VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BW090C Observer: Walker, R.C. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bw090ccrd.* Date/Day: 2008FEB04/035 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Anthony Sowinski. UT1-UTC -0.30, gps delta and vclock ok. %KP Windy. 0546 Begin. 0546-1545 *MK Buried in snow and ice. Unable to point. WEA 100 599 0611 *SC,LA Raining. 0811 PT Windy. 0918 *KP Raining. 0929-0930 *PT Autostow, repointed. Wind? WEA 100 1 1104 LA Windy. 1252 *NL Raining. 1254-1258 %PT HC2 Formatter errors. Cleared. 22522 1300 %SC is occassionally oscillating in elevation. 22168 Up to about a degree and a half, and as far as I can tell it lasts for about 20 or 30 seconds. For the first part of the project it seemed to be happening about every half hour, but I haven't noticed it since about 11:30. 1318 End at SC. 1404 End at HN. 1426 NL reports 6-8" snow overnight, currently raining. 1430 New operator is Betty Ragan. 1507 LA reports overcast weather, dusting of new snow. 1525 KP reports fog, moderate rain and snow, wet conditions. 1527 End at NL. 1533 BR reports scattered high clouds, 2" of snow over the weekend. 1540 PT heavy clouds, expecting snow showers today. 1545 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 600 min Percentage downtime of observing: 10.0% Average downtime per hour : 6.0 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 5990 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.