VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG
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Project:      BC132B
Observer:     Carilli, C.
Project type: VLBA
Obs filename: bc138bcrd.*
Date/Day:     2003APR19/109
Ants Used:    SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK Y GB 

=UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD=
           Operator is Cyrus M Reed.                                            
           VCLOCK and GPS DELTA OK.                                             
           UT1-UTC OK (-0.36).                                                  
           WEA: SC,HN Cloud cover unknown (night).                              
           WEA: NL,FD,PT,MK Overcast skies.                                     
           WEA: LA,KP,OV,BR Clear skies.                                        
           WEA: No recent precip at any site.                                   
     0045  Y now observing.                                                     
0045-0056 *Y MSG: tNewd: AUTOALLOCATE cannot allocate tape       REC    100   11
           There doesn't appear to be tape loaded at Y; called                  
           operator extension, no answer.                                       
     0047  Y operator called: prepass on drive 1 failed;                        
           tape will be loaded on drive 2 in the meantime.                      
     0053  Begin observing. Antennas on source.                                 
           MK starts late at 0256UT.                                            
0120-0125 *SC dropped out of point. Looks like power glitch.     COM    100    5
     0129 %SC WEA: reports light rain, cloudy.                                  
0140-0304 *PT: Antenna not moving in EL: stuck at 90deg,         11331  100   84
           motors look fine. ACU problem?                                       
           Tried resetting ACU, changing from point to stdby,                   
           etc. still won't move.                                               
     0205  PT: Called site tech - no answer, left message.                      
     0215  PT: Tech heading out to site.                                        
     0237  LA WEA: Reports scattered low clouds on horizon,                     
           dry.                                                                 
     0245  PT: Tech on site.                                                    
     0247  MK pointed.                                                          
     0251  All readbacks OK. (Except PT,MK; none scheduled).                    
     0253 %PT WEA: Reports snow starting.                                       
     0302  PT pointed.                                                          
     0304  PT on source.                                                        
     0328  SC WEA: Reports rain. (Weather station rain gauge                    
           is broken, more rain likely through night).                          
     0414 %OV WEA: Wind gusts > 35 mph.                                         
     0438  BR WEA: Reports clear skies.                                         
     0447 *HN bad readbacks: Drive 1, Tracks 27,30,33.                          
           All other readbacks OK (all sites).                                  
     0543  New operator is Jim Ogle.                                            
     0546  Readbacks okay.                                                      
     0548  PT reports scattered clouds.                                         
     0603 %Raining at NL.                                                       
          %High wind gusts at LA.                                               
     0623  KP reports clear skies.                                              
     0641  Readbacks okay.                                                      
     0752  End at Y.                                                            
     0800  End.                                                                 


Notes:
   * = Entries where data was affected.
   % = Entries where data may have been affected.
   & = Entries where the site tech was called out.
 wea = Weather entries: <temp C> <dew pt C> <wind dir@m/s> <press mB> <remarks>
 MF# = Maintenance form or major downtime category associated with a problem.
 %AD = The percentage of an antenna affected by a problem.
 AMD = Total antenna-minutes downtime for a problem.
 Tsys = TP/SP x Tcal/2