Scheduling EVN experiments

• The latest EVN/Global VLBI Block Schedule (postscript, ascii, archive).
• Block Schedules for the next few e-EVN sessions (all ascii files):
  • the next e-session,
  • the next+1 e-session,
  • the next+2 e-session, and
  • the next+3 e-session.
  and the archive of e-block schedules (starting from July 2007).
• EVN PI Instruction Sheet (ascii, postscript).
• Create the schedule using the NRAO SCHED (documentation, source code) program.
• The EVN Status table lists the current VLBI technical status of the telescopes. The telescope sensitivities tabulated here are incorporated into the EVN Calculator.
• Additional information is available for projects that involve spectral line and polarisation modes and MERLIN, the VLBA and non-EVN observatories in general.
• If you're observing with Arecibo you might want to look at the Arecibo schedule (The left-hand column gives times in AST [Atlantic Standard Time] which is four hours behind UT). There is also a VLBI at Arecibo web page.
• Calibration sources can be found at various places on the web e.g., the RFC calibrator search engine (currently the most complete catalogue of positions of compact radio sources), the VLBA fringe-finder survey, the VLBA calibrator survey, and the USNO Radio Reference Frame Image Database.
• Information on many sources can be found at the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED).
• Some information regarding the creation of setups that include geodetic stations at S/X band is available.
• Once the schedule has been made the various schedule files need to be deposited on the vlbeer server in Bologna.
• If you are using stations other than those of the EVN, NRAO, ARECIBO, DSN and VSOP (e.g. Ny-Alesund, Matera, Algonquin Park), you should consult the code of practice for non-EVN observatories.