VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BP123C Observer: Perlman, E. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bp123ccrd.* Date/Day: 2005DEC14/348 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Anthony Sowinski. UT1-UTC correct, gps delta and vclock okay. HN recording on NRAO-087 in bank B. FD recording on NRAO-072 in bank A. LA recording on NRAO-135 in bank A. PT recording on NRAO-151 in bank A. KP recording on NRAO-038 in bank A. MK recording on NRAO-137 in bank A. %MK High wind gusts at MK. 0740 Begin at all sites. 0740-1538 *BR: not fringing, data not usable. 17390 100 478 0800 Readbacks okay. 0821 Readbacks okay. 0828 Readbacks okay. 0850 Readbacks okay. 0910 Readbacks okay. 0932 Readbacks okay. 0936 %NL Precipitation starting (probably snow). 0953 %FD Starting to rain. 0954 Readbacks okay. 1006 Readbacks okay. 1013 Readbacks okay. 1100 Readbacks okay. 1134 BR Bad readbacks on drive 1 tracks 26,28. Other readbacks okay. 1146 SC WEA Site tech: light scattered low clouds, dry. 1208 All Readbacks okay. 1242 All readbacks okay. 1249 All readbacks okay. 1323 All readbacks okay. 1333 FD WEA Site tech: Overcast, ground & antenna wet. 1358 All readbacks okay. 1402 NL wea: site tech reports 6" of wet snow, still snowing. 1413-1529 *FD Incoorect air temperature readings; cannot WEAST 100 76 point antenna 1413-1502 *NL Dumping snow out of dish, but much still remains. WEA 100 49 1430 New operator: T. Perreault 1433 Readback check ok 1448 LA wea: clear, no precipitation 1457-1501 *SC autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 4 1507 Readback check ok 1509 BR wea: low overcast/fog, no precipitation 1523 KP wea: clear, no precipitation 1538 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 607 min Percentage downtime of observing: 12.7% Average downtime per hour : 7.6 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 4780 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.