Session Notes for rd1601 (OCEL09) - prepared by Ruediger Haas =============================================================== PURPOSE AND GENERAL NOTES =============================================================== ===> OCEL - Observations of the Chang'E-3 lander with VLBI <=== This information is distributed via email to Badary: Elena Skurikhina Andrey G. Mikhailov Fortaleza: Macilio Lucena Adeildo Sombra Adeildo Sombra Adeildo Sombra HartRAO: vlbi@hartrao.ac.za Jonathan Quick Marisa Nickola Hobart: AuScope Operations James Lovell Lucia Plank Kokee: kokee Kokee Park Geophysical Observatory <#KPGO@exelisinc.com> "Curtis, Ronald - IS" Matera: Matera vlbi Giovanni Nettis Colucci Giuseppe Colucci Giuseppe Ny-lesund: VLBI Ny-lesund Moritz Sieber thomas.hobiger@chalmers.se Wettzell: Christian Pltz Alexander Neidhardt Gerhard Kronschnabl RT-20m Wettzell Zelenchukskaya: Elena Skurikhina Andrey G. Mikhailov NASA/NVI: "Behrend, Dirk (GSFC-698.0)[NVI INC]" "Cynthia C. Thomas" Ed Himwich UBonn: Axel Nothnagel Alessandra Bertarini Laura la Porta BAAC: Tang Geshi IVS: ivs-stations@ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov -------------- a) Background: -------------- Tang Geshi and several co-PIs proposed in May 2014 to observe the Chinese Lunar Lander Chang'E-3 with VLBI. This proposal was accepted by the IVS PC and a series of RD-sessions was allocated for this purpose. In 2016 there will be 4 of this type of sessions. The scheduling is done by R. Haas (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), the Lunar Lander apriori positions are provided by Tang Geshi (BAAC, China), the primary correlation will be done by the Bonn correlator and special correlation issues will be looked into by the correlators at BAAC (China) and Onsala (Sweden). The data will be analyzed by the proposing consortium (PIs), and the data have a one year data hold after successful correlation. ------------ b) Schedule: ------------ The 9th OCEL-session is on 20/21 January 2016 when the Chang'E-3 lander will be actively sending on several X-band channels, among them a data channel and several DOR tones. The five DOR tones are at the following frequencies: 8450.75 MHz, 8466.15 MHz, 8470.00 MHz, 8473.85 MHz, 8489.25 MHz There will be no DOR tones sent January 20, UT 23:00-23:30 January 21, UT 05:00-05:30 January 21, UT 11:00-11:30 The station network consists of 10 stations: Badary, Fortaleza, HartRAO, Hobart26, Kokee, Matera, Nyales20, Onsala60, Wettzell, Zelenchukskaya. The schedule is basically alternating between standard geodetic observations and lunar lander observations with some kind of phase-referencing attempt. The stations not participating in the phase-referencing, since they do not see the moon, will do standard geodetic observations during this time. For the standard geodetic observations we use a normal R1-session frequency setup with 8 MHz bandwidth. For the lunar lander observations the X-band frequencies are changed to be able to receive the DOR (and communication) signals, and the bandwidth is modified to 4 MHz only. On demand by the Bonn correlator, phase-cal is switched off. However, stations that can set physical on and off by software are welcome to switch phasecal on for setup01 (geodetic observations). There are in total 23 phase-referencing (PR) intervals: RD.16.01 / OCEL-09, phase referencing with 4 sources: ----------------------------------------------------- 0507+179 0515+208 0518+165 (3C138) 0600+177 Observation listing from file /home/mk5_2014/sched/ocel09.skd for experiment RD1601 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-01 - 18:30-19:00 - 7 stations: Ny Ma Bd On Zc Wz Hh - 1 source: 0507+179 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16020-183010| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| 0507+179 16020-183232| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-183752| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0507+179 16020-183944| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-184504| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0507+179 16020-184656| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-185216| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0507+179 16020-185408| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-185928| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-02 - 19:30-20:00 - 8 stations: Ny Ma Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh - 1 source: 0507+179 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16020-193000| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| 0507+179 16020-193222| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-193742| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0507+179 16020-193934| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-194454| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0507+179 16020-194646| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-195206| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0507+179 16020-195358| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-195918| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-03 - 20:30-21:00 - 8 stations: Ny Ma Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh - 1 source: 0515+208 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16020-203005| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| 0515+208 16020-203222| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-203737| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0515+208 16020-203924| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-204439| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0515+208 16020-204626| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-205141| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0515+208 16020-205328| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------- Phase referencing PR-04 - 21:30-22:00 - 7 stations: Ny Ma On Zc Ft Wz Hh - 2 sources: 0515+208, 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------- Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16020-213000| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| 0515+208 16020-213217| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-213732| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-213917| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-214431| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-214616| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-215130| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-215315| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-215829| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------- Phase