VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG
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Project:        BJ036L
Observer:       S.G. Jorstad
Project type:   VLBA
Obs filename:   bj036lcrd.*
Date/Day:       2004DEC10/345
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.                             
     0854  Begin at all stations.                                               
     0854  PT is writing Mark V disk pack NRAO-058.                             
0854-1425 *SC FRM rotatation not at commanded value.             15359   75  248
           Error is ~0.3-3.5 degrees. All normal remedies                       
           have failed.                                                         
     0919  PT Com down. Telco working, planned outage.                          
     0924  PT Com up.                                                           
     0925  All readbacks ok.                                                    
     0927 *BR WEA: Snowing.                                                     
0931-0933 *PT Autostowed. No error message. Probable             COM    100    2
           power glitch.                                                        
     0947 *MK WEA: Wind gusts > 35mph.                                          
     0953 *SC WEA: Raining.                                                     
     0956  All readbacks ok.                                                    
     0956  All readbacks ok.                                                    
     1027  All readbacks ok.                                                    
     1059  All readbacks ok.                                                    
     1130  All readbacks ok.                                                    
1157-1246 *SC AZ#1 armature overcurrent. Unclearable             ACU    100   49
           AZ motor current is 0. Probable blown fuse.                          
           Called site tech. No answer, left message. He is                     
           probable on the way to the site for regular working                  
           hours.                                                               
     1202  All readbacks ok.                                                    
     1233  All readbacks ok.                                                    
     1236 *SC Site on site. Found blown AZ #1 control fuse.                     
     1304  All readbacks ok.                                                    
     1407  FD Site tech reports clear skies.                                    
     1407 *FD Bad readbacks on drive 2, tracks 7 and 9.                         
           All other sites were ok.                                             
     1445  Operator on duty: Phillip Hicks                                      
1433-1435 *SC Dropped out of pointing. Power glitch.             COM    100    2
     1439  Readback test: No problems detected.                                 
     1450 %KP Weather: Tech reports clear and dry.                              
     1509 %LA Weather: Tech reports clear & dry.                                
     1511 %MK Weather: 35+ mph wind gust(s).                                    
     1512 *BR Weather: Overcast with low clouds. Mist/fog.                      
           Trace of new snow last night.                                        
1541-1548 *SC Rotation drive fault.                              FRM    100    7
     1556  OV Weather: Tech reports clear & dry.                                
     1618  Readback test at MK, OV, LA, KP, and BR OK.                          
     1651 *BR Weather: Raining.                                                 
1749-2150 *PT Antenna moved to another project (PT-Link).        SCH    100  241
           Unavailable.                                                         
     1816  Readback Test: No problems.                                          
     1848 *Readback test show problem on LA, Rec#2, track 2.                    
           The rest show no problems.                                           
     1850 *MK Weather: Tech reports clear weather.                              
     1918  Readback test shows no problems.                                     
     1950  Readback test shows no problems.                                     
2007-2034 *HN Raining.                                                          
     2022 *Readback test: Bad track 2, rec#2 at LA. Rest OK.                    
     2059 *HN Raining.                                                          
     2108  Readback test shows no problems.                                     
     2126 *KP Weather: Tech reports clear & dry.                                
     2150  PT returns to program.                                               
     2244  New operators are Jim Ogle and Sonja Mendoza.                        
     2300  Readbacks okay at OV, BR and MK (only sites that                     
           ran the test.)                                                       
     2306 *Raining at NL.                                                       
     2319  OV reports clear skies.                                              
2323-2326 *HN rotation position error.                           FRM    100    3
     0000  Date is 2004DEC11/346.                                               
     0048  End.                                                                 


Downtime Summary:
	Total downtime : 552 min
	Percentage downtime of observing: 5.8%
	Average downtime per hour : 3.5 min

    Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 9540 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.