans/hour : 26 26 26 26 26 26 Avg scan (sec): 45 44 19 41 41 37 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ny Sh Ts Wd Wz Total ----------------------------------- Ny| 26 26 26 26 104 Sh| 26 26 26 104 Ts| 26 26 104 Wd| 26 104 Wz| 104 Number of 5-station scans: 26 Total number of scans: 26 Total number of obs: 260 | Ny Sh Ts Wd Wz AVG ---------------------------------- Ny| 73 82 80 80 79 Sh| 129 73 73 87 Ts| 82 82 94 Wd| 103 85 Wz| 85 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ny Sh Ts Wd Wz AVG ---------------------------------- Ny| 22 31 24 24 25 Sh| 45 22 22 28 Ts| 31 31 34 Wd| 31 27 Wz| 27 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: NYALES20 SESHAN25 TSUKUB32 WETTDBBC Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:1 256 Mbits 128 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*1) 16 0.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 140.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.9 MHz Effective number of 1-bit channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.00 6.00 16.00 Recording mode setup for: WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256 Mbits 128 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 0.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 140.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.9 MHz Effective number of 1-bit channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.00 6.00 16.00 ===========================================================