VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BE033A Observer: P.G. Edwards Project type: VLBA Obs filename: be033acrd.* Date/Day: 2003DEC23/357 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. 2204 Begin at all stations except MK. 2236 All readbacks ok. 2241 New operator is Jim Ogle. 2248 Readbacks okay. 2327 Begin at MK. 2342 %OV reports overcast skies. 0000 Date is 2003DEC24/358. 0040-0414 *KP FRM one of the rotation motors is not getting FRM 100 214 any power, rotation stopped moving before reaching the 4cm position and it will not move at all now. 0045 &KP tech Ray McFarlin called out. 0137 Readbacks okay. 0206 *Parking KP so site tech can get on antenna. 0229 %Raining/snowing at BR. 0413 Readbacks okay. 0414 KP tech traced it down to a wiring problem and has fixed it, pointing antenna. 0425 End at SC. 0426 Readbacks okay. 0434 End at HN. 0458 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 214 min Percentage downtime of observing: 5.2% Average downtime per hour : 3.1 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 4140 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.