Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1161 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2005.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== Parameter values for experiment R1161 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: HAYSTACK Nominal start: 2005-038-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2005-039-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2005038 (2005.10) ( 13409 MJD, MON. 7FEB.) Greenwich sidereal time: 2:11:38.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 21h 25.8m -15d 7.1 =========================================================== 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 Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Ho Kk Wf Wz 0234+285 05038-170000| 40 40 40| 1508-055 05038-170000| 129 129 115 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Hh Ho Kk Wf Wz 0829+046 05039-164418| 200 200 | 1739+522 05039-164540| 40 40 40 40| 0119+115 05039-164753| 40 40| 0805+410 05039-164945| 131 131| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1161.skd for experiment R1161 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 10.0 Min = .0 Max = 60.0 (Baseline Hh-Ho on 0556+238) RMS = 9.3 Total time: 1432 minutes ( 23.9 hours). Key: Gc=GILCREEK Hh=HARTRAO Ho=HOBART26 Kk=KOKEE Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Gc Hh Ho Kk Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 40 27 26 37 40 36 34 % cal. time: 5 3 3 4 5 4 4 % slew time: 30 52 48 20 21 15 31 % idle time: 22 16 21 36 33 43 29 total # scans: 478 292 285 425 443 419 390 # scans/hour : 20.0 12.2 11.9 17.8 18.6 17.6 16.4 Avg scan (sec): 73 80 79 76 77 74 76 Total GBytes: 1436 950 918 1321 1398 1278 1217 Total GB(M5): 1277 845 816 1174 1243 1136 1082 # of tapes : 2.7 1.6 1.5 2.1 2.2 2.0 tape change times (hhmm): 0212 0859 0955 0552 0257 0601 1042 0000 0000 1601 1435 0000 Total number of tapes: 12.1 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 6492.5 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Gc Hh Ho Kk Wf Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------- Gc|478 7 45 280 283 200 815 Hh| 292 121 0 59 155 342 Ho| 285 136 13 23 338 Kk| 425 186 92 694 Wf| 443 221 762 Wz| 419 691 Number of 2-station scans: 681 Number of 3-station scans: 220 Number of 4-station scans: 80 Number of 5-station scans: 0 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 981 1821 =========================================================== 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 KOKEE 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 Recording mode setup for: HOBART26 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual Num #Scans 0502+049 1.00 1.50 1.04 19 13 0234+285 1.00 1.50 1.59 29 13 1145-071 1.00 1.50 1.26 23 15 1549-790 1.00 1.50 .60 11 11 0829+046 1.00 1.50 1.04 19 9 CTA102 1.00 1.50 1.26 23 11 0820+560 1.00 1.50 1.54 28 9 0426-380 1.00 1.50 1.10 20 18 1508-055 1.00 1.50 1.04 19 15 1642+690 1.00 1.50 1.59 29 7 Total 12.08 220 121 =========================================================== Minor Options Option Norm Wt Aux_Parm Astro Abs 3.00 BegScan Rel 1.00 EndScan Rel 1.00 StatIdle Abs 3.00 StatWt Abs 1.00 FFFFF F =========================================================== Major Options SkyCov Yes Min_Between 20 Best% 60.0 Last_Hrs 1.00 Add_ps 30.00 Obs_Wts SNRwt =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Gc GILCREEK 17400feet (Thin ) 56700 (HIGH ) 12 Hh HARTRAO 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Ho HOBART26 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Kk KOKEE 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 Ho Kk Wf Gc Hh Ho Kk Wf Hh 20 Hh 15 Ho 20 20 Ho 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15