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Last updated: Mon Feb 27 13:28:04 CET 2006 reynolds@jive.nl


General Comments. ( Brief data summary and scan listing )
L band spectral line experiment, observed on 5 Nov 2005. Data rate was 32 Mbps (2 X 0.5 MHz subbands, dual polarization, two-bit sampling, 4 times oversampling). The experiment was originally scheduled as a phase-referencing experiment, but initial tests indicated that the phase-reference target separation was too large, and so the pipeline does not attempt to do phase referencing. The target spectral line source was W75N.

Two spectral lines were observed and were correlated and pipelined in separate passes. This is the pipeline page for subband 2.

8 stations were scheduled. Cambridge did not participate because of failed power supply in the VLBI rack. Onsala was stowed for a large part of the experiment due to winds.

The EVN reliability indicator (ERI) for this experiment was ERI = 0.66 . ERI* = 0.75 . (JB=1, Wb=1, Ef=1, Mc=1, Ur=1, On=0.58 [On*=1], Tr=1, Cm=0)


Plots of the autocorrelations
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Jb: strong RFI in RCP near edge of band.
Wb: some RFI near edge of band.
Mc: Very strong RFI, especially in RCP
Tr: some RFI. On: bandpasses are very 'spiky' as seen in pass 1 - RFI?


plots of the uncalibrated amplitude and phase against time
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Plots of the uncalibrated amplitude and phase against frequency channel
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RFI noted in autocorrelations is not visible in any of the cross-correlations.


The uncalibrated amplitude and phase of the crosshand correlations against frequency channel
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TSYS against time
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Telescope sensitivities from the a priori TSYS and Gain curves (the square of this number gives the antenna noise (SEFD) in Jy - the smaller the better).
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Fringe-fit phase solutions (including Parallactic Angle correction).
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Fring fitting appears reasonable. Spectral line source not detected, but a narrower spectral window should be selected.


Fringe-fit delay solutions
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Fringe-fit rate solutions
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Telescope bandpasses
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Calibrated amplitude and phase against time (a priori amplitude calibration and fringe-fit solutions applied).
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Calibrated amplitude and phase against frequency channel
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Naturally weighted dirty map (not useful for bright sources) produced before self-cal of:
OQ208: pdf (not available) , or FITS (not available) .
3C345: pdf (not available) , or FITS (not available) .
J2052+3635: pdf (not available) , or FITS (not available) .
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Uniformly weighted dirty map (not useful for bright sources) produced before self-cal of:
OQ208: pdf (not available) , or FITS (not available) .
3C345: pdf (not available) , or FITS (not available) .
J2052+3635: pdf (not available) , or FITS (not available) .
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Phase corrections applied to a priori calibrated and fringe-fitted data by self-calibration.
OQ208 .
3C345 .
J2052+3635 .
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Amplitude corrections applied to a priori calibrated and fringe-fitted data by self-calibration.
OQ208: pdf , or text file , or statistical summary .
3C345: pdf , or text file , or statistical summary .
J2052+3635: pdf , or text file , or statistical summary .
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Results for J2052+3635 indicate that amplitude calibration at Jb, Ur, Tr was poor.


Telescope sensitivities (the total AMP gain applied during both a priori and self calibration; the square of this number gives the antenna noise (SEFD) in Jy).
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Residual closure phase (visibility closure phase with model closure phase subtracted) for:
OQ208 .
3C345 .
J2052+3635 .
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Calibrated visibilities and the source model of:
OQ208 .
3C345 .
J2052+3635 .
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Calibrated visibilities against u,v distance for:
OQ208: pdf , or png .
3C345: pdf , or png .
J2052+3635: pdf , or png .
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u,v coverage for:
OQ208: pdf , or png .
3C345: pdf , or png .
J2052+3635: pdf , or png .
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Crude maps of sources:
OQ208: pdf , or FITS .
3C345: pdf , or FITS .
J2052+3635: pdf , or FITS .
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