VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BL149BQ Observer: Lister, M. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bl149bqcrd.* Date/Day: 2009JUL23/204 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is A. Sowinski. UT1-UTC 0.23; gps delta and vclock okay. %FD Raining. 1106 Begin. 1109 %MK Raining. 1153 SC wea: clear, dry. 1257 %FD wea: cloudy, damp, light rain. 1345 LA wea: broken clouds, dry. 1348 New operator is Jim Ogle. 1404 *Raining at KP. 1416 &MK site tech called concerning very high 25251 temperatures in pedestal room but no answer (it's 4:16am there), will try again later. 1422 BR reports broken low clouds. 1440 &MK site tech en route. 25251 1500 *Raining at BR. 1534 *KP reports overcast low clouds, moderate rain. 1607 MK reports broken cirrus and cumulus clouds. 1806 %KP reports low overcast clouds, light rain. 1825 *Raining at PT. 1933 *Raining again at FD. 1955-2003 *MK site techs report a loose coupler on an azimuth AELEC 100 8 motor, taking antenna out of observation so they can tighten it back up. 2155 New Operator is Alan Kerr 2213-1107 LA on dial-backup. 2230-2232 *OV out of point. 35+MPH wind caution. WEA 100 2 2251-2254 *OV out of point. 35+MPH wind caution. WEA 100 3 2254-2254 *PT out of point. power glitch. COM 100 0 2256-2258 *KP out of point. power glitch. COM 100 2 2315-0004 %MK precipitation 0000 Date is 2009JUL24/205. 0004-0006 *BR out of point. 35+MPH wind caution. WEA 100 2 0008-0014 *BR false 55+MPH wind stows. Peak gusts are at 36 WEA 100 6 0100-0103 *KP out of point. power glitch. COM 100 3 0121-0129 %MK precipitation 0204-0206 *PT out of point. power glitch. COM 100 2 0254-0428 %HN precipitation 0609 Operator is A. Sowinski. 0609-1107 HN, KP Still raining, off and on. 1107 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 28 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.2% Average downtime per hour : 0.1 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 14410 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.