VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG
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Project:        RDV66
Observer:       Gipson, J.
Project type:   GEO
Obs filename:   rdv66crd.*
Date/Day:       2007DEC05/339
Ants Scheduled: HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK 

=UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD=
           Operator is Heidi Gehrardt                                           
           GPS delta, UT1-UTC (-0.25), vclock ok                                
           WEA: MK 50+ mph wind gusts and rain                                  
     1759  Begin                                                                
     1842 *HN precipitation starting                                            
1850-1852 *HN EL #2 armature over current                        ACU    100    2
2051-2055 *MK stowed due to AZ/EL #1 armature/electronics CB     ACU    100    4
           caused by high winds                                                 
2118-2120 *FD put into standby due to EL #2 armature over        21831  100    2
           current                                                              
2122-2137 *FD put into standby, may have blown a fuse,           21831  100   15
           according to site tech no blown fuses                                
2140-2141 *FD stowed, by site tech                               21831  100    1
2145-2152 *FD autostowed, EL#1 armature/electronics CB and       21831  100    7
           AZ #2 field over current.                                            
2152-1800 %FD EL pointing error of 10 arcsec                     21831  100 1208
2234-2252 *MK 55+ mph wind stow                                  WEA    100   18
2256-0010 *MK 55+ mph wind stow                                  WEA    100   74
     2305  New Operator is Alan Kerr                                            
     2315  HN precipitation stopped.                                            
     2341 %HN precipitation starting.                                           
     0000  Date is 2007DEC06/340.                                               
0004-0209 %PT had FIFO errors on HC1. Cleared.                   21841  100  125
0010-0231 *MK wind has been 40-55mph for over an hour            WEA    100  141
           with gusts 60+mph.  taking the antenna out of the                    
           observation.                                                         
     0208  New operator is Betty Ragan.                                         
0239-1800 *MK autostowed. AZ#1 armature/electronics              21832  100  921
           CB error.  Called site tech to let him know, but                     
           they are expecting very bad weather up there all                     
           night, and it is not considered safe to go out,                      
           as well as there not being much chance of using                      
           the antenna. Removing it from the observation.                       
     0354 %KP high wind gusts.                                                  
     0424  New Operator is Alan Kerr                                            
     0642  New Operator: Paul Padilla                                           
1033-1036 *PT HC1 FIFO errors.                                   21841  100    3
1215-1216 *FD autostowed, power glitch?                          COM    100    1
1221-1225 *PT HC1 FIFO errors.                                   21841  100    4
1259-1800 *HN showing consistent high currents due to            WEA    100  301
           ice and snow in dish.  Stowing antenna for now.                      
     1446  New operator is Heidi Gerhardt                                       
1526-1800 *FD taken by site tech to fix pointing error           21831  100  154
     1600 %BR reports fog, frozen fog on surfaces.                              
1610-1800  FD taken out of observation                           21831          
     1800  End.                                                                 


Downtime Summary:
	Total downtime : 2981 min
	Percentage downtime of observing: 23.0%
	Average downtime per hour : 13.8 min

    Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 12969 min (9)

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.