From observe@aoc.nrao.eduMon Apr 28 09:31:25 2003 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:42:59 +0000 From: VLA Operations To: vlbiobs@cv3.cv.nrao.edu, murgia@ira.bo.cnr.it Subject: VLA Observing Log for project BM185 on 03Apr26. An ascii text copy of your VLA Observing Log follows: ************************************************************************ Program: BM185 Subarray(s): #2 Observer(s): Murgia Operator(s): Jim Campbell Date: Saturday, Apr 26 2003 Configuration: D User Number: 600 Decommissioned: 13 Source File(s): 471BM185 VLBI Ref. Ant: 6 Observing Mode: Single Dish VLB Antenna Pad: DW8 API (Atmospheric Phase Interfermeter) data can be found at http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/vla/html/PhaseMonitor/ ** Weather Information ** Time (IAT) Dew Point (C) Temp. (C) Wind Bar. Pressure (mbar) API RMS Phase 03Apr26 00:02 8.9C 20.5C SW at 4.1 m/s 784.2mbars 03Apr26 02:30 3.8C 15.8C NW at 5.4 m/s 785.1mbars 03Apr26 03:32 3.8C 13.5C NW at 5.4 m/s 785.1mbars 03Apr26 06:17 -1.1C 9.3C SW at 2.4 m/s 786.8mbars Operator comments for the above weather entries. Sky Cover is 5%. Cumuloform type. Sky Cover is 5%. Cumuloform type. Sky Cover is 5%. Cumuloform type. The sky is clear. ** Visibility Tape Information ** Tape # File # Time of Final Record: N18227 1 03Apr26 at 0:41:22 N18228 1 03Apr26 at 2:09:37 N18229 1 03Apr26 at 4:08:38 N18230 1 03Apr26 at 7:04:18 N18231 1 ** Monitor Tape Information ** Tape # File # Time of Final Record: N18200 5 Antenna(s) Used: 6 ** Operator Comments ** 03Apr25 23:55:11 Starting program: BM185, observe file: 471BM185. 03Apr25 23:59:30 On source 4C39.25 with all available antennas. The band(s) used is(are) L U C X band(s). 03Apr25 23:55:11 Antenna(s) 22 do not have good baseline positions determined for them because they were moved to their present location recently. In the analysis of your data would you please check for any baseline errors especially on these antennas and let the Data Analysts (email - analysts@nrao.edu) know what you find when there are significant baseline errors. Thank you in advance. 03Apr25 23:55:11 - 03Apr26 00:50:00 Form #: C111385 # of Ants: 0.25 Downtime: 13.70 Antenna(s) 6 - VLA CORREL (VLA Correlator Harware) Problem(s); sinXcos values negative for IF B. Total power intermittantly out of acceptable range, especially at X band. Replaced IF B's sampler in the correlator, which cleared the anomaly. Observing Data: Corrupted 03Apr26 01:08:19 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 02:12:07 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 03:29:44 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 04:15:49 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 06:17:19 **** Sam Gilmore is your operator. **** 03Apr26 06:18:15 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 06:22:07 Ran a backup on the Modcomp partition where observe files are kept. 03Apr26 07:12:33 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 07:33:00 The Observing Data tape cell blocks are now full. The operator will close this log and continue it on another. 03Apr26 07:34:52 End of program BM185. Total Downtime = 13.7 minutes (0.1% of total time). AsciiFileOut Version: 1.11 -- Version Date: June 20, 1996 From observe@aoc.nrao.eduMon Apr 28 09:34:26 2003 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:56:13 +0000 From: VLA Operations To: vlbiobs@cv3.cv.nrao.edu, murgia@ira.bo.cnr.it Subject: VLA Observing Log for project BM185 on 03Apr26. An ascii text copy of your VLA Observing Log follows: ************************************************************************ Program: BM185 Subarray(s): #2 Observer(s): Matteo Murgia Operator(s): Sam Gilmore Date: Saturday, Apr 26 2003 Configuration: D User Number: 600 Decommissioned: 13 Source File(s): 471BM185 VLBI Ref. Ant: 6 Observing Mode: Single