VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BG169B Observer: Greenhill, L. Project type: VLBI Obs filename: bg169bcrd.* Date/Day: 2007FEB01/032 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK Y GB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operators are Betty Ragan and Jim Ogle. Vlock, UT1-UTC, gps delta all look OK. %MK high winds. 0334 Begin at GB. 0342 Begin at all VLBA station. 0343-0345 *MK autostowed due to wind. WEA 100 2 0346 %SC raining. 0351 Begin at Y. 0351-1330 *Y Channel 1 total power low. Edge of band range. OTHER 13 75 0354-0356 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 2 0429 %Y channels 2, 3, 5 and 8 with lower than expected total power levels, not sure why. 0439-1430 *FD BBC1 intermittently not locking. 19769 10 59 0556-0558 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 2 0556-0558 *MK autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 2 0635 New Operator: Paul Padilla 0719 %SC Precipitation 0745 %PT Precipitation 0843-0901 *MK having multiple tdiscloop: Module slow errors. TAPE 100 18 0843-0844 *MK recording stalled: Possible backplane issues 0845-0846 *MK recording stalled 0851-0852 *MK recording stalled 0854-0855 *MK recording stalled 0856-0901 *MK Rebooting the MarkV unit to attempt to fix proble 0905-1428 *MK removed from observation due to continued Module slow and recording problems. 1044 %PT Precipitation 1227 %SC Precipitation 1235 %FD Precipitation 1300-1303 *FD autostowed, power glitch? COM 100 3 1330 Y ends 1344 %FD Site Tech reports rainy and cloudy conditions 1428 MK ends 1430 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 163 min Percentage downtime of observing: 2.3% Average downtime per hour : 1.4 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 7216 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.