VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BW067L Observer: R.C. Walker Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bw067lcrd.* Date/Day: 2003DEC09/343 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. 0102 Begin. 0102-0800 *KP Taking RFI on all channels. 0102-1202 *NL Antenna is not useable due to unresolved station 12974 100 660 computer problems. 0106 All readbacks ok. 0112 *PT WEA: Snowing. 0219 %SC Bad readback on drive 2, tracks 30 and 32. All others ok. 0320 *LA WEA: Snowing. 0333 All readbacks ok. 0443 MK Begin. 0601 %SC Bad readbacks on drive 2, tracks 22 and 24. 0601 %LA Bad readback on drive 2, track 19. All others ok. 0635 New operator is Dave Pierce. 0710 Readbacks are okay. 0715 %SC Bad readbacks on drive #2, tracks 30and 32. All other site readbacks are okay. 0824 Readbacks are okay. 0829 Readbacks are okay. 0937 %FD WEA: Wind gusting in excess of 35 mph. 0943 Readbacks are okay. 0949 Readbacks are okay. 1030-1202 *FD Stowed antenna due to high wind gusts. WEA 100 92 Site received two gusts in excess of 55 mph in less than 5 minutes. 1107-1202 SC Autostowed. -20F ambient temperature alarm. 12992 5 3 As SC is in a "standby" mode until the last 3 minutes of the observation, Site Tech was not called out to check weather station. 1108 %PT Bad readback on drive #1, track 4. All other site readbacks are okay. 1130 Readbacks are okay. 1202 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 755 min Percentage downtime of observing: 11.4% Average downtime per hour : 6.9 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 6600 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.