Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1198 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 R1198 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see master schedule Nominal start: 2005-318-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2005-319-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2005318 (2005.87) ( 13689 MJD, MON. 14NOV.) Greenwich sidereal time: 20:35:34.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 15h 20.1m -18d 22.5 =========================================================== 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 Ma Ny On Tc Ts Wz 0552+398 05318-170000| 40 40 40 40 40| 1739+522 05318-170305| 60 118 57 118 43| 1300+580 05318-170604| 107 224 224 53 101| 0823+033 05318-170927| 40 40 | 1741-038 05318-170938| 126 126| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Ma Ny On Tc Ts Wz 1741-038 05319-161524| 300 300 300 145| 0805+410 05319-161615| 40 40 | 0917+449 05319-161738| 40 40 40 | 0823+033 05319-161917| 40 40 | 1418+546 05319-162201| 201 201 113 169 86 75| 1357+769 05319-162620| 84 184 89 184 41 82| 0133+476 05319-163158| 40 90 45 90 40 40| 1749+096 05319-163602| 74 40 74 40| 1923+210 05319-163813| 63 40 63 40| 1908-201 05319-164029| 40 40 40| 1219+285 05319-164059| 187 187 | 2121+053 05319-164221| 40 40 40 40| 1741-038 05319-164524| 40 40 40| 0528+134 05319-164629| 40 40 40 | 0556+238 05319-164753| 40 40 | 1308+326 05319-164827| 40 40 40| 0656+082 05319-164917| 40 40 | 0727-115 05319-165041| 40 40 | 0823+033 05319-165212| 40 40 | OJ287 05319-165337| 40 40 40 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1198.skd for experiment R1198 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 7.6 Min = .0 Max = 130.9 (Baseline Ma-Ts on 0454-234) RMS = 11.0 Total time: 1434 minutes ( 23.9 hours). Key: Gc=GILCREEK Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Gc Ma Ny On Tc Ts Wz Avg % obs. time: 48 52 28 53 27 34 34 39 % cal. time: 5 4 3 4 1 5 4 4 % slew time: 25 25 17 21 3 19 11 18 % idle time: 21 18 51 20 67 41 50 39 total # scans: 423 347 293 349 105 448 360 332 # scans/hour : 17.7 14.5 12.3 14.6 4.4 18.7 15.1 13.9 Avg scan (sec): 98 129 83 131 224 64 81 115 Total GBytes: 1644 1735 978 1771 885 1201 1174 1341 Total GB(M5): 1462 1543 870 1574 787 1068 1044 1192 # of tapes : 3.1 2.9 1.6 2.9 1.5 1.9 1.9 tape change times (hhmm): 0029 0140 0914 0205 0652 0538 0655 0813 0947 0000 1016 0000 0000 0000 1640 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Total number of tapes: 15.7 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 8346.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Gc Ma Ny On Tc Ts Wz StnTotal ------------------------------------------ Gc|423 111 185 139 52 343 124 954 Ma| 347 187 284 30 149 289 1050 Ny| 293 214 12 178 197 973 On| 349 29 155 290 1111 Tc| 105 34 32 189 Ts| 448 144 1003 Wz| 360 1076 Number of 2-station scans: 280 Number of 3-station scans: 196 Number of 4-station scans: 115 Number of 5-station scans: 69 Number of 6-station scans: 62 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 722 3178 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX 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: MATERA NYALES20 ONSALA60 TIGOCONC 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 1354-152 1.00 1.50 .69 22 8 0400+258 1.00 1.50 1.45 46 11 1642+690 1.00 1.50 1.32 42 9 1514+197 1.00 1.50 .94 30 20 3C395 1.00 1.50 1.42 45 11 0917+449 1.00 1.50 1.60 51 8 1053+704 1.00 1.50 1.29 41 7 1219+285 1.00 1.50 1.04 33 20 2021+614 1.00 1.50 1.45 46 4 0149+218 1.00 1.50 1.29 41 12 Total 12.49 397 110 =========================================================== Minor Options Option Norm Wt Aux_Parm Astro Abs 3.00 BegScan Rel 1.00 EndScan Rel 1.00 NumObs Rel 1.00 StatIdle Abs 3.00 StatWt Abs 1.00 FFFFT 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 Ma MATERA 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 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 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 Ma Ny On Tc Ts Gc Ma Ny On Tc Ts Ma 20 Ma 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 On 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 Ts 20 20 20 20 15 Ts 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 12 15