VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BK142A Observer: Kovalev, Y.Y. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bk142acrd.* Date/Day: 2008FEB17/048 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Paul Padilla GPS delta, UT1-UTC, and VClock are all ok %NL recent freezing rain %FD,PT windy 2253 Begin 0000 Date is 2008FEB18/049. 0203 %HN raining. 0238 New operator is Betty Ragan. 0533-0535 *BR got AZ brake fault error. Put in standby ACU 100 2 to clear. 0657-0700 *SC had "rotation motors foldback" errors. FRM 100 3 Took multiple tries to clear. 0807-0830 *SC rotation having difficulty getting into the right FRM 50 11 position. Requires multiple attempts to persuade it to move the last fraction of a degree, sometimes not managing it at all. 1000 %NL high winds. 1200-1203 *HN rotation motor foldback errors. Needed FRM 100 3 master clear. 1301 NL rotation is sometimes very slow to get into position. Probably due to extremely cold weather. 1328 End at MK. 1353 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 19 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.2% Average downtime per hour : 0.1 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 9000 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.