VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: GM060 Observer: J. McKean Project type: VLBI Obs filename: gm060crd.* Date/Day: 2006FEB17/048 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK GB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Jim Ogle. SC writing to NTO-0010 in bank A. HN writing to MPI-0158 in bank B. NL writing to MPI-0007 in bank A. FD writing to NTO-0014 in bank A. LA writing to NRAO-102 in bank B. PT writing to NRAO-089 in bank A. KP writing to JOD-0025 in bank B. OV writing to NTO-0009 in bank B. BR writing to WSRT-032 in bank A. MK writing to JOD-0015 in bank B. VCLOCK and gps delta checks okay. 1200 Begin. 1200-1228 *KP sources are behind the mountain. SCH 100 28 1200-1306 *OV sources haven't risen yet; will be behind the SCH 100 66 mountain for a while after they do rise. 1200-1517 *MK sources all below the horizon. Stowing antenna SCH 100 197 to save wear and tear on the motors. Will point when sources near the horizon. 1308 HN reports overcast skies, low clouds. 1327 FD reports scattered cumulus clouds. 1440 Operator is Sonja Mendoza. 1451 %HN WEA: Precipitation starting. 1505 LA WEA: Site tech reports overcast skies, dry. 1517 KP WEA: Site tech reports overcast skies, dry. 1536 BR WEA: Site tech reports clear skies, dry. 1555-1850 %SC Recorder tech is working on Recorder #2, including writing to a test tape. This will cause some confusion in the monitor data. Should not (hopefully) affect data being written to the Mark5. 1607 OV WEA: Site tech reports overcast skies, dry. 1640-1642 *HN Antenna not pointed; probably a power glitch. COM 100 2 Repointed. 1643 %HN WEA: wind gusts > 55mph. 1648-1736 *HN Antenna not pointed; possibly due to weather WEA 100 48 (high wind gusts) or a power glitch or both. 1732 %HN WEA: Site tech reports very strong winds, rain, strong cold front moving into the area. 1829-1836 *HN Antenna not pointed; power glitch, high winds. WEA 100 7 1837 %PT WEA: wind gusts > 35mph. 1843-2201 *HN Antenna not pointed; site has lost commercial COM 100 198 power; on generator. 1956 *HN Suspended observing at HN until commercial power returns. 2015 *HN Site techs have as of yet no ETA as to when commercial power will be restored to the site. 2026 MK WEA: Site tech reports scattered cirrus, dry. 2050 NL writing on Mk5 disk MPI-0022, bank B. 2201 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 546 min Percentage downtime of observing: 9.1% Average downtime per hour : 5.5 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 6010 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.