VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BW069J Observer: Wiik, K. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bw069jcrd.* Date/Day: 2005JAN13/013 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= 2138 Begin file VCLOCK check ok. SC at -0.117 UT1-UTC check ok (-0.51) GPS delta < 10 us Operator: T. Perreault 2138 Site weather (via webcams): SC: overcast, rain showers HN, OV: foggy, overcast NL, FD, LA, PT, BR: clear KP: cirrus MK: windy, partly cloudy 2138-0640 *NH: dish is ~90% covered with ice. WEA 100 542 Seeing elevated system temperatures. 2138-0640 %NL, LA, OV: 13cm filters bypassed for GG057C SCH (VLBI & Doppler tracking of Huygens Titan Probe). May see RFI at 13cm for these three sites. 2138-0640 %MK wea: high winds will affect pointing at the WEA higher frequencies. Antenna may autostow due to the wind gusts. 2147 SC,HN readback check ok 2214 SC,HN readback check ok 2238 New operator is Jim Ogle. 2310-2111 *MK autostowed, high wind gusts. Repointed. WEA 100 1 2325-2326 *MK autostowed, winds again. Repointed. WEA 100 1 2346-2347 *MK autostowed again. WEA 100 1 2350 %OV reports overcast skies. 0000 Date is 2005JAN14/014. 0043-0045 *PT site computer rebooted itself. SW 100 2 0045-0048 %Due to PT reboot the Mk5 unit was brought SW back online which may have interfered with the recording of data to tape. Mk5 has been put back in standby mode to avoid this problem. 0047-0048 *MK wind stow again. WEA 100 1 0057 Readbacks okay. 0120 Readbacks okay. 0127-0128 *MK wind stow again. WEA 100 1 0234 MK reports broken cumulus, increasing wind speeds. 0235 Readbacks okay. 0240-0241 *MK wind stow again. WEA 100 1 0255 *Raining at SC. 0259-0301 *HN autostowed, commercial power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 2 0405 Readbacks okay. 0523 Readbacks okay. 0607 End at SC. 0608 Readbacks okay. 0610 %KP reports scattered clouds. 0640 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 552 min Percentage downtime of observing: 10.2% Average downtime per hour : 6.1 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 5420 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.