VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BM241 Observer: More,A. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bm241crd.* Date/Day: 2006APR30/120 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK Y GB EB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Brian Willard. Vclock, UT1-UTC, GPS Delta values nominal. WEA: rain NL. WEA: windy BR. SC writing on NRAO-077, Bank B. HN writing on NRAO-095, Bank A. NL writing on NRAO-048, Bank B. FD writing on NRAO-129, Bank A. LA writing on NRAO-052, Bank A. PT writing on NRAO-150, Bank B. KP writing on NRAO-153, Bank B. OV writing on NRAO-015, Bank B. BR writing on NRAO-126, Bank B. MK writing on NRAO-133, Bank B. 0805 Begin all except MK. 0850-1533 %Y total power for all BBCs are anywhere from 50% to about 80% of normal values. Previous VLBA observation was ok. 1127 %NL: rain. 1130 Begin MK. 1130-1533 *MK: no RCP data, IDF-1 inop. 18138 50 121 1139 EB observing ends 1305 PT writing on NRAO-078, Bank A. 1325 New operator: T. Perreault 1448 Contacted VLA operator and confirmed that the VLA is phasing up ok (not phasing would account for the low total power). VLA operator reported that the source is weak, which would also account for the low total power. 1533 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 121 min Percentage downtime of observing: 2.5% Average downtime per hour : 1.5 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 4928 min (11) 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.