VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BL105E Observer: Lobanov, A. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bl105ecrd.* Date/Day: 2004AUG27/240 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Paul Dyer. VCLOCK, GPS Delta, and UT1-UTC check ok. WEA: Web cams show CLOUDY skies at NL and BR, PARTLY CLOUDY skies at SC, HN, and FD. Clear elsewhere. 2146 Begin at all sites. 2146-0523 *SC FRM rotation position error. I can't log 14627 100 457 in to the site so I'm rebooting the station computer. I'm now able to get a screen, but the FRM will not lock in position. It approaches the commanded position, then drifts away. Typical error is 0.3-0.8 degrees. 2315 *FD WEA: Raining. 2320-2322 *OV Autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 2 2333 *SC Readbacks errors shown for St. Croix on drive 2, tracks 15,23,33. Readback tests at all other stations were OK. 2346-0045 *FD AZ#1 armature/electronics CB fault. ACU 100 59 AZ#2 shows very high current when antenna is pointed. Possible blown fuse in AZ#1. Site tech called. I left messages on both his home phone and cell phone. Antenna is in standby till he can check it out. 0000 Date is 2004AUG28/241. 0007 FD: Site Tech contacted. Site tech en route. 0019 *NL WEA: Rain at North Liberty 0026 *MK WEA: Wind gusts > 35mph 0028 FD: Site tech is on-site. 0131 *NL WEA: wind gusts > 35mph 0134 Readbacks OK. Test not performed at SC. 0208 Readbacks OK at all stations. 0452 Readback test OK at all stations. 0523 SC End of file. 0543 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 518 min Percentage downtime of observing: 10.9% Average downtime per hour : 6.5 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 4770 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.