VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BG135C Observer: Y. Gomez Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bg135ccrd.* Date/Day: 2003DEC21/355 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. 1513 Begin at all sites except MK. 1513-1649 *BR ACU thinks it is at EL final limit and 13067 100 96 will not move in either direction. Site tech Bob's home phone wont accept calls from a blocked # and no answer on his cell phone. left message on cell #. Antenna will stow, but after repointing, it goes to about 50 degrees EL and stops with the same EL up final limit error. 1545 BR Called other site tech. He will try to contact the oncall tech or else go to the site himself. 1603 All readbacks ok. 1618 BR Site tech on site. 1646 BR Tech found ice buildup was triping the limit switches. 1656 All readbacks ok. 1708 MK Begin. 1715 *BR WEA: Tech reports overcast skies. 1/2 inch snow on 50% of the dish. 1748 All readbacks ok. 1840 All readbacks ok. 1933 All readbacks ok. 2025 All readbacks ok. 2038 *MK WEA: Wind gusts > 35 mph. 2117 All readbacks ok. 2210 %SC Bad readback on drive 1, track 33. All others ok. 2302 All readbacks ok. 2304-2306 *FD Autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 2 0000 Date is 2003DEC22/356. 0029 SC End of file. 0054 All readbacks ok. 0103 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 98 min Percentage downtime of observing: 1.7% Average downtime per hour : 1.0 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 5900 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.