! SCHED file created by Alex Truebenbach ! Version July 30 2015 ! ! BT131_0hrs: Dynamically scheduled for the VLBA at 1024 Mbits/sec ! A 4-hour track to be executed twice. Must be executed ! 2nd time within 3-24 days of initial observations. ! ! Phase referenced observations of 4 quasars centered around 0hrs LST ! ! Observation Plan: ! ! Geodetic freq setup uses 8 X 32 MHz all LCP ! ! Phase-referenced freq setup uses 8 x 32 MHz bands ! all in LCP, but at different offsets than geodetic setup ! ! ! Fringe Finders: 3C454.3, 0234+285 ! ! ================================================================ ! 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 o o o o o o o o r ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]: ! 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 ! L ! 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 : ! Excluded dates plus reason [none]: ! Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time) [none]: This script must be observed twice. Must be ! executed 2nd time within 3-24 days of initial observations. ! Start-time constraints: ! Start-time range in (hhmm - hhmm), in PT_LST [none]: ! (2030 - 2130) ! ================================================================ ! ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== version = 1 expt = 'phase-ref observations of 4 quasars around 0hrs LST' expcode = BT131_0hrs obstype = VLBA piname = 'Alexandra Truebenbach' address1 = 'University of Colorado at Boulder' address2 = '389 UCB' address3 = 'Boulder, CO 80309-0389' address4 = ' U.S.A. ' phone = '508 395 2159 ' obsphone = '508 395 2159 ' email = 'alexandra.truebenbach@colorado.edu' fax = ' ' obsmode = 'Continuum' correl = 'Socorro' note1 = 'These observations must be repeated within 3-24 days' note2 = ' of initial observations.' ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Allow SCHED to overwrite existing files. This is useful especially ! when testing the schedule. If you don't want to risk overwriting ! the output, don't set it. This could be true if there were some ! hand editing after running SCHED: overwrit ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 corchan = 64 cornant = 10 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'Sched' cortape = FTP cornote1 = 'NOTE: This observation uses two setups' cornote2 = '1) Geodetic-like spread bandwidth all LCP' cornote3 = '2) Continuum observations with LCP.' ! ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== ! Standard source catalogs are sources.gsfc and sources.rfc. ! This schedule uses some aliases only in sources.gsfc. srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.gsfc.2015feb stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations_RDBE.dat freqfile = $SCHED/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Setup Information =================== ! ========================================================== ! Sched will look for matching sets in the frequency file. Base ! requirements: nchan, band, bbfilter, bits, and pol. Setup inspired by ! rdbe_pfb_8416_dual.set setinit = v4cm.set / band = '4cm' dbe = rdbe_ddc nchan = 8 freqref = 7600.0 freqoff = 688.0, 720.0, 752.0, 784.0, 816.0, 848.0, 912.0, 944.0 netside = L bbfilter = 32.0 bits = 2 pol = lcp / endset / setinit = v4cm.geo / !geodetic setup band = '4cm' dbe = rdbe_ddc nchan = 8 freqref = 7600.0 freqoff = 528.0, 560.0, 592.0, 720.0, 752.0, 912.0, 944.0, 976.0 netside = L bbfilter = 32.0 bits = 2 pol = lcp / endset / ! ========================================================== ! ============= Sources for geodetic segments ============ ! ========================================================== ! 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' ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== !#Change when receive scheduled blocks lst = VLBA_PT year = 2015 month = 10 day = 9 start = 21:00:00 ! ========================================================== ! ==========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 ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Only need to specify stations once at beginning if they remain ! unchanged throughout. stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK ! 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' ! Start with a 45 min geodetic segment. ! 