VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BW085 Observer: J.N. Winn Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bw085crd.* Date/Day: 2005DEC30/364 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK Y GB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Jim Ogle. SC writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-164 in bank A. HN writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-099 in bank A. NL writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-165 in bank A. FD writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-068 in bank B. LA writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-155 in bank A. PT writing to Mk5 disc pack VIPSK-15 in bank B. KP writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-104 in bank B. OV writing to Mk5 disc pack VIPSK-10 in bank A. BR writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-158 in bank B. MK writing to Mk5 disc pack NRAO-116 in bank B. VCLOCK and gps delta checks okay. *Raining at BR, possibly freezing rain or snow. Also likely to have some ice/snow in dish. 2215 Begin file at all sites except MK, which starts late 2247 Operator is Sonja Mendoza. 2308-0416 *BR Removed from observing for poor weather. WEA 100 308 Icing suspected, high elevation motor current sums. 2330-0416 *NL BBC8 Intermittant loss of lock. Known problem. 17392 2340 MK joins the observation. 2353 KP writing on Mk5 disk NRAO-102, bank A. 0000 Date is 2005DEC31/365. 0005 KP WEA: Overcast skies, low clouds, dry. 0011 Readbacks ok. 0207 FD writing on Mk5 disk NRAO-043, bank A. 0209 Readbacks ok. 0223 Readbacks ok. 0411 %NL WEA: Precipitation starting. 0416 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 308 min Percentage downtime of observing: 7.8% Average downtime per hour : 4.7 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 3971 min (11) 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.