VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BB240M Observer: Bower, G. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bb240mcrd.* Date/Day: 2008JAN07/007 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK GB =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= 1915 Begin file VCLOCK check ok. BR at 0.165 UT1-UTC check ok (-0.28) GPS delta < 10us (FD: -5.6us) Operator: T. Perreault 1915-0315 *SC not observing. Subreflector FOCUS brake is 21989 100 480 locked, unable to move subreflector. Removed from observation. 1915-0030 %PT 4cm system temperatures are higher than 22012 100 315 nominal. Suspect problem with 4cm front end system. 1915 Site weather: NL, FD, MK: partly cloudy LA, PT, KP: overcast, active precipitation (rain/snow) HN, OV, BR: clear 2127 KP wea: fog, light rain, wet 2134 MK joins 2202 %PT formatter errors / glitch Sampler 2 clock dropout Data Switch module 1 error Errors cleared on their own. 2250 New operator is Betty Ragan. 2256 MK reports clear weather. 2351 OV reports party cloudy, dry. 0000 Date is 2008JAN08/008. 0126-0128 *OV focus drive fault and focus 2nd screw FRM 100 2 fault errors. 0315 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 797 min Percentage downtime of observing: 16.6% Average downtime per hour : 10.0 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 4800 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.