VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BT081A Observer: Taylor,G. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bt081acrd.* Date/Day: 2005FEB18/049 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Brian Willard. WEA: all sites dark. LA writing MkV, VSN NRAO-058, Bank A. UT1-UTC= -0.54 all sites. Vclock values nominal. GPS delta less than 10 microseconds all sites. WEA: rain LA,PT. 1148 Begin, with all antennae on source. 1154-1157 *PT: power glitch, repointed. COMM 100 3 1159-1202 *PT: power glitch, repointed COMM 100 3 1204-1217 *SC: FRM rotation will not lock. 15359 50 6 1207 %MK: bad readback track 29, drive 1. Other readbacks OK at MK. 1212 WEA: clear SC. 1212 WEA: high thin clouds with snow HN. 1218 WEA: rain FD,LA. 1220-1224 *PT: power glitch, repointed. COMM 100 4 1226-1949 *SC: subreflector having problems locking in rotation 15359 50 221 at 4cm position. 1227-1230 *PT: power glitch, repointed. COMM 100 3 1232-1315 *PT: stowed for power problems. COMM 100 43 1307 Readback tests good all sites. 1315 Readback tests good at all sites. 1322-1324 *PT: power glitch, repointed. COMM 100 2 1326 WEA: rain LA. 1329-1331 *PT: power glitch, repointed. COMM 100 2 1332-1435 *PT: stowed for power problems. COMM 100 63 1353 WEA: clear NL 1353 WEA: overcast with rain FD. 1353 WEA: overcast with rain LA,PT,KP. 1429 HN bad readback drive 2 track 4; all other sites ok 1430-1519 *BR tape on drive 2 dumped vacuum, site tech called REC 100 49 will go out to take care of the problem. 1440 New operator: T. Perreault 1451 KP wea: broken low clouds, no precipitation 1507 LA wea: overcast, fog, light rain 1543 Readback check ok 1602 OV wea: rain 1723 MK wea: clear 1741-1747 *HN ran out of tape. Site tech mounted new tape. HUERR 100 6 1906 SC End of file. 1949 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 405 min Percentage downtime of observing: 8.4% Average downtime per hour : 5.1 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 4810 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.