VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BE028 Observer: Edwards, P.G. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: be028crd.* Date/Day: 2003APR15/105 Ants Used: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Cyrus M Reed. VCLOCK and GPS DELTA OK. UT1-UTC OK (-0.35). WEA: OV Overcast skies. WEA: BR,MK Partly cloudy. WEA: Cloud cover at all other sites unknown (night). %WEA KP: High winds, gusts to 30+ mph. 0410 Begin observing. Antennas on source. MK starts observing at 0445UT. 0410-0419 *KP unable to observe due to high sustained winds. WEA 100 9 (~30 mph - gusts to 40 mph). 0410 %LA has lost tape VSN for Drive 1. Currently writing to Drive 1. Last tape report says tape VSN# EVNT0678 is mounted. Will need to verify /w techs tomorrow. ERRMSG: BE028 writing on tape ????? on drive 1. 0417 Attempting to point KP. 0419 KP on source, but pulling high currents on AZ#2. Appears to be OK for now. 0426-0448 *KP stowing antenna due to high winds. WEA 100 22 Repeated 35+ mph wind cautions and high AZ current sums. 0444 *PT bad readback: Drive 1, Track 05. All other readbacks OK (all sites - except MK, none scheduled). 0447 Winds at KP have died down a bit - will try repointing. 0448 KP on source. 0450 All readbacks OK. 0456 All readbacks OK. 0457 %OV WEA: precipitation starting. 0503 OV WEA: precipitation stopped. 0520 %OV WEA: precipitation starting. 0530 *NL bad readbacks: Drive 1, Tracks 02,30,32. All other readbacks OK. 0535 *FD bad readbacks: Drive 1, Track 20. All other readbacks OK. 0536 New operator is Jim Ogle. 0541 Readbacks okay. 0615 Readbacks okay. 0621 Readbacks okay. 0656 Readbacks okay. 0701 Readbacks okay. 0735 Readbacks okay. 0741 Readbacks okay. 0744-0749 *KP autostowed, wind gusts. WEA 100 5 0747 Readbacks okay. 0821 Readbacks okay. 0826 Readbacks okay. 0833 Readbacks okay. 0907 Readbacks okay. 0913 *SC bad readbacks on track 26, drive #1. *FD bad readbacks on track 5, drive #1. All other sites okay. 0919 *FD bad readbacks on track 4. All others okay. 0952 Readbacks okay. 0958 Readbacks okay. 1005 *PT bad readbacks on track 26, drive #1. All others okay. 1038 Readbacks okay. 1045 *FD bad readbacks on track 5. Others okay. 1050 *FD bad readbacks on track 5. Others okay. 1106-1107 *PT autostowed, wind gusts apparently. WEA 100 1 1124 Readbacks okay. 1130 Readbacks okay. 1136 End at SC. 1210 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: 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