! ========================================================== ! ========== Example keyin format file for a ============= ! ========== spectral-line experiment (21 cm) ============= ! ========================================================== ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== version = 1 expt = 'EVN observations of my favourite extragalactic 21-cm source' expcode = 'EO_HI' obstype = 'VLBI' piname = 'A.N. Observer' address1 = 'An Institute' address2 = 'A Street' address3 = 'A Town' address4 = 'A Country' phone = '555 1000' obsphone = '555 1000' email = 'anobserver@institute.country' fax = '555 1001' obsmode = 'Observations of an extragalactic HI source at 21cm (128 Mb/s)' note1 = 'Place additional information here (note2-4 available)' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = 'JIVE' coravg = 2 corchan = 512 cornant = 8 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'from schedule' cortape = 'DAT' corship1 = 'An Institute' corship2 = 'A Street' corship3 = 'A Country' cornote1 = 'Place special requirements here (cornote2-4 available)' ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Allow SCHED to overwrite existing files overwrit ! Print start and end elevation, time on source and slew time ! in summary file sumitem = el1, el2, dwell, slew ! ========================================================== ! =================== Station Catalog ==================== ! ========================================================== ! Get stations from the DEFAULT catalog stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat ! List stations stations = JODRELL1,WSTRBORK,EFLSBERG,MEDICINA,NOTO,ONSALA85, TORUN,URUMQI ! ========================================================== ! =================== Source Catalog ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Get source coordinates for fringe finders, phase-reference ! source, etc, from the DEFAULT catalog srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba ! But my favourite HI source isn't in the DEFAULT ! catalog so I shall specify that separately ! The source velocity is specified using its redshift srccat / source='m84' ra=12:25:03.7433290 dec=12:53:13.139580 equinox='j2000' vdef='z' vel=0.003536 / endcat / ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Line Information =================== ! ========================================================== ! define rest frequencies of the line to be observed for the ! first LCP and RCP channels; the other two channels are for ! the continuum (we have to specify their frequencies here, since ! the freqref parameter is ignored in the Doppler mode) ! YOU MUST USE THIS SAME DOPPLER MODE FOR YOUR CALIBRATOR lineinit / lineset='hi' restfreq=1420.405752, 1420.405752, 1428.405752, 1428.405752 / endlines / ! choose this line for Doppler tracking linename = 'hi' doppler ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Setup Information =================== ! ========================================================== ! Get frequency information from the DEFAULT catalog freqfile = '$SCHED/catalogs/freq.dat' ! Construct frequency setup ! 4 8-MHz channels (2 freq x 2 pols), 2-bit sampling => 128 Mb/s ! freqref below is ignored in the Doppler mode setinit='eo999.21cm' / nchan = 4 bbfilter = 8.0 bits = 2 pol = 'dual' freqref = 1420.0 freqoff = 0.0, 0.0, 8.0, 8.0 pcal = 'off' barrel = roll_off / endset / ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== year=2002 month=12 day=25 start=00:15:00 ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Pass 1F(orward) source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:00:00 setup='eo999.21cm' dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 2R(everse) source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 3F source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 4R source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 5F - includes observations of a fringe-finder (3C279) ! and a bright unresolved source for amplitude calibration purposes ! (J1224+2122) source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 2 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='3c279' dur=00:08:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='J1224+2122' dur=00:03:00 gap=00:03:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 6R source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 7F - includes observations of a fringe-finder (3C273) ! and a bright unresolved source for amplitude calibration purposes ! (J1224+2122) source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 2 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='3c273' dur=00:08:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='J1224+2122' dur=00:03:00 gap=00:03:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 8R source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 9F source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 10R source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 11F source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 12R source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 13F source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! Pass 14R source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 gap=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 gap=00:00:00 dopsrc='m84' / group 2 repeat 3 source='J1215+1654' dur=00:02:00 dopsrc='m84' / source='m84' dur=00:09:00 dopsrc='m84' / ! ========================================================== ! ====================== End of keyin file =============== ! ==========================================================