Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1312 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2008.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== Parameter values for experiment R1312 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see the master schedule Nominal start: 2008-022-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2008-023-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2008022 (2008.06) ( 14488 MJD, TUES 22JAN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 1: 5: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 20h 17.2m -19d 42.3 =========================================================== 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 Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Wz 0235+164 08022-170000| 169 111 102 169 0 129 | 1606+106 08022-170328| 180 180 | 0552+398 08022-170454| 40 40 40 | 1357+769 08022-170719| 40 40 40 40| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Wz 3C371 08023-164503| 83 97 97 80| 0202-172 08023-164822| 200 200 105| OJ287 08023-165304| 40 41 41| 1418+546 08023-165451| 54 54| 0637-752 08023-165530| 106 106 | 0059+581 08023-165644| 67 67| OK290 08023-165645| 64 64 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1312.skd for experiment R1312 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 6.9 Min = 0.0 Max = 43.6 (Baseline Ny-On on CTA26 ) RMS = 10.1 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hh=HARTRAO Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 38 27 33 38 29 36 33 33 % cal. time: 3 2 5 5 2 4 5 4 % slew time: 41 44 25 32 6 15 15 26 % idle time: 18 25 36 24 63 44 45 37 total # scans: 258 215 418 458 154 327 445 325 # scans/hour : 11 9 17 19 6 14 19 14 Avg scan (sec): 126 110 68 71 161 96 64 98 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1266 927 1174 1339 949 1243 1185 1155 Total GB(M5): 1126 824 1043 1190 844 1105 1054 1026 # of tapes : 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 0.5 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 7185.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Wz StnTotal --------------------------------------------- Ft| 117 47 63 120 141 71 559 Hh| 61 81 59 52 114 484 Ny| 344 21 191 299 963 On| 28 164 375 1055 Tc| 84 30 342 Wf| 155 787 Wz| 1044 Number of 2-station scans: 350 Number of 3-station scans: 242 Number of 4-station scans: 129 Number of 5-station scans: 29 Number of 6-station scans: 29 Number of 7-station scans: 2 Total # of scans, observations: 781 2617 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA 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 0.01 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 140.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.9 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: HARTRAO 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 0.01 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 140.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.9 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 1508-055 1.00 1.50 0.73 19 13 2021+614 1.00 1.50 1.38 36 15 0829+046 1.00 1.50 0.57 15 8 1633+38 1.00 1.50 1.87 49 9 0917+624 1.00 1.50 1.60 42 10 1130+009 1.00 1.50 0.84 22 8 0109+224 1.00 1.50 1.30 34 14 0202-172 1.00 1.50 0.69 18 10 0446+112 1.00 1.50 1.45 38 10 2134+00 1.00 1.50 1.45 38 20 Total 11.88 311 117 =========================================================== 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 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hh HARTRAO Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5A On ONSALA60 Mark5A Tc TIGOCONC Mark5A Wf WESTFORD Mark5A Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 3) Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Ft Hh Ny On Tc Wf Hh 20 Hh 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 Wf 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 12 15