VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BV055D Observer: W.H.T. Vlemmings Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bv055dcrd.* Date/Day: 2005APR03/093 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Paul Dyer. LA is writing Mark V disc pack NRAO-066 in bank A. PT is writing Mark V disc pack NRAO-011 in bank B. KP is writing Mark V disc pack NRAO-024 in bank B. VCLOCK, GPS Delta, and UT1-UTC check ok. 2125 Begin at all stations except SC. 2136 SC Begin. 2134 %MK Bad readback on drive 2, track 02. All others were ok. 2145 %MK Bad readback on drive 2, track 02. All others were ok. 2218 All readbacks ok. 2229 All readbacks ok. 2302 All readbacks ok. 2313 All readbacks ok. 2319 *OV WEA: Wind gusts > 35mph. 2346 All readbacks ok. 2356 &MK Bad readback on drive 2, track 02. All others were ok. 2358-2359 *OV AZ #1 armature over current. I disabled ACU 100 1 the AZ axis for a couple seconds to clear the fault. 0000 Date is 2005APR04/094. 0041 %MK Bad readback on drive 2, track 02. All others 0030 %MK Bad readbacks on drive 2, track 02. All others were ok. 0041 %MK Bad readback on drive 2, track 02. All others were ok. 0114 %MK Bad readback on drive 2, track 02. All others were ok. 0125 %FD Bad readback on drive 1, track 04. All others were ok. 0146 New operator is Jim Ogle. 0147 %Raining at BR. 0158 Readbacks okay. 0209 Readbacks okay. 0242 Readbacks okay. 0243-0250 *PT not on source, antenna is oscillating around the ACU 100 7 commanded EL position. Stopped on its own and got on source. 0253 Readbacks okay. 2125-0326 *LA All data is flagged bad due to a Mark V software glitch. Data is actually ok. 0326 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 8 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.2% Average downtime per hour : 0.1 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.