Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1177 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 R1177 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Plese see the master schedule Nominal start: 2005-151-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2005-152-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2005151 (2005.41) ( 13522 MJD, TUES 31MAY.) Greenwich sidereal time: 9:37: 9.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 4h 34.9m 21d 59.8 =========================================================== There are no observations for Wettzell from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Ny On Tc Ts Wf Wz 0727-115 05151-170000| 128 128 40 54| 1749+096 05151-170000| 40 40 40 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Ny On Tc Ts Wf Wz 0607-157 05152-164353| 40 40 | 1221+809 05152-164410| 123 123 | 1219+044 05152-164440| 118 118| 1923+210 05152-164743| 40 40 40 | OK290 05152-164815| 55 55| 2243-123 05152-164944| 40 40 | 2234+282 05152-165124| 48 48 | 0743+259 05152-165133| 96 96| 2136+141 05152-165258| 40 40 | 2121+053 05152-165421| 40 40 | 1749+096 05152-165610| 40 40 40 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1177.skd for experiment R1177 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 9.4 Min = .0 Max = 480.0 (Baseline Ts-Wz on 1124-186) RMS = 18.2 Total time: 1437 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Gc=GILCREEK Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Gc Ny On Tc Ts Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 41 22 45 26 35 46 39 36 % cal. time: 6 4 6 2 6 5 6 5 % slew time: 31 19 28 6 21 19 14 20 % idle time: 21 54 21 65 37 29 40 39 total # scans: 517 343 499 172 487 443 492 421 # scans/hour : 21.6 14.3 20.8 7.2 20.3 18.5 20.5 17.6 Avg scan (sec): 69 56 77 131 63 89 68 78 Total GBytes: 1465 815 1562 876 1272 1587 1382 1280 Total GB(M5): 1302 725 1388 778 1131 1410 1228 1138 # of tapes : 2.7 1.3 2.5 1.4 2.0 2.5 2.2 tape change times (hhmm): 0152 1127 0303 0830 0514 0205 0534 1053 0000 1240 0000 0000 1207 1519 Total number of tapes: 14.6 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 7962.9 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Gc Ny On Tc Ts Wf Wz StnTotal ------------------------------------------ Gc|517 204 145 37 367 239 127 1119 Ny| 343 249 18 171 181 218 1041 On| 499 27 163 195 436 1215 Tc| 172 29 135 33 279 Ts| 487 110 157 997 Wf| 443 185 1045 Wz| 492 1156 Number of 2-station scans: 501 Number of 3-station scans: 280 Number of 4-station scans: 130 Number of 5-station scans: 69 Number of 6-station scans: 41 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 1021 3426 =========================================================== 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: NYALES20 ONSALA60 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 Recording mode setup for: 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual Num #Scans 1937-101 1.00 1.50 .67 23 19 2335-027 1.00 1.50 .82 28 20 2254+024 1.00 1.50 .20 7 7 1221+809 1.00 1.50 .73 25 23 0111+021 1.00 1.50 .61 21 21 Total 3.04 104 90 =========================================================== 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 FFFTF FF =========================================================== 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 Ny NYALES20 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 On ONSALA60 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 Ny On Tc Ts Wf Gc Ny On Tc Ts Wf Ny 20 Ny 15 On 20 20 On 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 Ts 20 20 20 15 Ts 15 15 15 12 Wf 20 20 20 15 20 Wf 15 15 15 12 15 Wz 20 20 20 15 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 12 15 15