VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BG153C Observer: C. Goddi Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bg153ccrd.* Date/Day: 2005JAN21/021 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Brian Willard. LA writing MkV, VSN-026, Bank A. Vclock values nominal. GPS delta all less than 10 microseconds. UT1-UTC = -0.52 at all sites. WEA: clear FD,OV,MK. WEA: rain and overcast KP. WEA: very cold temperatures HN, may autostow. WEA: overcast BR,PT,NL. WEA: clear SC. 2306 Begin, with all but MK observing. 2327 Note: high Tsys all sites, low elevation. 2354 WEA: continued rain KP. 0000 Date is 2005JAN22/022. 0021 All readbacks OK. 0029 WEA: rain NL and KP. 0104 WEA: snow NL. 0129 Begin at MK. 0137 All readbacks OK. 0141 WEA: continued rain KP. 0142 MK readbacks OK. 0142 WEA: high wind gusts MK. 0242 WEA: high wind gusts MK. 0253 All readbacks OK. 0409 All readbacks OK. 0520 WEA: high wind gusts MK. 0523-0530 *MK: stowed due to high winds. WEA 100 7 0525 All readbacks OK. 0641 Operator is Sonja Mendoza. 0641 All readbacks OK. 0643 %MK WEA: wind gusts > 35mph. 0709 %MK WEA: wind gusts > 35mph. 0741 %MK WEA: wind gusts > 35mph. 0757 All readbacks OK. 0802 All readbacks OK. 0838 SC leaves observation as scheduled. 0857 %NL WEA: wind gusts > 35mph. 0858 %MK WEA: wind gusts > 35mph. 0902 All readbacks OK. 0951 Readback (HN only) okay. 1007-1033 *MK WEA: Autostowed due to high winds. WEA 100 26 1007 All readbacks OK. 1012 HN leaves observation as scheduled. 1051 %MK WEA: wind gusts > 50mph. 1100 %MK Bad readback, track 2, drive 2. All other readbacks OK. 1100 %NL WEA: wind gusts > 35mph. 1104 NL leaves observation as scheduled. 1106 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 33 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.5% Average downtime per hour : 0.3 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 7200 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.