VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BJ056A Observer: Jonker, P. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bj056acrd.* Date/Day: 2005JAN26/026 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Sonja Mendoza. Vclock, GPS delta, UT1-UTC checks all okay. LA writing to MarkV disk NRAO-049, bank A. WEA: No precipitation or high winds at any stations. BR,OV overcast skies. 0609 Begin observation. 0609-1412 %BR "ratty" (scattered) system temperatures INT 10 48 on channels 1 & 3 (CH01: 2266.49 MHz/RCP CH03: 2274.49 MHz/RCP). Suspect RFI. Downtime is estimated. 0609-1412 %FD "ratty" (scattered) system temperatures INT 25 120 on channels 2 & 4 (CH02: 2266.49 MHz/LCP, CH04: 2274.49 MHz/RCP). Suspect RFI. Downtime is estimated. 0630 New operator: T. Perreault 0743 Readback check ok 0938 Readback check ok 0915-1200 %KP high system temperatures due to rain WEA 50 82 seen on channels 5 - 8 (4cm) 0934 KP wea: raining 1121 SC wea: broken low clouds, no precipitation 1133 Readback check ok 1242-1246 *PT autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 4 1327 Readback check ok 1342 FD wea: broken clouds, no precipitation 1350 HN wea: low overcast, snow, dish is covered 1412 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 254 min Percentage downtime of observing: 5.3% Average downtime per hour : 3.2 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 4830 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.