VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BW069B Observer: K. Wiik Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bw069bcrd.* Date/Day: 2004FEB16/047 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Jim Ogle. VCLOCK and gps delta checks okay. *Overcast conditions on sitecam at NL and BR. High thin mostly cloudy skies at KP. High thin partly cloudy skies at PT and OV. Mostly clear conditions at SC and MK. Clear skies at HN, FD and LA on sitecams. %High wind gusts at MK. 1927 Begin at all sites except SC. 1927-0430 *MK 13cm left FET bad, LCP data from that receiver is 12940 7 38 no good. 1929 Begin at SC. 2001 MK reports clear skies. 2141 *Raining at BR. 2245 New operator is Paul Dyer. 2247 All readbacks ok. 2309 All readbacks ok. 2340-2353 *FD Ran out of tape. They didn't have any more WEA 100 13 tapes on site until Fed Ex delivered a few minutes ago. Site tech will mount a new one as soon as it is prepassed. These tapes were sheduled to be delivered last Friday, but Fed Ex did not deliver due to an ice storm. 0000 Date is 2004FEB17/048. 0041-0044 Rotation East motor foldback. FRM not at commanded FRM 100 3 rotation position. 0025 All readbacks ok. 0155 All readbacks ok. 0313 All readbacks ok. 0357 SC End of file. 0357 All readbacks ok. 0430 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 54 min Percentage downtime of observing: 1.0% Average downtime per hour : 0.6 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 5430 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.