Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1113.skd Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2003.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== Parameter values for experiment R1113 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: HAYSTACK Nominal start: 2004-068-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2004-069-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2004068 (2004.19) ( 13073 MJD, MON. 8MAR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 4: 6:56.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 23h 17.6m -4d 33.7 =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee and Wettzell from 18:00 U.T. to 20:00 U.T. Kokee and Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this two hour period. =========================================================== First observations Observation listing from file ./r1113.skd for experiment R1113 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Mc Sh Tc Wf Wz 0642+449 04068-170000| 40 61 40 72 72 52| 0235+164 04068-170533| 190 120 190 190 190| 1606+106 04068-170634| 40 40 | 1749+096 04068-171005| 40 98 98 | 0454-234 04068-171139| 76 55 135 135| 0119+115 04068-171439| 41 40 41 40| 0133+476 04068-171720| 40 40 40 40| 1124-186 04068-171803| 157 157 | 1044+719 04068-172016| 53 40 53 40| 0014+813 04068-172205| 190 88 190 190| 0537-441 04068-172528| 190 190 | 1739+522 04068-172613| 40 40 141 141 82| 3C371 04068-172939| 78 53 139 139 116| 0106+013 04068-173325| 110 103 190 110 190| OQ208 04068-173440| 55 55 | End of listing. =========================================================== Last observations Observation listing from file ./r1113.skd for experiment R1113 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Mc Sh Tc Wf Wz 1128+385 04069-164802| 79 65 141 141| End of listing. Observation listing from file ./r1113.skd for experiment R1113 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Mc Sh Tc Wf Wz 0556+238 04069-150919| 124 190 190| 1606+106 04069-151005| 40 40 | 0119+115 04069-151113| 190 190 | 1044+719 04069-151333| 52 40 52 45| 4C39.25 04069-151525| 40 40 40 40| 0718+793 04069-151722| 174 101 127 174| 0727-115 04069-151918| 40 40 | 0059+581 04069-152121| 40 40 40 40| 0133+476 04069-152256| 40 40 40 40| 0106+013 04069-152507| 126 126 | 3C371 04069-152558| 78 52 137 137 114| 0552+398 04069-153118| 53 83 40 122 122 40| 3C418 04069-153425| 74 74 | 0048-097 04069-153513| 85 85| 0607-157 04069-153619| 40 40 | 2136+141 04069-153809| 40 40 40 40| 0537-441 04069-153923| 149 149 | 0119+115 04069-154023| 40 40 40| 1044+719 04069-154107| 57 57 | 1749+096 04069-154345| 133 190 190 | 0454-234 04069-154355| 40 40 40| 0528+134 04069-154600| 40 40 40| 0602+673 04069-154853| 130 130 | 0106+013 04069-154902| 180 116 190 180 190| 1741-038 04069-155326| 162 162 40 | 0235+164 04069-155435| 51 40 51| 1611+343 04069-155709| 40 40 40 | CTA26 04069-155757| 190 190 | 1739+522 04069-155901| 40 40 131 131 83| 1357+769 04069-160242| 99 72 190 190 155| 0119+115 04069-160342| 190 190 | 1803+784 04069-160702| 40 40 190 190 71| 0454-234 04069-161156| 67 55 135 135| 0955+476 04069-161240| 40 40 | 4C39.25 04069-161522| 40 40 40 40| 0235+164 04069-161559| 190 190 | 0749+540 04069-161726| 144 119 190 190 190| 0106+013 04069-162114| 118 118 | 3C418 04069-162143| 74 51 113 113| 1300+580 04069-162435| 66 49 190 190 106| CTA26 04069-162552| 190 190 | 0718+793 04069-162828| 155 51 155 95| 0552+398 04069-163226| 99 40 124 124 40| 1741-038 04069-163548| 164 164 48 | 0727-115 04069-163732| 40 40 40 40| 0556+238 04069-164001| 85 190 190 190| 0537-441 04069-164047| 190 190 | 1044+719 04069-164429| 57 40 57 40| 0454-234 04069-164620| 73 73 | 1156+295 04069-164638| 40 40 40| 1128+385 04069-164802| 79 65 141 141| End of listing. =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1113.skd for experiment R1113 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 6.8 Min = .0 Max = 68.6 (Baseline Sh-Tc on 0607-157) RMS = 8.6 Total time: 1429 minutes ( 23.8 hours). Key: Gc=GILCREEK Hh=HARTRAO Mc=MEDICINA Sh=SESHAN25 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Gc Hh Mc Sh Tc Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 39 25 30 34 31 46 40 35 % cal. time: 4 2 4 3 2 4 4 3 % slew time: 21 40 36 40 6 16 10 24 % idle time: 34 31 28 22 59 32 45 36 total # scans: 367 205 379 283 197 350 348 304 # scans/hour : 15 8 15 11 8 14 14 12.7 Avg scan (sec): 92 106 68 104 139 113 99 103 Total GBytes: 1353 862 1076 1162 1058 1553 1368 1205 Total GB(M5): 1203 766 956 1033 940 1381 1216 1071 # of tapes : 2.6 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.8 2.6 2.2 tape change times (hhmm): 0228 0951 0701 0605 0728 0257 0504 1211 0000 0000 0000 0000 1205 1459 Total number of tapes: 14.2 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 7498.1 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Gc Hh Mc Sh Tc Wf Wz StnTotal ------------------------------------------ Gc|367 20 239 199 75 271 230 1034 Hh| 205 110 62 89 49 89 419 Mc| 379 174 67 241 330 1161 Sh| 283 1 127 170 733 Tc| 197 129 60 421 Wf| 350 233 1050 Wz| 348 1112 Number of 2-station scans: 240 Number of 3-station scans: 121 Number of 4-station scans: 117 Number of 5-station scans: 154 Number of 6-station scans: 8 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 640 2965 =========================================================== 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 MEDICINA SESHAN25 TIGOCONC WESTFORD WETTZELL 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 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Speed ID Station Tape length Speed Gc GILCREEK 17400feet (Thin ) 56700. (High) 12 Hh HARTRAO 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 14 Mc MEDICINA 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 14 Sh SESHAN25 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 14 Tc TIGOCONC 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 14 Wf WESTFORD 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 14 Wz WETTZELL 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 14 =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 3) Gc Hh Mc Sh Tc Wf Gc Hh Mc Sh Tc Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Mc 20 20 Mc 15 15 Sh 20 20 20 Sh 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 12 15