VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BG161 Observer: Gabuzda, D. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bg161crd.* Date/Day: 2006JAN05/005 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK Y =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= 1110 Begin file at VLA, other sites join later VCLOCK check ok. SC at -0.244 UT1-UTC check ok (0.33) GPS delta < 10 us Mark 5 recording status: HN bank A pack VIPSK-13 FD bank A pack NRAO-161 LA bank A pack VIPSK-08 KP bank A pack VIPSK-03 BR bank A pack NRAO-160 SC, NL, PT, OV, MK, Y recording on tape Operator: T. Perreault 1130 All sites except MK observing 1258 SC wea: clear, no precipitation 1351 FD wea: clear, no precipitation 1404 HN wea: low overcast, light snow 1412 KP wea: high winds (35+ mph) 1417 Operator is Anthony Sowinski. 1418 FD wea: high winds 1502 BR wea: high broken clouds, no new precipitation 1509-1520 *HN Snow dump. WEA 100 11 1515 Readbacks okay. 1527 Readbacks okay. 1532 KP wea: clear and dry 1604 Readbacks okay. 1606 Begin at MK. 1607 OV wea: cloudy and damp 1617 Readbacks okay. 1652 Readbacks okay. 1719 Readbacks okay. 1741 Readbacks okay. 1802-2122 *HN Snow dump then track sun. WEA 100 200 1819 Readbacks okay. 1831 Readbacks okay. 1908 Readbacks okay. 1925 Readbacks okay. 1958 MK wea: clear 2045 Readbacks okay. 2059 Readbacks okay. 2106-2115 *SC AZ#2 F4 fuse blown and replaced. 17467 75 6 2209 Readbacks okay. 2249 New operator is Brian Willard. 2348 Readback ok. 0000 Date is 2006JAN06/006. 0001 Readbacks ok. 0130 Operator is Sonja Mendoza. 0135-0204 *PT Formatter errors, attempting to clear. FMTR 100 29 0147 Y leaves observation. 0212 *BR WEA: Precipitation starting. 0216 SC leaves observation. 0220 Operator is Brian Willard. 0226 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 246 min Percentage downtime of observing: 2.4% Average downtime per hour : 1.5 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 10076 min (11) 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.