VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BB200B Observer: Brunthaler,A. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bb200bcrd.* Date/Day: 2005APR09/099 Ants Scheduled: HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Brian Willard. Vclock, GPS delta, UT1-UTC values nominal. LA writing MkV, VSN NRAO-012, Bank B. PT writing MkV, VSN NRAO-063, Bank B. KP writing MkV, VSN NRAO-048, Bank B. WEA: clear HN,FD,NL,LA,PT,KP. Note: SC not observing due to maintenance. 1330 Begin at all stations. 1330-0113 %MK being flagged for an ACU fault, this is a false 15933 error due to a bad wind stow sensor being bypassed. 1333 Readbacks good HN. 1339 New operator is Jim Ogle. 1346 Readbacks okay. 1350 Readbacks okay. 1350-1351 *PT autostowed, commercial power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 1 1353 Readbacks okay. 1403 Readbacks okay. 1406 Readbacks okay. 1416 *BR bad readbacks on tracks 6 and 8, drive #1. Other sites okay. 1500 %High wind gusts at OV. 1634 %High wind gusts at FD. 1652 PT now writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-008 in bank A. 1700 BR reports scattered low clouds. 1708 Readbacks okay. 1709 %High wind gusts at PT. 1742 %High wind gusts at LA. 1849 Sitecam weather: mostly clear skies at NL and BR, clear skies everywhere else. 1905 *MK bad readbacks on track 32, drive #2. Other sites okay. 1911 *MK bad readbacks on track 32. 1918 Readbacks okay. 1919 OV reports cloudy skies. 1926-1928 *LA autostowed, high wind gusts. WEA 100 2 1930 *MK bad readbacks on tracks 26 and 28. Other sites okay. 1933 Readbacks okay. 1941 Readbacks okay. 1956 KP now writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-041 in bank A. 2024 MK reports clear skies. 2037 LA now writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-049 in bank A. 2215-2216 *LA autostowed, high wind gusts. Repoined. WEA 100 1 2234-2235 *LA autostowed again. Repointed. WEA 100 1 2348 OV reports cloudy skies. 0000 Date is 2005APR10/100. 0020 Readbacks okay. 0032 Readbacks okay. 0040 Readbacks okay. 0047 Readbacks okay. 0054 Readbacks okay. 0104 Readbacks okay. 0110 Readbacks okay. 0113 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 5 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.1% Average downtime per hour : 0.0 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 6327 min (9) 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.