Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1864 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2018.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1864 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2018-288-17:00:00 End: 2018-289-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2018288 (2018.79) ( 18407 MJD, MON. 15OCT.) Greenwich sidereal time: 18:36:42 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 13h 22.4m -8d 40.6 =========================================================== Important Station Information Kokee's SEFDs were increased to 6000 for X-band and 1500 for S-band because Kokee has been running warm. =========================================================== 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 Ht Is Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg 2318+049 18288-170000| 109 114 281 300 109 257 179 179 300| 0059+581 18288-170235| 125 125 120 | 2052-474 18288-170306| 88 88 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ht Is Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg 1053+704 18289-165223| 35 35 | 0229+131 18289-165317| 119 119 | 1741-038 18289-165431| 20 58 20 65 65 | 0641+392 18289-165445| 295 295 | 0119+041 18289-165552| 243 243| 1520+319 18289-165617| 110 110 | 1717+178 18289-165617| 218 218 77 | 3C84 18289-165848| 67 67 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1864.skd for experiment R1864 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 7.4 Min = 0.0 Max = 84.7 (Baseline Ft-Ke on 2008-159) RMS = 11.4 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ht=HART15M Is=ISHIOKA Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Kv=SEJONG Wn=WETTZ13N Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Ht Is Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 38 53 72 68 50 56 63 62 69 59 64 59 % cal. time: 4 6 6 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 % slew time: 42 29 10 16 21 33 23 18 3 15 15 21 % idle time: 16 11 11 11 24 5 8 15 21 20 16 15 total # scans: 309 483 489 411 317 421 464 351 423 409 388 405 # scans/hour : 13 20 20 17 13 18 19 15 18 17 16 17 Avg scan (sec): 105 96 127 143 136 115 117 152 142 125 142 126 # data tracks: 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 # Mk5 tracks: 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 Total TB(M5): 2.08 2.96 3.98 3.75 2.77 3.09 3.46 3.41 3.84 3.26 3.52 3.28 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ht Is Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg Total ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 206 5 4 21 104 61 3 96 127 17 644 Ht| 85 110 0 173 87 56 140 149 144 1150 Is| 186 204 168 285 268 186 92 134 1613 Ke| 105 65 78 171 75 49 311 1154 Kk| 76 161 140 91 74 66 938 Ma| 265 135 289 189 49 1513 Ny| 168 261 137 41 1544 Kv| 147 104 128 1320 Wn| 176 46 1507 Wz| 31 1128 Yg| 967 Number of 2-station scans: 619 Number of 3-station scans: 339 Number of 4-station scans: 133 Number of 5-station scans: 124 Number of 6-station scans: 78 Number of 7-station scans: 55 Number of 8-station scans: 20 Number of 9-station scans: 5 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Number of 11-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1373 Total number of obs: 6739 Total integrated obs-time: 780278 Average obs-time: 115.8 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 195 210 225 240 255 270 285 300 #Obs: | 524| 526| 638| 551| 556| 421| 543| 619| 505| 451| 292| 242| 197| 171| 119| 97| 66| 61| 160| Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Is Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 34 35 26 22 33 31 33 41 46 26 36 Ht| 36 33 - 49 47 27 55 65 37 44 Is| 45 37 53 61 53 62 90 36 52 Ke| 28 35 42 34 42 58 37 38 Kk| 35 39 28 38 50 22 35 Ma| 75 46 90 131 30 69 Ny| 50 88 135 33 67 Kv| 53 75 28 45 Wn| 342 35 98 Wz| 42 127 Yg| 34 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Is Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 26 17 16 24 19 20 15 30 25 17 24 Ht| 30 23 - 35 35 23 56 48 26 35 Is| 30 38 25 31 31 39 39 29 32 Ke| 31 20 20 22 29 28 25 26 Kk| 20 28 26 32 30 35 31 Ma| 34 20 54 57 22 36 Ny| 24 53 61 20 36 Kv| 32 31 22 26 Wn| 221 33 65 Wz| 31 71 Yg| 26 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX8N 8F Recording mode for: FORTLEZA HART15M ISHIOKA KATH12M KOKEE MATERA NYALES20 SEJONG WETTZ13N WETTZELL YARRA12M Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:1 512 Mbits 128 MHz 14 2 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks 8.00 MHz 1 32(*1) 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 19.13 11.48 30.61 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 2306-312 1.00 1.50 0.06 4 2 1817-254 1.00 1.50 0.52 35 15 1526+670 1.00 1.50 0.13 9 5 2319+444 1.00 1.50 0.04 3 3 NRAO190 1.00 1.50 0.71 48 10 1330+022 1.00 1.50 0.55 37 12 1717+178 1.00 1.50 1.54 104 20 1030+074 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 3C84 1.00 1.50 0.61 41 39 1725-795 1.00 1.50 0.13 9 9 Total 4.30 290 115 =========================================================== 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 FtHtIsKeKkMaNyKvWnWzYg 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 =========================================================== 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 Ht Is Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Ft Ht Is Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Ht 20 Ht 15 Is 20 20 Is 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 Ke 15 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 15 Ma 20 20 20 20 20 Ma 15 15 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 15 15 Kv 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Kv 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wn 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wn 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 99 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 99 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15