Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1623 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2014.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1623 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-034-17:00:00 End: 2014-035-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014034 (2014.09) ( 16692 MJD, MON. 3FEB.) Greenwich sidereal time: 1:55: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 21h 9.0m -16d 23.8 =========================================================== 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 Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg OJ287 14034-170000| 178 57 59 43 66 43 178| 0420-014 14034-170144| 43 43 43 | 1424-418 14034-170152| 92 58 92 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg 1954-388 14035-163917| 239 239 | 0800+618 14035-163944| 43 43 | 2000+472 14035-164206| 97 89 97 | 3C371 14035-164429| 368 368 336 262 | 0537-441 14035-164512| 43 43 43| OJ287 14035-164707| 43 43 43 43| 0912+029 14035-164829| 125 125 | 0657+172 14035-165122| 43 43 | 0420-014 14035-165205| 102 43 43 102| 0552+398 14035-165332| 101 59 48 101 | 1519-273 14035-165439| 236 217 265 265| 0812+367 14035-165549| 76 43 76 | 0059+581 14035-165723| 91 91 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1623.skd for experiment R1623 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 6.3 Min = 0.0 Max = 138.1 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 0420-014) RMS = 12.6 Total time: 1439 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ai=AIRA Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 35 45 60 60 51 52 47 48 49 58 51 % cal. time: 3 3 4 4 4 5 2 6 5 3 4 % slew time: 8 36 11 10 25 23 4 25 14 10 17 % idle time: 53 15 24 24 19 18 45 21 31 28 28 total # scans: 249 226 319 343 382 449 214 532 408 301 342 # scans/hour : 10 9 13 14 16 19 9 22 17 13 14 Avg scan (sec): 123 173 163 152 114 101 191 77 104 165 136 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.1 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.6 Total TB(M5): 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Ai| 0 80 117 97 92 0 190 72 88 736 Ft| 10 1 43 53 157 8 77 6 355 Hb| 222 106 28 22 131 15 203 817 Ke| 112 62 6 181 41 211 953 Kk| 160 62 245 90 59 974 Ny| 34 224 329 30 1012 Tc| 11 38 6 336 Ts| 160 122 1272 Wz| 27 849 Yg| 752 Number of 2-station scans: 612 Number of 3-station scans: 287 Number of 4-station scans: 159 Number of 5-station scans: 76 Number of 6-station scans: 43 Number of 7-station scans: 8 Number of 8-station scans: 1 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 1186 4028 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ai| - 29 34 30 40 - 144 42 26 62 Ft| 24 21 29 50 26 47 58 32 37 Hb| 44 36 31 21 83 51 35 44 Ke| 36 42 18 112 55 39 54 Kk| 42 20 92 39 27 49 Ny| 23 113 90 34 73 Tc| 25 30 17 25 Ts| 120 73 106 Wz| 40 77 Yg| 41 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ai| - 18 18 32 23 - 71 21 18 35 Ft| 18 17 23 22 14 18 25 17 19 Hb| 24 36 23 13 43 22 25 28 Ke| 32 20 13 49 19 23 28 Kk| 39 19 79 30 28 44 Ny| 17 53 39 22 37 Tc| 14 16 15 16 Ts| 52 43 57 Wz| 23 35 Yg| 26 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: AIRA HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE NYALES20 TIGOCONC TSUKUB32 YARRA12M Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:1 256 Mbits 128 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*1) 16 0.00 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 1-bit channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.00 6.00 16.00 Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256 Mbits 128 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 0.00 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 1-bit channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.00 6.00 16.00 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 0812+367 1.00 1.50 1.17 47 19 1221+809 1.00 1.50 0.60 24 9 2232-488 1.00 1.50 0.27 11 9 NGC1052 1.00 1.50 0.87 35 21 1611+343 1.00 1.50 1.59 64 12 2121+053 1.00 1.50 1.17 47 31 1213-172 1.00 1.50 0.74 30 20 0035+413 1.00 1.50 0.07 3 3 0632-235 1.00 1.50 0.30 12 12 NRAO530 1.00 1.50 0.84 34 26 Total 7.62 307 162 =========================================================== Minor Options Astro Abs 3.00 BegScan Rel 1.00 EndScan Rel 1.00 NumObs Rel 1.00 StatIdle Abs 3.00 StatWt Abs 2.00 =========================================================== Major Options Subnet AiFtHbKeKkNyTcTsWzYg SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180.00 MinAngle 15.00 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 4.00 MaxSlewTime 300 TimeWindow 4.00 MinSubNetSize 2 NumSubNet 1 Best 60 FillIn Yes FillMinSub 3 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Weighted Station 7 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ai AIRA K5 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Yg YARRA12M Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) X-band (ast_margin 0) S-band (ast_margin 0) Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ny Tc Ts Wz Ft 20 Ft 15 Hb 20 20 Hb 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 Ke 15 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 12 Ts 70 20 20 20 20 20 15 Ts 65 15 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 15