VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BR119B Observer: Ros, E. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: br119bcrd.* Date/Day: 2006APR19/109 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Sonja Mendoza. HN writing to Mk5 disk VIPSK-03, bank B. FD writing to Mk5 disk NRAO-010, bank B. LA writing to Mk5 disk NRAO-060, bank B. KP writing to Mk5 disk NRAO-051, bank A. BR writing to Mk5 disk NRAO-009, bank A. SC,NL,PT,OV,MK writing to tape. Vclock, GPS delta and UT1-UTC time checks all ok. SC,HN,NL,LA,PT,KP,OV,BR,MK WEA: Clear skies, dry. Occasionally gusty winds at HN. FD WEA: High scattered clouds, mostly clear skies, dry. 1711 Begin observation. 1723 Readback test (MK,NL,OV,PT,& SC) No problems. 1737 *MK Low elevation causing hi system temp. 1740 Readbacks okay. 1758 Readbacks okay. 1815 Readbacks okay. 1833 Readbacks okay. 1850 Readbacks okay. 1908 %OV Bad readback on track 21, drive 2. All other readbacks okay. 1925 Readbacks okay. 1938 MK WEA: Site tech reports clear skies, light winds. 1943 Readbacks okay. 2000 Readbacks okay. 2016 %LA WEA: wind gusts > 35 mph. 2017 Readbacks okay. 2034 PT,KP,OV,HN WEA: Gusty wind, especially at HN. 2035 Readbacks okay. 2048 HN writing to Mk5 disk, NRAO-098, bank A. 2053 Readbacks okay. 2110 Readbacks okay. 2113 %PT WEA: wind gusts > 35 mph. 2128 Readbacks okay. 2145 New operator is brian willard. 2219 readbacks ok. 2306 Note FD TSM plot of Cable Cal. 2306 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 0 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.0% Average downtime per hour : 0.0 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 3550 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.