VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BA018 Observer: J. Attridge Project type: VLBA Obs filename: ba018crd.* Date/Day: 1996DEC15/350 Ants Used: SC,HN,NL,FD,LA,PT,KP,OV,BR,MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Jim Ogle. 0800 Begin. %Raining/snowing at HN, may be snow in the dish. %High wind gusts at MK. 0836 %Raining at SC. 1027 %Winds picking up at KP. 1047 *MK formatter FIFO errors, cleared almost immediately 19150 at the 10:47:54 scan change two seconds later. 1118 %Winds picking up at FD. 1215 New Operator is Mike Gutierrez 1216 Readbacks OK at all sites 1220 %HN: Wea raining/snowing 1230 %MK: Winds > 35mph 1230 %KP: Winds > 35mph 1310 %HN: Wea raining 1324 Readbacks OK at all sites, PT track 22 has a read only problem 1346 Readbacks OK at all sites 1405 %KP: Comm up & down 1425-1426 *HN:Az,EL#1 armature electronics AELEC 100 1 1508 Readbacks OK at all sites, PT drive #1 has tracks 22 & 32 poor, believe just dirt or tape material in tape path due to it's intermittency. 1535 %:KP wind > 35mph, caution 55+mph gusts 1610 %HN: Tsys very high, icing on the dish? 1653 %FD: Winds > 35mph 1700 %SC: Wea raining 1715 %HN: Wea raining 1730 SC: Tsys OK now at SC, rain stopped 1740 %MK:Wea raining 1755 %SC: Wea raining again 1800 J Nowicki operating. 1830 Wea: HN overcast. 1830 Wea: FD reports heavy clouds and falling sleet. 1959 Wea: BR 100% overcast. 2008 Wea: MK windy, cloudy. 2008 Wea: KP clear,dry. 2012 Wea: OV high thin clouds, dry. 2022 Wea: LA mostly clear. Dry. 2030 Wea: HN three inches of wet, heavy snow in dish, some ice too. Overcast and drizzling. 2323 %Raining at MK. 0000 Date is 1996DEC16/351. 0019-0029 *MK auto stow. WEA 100 10 0042 New operator is Jim Ogle. 0003-0048 *OV computer not sending down monitor data. SW 50 22 0048-0050 *Rebooting OV. SW 100 2 0121 %Raining at SC. 0212 %High wind gusts at KP. 0241-0244 *MK autostowed due to high winds. WEA 100 3 0324-0326 *MK autostowed, winds again. WEA 100 2 0327-0328 *MK autostowed, winds. WEA 100 1 0329-0347 *MK autostowed, going to let it sit a while. WEA 100 18 0554 %Raining/snowing at HN. 0605-0610 *OV az#2 armature overcurrent fault. AELEC 100 5 1245 New operator is Brent Willoughby 1344 *MK H/C FIFO Error #0 not detected 19150 1430 FD Wea: Clear, cold a little snow in the dish 1531 Readback checks look OK 1553 OV Wea: High thin clouds, all is dry 1630 BR Wea: Mostly clear, some high, thin, clouds 1943 MK Wea: Clear, ice on the ground 2045 New operator is Mike Gutierrez 2100 Readbacks OK at all sites 2145 Tape change, SC,HN,NL,KP,OV, now on drive #1 FD,LA,PT,BR, & MK now on drive #2 2157 KP: Wea few high clouds, cool and dry 2218 %OV: Winds > 35mph 2233 KP: EOT reached early by two minutes. will set capstan to match takeup footage asap 2245 Footage reset at KP 2319 MK:FIFO error,module control error,1pps 2328 PT: Capstan footage set to takeup reel 2352 *HN: Comm down for 3 seconds (235215-235218) 0000 Date is 1996DEC17/352 0001 Readbacks OK at all sites, PT #22 (17171 read only) 0045 New operator is Roy Heatwole. 0114 MK wea; Clear sky. 0257-0313 *KP antenna auto stowed. AELEC 100 16 0541 %OV wea; Wind gusts > 35mph. 0755 End. 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 = TP/SP x Tcal/2