referencing PR-05 - 22:30-23:13 (!) (43 min !) - 7 stations: Ny Ma On Zc Ft Wz Hh - 1 source: 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------- Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16020-223000| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-223145| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-223659| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-223844| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-224358| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-224543| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-225057| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-225242| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-225756| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-225941| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-230455| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16020-230640| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16020-231154| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------- Phase referencing PR-06 - 00:00-00:30 - 7 stations: Ny Ma On Zc Ft Wz Hh - 1 source: 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------- Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-000112| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16021-000257| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16021-000811| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16021-000956| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16021-001510| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16021-001655| 240 240 240 240 240 240 240| OCEL.09 16021-002209| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 3C138 16021-002345| 240 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-002850| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------- Phase referencing PR-07 - 01:00-01:30 - 5 stations: Ny Ma On Ft Wz - 1 source: 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------- Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-010115| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-010224| 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-010703| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-010812| 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-011251| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-011400| 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-011839| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-011948| 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-012427| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-012536| 240 240 240 240 240 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------- Phase referencing PR-08 - 02:00-02:30 - 5 stations: Ny Ma On Ft Wz - 1 source: 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-020045| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-020154| 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-020633| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-020742| 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-021221| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-021330| 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-021809| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-021918| 240 240 240 240 240 | OCEL.09 16021-022357| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-022506| 240 240 240 240 240 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-09 - 03:00-03:30 - 5 stations: Ny Kk On Ft Wz - 1 source: 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-030000| 60 60 60 60 60 | 3C138 16021-030138| 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-030716| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-030824| 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-031402| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-031510| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-032048| 30 30 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-032156| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-032734| 60 60 60 60 60 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-10 - 04:00-04:30 - 3 stations: Ny Kk Ft - 1 source: 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-040054| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-040200| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-040736| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-040842| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-041418| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-041524| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-042100| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-042206| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-042742| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-042848| 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-11 - 05:00-05:30 - 3 stations: Ny Kk Ft - 1 source: 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-050000| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-050106| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-050642| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-050748| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-051324| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-051430| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-052006| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-052112| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-052648| 30 30 30 | 3C138 16021-052754| 294 294 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-12 - 06:00-06:30 - 2 stations: Ny Kk - 1 source: 0518+165 (3C138) --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-060048| 30 30 | 3C138 16021-060154| 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-060730| 30 30 | 3C138 16021-060836| 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-061412| 30 30 | 3C138 16021-061518| 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-062054| 30 30 | 3C138 16021-062200| 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-062736| 30 30 | 3C138 16021-062842| 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-13 - 07:00-07:30 - 2 stations: Ny Kk - 1 source: 0518+208 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-070014| 30 30 | 0515+208 