Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1196 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2005.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== Parameter values for experiment R1196 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see master schedule Nominal start: 2005-304-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2005-305-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2005304 (2005.83) ( 13675 MJD, MON. 31OCT.) Greenwich sidereal time: 19:40:22.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 14h 24.0m -14d 17.7 =========================================================== 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 Gc Ho Kk Ma Wz 1150+812 05304-170000| 61 64 64 40| 0235+164 05304-170327| 57 132 132 40| 0556+238 05304-170525| 62 62 | 3C418 05304-170809| 111 150 150| 0537-441 05304-170918| 40 40 | 1504+377 05304-171143| 154 194 194| 0828+493 05304-171557| 200 200 200| 0039+230 05304-172011| 200 200| 0420+417 05304-172014| 40 40 | 0952+179 05304-172245| 121 121 | 0059+581 05304-172448| 51 51| 1313-333 05304-172545| 65 65 | 2243-123 05304-172734| 40 40| 1147+245 05304-172742| 90 90 | 1656+053 05304-173006| 200 200 200| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Gc Ho Kk Ma Wz 1611+343 05305-164148| 40 40 40 40| 1300+580 05305-164339| 101 200 200 98| 0642+449 05305-164801| 40 40 40| 0743+259 05305-164926| 71 71 40 | 2243-123 05305-165022| 40 40| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1196.skd for experiment R1196 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 8.1 Min = .0 Max = 57.6 (Baseline Kk-Ma on 1749+096) RMS = 10.5 Total time: 1431 minutes ( 23.9 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Gc=GILCREEK Ho=HOBART26 Kk=KOKEE Ma=MATERA Wz=WETTZELL Ft Gc Ho Kk Ma Wz Avg % obs. time: 8 43 21 39 37 42 32 % cal. time: 1 5 3 5 4 5 4 % slew time: 7 28 41 21 30 14 24 % idle time: 83 23 33 34 29 38 40 total # scans: 63 470 244 458 367 443 340 # scans/hour : 2.6 19.7 10.2 19.2 15.4 18.6 14.3 Avg scan (sec): 110 78 75 73 86 82 83 Total GBytes: 273 1484 744 1361 1262 1461 1098 Total GB(M5): 243 1319 662 1209 1122 1299 976 # of tapes : .5 2.8 1.2 2.1 2.0 2.4 tape change times (hhmm): 0000 0135 1346 0500 0503 0425 0000 1049 0000 1547 0000 1408 Total number of tapes: 11.0 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 5853.6 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Gc Ho Kk Ma Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------- Ft| 63 33 6 19 43 51 152 Gc| 470 82 327 160 259 861 Ho| 244 196 35 27 346 Kk| 458 76 141 759 Ma| 367 318 632 Wz| 443 796 Number of 2-station scans: 483 Number of 3-station scans: 234 Number of 4-station scans: 83 Number of 5-station scans: 9 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 809 1773 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256.000 Mbits 64.000 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 4.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 160.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 120.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 48.8 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: GILCREEK Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel VLBA1:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 8:1 Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 160.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 120.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 48.8 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: HOBART26 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) 32 160.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 120.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 48.8 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: KOKEE MATERA 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) 32 160.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 120.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 48.8 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 0952+179 1.00 1.50 1.64 29 15 3C120 1.00 1.50 .96 17 13 1656+053 1.00 1.50 1.18 21 9 1504+377 1.00 1.50 1.02 18 9 0420+417 1.00 1.50 1.41 25 12 1150+812 1.00 1.50 1.41 25 5 1147+245 1.00 1.50 .96 17 8 1313-333 1.00 1.50 .62 11 11 0828+493 1.00 1.50 1.64 29 10 0039+230 1.00 1.50 1.47 26 12 Total 12.30 218 104 =========================================================== 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 TFFFF F =========================================================== 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 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Gc GILCREEK 17400feet (Thin ) 56700 (HIGH ) 12 Ho HOBART26 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Kk KOKEE 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Ma MATERA 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Wz WETTZELL 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 3) Ft Gc Ho Kk Ma Ft Gc Ho Kk Ma Gc 15 Gc 12 Ho 15 20 Ho 12 15 Kk 15 20 20 Kk 12 15 15 Ma 15 20 20 20 Ma 12 15 15 15 Wz 15 20 20 20 20 Wz 12 15 15 15 15