VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BJ045E Observer: Junor, B. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bj045ecrd.* Date/Day: 2006AUG24/236 Ants Scheduled: NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Heidi Gerhardt vclock, GPS delta, UT1-UTC check ok. 1731 Begin except MK & PT 1731-1843 *PT out of project until digital switch card is 18849 100 72 swapped. 1731-2353 %OV 3mm slightly warm around 30K. 18607 1828 *KP reports overcast low black clouds. 1840-1844 *KP autostow, power glitch. COM 100 4 1843 PT now writing NRAO-136 bank B, after slight irregularities. 1847-1848 *KP autostowed, power glitch. COM 100 1 1923 MK begins 2009-2010 *KP Unstable commercial power; out of point. COM 100 1 2031 *KP reports fog, rain, hail. 2042-2043 *KP Autostow, repointed. COM 100 1 2118-2153 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 35 Autostowed again as soon as it was on source, getting multiple power glitches. Will leave out for a bit. 2122 New operator: T. Perreault 2156-2247 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. Will leave it out COM 100 51 for a while longer. 2205 PT wea: site tech reports hail, heavy rain 2215 PT pointed antenna, autostowed after 1 minute on source. 2229 PT pointed antenna, autostowed after 2 minutes on source 2234-2237 *KP autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 3 2245 PT pointed antenna 2247-2253 *KP autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 6 2300 OV wea: partly cloudy, no precipitation 2323-2329 *KP autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 6 2340-2353 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 13 Got on source at 2344, followed immediately by another power glitch and autostowed. 2353 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 193 min Percentage downtime of observing: 6.3% Average downtime per hour : 3.8 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 3056 min (8) 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.