Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1035 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2002.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== Parameter values for experiment R1035 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Nominal start: 2002-246-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2002-247-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2002246 (2002.67) ( 12521 MJD, TUES 3SEP.) Greenwich sidereal time: 15:50:37.79 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 10h 50.0m 7d 26.0 =========================================================== Onsala was tagged along to this schedule file for a 3 hour test (247:11:00 - 247:14:00). This test is being done in preparation for the CONT02 campaign in October. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Ma On Tc Ts Wf 1334-127 02246-170000| 40 143 143| 0804+499 02246-170000| 81 81 43 | =========================================================== First Onsala observation Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Ma On Tc Ts Wf 0808+019 02247-110507| 131 56 124 131| =========================================================== Last Onsala observation Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Ma On Tc Ts Wf OQ208 02247-135927| 45 42 45| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Ma On Tc Ts Wf 0727-115 02247-163051| 48 48| 1741-038 02247-163119| 40 40 | 0552+398 02247-163230| 40 40 40| 1749+096 02247-163343| 40 40 | 0528+134 02247-163359| 40 40 40| 0656+082 02247-163601| 190 190| 2136+141 02247-163751| 40 40 40 | 1357+769 02247-164134| 40 40 40 40| 0059+581 02247-164324| 40 61 40 61| 0014+813 02247-164448| 40 40 | 1044+719 02247-164618| 40 40 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1035.skd for experiment R1035 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 3.0 Min = .0 Max = 22.7 (Baseline Tc-Wf on 0552+398) RMS = 4.7 Total time: 1427 minutes ( 23.8 hours). Key: Gc=GILCREEK Hh=HARTRAO Ma=MATERA On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Gc Hh Ma On Tc Ts Wf Avg % obs. time: 31 20 32 2 18 24 37 23 % cal. time: 5 2 4 0 1 4 4 3 % slew time: 29 42 33 1 3 20 19 21 % idle time: 33 34 29 96 76 49 38 51 # of tapes : 1.9 1.1 1.9 .1 1.0 1.4 2.1 total # scans: 461 210 375 25 110 425 388 284 # scans/hour : 19 8 15 1 4 17 16 11.9 Avg scan (sec): 59 82 74 71 142 48 82 79 tape change times (hhmm): 0618 1413 0553 0000 0000 0936 0443 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1607 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Gc Hh Ma On Tc Ts Wf StnTotal ------------------------------------------ Gc|461 19 168 9 47 339 273 855 Hh| 210 187 16 33 67 86 408 Ma| 375 23 47 175 220 820 On| 25 0 10 15 73 Tc| 110 17 92 236 Ts| 425 156 764 Wf| 388 842 Number of 2-station scans: 335 Number of 3-station scans: 228 Number of 4-station scans: 150 Number of 5-station scans: 8 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 721 1999 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX4F 4F Recording mode setup for: GILCREEK Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel VLBA1:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 8:1 Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 160.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 120.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 48.8 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: HARTRAO MATERA ONSALA60 TIGOCONC WESTFORD Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 16 Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 160.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 120.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 48.8 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: TSUKUB32 Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 160.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 120.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 48.8 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Gc GILCREEK 17400feet (Thin ) 56700. (High) Hh HARTRAO 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) Ma MATERA 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) On ONSALA60 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) Tc TIGOCONC 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) Ts TSUKUB32 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) Wf WESTFORD 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 5) Gc Hh Ma On Tc Ts Gc Hh Ma On Tc Ts Hh 20 Hh 15 Ma 20 20 Ma 15 15 On 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 Tc 20 20 20 20 Tc 15 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 15