Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: t2029 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 T2029 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: UBonn/NASA Correlator: BONN Nominal start: 2004-132-17:30:00 Nominal end: 2004-133-17:30:00 Current yyyyddd: 2004132 (2004.36) ( 13137 MJD, TUES 11MAY.) Greenwich sidereal time: 8:49:20.00 (17:30: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 3h 15.7m 18d 5.9 =========================================================== 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 ./t2029.skd for experiment T2029 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss 15 Ft Gc Ho Kb Kk Mh Nt Gg Pa Sh Sv Tc Ts Ur Wz 1749+096 04132-173000| 165 188 54 142 40 188 45 186 | 0528+134 04132-173000| 42 42 40 40 42| 0537-441 04132-173000| 414 414 | 0454-234 04132-173305| 192 192 | 1034-293 04132-173321| 209 209| 2318+049 04132-173508| 148 89 148 75 | 2255-282 04132-173714| 40 40 | 0059+581 04132-173729| 55 55 43 55 | 1357+769 04132-174052| 87 263 316 316 270 168 316| 1519-273 04132-174501| 113 40 40 113 40 103 | CTA26 04132-174726| 208 750 750 750 750 | 1606+106 04132-174925| 482 82 137 170 47 282 482| 0003-066 04132-175311| 236 236 | 1954-388 04132-175502| 95 61 95 79 | OJ287 04132-175833| 53 42 40 53 53| End of listing. =========================================================== Last observations Observation listing from file ./t2029.skd for experiment T2029 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss 15 Ft Gc Ho Kb Kk Mh Nt Gg Pa Sh Sv Tc Ts Ur Wz 1749+096 04133-171531| 180 188 54 143 40 188 45 186 | End of listing. Observation listing from file ./t2029.skd for experiment T2029 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss 15 Ft Gc Ho Kb Kk Mh Nt Gg Pa Sh Sv Tc Ts Ur Wz 0823+033 04133-153222| 80 80 43 80| 1606+106 04133-153311| 230 303 62 308 44 141 40 308 | 1451-375 04133-153821| 95 52 95 80 | 1803+784 04133-153839| 52 52 51 40 52| 0059+581 04133-154410| 42 40 104 40 97 104| CTA26 04133-154512| 198 198 | 0727-115 04133-154553| 301 301 292 284 301 | 0955+476 04133-154743| 125 53 188 45 188 177| 1954-388 04133-154855| 153 153 40 | 1726+455 04133-155433| 673 664 131 750 750 750 209 109 750 515| 0607-157 04133-155729| 573 222 573 | 1958-179 04133-155909| 40 40 40 40 | 1611+343 04133-160319| 40 40 40 40 | 1334-127 04133-160658| 44 44 40 40 | OJ287 04133-160710| 40 40 40| 0556+238 04133-161000| 217 593 250 593| 1034-293 04133-161005| 731 731 | 1622-253 04133-161526| 302 52 78 40 302 44 | 3C418 04133-161945| 87 149 208 208 208 125 | 0059+581 04133-162118| 149 149 116| 1741-038 04133-162251| 40 40 40 | 3C454.3 04133-162333| 40 40 | 0528+134 04133-162613| 40 40 40| 1519-273 04133-162725| 40 89 89 | 3C446 04133-162820| 217 748 750 750 750 615 | 1954-388 04133-162832| 505 505 | 1044+719 04133-163416| 62 219 187 219 103 214 219| 0537-441 04133-163757| 426 426 | 1958-179 04133-163920| 40 40 40 | 0743+259 04133-163928| 348 348 | 1034-293 04133-164112| 226 226| 2255-282 04133-164134| 62 62 | 1741-038 04133-164515| 77 77 40 40 | 3C274 04133-164526| 40 40 40 40 | 0552+398 04133-164615| 63 63 | 1606+106 04133-164904| 201 297 66 296 297 44 127 40 297 | 0059+581 04133-164926| 56 137 137 82 115| 1357+769 04133-165254| 45 45 | 1923+210 04133-165257| 40 40 40 | 0208-512 04133-165500| 750 750 | 1726+455 04133-165624| 240 161 111 240 240| CTA26 04133-165658| 213 213 | 1954-388 04133-165753| 137 60 137 40 49 | 1803+784 04133-170141| 95 74 48 95 95| 2121+053 04133-170353| 87 108 40 60 108 87 40 | 1611+343 04133-170506| 105 105 63 42 105 90| 2201+315 04133-170636| 40 40 | NRAO150 04133-170900| 40 40| 1958-179 04133-171010| 159 53 156 40 159 44 | 0955+476 04133-171226| 190 190 149 112 190| 1749+096 04133-171531| 180 188 54 143 40 188 45 186 | End of listing. =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./t2029.skd for experiment T2029 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 3.3 Min = .0 Max = 53.3 (Baseline 15-Ur on CTA26 ) RMS = 5.5 Total time: 1428 minutes ( 23.8 hours). Key: 15=DSS15 Ft=FORTLEZA Gc=GILCREEK Ho=HOBART26 Kb=KASHIM34 Kk=KOKEE Mh=METSAHOV Nt=NOTO Gg=ORION_5M Pa=PARKES64 Sh=SESHAN25 Sv=SVETLOE Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Ur=URUMQI Wz=WETTZELL 15 Ft Gc Ho Kb Kk Mh Nt Gg Pa Sh Sv Tc Ts Ur Wz Avg % obs. time: 39 53 48 42 29 57 42 50 33 22 45 31 47 27 45 51 41 % cal. time: 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 % slew time: 32 20 14 28 30 9 17 27 3 51 33 35 3 11 17 7 21 % idle time: 25 24 35 27 36 31 37 19 62 24 19 29 48 58 34 38 34 total # scans: 219 111 182 159 233 160 168 192 74 196 168 220 74 236 168 206 172 # scans/hour : 9 4 7 6 9 6 7 8 3 8 7 9 3 9 7 8 7.2 Avg scan (sec): 154 411 226 229 108 308 217 225 387 97 230 123 550 98 230 212 237 Total GBytes: 283 368 339 300 217 401 300 356 231 166 318 231 326 201 318 360 295 Total GB(M5): 287 373 344 305 220 407 305 362 235 168 323 234 331 204 323 366 300 # of tapes : .6 3.1 .8 .7 1.7 .9 .7 .8 .5 1.3 .7 1.8 .8 .5 .7 .8 tape change times (hhmm): 0000 0031 0000 0000 0727 0000 0000 0000 0000 1220 0000 0714 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0757 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1637 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Total number of tapes: 16.5 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 4797.