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. ! Change to 20 before running for real. geotries = 20 opminel=10.0 opminant=5 source=3C454.3 dwell=60 geoseg=45:00 setup= v4cm.geo / ! Reset some parameters for the normal scans, including preempt. opminel=0.0 opminant=0 preempt='ok' ! Fringe finder on all stations ! The dwell time on the second scan tells SCHED to insert enough ! of a gap between the scans for the antennas to get to the source. Source = 3C454.3 Dwell = 5:30,1 gap=2:00 setup=v4cm.set / ! Observe the target and its reference alternating. If reference is > ! 3deg away, occasionally ! observe the 3rd closer, calibration source. ! The 2 minute gap at the start allows time for readback tests. ! Dwell=time,# of antennas not to wait for !2305+198 Time= 5 min on source Source = 2318+182 Dwell = 40,1, gap=0 / !3rd Calibrator for 2305. !closest at 3.4deg. 0.07Jy group 2 rep 3 Source = 2305+198 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 2250+194 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 2318+182 Dwell = 40,1 / !3rd Calibrator for 2305 group 2 rep 2 Source = 2305+198 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 2250+194 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 2318+182 Dwell = 40,1 / !3rd Calibrator for 2305 !2208-373 Time= 6 min on source Source = 2211-388 Dwell=40, 1, gap=1:00 / !3rd Calibrator for 2208, 0.08 Jy group 2 rep 3 ! Repeat next 2 scans 3 times. Source = 2208-373 Dwell = 1:00,1 gap = 0/ Source = 2220-351 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 2211-388 Dwell=40, 1 / !3rd Calibrator for 2208 group 2 rep 3 ! Repeat next 2 scans 3 time. Source = 2208-373 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 2220-351 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 2211-388 Dwell=40, 1 / !3rd Calibrator for 2208 !0116+082 4 min on source Source = 0127+084 Dwell=40,1 /!3rd calibrator for 0166. !Closest at 2.84deg. .24Jy group 2 rep 2 Source = 0116+082 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 0119+115 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 0127+084 Dwell = 40,1, gap=1:00 / !3rd Calibrator for 0116 group 2 rep 2 Source = 0116+082 Dwell = 1:00,1 gap=0 / Source = 0119+115 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 0127+084 Dwell = 40,1 / !3rd Calibrator for 0116 !0216+011 4 min on source group 2 rep 4 Source = 0216+011 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 0215+015 Dwell = 40,1 / ! Observe another strong fringe finder. Source = 0234+285 Dwell = 5:30,1 gap = 2:00 / !Repeat observing sequence to increase uv coverage !2305+198 Source = 2318+182 Dwell = 40,1 gap=0 / !3rd Calibrator for 2305. group 2 rep 3 Source = 2305+198 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 2250+194 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 2318+182 Dwell = 40,1 / !3rd Calibrator for 2305. group 2 rep 2 Source = 2305+198 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 2250+194 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 2318+182 Dwell = 40,1 / !3rd Calibrator for 2305. !2208-373 Source = 2211-388 Dwell=40, 1 gap=1:00 / !3rd Calibrator for 2208, 0.08 Jy group 2 rep 2 ! Source = 2208-373 Dwell = 1:00,1 gap=0 / Source = 2220-351 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 2211-388 Dwell=40, 1 / !3rd Calibrator for 2208, 0.08 Jy group 2 rep 3 ! Source = 2208-373 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 2220-351 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 2211-388 Dwell=40, 1 / !3rd Calibrator for 2208, 0.08 Jy !0116+082 Source = 0127+084 Dwell=40,1 gap=1:00 /!3rd calibrator for 0166. group 2 rep 2 Source = 0116+082 Dwell = 1:00,1 gap=0/ Source = 0119+115 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 0127+084 Dwell=40,1 /!3rd calibrator for 0166. group 2 rep 3 Source = 0116+082 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 0119+115 Dwell = 40,1 / Source = 0127+084 Dwell=40,1 /!3rd calibrator for 0166. !0216+011 group 2 rep 4 Source = 0216+011 Dwell = 1:00,1 / Source = 0215+015 Dwell = 40,1 / ! Finish with another strong fringe finder. Source = 0234+285 Dwell = 5:30 gap = 2:00 / ! End with 45min Geodetic segment preempt='no' opminel=10.0 opminant=5 source=0234+285 dwell=60 geoseg=45:00 setup=v4cm.geo gap=0 / ! ========================================================== ! ======================== End of Program ================ ! ==========================================================