VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BB240T Observer: Bower, G. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bb240tced.* Date/Day: 2008FEB28/059 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK GB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Betty Ragan. Vclock, UT1-UTC, gps delta all check OK. 0800 Begin. (BR,KP,PT,MK and OV join later.) 0800-1709 *FD out for scheduled maintenance. SCH 100 549 0800-1709 *HN not observing. Subrefelctor is frozen FRM 100 549 in rotation due to ice. 0816 Begin at PT. 0823 Begin at KP. 0843 Begin at OV. 0849 Begin at BR. 0930-0931 *PT HC2 FIFO errors. Cleared. FMTR 100 1 0946 %SC showing the intermittent EL oscillation 22168 problem, with elevation poiting errors of a degree and a half or so. 1109 Begin at MK. 1126 %SC raining. 1220-1222 OV communications down. 1324 SC reports broken low clouds, wet conditions. 1343 FD reports clear, dry weather. 1441 New Operator: Paul Padilla 1512 *ALL Just realized that the incorrect files were sent to the stations with the wrong start/end times Sending correct files out and rebooting stations 1613-1615 *HC2 FIFO Errors, FIFOS 123 detected FMTR 100 2 1649 SC ends 1709 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 1101 min Percentage downtime of observing: 20.1% Average downtime per hour : 12.0 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 5490 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.