VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: GM059A Observer: J. M. Marcaide Project type: VLBI Obs filename: gm059acrd.* Date/Day: 2005FEB20/051 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK Y GB EB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Paul Dyer. VCLOCK, GPS Delta, and UT1-UTC check ok. LA is writing Mark V disc pack NRAO-050 in bank B. KP is writing Mark V disc pack NRAO-046 in bank B. 1407 Begin at all stations. 1407 WEA: Web cams show cloudy skies at NL. Partly cloudy at PT. Mostly clear at SC, HN, FD, and KP. Other sites are still dark. 1407-0156 %Y BBC1 total power is 50% to 75% of nominal value. SCH 10 70 BBC frequency is set at 656.41 MHz which is on the edge. 1423-1424 *PT Autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 1 1426 *NL WEA: Rain/snow. 1440 New operator: T. Perreault 1510-1518 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 8 Another power glitch as antenna got on source at 1514 UT. Repointed. 1520-1555 *PT autostowed again following power glitch. COM 100 35 Will leave the antenna out of observing until the power settles down. 1548 HN wea: clear 1634 HN bad readback drive 2 track 10; all other sites ok. 1757 OV wea: partly cloudy, no precipitation 1855 MK wea: clear. no precipitation 1902 Readback check ok 1907 %PT wea: raining 2039-2054 *PT ran out of tape. Site tech enroute. HUERR 100 15 2057 Readback check ok 2120 Readback check ok 2125 BR wea: scattered high clouds, no precipitation 2241 SC readback check ok 2246 SC readback check ok 2340 HN bad readback drive 1 track 32; all other sites ok 2348 KP recording Mark V bank A disc pack NRAO-048 0000 Date is 2005FEB21/052. 0149 Readback check ok 0156 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 129 min Percentage downtime of observing: 1.7% Average downtime per hour : 1.0 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 7799 min (11) 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.