VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: RDV46 Observer: Gordon, D. Project type: GEO Obs filename: rdv46crd.* Date/Day: 2004AUG25/238 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= 1759 Begin file VCLOCK check ok. SC at -0.150 UT1-UTC check ok (-0.45) GPS delta < 10 us Operator: T. Perreault 1759-1759 %FD high system temperatures channels 7 & 8 14593 25 360 (13cm) 1759-1848 %KP high system temperatures channels 5 - 8 INT 50 24 (13cm) 1918 MK Weather: Site tech reports clear skies. 1942 *HN Site tech reports bad weather. 1950 *NL wea: raining, seeing elevated system temperatures at 4cm 2125-2128 *PT station VME rebooted after getting a half dozen SW 100 3 of the following 2 error messages at 21:24:21 UT: doComent(): unrecognized type=0 text=tSuper: tPointdvr not running - will restart doComent(): unrecognized type=50 text=tPointdvr not running - will restart 2143 New operator is Paul Dyer. 2219 KP WEA: Scattered low clouds. Dry. 2233 *LA WEA: Wind gusts > 35mph. 2313 MK WEA; CLEAR. 0000 Date is 2004AUG26/239. 0049-0057 *PT Autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 8 0226-0227 *OV AZ #1 armature over current. I disabled ACU 100 1 the AZ axis for a couple seconds to correct the fault. 0538 New operator is Jim Ogle. 1045 SC reports light scattered low clouds. 1138-1214 *HN ran out of tape early. Site techs are due at HUERR 100 36 site soon. 1211 HN reports clear skies. 1302 FD reports scattered cirrus and cumulus clouds, wet conditions. 1333 BR wea: broken low clouds, no precipitation 1350 LA wea: clear, no precipitation 1441 KP wea: clear, no precipitation 1503 OV wea: clear, no precipitation 1759 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 432 min Percentage downtime of observing: 3.0% Average downtime per hour : 1.8 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 14400 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.