VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BV053A Observer: W.H.T. Vlemmings Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bv053acrd.* Date/Day: 2004FEB05/036 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Paul Dyer. VCLOCK, GPS Delta, and UT1-UTC check ok. 0912 Begin at all sites. 0912-0917 *PT Station computer hung at 6 sites. By the time I HWC 100 5 rebooted all of them, project had started. 1103 All readbacks ok. 1210 SC WEA: Tech reports light, scattered clouds. Dry. 1210 %FD Bad readbacks on drive 2, tracks 11,15, and 17. All other sites are ok. 1342 All readbacks ok. 1412 FD WEA: Clear and dry. 1425 HN WEA: Clear. 1430 New operator is Dave Pierce. 1454 KP WEA: Clear, possible ice in dish. 1456 %HN WEA: wind gusts > 35 mph. 1500 %BR WEA: Clear, heavy frost on everything. 1512 All readbacks are okay. 1514 LA WEA: Clear, dry dish, snow on ground. 1645 All readbacks are okay. 1722 %OV WEA: Wind gusts > 35 mph. 1806 %OV WEA: Wind gusts > 45 mph. 1813 All readbacks are okay. 1814 %FD WEA: Wind gusts > 35 mph. 1934 %OV winds gusting to over 50 mph. 1935 All readbacks okay. 1944 MK reports light rain. 2046 KP WEA: Broken low clouds, fast moving, dry. 2047 %FD WEA: Wind gusts > 35 mph. 2115 All readbacks are okay. 2125 %OV WEA: Wind gusts > 35 mph. 2245 New operator Cyrus M Reed. 2248 All readbacks OK. 2300 WEA: Cloud cover via webcam: WEA: SC,HN Unknown (night). WEA: NL Overcast. Low fog or possible light snow. WEA: FD,LA,PT,KP Cloudy. (40%,10%,90%,25%) WEA: OV Clear skies. WEA: BR,MK Overcast. Wet at MK. 0000 Date is 2004FEB06/037. 0016 All readbacks OK. 0023-0025 *SC AZ2 Armature over current. Cleared. ACU 100 2 Most likely a power glitch. 0143 All readbacks OK. 0251 SC finished observing. 0312 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 7 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.1% Average downtime per hour : 0.0 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 10800 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.