VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BB202A Observer: Bower,G. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bb202acrd.* Date/Day: 2005FEB06/037 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Brian Willard. LA writing MkV, VSN NRAO-036, Bank B. MK not observing due to weather. GPS delta all less than 10 microseconds. Vclock values nominal. UT1-UTC = -0.52 all sites. WEA: overcast SC,NL,PT,LA,BR. WEA; scattered clouds FD,OV,KP. WEA: clear HN. 2100 Begin observing. 2100-2156 *SC: FRM rotation will not lock. 15359 100 56 2110 WEA: rain NL. 2217 %NL: bad readback track 7, drive 2. Good readbacks all other sites. 2337 Readbacks good all sites. 0000 Date is 2005FEB07/038. 0057 Readbacks good all sites. 0109 LA writing MkV, VSn NRAO-040, Bank A. 0125 WEA: overcast OV. 0217 %NL: bad readback track 7, drive 2. 0217 %SC: bad readback track 31, drive 1. Good readbacks all other sites. 0227 WEA: occasional high winds KP. 0249 Operator is Sonja Mendoza. 0300 KP WEA: Occasional gusty winds. 0311 %KP WEA: wind gust > 35 mph 0337 Readbacks good at all sites. 0337 %NL WEA: precipitation starting. 0457 Readbacks good at all sites. 0521 SC leaves observation as scheduled. 0531 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 56 min Percentage downtime of observing: 1.1% Average downtime per hour : 0.7 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 5110 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.