Session Notes for session: r4133 Prepared by Merri Sue Carter, USNO. (msc@maia.usno.navy.mil) =========================================================== Parameter values for experiment R4133 Experiment description: NEOSA Scheduler: tbd Correlator: TBD Nominal start: 2004-218-18:30:00 Nominal end: 2004-219-18:45:00 Current yyyyddd: 2004218 (2004.60) ( 13223 MJD, THUR 5AUG.) Greenwich sidereal time: 15:28:34.44 (18:30: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 9h 4.5m 16d 43.5 ========================================================== The following sources were included for research purposes: =========================================================== First observations Observation listing from file ./r4133.skd for experiment R4133 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ap Ft Gc On Sv Wz 4C39.25 04218-183000| 98 98 98 | 1334-127 04218-183000| 188 188 | 0059+581 04218-183531| 98 98 98 | 1611+343 04218-184228| 98 308 108 308 98 | 1307+121 04218-184852| 191 458 458 | End of listing. =========================================================== Last observations Observation listing from file ./r4133.skd for experiment R4133 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ap Ft Gc On Sv Wz 1023+131 04219-182014| 312 774 774| End of listing. Observation listing from file ./r4133.skd for experiment R4133 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ap Ft Gc On Sv Wz 1334-127 04219-175920| 98 186 186 98| 2136+141 04219-180402| 98 98 98| 0552+398 04219-180835| 98 98 98 98 | 0601+245 04219-181213| 226 226 | 1741-038 04219-181406| 98 98 98 98| 1023+131 04219-182014| 312 774 774| End of listing. =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r4133.skd for experiment R4133 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 2.6 Min = .0 Max = 22.7 (Baseline Sv-Wz on 1334-127) RMS = 4.1 Total time: 1435 minutes ( 23.9 hours). Key: Ap=ALGOPARK Ft=FORTLEZA Gc=GILCREEK On=ONSALA60 Sv=SVETLOE Wz=WETTZELL Ap Ft Gc On Sv Wz Avg % obs. time: 25 25 43 53 34 46 38 % cal. time: 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 % slew time: 54 17 11 14 32 8 23 % idle time: 17 56 42 29 31 43 36 total # scans: 173 84 170 182 189 186 164 # scans/hour : 7 3 7 7 7 7 6.8 Avg scan (sec): 127 259 220 254 156 213 204 Total GBytes: 187 178 308 379 247 327 271 # of tapes : .4 1.6 .7 .8 2.0 .7 tape change times (hhmm): 0000 0922 0000 0000 0740 0000 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ap Ft Gc On Sv Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------- Ap|173 60 131 98 94 92 475 Ft| 84 34 52 44 56 246 Gc| 170 111 116 100 492 On| 182 163 165 589 Sv| 189 162 579 Wz| 186 575 Number of 2-station scans: 95 Number of 3-station scans: 55 Number of 4-station scans: 53 Number of 5-station scans: 57 Number of 6-station scans: 22 Total # of scans, observations: 282 1478 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSXR4 SX Recording mode setup for: ALGOPARK GILCREEK ONSALA60 WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel C 56.000 Mbits 28.000 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 2.00 MHz 2 14(*0) 28 80.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 125.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.7 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 8.000 6.000 14.000 Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA SVETLOE Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel C 56.000 Mbits 28.000 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 2.00 MHz 2 14(*0) 28 135.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 125.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.7 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 8.000 6.000 14.000 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ap ALGOPARK 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Ft FORTLEZA 8700feet (Thick) 33333. (Low ) 12 Gc GILCREEK 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 On ONSALA60 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Sv SVETLOE 8700feet (Thick) 33333. (Low ) 12 Wz WETTZELL 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 3) Ap Ft Gc On Sv Ap Ft Gc On Sv Ft 20 Ft 15 Gc 20 20 Gc 15 15 On 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 Sv 20 20 20 20 Sv 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15