Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1326 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 R1326 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see the master schedule Nominal start: 2008-119-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2008-120-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2008119 (2008.33) ( 14585 MJD, MON. 28APR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 7:28: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 2h 25.5m 14d 25.3 =========================================================== Important Station Information Ny Alesund and Zelenchuckskaya were tagged along to this session. =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee and Wettzell from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Kokee and Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ho Kk Ny Sh Wf Wz Zc 0104-408 08119-170000| 93 93 | 1357+769 08119-170000| 40 40 40 40 40 40| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ho Kk Ny Sh Wf Wz Zc 1357+769 08120-165259| 40 40 40 40 40 40| CTA26 08120-165506| 68 68 62 | 1741-038 08120-165618| 40 40 40 | 0458-020 08120-165650| 99 99 | 1908-201 08120-165807| 41 41 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1326.skd for experiment R1326 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 8.2 Min = 0.0 Max = 96.0 (Baseline Kk-Wf on 0405-385) RMS = 12.4 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ho=HOBART26 Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Sh=SESHAN25 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Zc=ZELENCHK Ft Ho Kk Ny Sh Wf Wz Zc Avg % obs. time: 26 23 34 8 30 39 36 12 26 % cal. time: 3 4 5 2 6 5 5 2 4 % slew time: 44 47 28 8 45 22 15 31 30 % idle time: 27 25 33 82 18 33 43 53 40 total # scans: 261 360 441 133 486 420 410 197 338 # scans/hour : 11 15 18 6 20 18 17 8 14 Avg scan (sec): 85 56 66 54 53 80 75 54 65 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 895 860 1209 305 1111 1362 1258 454 932 Total GB(M5): 796 764 1074 271 987 1211 1119 403 828 # of tapes : 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 0.6 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 6625.3 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ho Kk Ny Sh Wf Wz Zc StnTotal -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 11 41 12 11 175 144 59 453 Ho| 219 8 273 5 19 38 573 Kk| 72 260 167 99 47 905 Ny| 114 87 111 58 462 Sh| 103 172 116 1049 Wf| 238 81 856 Wz| 168 951 Zc| 567 Number of 2-station scans: 443 Number of 3-station scans: 364 Number of 4-station scans: 91 Number of 5-station scans: 38 Number of 6-station scans: 27 Number of 7-station scans: 2 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 965 2908 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA HOBART26 SESHAN25 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: KOKEE NYALES20 WESTFORD WETTZELL ZELENCHK 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 0302+625 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1354+195 1.00 1.50 0.79 23 9 0342+147 1.00 1.50 0.55 16 6 1856+736 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2204-540 1.00 1.50 0.21 6 6 0945+408 1.00 1.50 2.13 62 12 2150+173 1.00 1.50 0.69 20 11 1616+063 1.00 1.50 0.76 22 16 1145-071 1.00 1.50 1.00 29 17 NGC0262 1.00 1.50 0.52 15 11 Total 6.64 193 88 =========================================================== 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 FFFFF FFF =========================================================== 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 Ho HOBART26 Mark5A Kk KOKEE Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5A Sh SESHAN25 Mark5A Wf WESTFORD Mark5A Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Zc ZELENCHK Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 3) Ft Ho Kk Ny Sh Wf Wz Ft Ho Kk Ny Sh Wf Wz Ho 20 Ho 15 Kk 20 20 Kk 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 Sh 20 20 20 20 Sh 15 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 Zc 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Zc 15 15 15 15 15 15 15