VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BB231C Observer: Braatz, J.A. Project type: VLBI Obs filename: bb321ccrd.* Date/Day: 2006DEC29/363 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK GB EB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= 0405 Begin file VCLOCK check ok. SC at -0.133 UT1-UTC check ok (0.04) GPS delta < 10 us Operator: T. Perreault 0405-1357 *FD not observing. Broken AZ#1 drive axle. 19601 100 592 0405 *LA wea: snowing, elevated system temperatures 0405-1357 *KP not observing due to winter storm, WEA 100 592 there is at least 4"+ of snow in the dish. Internet communication with site is down, on dial backup. Antenna has been pulled from observing. 0408 Begin at EB. 0636 New operator is Jim Ogle. 0715-0716 *Doing a snow dump at LA. WEA 100 1 0904-0941 *HN Mark5 unit suddenly having trouble, record state REC 100 37 is switching often between MOUNTED and RECORDING. 0919 %High wind gusts at OV. 0931 *HN Mark5 offlined briefly to see if it would clear the problem, it didn't. 0935 *HN Mark5 offlined again, going to reboot unit. 0946 HN Mark5 recording operating normally again. 1146-1149 *Doing another snow dump at LA. WEA 100 3 1244 *Raining at SC. 1318-1322 *Snow dump at LA. WEA 100 4 1349 *SC reports broken low clouds, wet conditions. 1357 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 1229 min Percentage downtime of observing: 20.8% Average downtime per hour : 12.5 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 5920 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.