====== 319a ====== APOD tracking test. * Antennas: Hb Ho Ke Yg ################################################################################### # Schedule summary for session: 319a # ################################################################################### Nominal start: 2016-11-14 10:00:00 Nominal end: 2016-11-14 10:40:05 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scan# Source name Type Start [UT] End [UT] Dur [s] Sations 1 0332-403 q 10:00:00 10:00:40 40 Hb Ho Ke Yg 2 2052-474 q 10:03:08 10:03:48 40 Hb Ho Ke Yg 3 0332-403 q 10:06:15 10:06:55 40 Hb Ho Ke Yg 4 PN1A [BAC] s 10:13:26 10:18:50 324 Hb 5 PN1A [BAC] s 10:18:51 10:19:29 38 Hb Ho 6 PN1A [BAC] s 10:19:30 10:20:44 74 Hb Ho Yg 7 PN1A [BAC] s 10:20:55 10:24:16 201 Ke Yg 8 PN1A [BAC] s 10:24:17 10:28:55 278 Ke 9 0332-403 q 10:34:56 10:35:36 40 Hb Ke Yg 10 1921-293 q 10:36:28 10:37:08 40 Hb Ke Yg 11 2052-474 q 10:37:47 10:38:27 40 Hb Ke Yg 12 0332-403 q 10:39:25 10:40:05 40 Hb Ke Yg ===== Scheduling ===== * With VieVS Satellite scheduling tool, by A. Hellerschmied * quasar block scheduled automatically * APOD scans manually scheduled * Schedule summary: {{:wg7:apod:319a_sum.txt|}} * sky plots: {{:wg7:apod:sky_319a_hb_1000-1040.pdf|}} {{:wg7:apod:sky_319a_ho_1000-1040.pdf|}} {{:wg7:apod:sky_319a_ke_1000-1040.pdf|}} {{:wg7:apod:sky_319a_yg_1000-1040.pdf|}} * Block of 4 strong quasars was observed before and after APOD scans * Min scan duration set to 40 sec * Sub-netting deactivated * See catalog files for full setup * 1 sec time gap in VEX files between APOD scans * Continuous tracking and recording * Min. 5 min time gap before after sat. scans to load antenna control files ===== Observation ===== * **Observers**: Jamie, Lucia * **Comments**: 26m antenna was not available (no tracking). Couldn't observe the signal live on the SA (problems with internet connection) ==== Tracking ==== * Satellite tracking based on direct AzEl input files * Azel values directly taken from tracking files provided by J. Sun * Station equipment controlled by station dependent VEX files ===== Data and files ===== * All control files used for the observations (VEX schedules, schedule summaries, orbit files, AzEl tracking files, etc.) are provided on the VieVS server (''sorts@vievs.hg.tuwien.ac.at'') at ''/home/sorts/apod/2016/'' * Azel tracking files for all antennas (1 sec interval) * VEX file (station depended and combined) * VIE_SCHED files * used control + catalog files * predicted WGS84 state vectors (1 sec interval, by J. Sun) * predicted AzEl posititons (1 sec interval, by J. Sun) * predicted GCRF state vectors (1 sec interval, by J. Sun) * Results: * Plot showing fringe fitting results (residual multiband delays, delay rates, SNR, formal errors): {{:wg7:apod:319a.06.png?200|}} {{:wg7:apod:319a.07.png?200|}} * VSO observation files containing the multiband total delays calculated by HOPS/fourfit (remove the .txt file name extension to load the VSO files in VieVS): * Scan 6: {{:wg7:apod:319a.06_redclk-ion_free.vso.txt|}} {{:wg7:apod:319a.06_redclk-s.vso.txt|}} {{:wg7:apod:319a.06_redclk-x.vso.txt|}} * Scan 7: {{:wg7:apod:319a.07_redclk-ion_free.vso.txt|}} {{:wg7:apod:319a.07_redclk-s.vso.txt|}} {{:wg7:apod:319a.07_redclk-x.vso.txt|}}