VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BT085L Observer: Taylor, G. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bt085lcrd.* Date/Day: 2006JAN03/003 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= 1120 Begin file VCLOCK check ok. SC at -0.139 UT1-UTC check ok. (0.34) GPS delta < 10 us Mark 5 recording status: HN bank B pack NRAO-039 FD bank B pack NRAO-077 LA bank B pack VIPSK-11 PT bank A pack VIPSK-05 KP bank B pack VIPSK-07 BR bank B pack NRAO-158 MK bank A pack NRAO-090 Operator: T. Perreault 1120-2221 *OV not observing. Layer of heavy ice on dish. WEA 100 661 1120-1528 *BR not observing. Layer of heavy ice on dish. WEA 100 248 1208 NL wea: dense fog 1226 SC wea: scattered low clouds, no precipitation 1252 SC wea: raining 1337 FD wea: clear, no precipitation 1431 SC, NL readback check ok 1435 SC, NL readback check ok 1435 %HN wea: overcast, 3" new snow 1440 New operator is Jim Ogle. 1444 %Resetting PT formatter to clear some errors, shouldn't affect the Mk5 data. 1445 Readbacks okay. 1446 LA reports scattered high clouds. 1449 Readbacks okay. 1451-1452 *KP autostowed, commercial power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 1 1520 Readbacks okay. 1524 %KP reports overcast skies, low clouds. 1525 Readbacks okay. 1526 BR site tech reports it is safe to use the antenna. 1547 Readbacks okay. 1620 *OV reports fog, snow, ice on everything. 1642 Readbacks okay. 1703 Readbacks okay. 1709 Readbacks okay. 1719 Readbacks okay. 1808 Readbacks okay. 1824 %High wind gusts at LA and PT. 1911 Readbacks at SC okay. 1914 MK reports clear skies. 1959 %High wind gusts at MK. 2038 Readbacks at SC okay. 2103 KP reports broken high clouds. 2110 Readbacks at SC okay. 2142 Readbacks at SC okay. 2213 End at SC. 2221 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 910 min Percentage downtime of observing: 13.8% Average downtime per hour : 8.3 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 6610 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.