Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1197 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 R1197 Experiment description: IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: Please see master schedule Nominal start: 2005-311-17:00:00 Nominal end: 2005-312-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2005311 (2005.85) ( 13682 MJD, MON. 7NOV.) Greenwich sidereal time: 20: 7:58.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 14h 51.7m -16d 26.9 =========================================================== 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 Gc Ma Ny Tc Ts Wz 0133+476 05311-170000| 40 40 40 40| 1300+580 05311-170303| 105 105 104 48 99| 3C418 05311-170608| 111 150 48 150| 0552+398 05311-170951| 40 40 40 40| 0836+710 05311-171130| 40 40 40 | 2329-162 05311-171130| 166 166| 0745+241 05311-171315| 52 52 | 1022+194 05311-171509| 145 145 | 2134+00 05311-171519| 40 40| 1637+574 05311-171814| 40 40| 1215+303 05311-171825| 145 145 | 1749+096 05311-172018| 40 40 40| 0159+723 05311-172218| 200 129 200| 0235+164 05311-172622| 40 40 40 40| 0119+115 05311-172756| 40 40 40| 2356+385 05311-172924| 132 55 132| 3C371 05311-173303| 107 107 45 107| 0642+449 05311-173618| 40 40 40 40 40| 1101+384 05311-173818| 64 64 | 1741-038 05311-174006| 200 200 125| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Gc Ma Ny Tc Ts Wz OQ208 05312-163653| 200 200 68 40| 1741-038 05312-163902| 147 147| 1101+384 05312-164114| 64 64 | 2255-282 05312-164352| 40 40| 1215+303 05312-164453| 145 145 | 2329-162 05312-164523| 169 169| 0003-066 05312-164904| 40 40 40| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1197.skd for experiment R1197 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source (normalized by up-time) = 7.8 Min = .0 Max = 102.9 (Baseline Ts-Wz on 1958-179) RMS = 10.6 Total time: 1430 minutes ( 23.8 hours). Key: Gc=GILCREEK Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Gc Ma Ny Tc Ts Wz Avg % obs. time: 49 40 21 15 39 42 34 % cal. time: 6 5 3 1 6 6 4 % slew time: 26 32 14 2 20 14 18 % idle time: 18 23 61 81 34 37 43 total # scans: 491 443 265 80 478 491 374 # scans/hour : 20.6 18.6 11.1 3.4 20.1 20.6 15.7 Avg scan (sec): 86 77 69 163 71 73 89 Total GBytes: 1695 1387 751 498 1392 1473 1199 Total GB(M5): 1507 1233 668 443 1237 1309 1066 # of tapes : 3.2 2.2 1.2 .9 2.2 2.4 tape change times (hhmm): 0032 0346 1215 0000 0324 0403 0826 1449 0000 0000 1447 1358 1612 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Total number of tapes: 12.0 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 6396.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Gc Ma Ny Tc Ts Wz StnTotal -------------------------------------- Gc|491 151 210 41 388 207 997 Ma| 443 149 25 163 396 884 Ny| 265 11 178 182 730 Tc| 80 24 22 123 Ts| 478 196 949 Wz| 491 1003 Number of 2-station scans: 432 Number of 3-station scans: 205 Number of 4-station scans: 121 Number of 5-station scans: 57 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 815 2343 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX 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: MATERA NYALES20 TIGOCONC 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 Recording mode setup for: TSUKUB32 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 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual Num #Scans 1746+470 1.00 1.50 .64 15 15 1532+016 1.00 1.50 .47 11 11 0836+710 1.00 1.50 1.24 29 7 0159+723 1.00 1.50 1.79 42 8 0745+241 1.00 1.50 1.02 24 15 1656+348 1.00 1.50 1.02 24 12 2329-162 1.00 1.50 .30 7 7 1022+194 1.00 1.50 .60 14 12 1215+303 1.00 1.50 .51 12 12 1637+574 1.00 1.50 1.41 33 6 Total 9.01 211 105 =========================================================== 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 FFFTF 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 Gc GILCREEK 17400feet (Thin ) 56700 (HIGH ) 12 Ma MATERA 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Ny NYALES20 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Tc TIGOCONC 17400feet (Thin ) 56250 (HIGH ) 14 Ts TSUKUB32 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) Gc Ma Ny Tc Ts Gc Ma Ny Tc Ts Ma 20 Ma 15 Ny 20 20 Ny 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 Ts 20 20 20 15 Ts 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 12 15