2005.117.17:22:54.25;"Session rdv50 ready message for Gilmore Creek. 2005.117.17:22:54.26;"---------------------------------------------- 2005.117.17:22:54.27;"Comments: 2005.117.17:22:54.28;"RCVR still not responding. Will work on the unit next week. Warm weather melted snow. Antenna was worked on earlier an works just fine. Cleaned and re-seated connectors. Using VLBA mode with tapes. 2005.117.17:22:54.30;" 2005.117.17:22:54.30;"First source: 3c446 at 180000 UT 2005.117.17:22:54.31;"GPS-FMOUT: 8.1 microseconds 2005.117.17:22:54.32;"Wx: Temperature (C): 7 Pressure (mBar): 992 Humidity (%): 60 2005.117.17:22:54.33;"Sky Conditions: Clear skies 2005.117.17:22:54.34;"Cable difference is: longer cable makes the reading smaller by 2005.117.17:22:54.35;" 698 microseconds and is nominal 2005.117.17:22:54.36;"Pointing values: na 2005.117.17:22:54.38;" 2005.117.17:22:54.38;"Tsys (x1/s/x2): 0/0/0 2005.117.17:22:54.39;"Recorder Humidity (%): 20 2005.117.17:59:33.67;"Session rdv50 auto-start message for Gilmore Creek. 2005.117.17:59:33.67;"--------------------------------------------------- 2005.117.17:59:33.67;"Started recording with source: 3c446 at 117.17:59:33 UT 2005.117.18:05:09.07;"weather - clear skies 2005.117.18:58:25.32;"weather - clear skies 2005.117.20:03:14.99;"weather - clear skies 2005.117.21:00:14.01;"weather - clear skies 2005.117.22:01:07.05;"weather - clear skies 2005.117.22:39:13.76;"we had a loss of RF for several scans. Reset AC power to the front end to restore. 2005.117.22:43:19.09;"RF lost again. Power reset did not work this time. 2005.117.22:49:03.29;"RF came back. I think we may be getting too hot in the feed box. I may have to stop and look into that if the RF goes away again. 2005.117.23:13:42.06;"weather - clear, warm 2005.117.23:22:31.54;"I am taking the antenna to service and am going up to the feed box to look into the loss of RF problem. 2005.117.23:54:19.60;"The GC antenna is back on line. I removed rags that were stuffed into the cooling fans for the winter and pluged the fans into power. It was hot in the feed box when I got there. Time back on source was 23:50:00 approx. 2005.117.23:59:41.08;"weather - sunny,warm 2005.118.01:01:27.11;"weather - sunny,warm 2005.118.01:58:19.62;"weather - sunny,warm 2005.118.02:59:04.74;"weather - clear, warm, breezy 2005.118.04:00:03.08;"weather - clear, warm, breezy 2005.118.04:59:13.31;"weather - clear, warm, breezy 2005.118.06:00:00.11;"weather - clear 2005.118.07:04:59.19;"weather - clear 2005.118.08:06:46.27;"weather - clear 2005.118.09:00:01.97;"weather - clear 2005.118.10:00:01.99;"weather - clear and windy (E to W) 2005.118.12:26:12.50;"weather - clear 2005.118.13:02:36.14;"weather - clear 2005.118.14:06:41.24;"weather - clear 2005.118.15:09:45.09;"weather - clear 2005.118.16:03:54.84;"weather - clear 2005.118.17:02:03.43;"weather - clear and windy 2005.118.18:14:31.38;"Session rdv50 stop message for Gilmore Creek. 2005.118.18:14:31.41;"--------------------------------------------- 2005.118.18:14:31.44;"Comments: 2005.118.18:14:31.46;"183 of 196 scans completed. RCVR got to hot in feed box. Had to vent the feed box and remove some blockage. RCVR out from about 05-117/22:28Z until 05-117/23:46Z. It was fine otherwise. 2005.118.18:14:31.49;" 2005.118.18:14:31.50;"Tape Inventory: 40 thin 0 thick 2005.118.18:14:31.55;"Disk Inventory: 3 Type A 2 Type B 0 Type C 0 (larger) 2005.118.18:14:31.60;"Observation finished at: 180450 UT