VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BP109C Observer: Perlman, E. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bp109ccrd.* Date/Day: 2004APR21/112 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,NL,BR Stratus. (100%) WEA: HN Altocumulus. (75%) WEA: FD,LA,PT,KP,OV Clear skies. WEA: MK Cirrus. (40%) WEA: Recent precipitation at BR and NL - other WEA: sites dry. 1712 Begin observing. All antennas on source. 1712-1850 %PT 6cm receiver is warm at 101K, but cooling. 13858 40 39 1806 *FD bad readback: Drive 1, Track 32. All other readbacks OK. 1906 All readbacks OK. 2000 WEA: Cloud cover via webcam: WEA: SC,NL Stratus. (100%) WEA: HN,FD,PT,KP,OV,MK Clear skies. WEA: LA,BR Cumulus. (25%,10%) 2005 All readbacks OK. 2050 %OV: Wind gusts >35 MPH. 2105 All readbacks OK. 2145 New operator is Paul Dyer. All readbacks ok. 2216-2222 *FD Autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 6 2228 *FD WEA: Wind gusts > 35mph. 2259 *PT WEA: Wind gusts > 35mph. 2304 All readbacks ok. 2314 *LA WEA: Wind gusts > 35mph. 0000 Date is 2004APR22/113. 0004 %NL Bad readbacks on drive 2, tracks 27-33. All others were ok. 0011 NL End of file 0011 SC End of file 0011 HN End of file. 0020 *PT WEA: 55mph wind gust, but the antenna did not stow. 0055 FD End of file. 0055 LA End of file. 0104 *MK WEA: Raining. 0108 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 45 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.9% Average downtime per hour : 0.6 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 4760 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.