VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BL137D Observer: Lister, M. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bl137d Date/Day: 2006APR28/118 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Phillip Hicks, Operator du jour. UT1-UTC = 0.24 vclock OK (Largest -0.199). GPS OK (Max 6.9us). Weather: Cloudy OV and NL. No data from KP, The remaining antennas mostly clear & dry. 1612 Start program BL137D. 1616 All antennas on source. 1621 Data writing to disk. 1649 *MK High system temperatures due to source at low elevation (8 degrees) 1700 Wind gusts greater 35mph. 1713-1908 *NL Elev. #2 armature/electronics CB fault. Unusable. 18130 100 115 1805-1809 *OV High winds causing high motor currents (Az#2) WEA 100 4 1854 %OV More high winds cautions. 1927 MK Weather: Tech reports scattered clouds. 2007 Rain at SC. 2036-2105 *LA Az. #2 armature/elec CB fault. 18131 100 29 2053-2058 *KP Dropped out of pointing. Power/Wind. WEA 100 5 2127-2130 *PT Dropped out of pointing. Power/Wind. WEA 100 3 2145 On Duty Operator: Peggy Perley LA,PT,OV - winds gusting over 35mph occasionally Some clouds at NL,LA,PT,KP,OV 2300-0400 %FD TSMPLOTs show Cable cal delays are jumping during this time period by as much as 80 ps. 2340 LA - very light rain. 0000 Date is 2006APR29/119. 0030 FD winds gusting over 35mph occasionally 0228-0229 *PT BBC 7 did not set up at correct frquency BBC 100 1 0312-1311 PT: removed for VLA-PT link observation AE153A 0530 New operator is Brian Willard. 0554 %LA: rain. 0720 %NL: rain. 1125-1154 *SC: power hit autostow, repointed. COM 100 29 1159-1202 *OV: cleared az#2 overcurrent. ACU 100 3 1314 %NL: rain. 1319 PT on source. 1319 PT writing on NRAO-150, Bank B. 1325 New operator: T. Perreault 1602-1604 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 2 1620 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 191 min Percentage downtime of observing: 1.3% Average downtime per hour : 0.8 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 14480 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.