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | 15 Ft Gc Ho Kb Kk Mh Nt Gg Pa Sh Sv Tc Ts Ur Wz StnTotal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15|219 35 94 36 58 100 35 28 57 38 38 51 29 59 25 36 719 Ft| 111 22 1 1 16 29 46 9 0 0 36 45 0 4 36 280 Gc| 182 30 91 88 60 47 17 33 63 81 10 91 64 66 857 Ho| 159 81 67 11 5 1 124 59 11 10 83 40 7 566 Kb| 233 80 49 35 3 116 130 61 2 218 99 48 1072 Kk| 160 24 16 13 67 51 32 21 84 32 24 715 Mh| 168 106 13 5 41 130 6 46 63 125 743 Nt| 192 13 0 35 134 11 33 68 153 730 Gg| 74 0 0 14 0 4 0 14 158 Pa| 196 85 4 11 122 49 0 654 Sh| 168 57 0 124 111 43 837 Sv| 220 4 63 92 163 933 Tc| 74 5 0 7 161 Ts| 236 98 48 1078 Ur| 168 80 825 Wz| 206 850 Number of 2-station scans: 209 Number of 3-station scans: 128 Number of 4-station scans: 127 Number of 5-station scans: 79 Number of 6-station scans: 67 Number of 7-station scans: 26 Number of 8-station scans: 26 Number of 9-station scans: 15 Number of 10-station scans: 9 Number of 11-station scans: 4 Number of 12-station scans: 0 Number of 13-station scans: 0 Number of 14-station scans: 0 Number of 15-station scans: 0 Number of 16-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 690 5589 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code EUR-SX SX Recording mode setup for: DSS15 GILCREEK HOBART26 KOKEE METSAHOV NOTO GGAO7108 SESHAN25 TIGOCONC TSUKUB32 URUMQI 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= 360.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 140.2 MHz S-band spanned bw= 85.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 33.0 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 8.000 6.000 14.000 Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA KASHIM34 PARKES 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= 360.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 140.2 MHz S-band spanned bw= 85.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 33.0 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 8.000 6.000 14.000 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Speed ID Station Tape length Speed 15 DSS15 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Ft FORTLEZA 8700feet (Thick ) 33333. (Low ) 12 Gc GILCREEK 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Ho HOBART26 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Kb KASHIM34 8700feet (Thick ) 33333. (Low ) 12 Kk KOKEE 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Mh METSAHOV 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Nt NOTO 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Gg GGAO7108 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Pa PARKES 8700feet (Thick ) 33333. (Low ) 12 Sh SESHAN25 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Sv SVETLOE 8700feet (Thick ) 33333. (Low ) 12 Tc TIGOCONC 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Ts TSUKUB32 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 12 Ur URUMQI 17400feet (Thin ) 56250. (High) 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) 15 Ft Gc Ho Kb Kk Mh Nt Gg Pa Sh Sv Tc Ts Ur 15 Ft Gc Ho Kb Kk Mh Nt Gg Pa Sh Sv Tc Ts Ur Ft 20 Ft 18 Gc 20 20 Gc 18 18 Ho 20 20 20 Ho 18 18 18 Kb 20 20 20 20 Kb 18 18 18 18 Kk 20 20 20 20 20 Kk 18 18 18 18 18 Mh 20 20 20 20 20 20 Mh 18 18 18 18 18 18 Nt 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Nt 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Gg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Gg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Pa 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 Pa 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 Sh 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Sh 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 18 Sv 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Sv 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 18 18 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ts 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 Ts 18 15 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 18 18 18 15 Ur 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 20 Ur 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 18 18 18 15 18 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 20 20 Wz 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 18 18 18 15 18 18