APOD tracking test.

• Antennas: Yg, Ke

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# Schedule summary for session: 318d                                              #
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Nominal start:     2016-11-13 22:35:00
Nominal end:       2016-11-13 22:57:55
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Scan#  Source name              Type  Start [UT]  End [UT]  Dur [s]  Sations
1      0454-234                 q     22:35:00    22:35:40  40       Ke Yg
2      0727-115                 q     22:36:27    22:37:07  40       Ke Yg
3      0537-441                 q     22:37:45    22:38:25  40       Ke Yg
4      0851+202                 q     22:39:10    22:39:50  40       Ke Yg
5      1334-127                 q     22:40:38    22:41:18  40       Ke Yg
6      PN1A [BAC]               s     22:46:39    22:49:21  162      Ke
7      PN1A [BAC]               s     22:49:22    22:51:55  153      Ke Yg
8      PN1A [BAC]               s     22:51:56    22:53:25  89       Yg
9      PN1A [BAC]               s     22:54:01    22:57:55  234      Yg
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• With VieVS Satellite scheduling tool
  • quasar block scheduled automatically
  • APOD scans manually scheduled
• Schedule summary: 318c_sum.txt
• Block of 4 strong quasars was observed prior to APOD
  • Min scan duration set to 40 sec
  • Sub-netting deactivated
• See catalog files for full setup

• Observers: Jamie, Lucia
• Comments: Hb and Ke went fine. Unfortunately sattrack didn't want to run on the 26m =⇒ No data recorded at Ho

• Satellite tracking based on direct AzEl input files at Hb, Ke, Ho
• Azel values calculated in VieVS based on predicted APOD state vectors (pos. + vel., WGS84) provided by J. Sun
• Station equipment controlled with station dependent VEX files

Files are available on the VieVS server (vievs.hg.tuwien.ac.at, user: sorts) at /home/sorts/apod/2016/

• Azel tracking files for Ho, Hb, Ke
• 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)
• final GCRF state vectors (1 sec interval, by J. Sun)