Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1165 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 R1165 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see master schedule Nominal start: 2005-066-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2005-067-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2005066 (2005.18) ( 13437 MJD, MON. 7MAR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 4: 2: 2.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 23h 13.0m -5d 2.8 =========================================================== There are no observations for Wettzell from 18:00 U.T. to 20:00 U.T. Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this two hour period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Ho Tc Ts Wf Wz 1448+762 05066-170000| 200 134 200| 1958-179 05066-170000| 69 69 65 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Ho Tc Ts Wf Wz 1622-253 05067-163222| 117 117 | 2121+053 05067-163356| 40 40 | 2113+293 05067-163520| 64 85 85| 1739+522 05067-163737| 40 40 40 40| 0133+476 05067-163929| 40 40 40| 0016+731 05067-164101| 86 40 86 86| 1743+173 05067-164402| 200 200 131 | 0106+013 05067-164409| 40 40| 0229+131 05067-164532| 40 40| 0552+398 05067-164816| 40 40 40| 0234+285 05067-164959| 40 40 40| 0059+581 05067-165139| 40 40 40| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1165.skd for experiment R1165 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 10.5 Min = .0 Max = 120.0 (Baseline Tc-Ts on 0537-441) RMS = 12.3 Total time: 1432 minutes ( 23.9 hours). Key: Gc=GILCREEK Ho=HOBART26 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Gc Ho Tc Ts Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 46 17 22 32 44 37 33 % cal. time: 6 1 1 5 4 4 4 % slew time: 28 34 5 21 19 13 20 % idle time: 19 45 69 41 30 44 41 total # scans: 520 158 149 467 425 363 347 # scans/hour : 21.8 6.6 6.2 19.6 17.8 15.2 14.5 Avg scan (sec): 76 97 130 59 90 89 90 Total GBytes: 1616 613 756 1160 1539 1293 1163 Total GB(M5): 1437 545 672 1031 1368 1150 1034 # of tapes : 3.0 1.0 1.2 1.9 2.4 2.1 tape change times (hhmm): 0125 0000 1241 0652 0316 0519 0919 0000 0000 0000 1241 1621 Total number of tapes: 11.6 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 6203.6 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Gc Ho Tc Ts Wf Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------- Gc|520 70 45 375 284 236 1010 Ho| 158 39 136 22 27 294 Tc| 149 26 119 55 284 Ts| 467 159 200 896 Wf| 425 258 842 Wz| 363 776 Number of 2-station scans: 286 Number of 3-station scans: 335 Number of 4-station scans: 125 Number of 5-station scans: 1 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 747 2051 =========================================================== 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: HOBART26 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 Recording mode setup for: 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual Num #Scans 0502+049 1.00 1.50 1.27 26 12 0754+100 1.00 1.50 1.46 30 8 0016+731 1.00 1.50 1.76 36 6 1448+762 1.00 1.50 1.17 24 8 1743+173 1.00 1.50 1.07 22 12 1508-055 1.00 1.50 1.27 26 15 CTA102 1.00 1.50 1.66 34 8 1236+077 1.00 1.50 1.46 30 14 0234+285 1.00 1.50 1.61 33 8 0707+476 1.00 1.50 1.07 22 6 Total 13.80 283 97 =========================================================== 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 FFTFF 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 Ho HOBART26 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Tc TIGOCONC 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Ts TSUKUB32 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 Ho Tc Ts Wf Gc Ho Tc Ts Wf Ho 20 Ho 15 Tc 15 15 Tc 12 12 Ts 20 20 15 Ts 15 15 12 Wf 20 20 15 20 Wf 15 15 12 15 Wz 20 20 15 20 20 Wz 15 15 12 15 15