VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BD087E Observer: Dhawan, V. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bd087ecrd.* Date/Day: 2004APR25/116 Ants Scheduled: 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 (-0.45). WEA: Cloud cover via webcam: WEA: SC,FD,LA,PT,KP,OV,BR Clear skies. WEA: HN Light haze. MK Unknown (night). WEA: NL Unknown - webcam not updating. WEA: No recent precipitation at any site. 1256 Begin observing. Antennas on source. HN,BR start later. 1259 MK readbacks OK. 1300 HN now observing and on source. 1303 BR now observing and on source. 1306 MK readbacks OK. 1329 All readbacks OK. 1347 New operator is Jim Ogle. 1353-1354 *SC autostowed, commercial power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 1 1401-1402 *BR autostowed, commercial power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 1 1401 Readbacks okay. 1434 *KP bad readbacks on track 24, drive #2. Other sites okay. 1507 Readbacks okay. 1540 Readbacks okay. 1543 %Raining at NL. 1612 Readbacks okay. 1618 OV reports clear skies. 1619 LA reports scattered low clouds. 1634-1642 *OV tape full, due to recorder problems at site we 13882 100 8 have to mount a fresh tape on the same drive so no data is being recorded while the site tech does that. 1646 Readbacks okay. 1719 Readbacks okay. 1751 Readbacks okay. 1815-1846 *BR ran out of tape, no fresh tape on other drive. HUERR 100 31 1817 &BR tech called, he's on his way to site. 1824 Readbacks okay. 1852 BR reports clear skies. 1857 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 41 min Percentage downtime of observing: 1.1% Average downtime per hour : 0.7 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 3610 min (10) 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 = System Temperature (TP/SP x Tcal/2) ACU = Antenna Control Unit FRM = Focus/Rotation Mount RFI = Radio Frequency Interference VME = Site control computer CB = Circuit Breaker vclock = Program that compares site clock time to a standard.