Dish VLB Antenna Pad: DW8 API (Atmospheric Phase Interfermeter) data can be found at http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/vla/html/PhaseMonitor/ ** Weather Information ** Time (IAT) Dew Point (C) Temp. (C) Wind Bar. Pressure (mbar) API RMS Phase 03Apr26 07:37 -1.4C 7.5C WSW at 3.2 m/s 787.1mbars 03Apr26 11:32 -6.4C 2.6C W at 3.0 m/s 786.8mbars 03Apr26 13:51 -8.4C 3.5C calm 787.4mbars 03Apr26 13:58 -8.1C 3.9C calm 787.4mbars Operator comments for the above weather entries. The sky is clear. The sky is clear. The sky is clear. The sky is clear. ** Visibility Tape Information ** Tape # File # Time of Final Record: N18231 1 03Apr26 at 10:05:28 N18232 1 03Apr26 at 14:07:04 N18233 1 03Apr26 at 15:28:23 N18234 1 03Apr26 at 16:48:33 N18235 1 ** Monitor Tape Information ** Tape # File # Time of Final Record: N18200 5 Antenna(s) Used: 6 ** Operator Comments ** 03Apr26 07:34:52 Continuing program: BM185, observe file: 471BM185. 03Apr26 07:34:52 On source 1031+567 with all available antennas. The band(s) used is(are) L U C X band(s). 03Apr26 07:34:52 Antenna(s) 22 do not have good baseline positions determined for them because they were moved to their present location recently. In the analysis of your data would you please check for any baseline errors especially on these antennas and let the Data Analysts (email - analysts@nrao.edu) know what you find when there are significant baseline errors. Thank you in advance. 03Apr26 07:34:52 Note: This log is a continuation of BM185_03Apr26_928. 03Apr26 08:17:32 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 09:33:46 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 10:11:08 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 11:12:44 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 12:31:28 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 13:51:20 **** Dave Midgett & Ryan Johnson is your operator. **** 03Apr26 14:11:00 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 14:12:26 Ran a backup on the Modcomp partition where observe files are kept. 03Apr26 15:14:54 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 16:05:49 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. Note: This log will be continued due to full tape cells. 03Apr26 16:51:51 End of program BM185. Total Downtime = 0.0 minutes (0.0% of total time). AsciiFileOut Version: 1.11 -- Version Date: June 20, 1996 From observe@aoc.nrao.eduMon Apr 28 09:35:42 2003 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 00:20:37 +0000 From: VLA Operations To: vlbiobs@cv3.cv.nrao.edu, murgia@ira.bo.cnr.it Subject: VLA Observing Log for project BM185 on 03Apr26. An ascii text copy of your VLA Observing Log follows: ************************************************************************ Program: BM185 Subarray(s): #2 Observer(s): Matteo Murgia Operator(s): Dave Midgett & Ryan Johnson Date: Saturday, Apr 26 2003 Configuration: D User Number: 600 Decommissioned: 13 Source File(s): 471BM185 VLBI Ref. Ant: Observing Mode: Single Dish VLB Antenna Pad: API (Atmospheric Phase Interfermeter) data can be found at http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/vla/html/PhaseMonitor/ ** Weather Information ** Time (IAT) Dew Point (C) Temp. (C) Wind Bar. Pressure (mbar) API RMS Phase 03Apr26 16:59 4.7C 15.1C W at 7.0 m/s 786.6mbars 03Apr26 18:15 6.7C 18.3C W at 3.0 m/s 786mbars 03Apr26 21:54 9.7C 22C w at 9 m/s 783.5mbars 03Apr26 22:06 9.7C 21.2C w at 8 m/s 783.5mbars 03Apr26 23:11 8.8C 20.9C w at 4 m/s 783.5mbars Operator comments for the above weather entries. The sky is clear. The sky is clear. Sky Cover is 65%. Cumuloform type. Sky Cover is 65%. Cumuloform type. Sky Cover is 65%. Cumuloform type. ** Visibility Tape Information ** Tape # File # Time of Final Record: N18235 1 03Apr26 at 18:11:23 N18236 1 03Apr26 at 19:33:03 N18237 1 03Apr26 at 20:53:24 N18238 1 ** Monitor Tape Information ** Tape # File # Time of Final Record: N18200 5 Antenna(s) Used: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ** Operator Comments ** 03Apr26 16:51:51 Starting program: BM185, observe file: 471BM185. 