16021-070120| 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-070656| 30 30 | 0515+208 16021-070802| 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-071338| 30 30 | 3C138 16021-071446| 289 289 | OCEL.09 16021-072014| 30 30 | 3C138 16021-072123| 290 290 | OCEL.09 16021-072653| 30 30 | 0515+208 16021-072759| 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-14 - 08:00-08:30 - 3 stations: Ny Ho Kk - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-080000| 60 60 60 | 0600+177 16021-080159| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-080759| 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-080928| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-081528| 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-081657| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-082257| 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-082427| 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-15 - 09:00-09:30 - 4 stations: Ny Ho Kk Bd - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-090000| 60 60 60 60 | 0600+177 16021-090200| 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-090800| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-090933| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-091537| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-091710| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-092314| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-092447| 300 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-16 - 10:00-10:30 - 4 stations: Ny Ho Kk Bd - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-100000| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-100133| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-100737| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-100910| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-101514| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-101647| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-102251| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-102424| 300 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-17 - 11:00-11:30 - 4 stations: Ny Ho Kk Bd - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-110000| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-110133| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-110737| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-110910| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-111513| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-111646| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-112249| 60 60 60 60 | 0600+177 16021-112452| 300 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-18 - 12:00-12:30 - 4 stations: Ny Ho Kk Bd - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-120000| 30 30 30 30 | 0549+192 16021-120130| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-120731| 30 30 30 30 | 0549+192 16021-120901| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-121502| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-121634| 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-122237| 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-122409| 300 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-19 - 13:00-13:30 - 5 stations: Ny Ho Kk Bd Zc - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-130000| 60 60 60 60 60 | 0549+192 16021-130201| 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-130802| 30 30 30 30 30 | 0549+192 16021-130933| 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-131534| 30 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-131708| 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-132313| 30 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-132447| 300 300 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-20 - 14:00-14:30 - 8 stations: Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Wz - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-140000| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 | 0600+177 16021-140204| 300 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-140809| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-140944| 300 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-141549| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-141724| 300 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-142330| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-142505| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-21 - 15:00-15:30 - 7 stations: Ny Ma Ho Bd On Zc Wz - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-150000| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 | 0600+177 16021-150205| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-150811| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-150946| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-151552| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-151727| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 | OCEL.09 16021-152333| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 | 0600+177 16021-152508| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 | --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-22 - 16:00-16:30 - 7 stations: Ny Ma Bd On Zc Wz Hh - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-160000| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| 0600+177 16021-160214| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300| OCEL.09 16021-160830| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0600+177 16021-161014| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300| OCEL.09 16021-161630| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0600+177 16021-161814| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300| OCEL.09 16021-162430| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0600+177 16021-162614| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300| --------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------+ Phase referencing PR-23 - 17:00-17:30 - 7 stations: Ny Ma Bd On Zc Wz Hh - 1 source: 0600+177 --------------------------------------------------------------+ Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh --------------------------------------------------------------+ OCEL.09 16021-170000| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0600+177 16021-170144| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300| OCEL.09 16021-170800| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0600+177 