VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: GG057A Observer: L.I. Gurvits Project type: TEST Obs filename: gg057acrd.* Date/Day: 2004AUG27/240 Ants Scheduled: NL FD LA PT KP BR MK GB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Jim Ogle. VCLOCK and gps delta checks okay. 1230 Begin. 1230-1344 *NL and LA have 13cm filters that limit their FE 75 55 frequency range to 2200-2400 MHz; channels 1-4 at NL (2031.99 MHz, 2047.99 MHz) are affected but only the RCP channels (1 and 3) are affected at LA. 1230-1818 *FD showing very high Tsys values on odd channels 14593 50 174 (RCP), particularly on channels 1 and 3. 1230 *LA intermittent RFI on channel 6 (2274.49 MHz RCP). INT 1301 %High wind gusts at KP. 1303 Sitecam weather: high thin clouds at FD, overcast conditions at BR, clear elsewhere (MK unknown, still dark there.) 1305-1321 *KP high Tsys values on channel 7 (2290.49 MHz RCP). INT 12 1 1307 Readback check ok for BR and MK 1327 *LA RFI on channel 8 (2290.49 MHz LCP). 1340 New operator: T. Perreault 1344 LA wea: clear, no precipitation 1422 Readback check ok for BR and MK 1428 BR wea: scattered low clouds, no precipitation 1447 Readback check ok for BR and MK 1451 KP wea: clear, no precipitation 1511 Readback check ok for BR and MK 1524 BR, MK observing ends 1603-1605 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 2 1809 MK site tech called inquiring as to how the antenna performed following the callouts in the previous observing run (recorder 2 unloaded & antenna stopped moving in AZ). Reported everything fine. 1818 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 232 min Percentage downtime of observing: 9.5% Average downtime per hour : 5.7 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 2436 min (7) 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.