From observe@nrao.edu Thu Dec 29 21:41:18 2005 Return-Path: Received: from polaris.cv.nrao.edu (polaris [192.33.115.101]) by dropbox.aoc.nrao.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/smtp-gateway) with ESMTP id jBU4fHuY002629 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:41:17 -0700 Received: from revere.aoc.nrao.edu (revere.aoc.nrao.edu [146.88.1.15]) by polaris.cv.nrao.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/smtp-gateway) with ESMTP id jBU4fGvd003698 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:41:17 -0500 Received: from banshee.vla.nrao.edu (banshee [146.88.201.10]) by revere.aoc.nrao.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/cv-ws-8.12) with ESMTP id jBU4fD0k005779; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:41:13 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (VLAOPS3.ad.nrao.edu [146.88.60.67]) by banshee.vla.nrao.edu (8.12.10/8.12.5) with ESMTP id jBU4fC9F019628; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:41:13 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <43B4BA67.1000508@nrao.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 04:41:11 +0000 From: VLA Operations Organization: NRAO User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: vlbiobs@nrao.edu, knudsen@mpia-hd.mpg.de Subject: 2005-12-29_2137_BK127A.txt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact postmaster@aoc.nrao.edu for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-101.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44, USER_IN_WHITELIST -100.00) X-MailScanner-From: observe@nrao.edu Status: RO ************************************************************************ Filename: 2005-12-29_2137_BK127A Program: BK127A Subarray(s): 1 Observer(s): Knudsen Operator(s): Larry Brothers Date: 12/29/2005 Configuration: D User #: 600 Decommissioned: 24 Source File(s): 452K127A VLBI Ref. Ant: 10 Observing Mode: Phased Array VLBI Antenna Pad: DE8 Email Address: vlbiobs@nrao.edu, knudsen@mpia-hd.mpg.de API (Atmospheric Phase Interferometer) information can be found at: http://www.vla.nrao.edu/astro/guides/api/ Adobe PDF version of this log is located at: http://www.vla.nrao.edu/operators/logs/ Visibility data is updated each day at IAT/UT midnight and is available from the online archive at: http://e2e.nrao.edu/archive/ ** Weather Information ** Time (IAT) Dew Pt Temp Wind Bar. Press API 29Dec 21:37:20 -10.3 13.7 NW at 4.7 m/s 781.3 5.9 29Dec 22:59:25 -9.6 13.2 N at 5.1 m/s 781.5 8.1 30Dec 0:10:01 -14.6 9.7 N at 5.8 m/s 782.8 4.2 30Dec 0:59:19 -14.8 8.4 NW at 5.0 m/s 782.9 10.0 30Dec 1:59:19 -12.8 7.3 N at 3.8 m/s 783.3 10.7 30Dec 2:39:57 -12.9 5.8 NW at 3.7 m/s 783.5 4.2 30Dec 3:59:15 -10.8 4.7 W at 2.4 m/s 784.4 4.2 Operator comments for the above weather entries 29Dec 21:37:20 Sky cover 10%. Stratiform clouds. 29Dec 22:59:25 Sky cover 40%. Stratiform clouds. 30Dec 0:10:01 Sky cover 40%. Stratiform clouds. 30Dec 0:59:19 Sky cover 70%. Stratiform clouds. 30Dec 1:59:19 Sky overcast. Stratiform clouds. 30Dec 2:39:57 Sky overcast. Stratiform clouds. High thin clouds 30Dec 3:59:15 Sky overcast. Stratiform clouds. High thin clouds ** Visibility Tape Information ** Tape # Time of Final Record: DM0075 ** Monitor Tape Information ** Tape # File # Time of Final Record: N21454 3 30Dec 00:00:00 N21454 4 Total # of antennas used = 27 ** Operator Comments ** START TIME END TIME FORM # #ANTS DOWNTIME (in minutes) 29Dec 21:37:20 Starting program BK127A. 29Dec 21:37:20 The band(s) used is(are): L 29Dec 21:45:00 On source 3C48 with all available antennas. 29Dec 21:45:00 Antenna(s) : 20 do not have good baseline positions determined for them because they were moved to their present location recently. Please check for any significant errors and let the Data Analysts (email - analysts@nrao.edu) know what you find. Thank you. 29Dec 21:37:20 30Dec 04:32:40 C112151 1.00 415.3 Antenna 13 (Data: Lost): EVLA Antenna is being used for EVLA testing. 29Dec 21:37:20 30Dec 04:32:40 T100268 1.00 415.3 Antenna 14 (Data: Lost): EVLA Antenna is being used for EVLA testing. 29Dec 21:37:20 30Dec 04:32:40 T100312 1.00 415.3 Antenna 16 (Data: Lost): EVLA Antenna is being used for EVLA testing. 29Dec 21:37:20 30Dec 04:32:40 T100329 1.00 415.3 Antenna 18 (Data: Lost): EVLA Antenna is being used for EVLA testing. 29Dec 21:55:40 SHADOWING IS OCCURRING! Some antennas are blocking the view of your radio source from other antennas. You may have to edit your data. Observing data: Corrupted. 29Dec 22:05:00 Inspected the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 29Dec 22:16:00 29Dec 22:49:30 Power 1.00 33.5 Antenna(s) 6 (Data: Lost): SERVO All motors faulting, servo tech and electricians investigating, taken from analog sum 29Dec 22:54:00 Your new operator(s) is(are): Bob Stupak 29Dec 23:01:00 Ran a backup on the Modcomp partition. 29Dec 23:05:00 Inspected the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 30Dec 0:08:00 Inspected the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 30Dec 1:05:00 Inspected the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 30Dec 01:06:00 30Dec 01:08:40 Other 1.00 2.7 Antenna(s) 20 (Data: Corrupted): FRONT END Frontend failed to set up. Resent band and first LO to correct. 30Dec 1:58:00 Inspected the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 30Dec 2:45:00 Inspected the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. 30Dec 3:22:00 Tape changed to Recorder #2 30Dec 4:07:00 Inspected the VLB instrumentation. No problems found. End Time Total Program Time % Downtime Total Downtime (in minutes) (in minutes) 12/30/05 04:32:40 11214.0 15.1% 1697.5