VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BL137P Observer: Lister, M. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: bl137pcrd.* Date/Day: 2007MAR28/087 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= Operator is Alan Kerr Weather: NL is overcast. OV very windy. GPS ok (NL 8.7) UT1-UTC -0.06 vclock ok. 1849 Begin 1849-1852 *All sites not on source. HUERR 1000 30 1853 KP clock reset 1852-1856 *KP rotation motion analysis fault. FRM 100 4 1856-1858 *KP fifo error cleared. FMTR 100 2 1859 *NL rain. high Tsys. 1918-1925 *OV out of point. High winds. WEA 100 7 2124 NL rain has stopped. 2137 New operator: T. Perreault 2213-2222 *OV autostowed. Wind gust exceeded 55 mph. WEA 100 9 Repointed. 2340-2351 *KP AZ motor current sum > 60 amps. Stowed 19993 100 11 antenna, put in STANDBY then repointed. 0000 Date is 2007MAR29/088. 0346-0355 *SC autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 9 Antenna got on source then autostowed again due to power glitch. Repointed again. 0540-0546 *HN autostowed. Power glitch. Repointed. COM 100 6 0549 New operator is Betty Ragan. 0840-0843 *KP AZ oscillating. Put into standby and repointed. ACU 100 3 1251 FD reports clear, dry weather. 1308-1309 *OV autostowed. Power glitch. COM 100 1 1333 SC reports light scattered low clouds, wet conditions. 1345 New Operator is Alan Kerr 1533-1712 *NL site fire alarm accidentally tripped. HUERR 100 99 1538 NL power restored. Hardware reset in progress. 1547-1551 *OV autostowed, wind gusts. Repointed. WEA 100 4 1724 *SC raining. 1817 *SC rain has stopped but Tsys still high. 1819-1823 *OV autostowed. wind gust. repointed. WEA 100 4 1842 *LA raining. 1848 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 189 min Percentage downtime of observing: 1.3% Average downtime per hour : 0.8 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 14390 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.