16021-170944| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300| OCEL.09 16021-171600| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0600+177 16021-171744| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300| OCEL.09 16021-172400| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30| 0600+177 16021-172544| 300 300 300 300 300 300 300| --------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------- c) Preparation at the stations: ------------------------------- The schedule files were provided in form of individual vex-files. The files are individual per station since the lunar lander has slightly different apriori ra/dec coordinates as seen from the different participating stations, since the Moon is in the near field. The vex files are rd1601_bd.vex rd1601_ft.vex rd1601_hh.vex rd1601_ho.vex rd1601_kk.vex rd1601_ma.vex rd1601_ny.vex rd1601_on.vex rd1601_wz.vex rd1601_zc.vex The stations should use their individual vex file, copy it to the name rd1510.vex and then drudg it in order to produce snap-file and procedure-file. The FS version 9.11.6 or higher appears necessary. There might though be some warnings by drudg, however, the resulting snp and prc-files should be correct and working. There are three setups in the session, setup01, setup02 and setup03. The first setup is a standard setup usually used for wide-band R1-sessions, while the second setup and third setups are special lunar lander setups. For the latter two, the X-band frequencies are modified in order to correspond to the lunar lander sending frequencies. There are setup02 and setup03 in order to make it possible for stations that do not have automatic gain control, to use special and individual attenuation when observing the lunar lander and natural radio sources in phase-referencing mode. All lunar lander center frequencies are between 8450 MHz and 8496 MH, with bandwidth of 2 to 5 MHz. The data channel with center frequency 8496 MHz is rather strong with an EIRP of about 16 W. The DOR channels are located at 8470 MHz and tones at +/- 19.2 MHz and +/- 3.85 MHz and these channels have an EIRP of about 1 W. Due to the rather strong signals, the received signal strength is on the order of 10-30 dB stronger than normal natural radio sources. Thus, additional attenuation might be implemented in the lunar lander setup. Stations with Mark4 racks should prepare to add on the order of 10-30 dB, and then monitor and adapt the attenuation correspondingly. This can be done in the beginning of the experiment when the first observations of the lunar lander signals are performed. Only X-band BBC 3 to BBC 8 are used for the lunar lander observations. The X-band frequency distribution is as follows: *--------------------------------------------------------------------------* chan_def = &X : 8212.99 MHz : U : 4.000 MHz : &CH01 : &BBC01 : &U_cal; chan_def = &X : 8212.99 MHz : L : 4.000 MHz : &CH02 : &BBC01 : &U_cal; chan_def = &X : 8252.99 MHz : U : 4.000 MHz : &CH03 : &BBC02 : &U_cal; *--- aiming at Lunar Lander DOR tones -------------------------------------* chan_def = &X : 8448.75 MHz : U : 4.000 MHz : &CH04 : &BBC03 : &U_cal; chan_def = &X : 8464.15 MHz : U : 4.000 MHz : &CH05 : &BBC04 : &U_cal; chan_def = &X : 8468.00 MHz : U : 4.000 MHz : &CH06 : &BBC05 : &U_cal; chan_def = &X : 8471.85 MHz : U : 4.000 MHz : &CH07 : &BBC06 : &U_cal; chan_def = &X : 8487.25 MHz : U : 4.000 MHz : &CH08 : &BBC07 : &U_cal; chan_def = &X : 8994.00 MHz : U : 4.000 MHz : &CH09 : &BBC08 : &U_cal; chan_def = &X : 8994.00 MHz : L : 4.000 MHz : &CH10 : &BBC08 : &U_cal; *--------------------------------------------------------------------------* Phasecal shall be switched on for all three modes. An approximate summary of the session is given below. The amount of data to be recorded is just 1.3 TB or less per station. The stations should transfer (e- or ship) the data to the Bonn correlator after the session is done. SKED Summary from file /home/mk5_2014/sched/ocel09.skd for experiment RD1601 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 9.3 Min = 0.0 Max = 113.9 (Baseline Ny-Ft on OCEL.09 ) RMS = 17.4 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ny=NYALES20 Ma=MATERA Ho=HOBART26 Kk=KOKEE Bd=BADARY On=ONSALA60 Zc=ZELENCHK Ft=FORTLEZA Wz=WETTZELL Hh=HARTRAO Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh Avg % obs. time: 48 39 31 42 32 44 30 37 34 29 37 % cal. time: 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 4 4 % slew time: 16 26 42 22 46 24 47 28 10 52 32 % idle time: 30 29 22 29 16 27 18 30 50 15 27 total # scans: 398 407 342 418 401 412 412 296 430 311 382 # scans/hour : 17 17 14 17 17 17 17 12 18 13 16 Avg scan (sec): 105 83 79 87 69 91 63 108 68 80 83 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.1 Total TB(M5): 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Ny| 250 71 208 232 283 232 144 275 93 1788 Ma| 22 85 218 358 334 156 375 165 1963 Ho| 216 135 21 45 16 23 80 629 Kk| 171 111 92 89 99 0 1071 Bd| 218 265 55 222 101 1617 On| 307 161 387 143 1989 Zc| 117 333 168 1893 Ft| 162 148 1048 Wz| 155 2031 Hh| 1053 Number of 2-station scans: 400 Number of 3-station scans: 145 Number of 4-station scans: 92 Number of 5-station scans: 95 Number of 6-station scans: 73 Number of 7-station scans: 137 Number of 8-station scans: 44 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 986 Total number of obs: 7541 Total integrated obs-time: 607805 Average obs-time: 80.6 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 195 210 225 240 255 270 285 300#Obs: | 4691| 667| 304| 202| 123| 125| 47| 34| 36| 15| 15| 5| 8| 711| 3| 5| 3| 547Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ny| 824 1600 703 1502 683 1581 698 1152 1520 1081 Ma| 1143 111 841 423 871 394 667 718 660 Ho| 366 1308 950 1701 32 1435 41 839 Kk| 681 165 401 241 286 - 426 Bd| 720 1587 599 1165 1338 1131 On| 806 373 596 714 593 Zc| 754 1238 1406 1149 Ft| 605 319 487 Wz| 1094 885 Hh| 905 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ny Ma Ho Kk Bd On Zc Ft Wz Hh AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ny| 445 1295 754 785 389 820 446 594 1039 653 Ma| 929 119 444 246 459 255 352 502 374 Ho| 556 1011 830 1323 16 1095 29 753 Kk| 700 190 419 301 290 - 487 Bd| 400 803 371 587 891 665 On| 449 255 332 526 355 Zc| 469 625 940 641 Ft| 377 259 331 Wz| 735 488 Hh| 624 ===============================================================