03Apr26 16:51:51 On source 2352+495 with all available antennas. The band(s) used is(are) L U C X band(s). 03Apr26 16:51:51 Antenna(s) 22 do not have good baseline positions determined for them because they were moved to their present location recently. In the analysis of your data would you please check for any baseline errors especially on these antennas and let the Data Analysts (email - analysts@nrao.edu) know what you find when there are significant baseline errors. Thank you in advance. Note: This is continuation of log BM185_03Apr26_1488 03Apr26 17:52:25 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 18:59:45 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 19:43:19 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 20:45:32 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 21:50:00 **** Jim Nieri is your operator. **** 03Apr26 21:59:20 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 22:24:21 Ran a backup on the Modcomp partition where observe files are kept. 03Apr26 23:05:00 The telescope operator made an inspection of the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 03Apr26 23:54:15 End of program BM185. Total Downtime = 0.0 minutes (0.0% of total time). AsciiFileOut Version: 1.11 -- Version Date: June 20, 1996 From vlbiobs@nrao.eduMon Apr 28 09:51:49 2003 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:42:31 -0600 (MDT) From: "VLBI Observers (Aspen only)" To: VLA Operations Subject: Re: VLA Observing Log for project BM185 on 03Apr26. Hi Ops... Since this experiment was for Y1, is it safe to assume the antennas listed below are incorrect? The previous logs for this project show antenna 6 as the Ref.Ant. Please confirm that this is correct. Thanks very much, Lisa On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, VLA Operations wrote: > An ascii text copy of your VLA Observing Log follows: > > ************************************************************************ > Program: BM185 Subarray(s): #2 > Observer(s): Matteo Murgia Operator(s): Dave Midgett & > Ryan Johnson > Date: Saturday, Apr 26 2003 Configuration: D > User Number: 600 Decommissioned: 13 > Source File(s): 471BM185 VLBI Ref. Ant: > Observing Mode: Single Dish VLB Antenna Pad: > > > API (Atmospheric Phase Interfermeter) data can be found at > http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/vla/html/PhaseMonitor/ > ** Weather Information ** > Time (IAT) Dew Point (C) Temp. (C) Wind Bar. Pressure > (mbar) API RMS Phase > 03Apr26 16:59 4.7C 15.1C W at 7.0 m/s 786.6mbars > > 03Apr26 18:15 6.7C 18.3C W at 3.0 m/s 786mbars > > 03Apr26 21:54 9.7C 22C w at 9 m/s 783.5mbars > > 03Apr26 22:06 9.7C 21.2C w at 8 m/s 783.5mbars > > 03Apr26 23:11 8.8C 20.9C w at 4 m/s 783.5mbars > > > Operator comments for the above weather entries. > The sky is clear. > The sky is clear. > Sky Cover is 65%. Cumuloform type. > Sky Cover is 65%. Cumuloform type. > Sky Cover is 65%. Cumuloform type. > > ** Visibility Tape Information ** > Tape # File # Time of Final Record: > N18235 1 03Apr26 at 18:11:23 > N18236 1 03Apr26 at 19:33:03 > N18237 1 03Apr26 at 20:53:24 > N18238 1 > > ** Monitor Tape Information ** > Tape # File # Time of Final Record: > N18200 5 > > Antenna(s) Used: > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 From observe@aoc.nrao.eduMon Apr 28 09:53:52 2003 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:46:05 -0600 (MDT) From: General operating login To: vlbiobs@cv3.cv.nrao.edu Subject: Re: VLA Observing Log for project BM185 on 03Apr26. Yes, that`s correct. Sorry about the discrepancy. David M. VLA Operations