Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1685 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: R1685 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2015-117-17:00:00 End: 2015-118-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2015117 (2015.32) ( 17140 MJD, MON. 27APR.) Greenwich sidereal time: 07:21:27 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 2h 19.1m 13d 53.3 =========================================================== Important Station Information Yebes-13.2m antenna (RAEGYEB) was tagged along to this schedule file. =========================================================== 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 Ma Ny On Yj Kv Sh Ts Wz Ys 1144+402 15117-170000| 50 43 58 43 58 43 43 43 43| 1039+811 15117-170152| 54 54 54 43 | OJ287 15117-170226| 64 43 64 43 43 43| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ma Ny On Yj Kv Sh Ts Wz Ys 1144+402 15118-165750| 43 43 43 43 | OJ287 15118-165855| 63 43 63 43 43 43| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1685.skd for experiment R1685 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 7.5 Min = 0.0 Max = 56.1 (Baseline Ft-Wz on 1519-273) RMS = 11.5 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Yj=RAEGYEB Kv=SEJONG Sh=SESHAN25 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Ys=YEBES40M Ft Ma Ny On Yj Kv Sh Ts Wz Ys Avg % obs. time: 43 42 40 42 45 39 43 36 31 34 40 % cal. time: 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 % slew time: 45 25 21 24 4 6 35 22 12 31 23 % idle time: 8 29 34 29 45 49 15 34 52 30 33 total # scans: 250 286 366 331 375 417 480 546 339 309 369 # scans/hour : 10 12 15 14 16 17 20 23 14 13 15 Avg scan (sec): 149 127 94 110 103 81 78 57 80 95 97 # 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 TB(M5): 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ma Ny On Yj Kv Sh Ts Wz Ys Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 188 85 113 138 6 16 18 152 231 947 Ma| 134 181 173 28 66 68 226 214 1278 Ny| 252 220 119 202 228 202 137 1579 On| 215 79 133 137 240 167 1517 Yj| 106 160 174 218 211 1615 Kv| 349 394 58 24 1163 Sh| 441 109 53 1529 Ts| 116 58 1634 Wz| 216 1537 Ys| 1311 Number of 2-station scans: 154 Number of 3-station scans: 301 Number of 4-station scans: 154 Number of 5-station scans: 118 Number of 6-station scans: 79 Number of 7-station scans: 60 Number of 8-station scans: 27 Number of 9-station scans: 18 Number of 10-station scans: 1 Total number of scans: 912 Total number of obs: 7055 Total integrated obs-time: 555457 Average obs-time: 78.7 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 #Obs: | 4479| 703| 356| 268| 196| 157| 273| 145| 105| 114| 99| 45| 22| 9| 42| 42 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ma Ny On Yj Kv Sh Ts Wz Ys AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 39 39 34 40 26 33 33 44 97 53 Ma| 81 80 82 32 49 52 110 231 101 Ny| 74 66 42 76 98 104 210 89 On| 63 32 53 62 94 201 82 Yj| 21 39 45 98 219 81 Kv| 62 83 43 71 59 Sh| 184 77 106 97 Ts| 89 128 107 Wz| 292 118 Ys| 197 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ma Ny On Yj Kv Sh Ts Wz Ys AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 17 20 17 19 15 19 23 19 19 19 Ma| 29 28 33 18 22 30 36 36 30 Ny| 28 29 20 30 46 37 35 32 On| 26 17 23 35 33 32 28 Yj| 13 21 30 38 40 29 Kv| 25 41 21 17 27 Sh| 69 31 24 38 Ts| 46 35 47 Wz| 44 35 Ys| 34 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode for: FORTLEZA ONSALA60 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 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 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 for: MATERA NYALES20 RAEGYEB SEJONG SESHAN25 TSUKUB32 YEBES40M Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:1 256 Mbits 128 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks 8.00 MHz 1 16(*1) 16 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 2215+020 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1725+123 1.00 1.50 0.07 5 3 1342+663 1.00 1.50 1.35 95 9 1013+127 1.00 1.50 0.06 4 4 0237+040 1.00 1.50 0.47 33 16 0949+354 1.00 1.50 0.01 1 1 0743+277 1.00 1.50 0.20 14 5 0159+723 1.00 1.50 0.20 14 8 2123-463 1.00 1.50 0.06 4 4 3C454.3 1.00 1.50 0.89 63 25 Total 3.30 233 75 =========================================================== 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 FtMaNyOnYjKvShTsWzYs 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 1 FORTLEZA 2.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B On ONSALA60 Mark5B Yj RAEGYEB Mark5B Kv SEJONG K5 Sh SESHAN25 Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Ys YEBES40M 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) Ft Ma Ny On Yj Kv Sh Ts Wz Ft Ma Ny On Yj Kv Sh Ts Wz Ma 20 Ma 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 On 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 Yj 20 20 20 20 Yj 15 15 15 15 Kv 20 20 20 20 20 Kv 15 15 15 15 15 Sh 20 20 20 20 20 20 Sh 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ys 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15