Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1490 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2011.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1490 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2011-186-17:00:00 End: 2011-187-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2011186 (2011.51) ( 15748 MJD, TUES 5JUL.) Greenwich sidereal time: 11:53: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 6h 57.9m 22d 46.2 =========================================================== Important Station Information Yarragadee was tagged along to this schedule file. Fortaleza's SEFDs were changed from 10,000 to 5,000 for both X- and S-band. =========================================================== 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 Hb K1 Kk Ny Tc Wz Yg 0537-441 11186-170000| 94 94 | 0716+714 11186-170000| 178 178 109 88 49 | 1749+096 11186-170353| 226 177 226 75 123| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Hb K1 Kk Ny Tc Wz Yg 1749+096 11187-160516| 241 179 241 95 118| OJ287 11187-160802| 64 64 | 1726+455 11187-161000| 174 193 104 193 | 1144-379 11187-161225| 288 288 | 2229+695 11187-161356| 172 172 91 | 2008-159 11187-161805| 242 242 | 0748+126 11187-162151| 116 182 182 82 | 2255-282 11187-162252| 60 60 | 2227-088 11187-162429| 93 93 | 0552+398 11187-162556| 62 259 259 94 | 0332-403 11187-162710| 243 243 | 3C418 11187-162817| 65 65 | 0727-115 11187-163104| 45 45 | 1639-062 11187-163212| 239 239 | 1749+096 11187-163215| 43 43 | 1803+784 11187-163355| 65 65 43 | 0537-441 11187-163356| 43 43 | 1057-797 11187-163648| 62 163 163 | 0059+581 11187-163707| 160 96 152 160 | 2229+695 11187-164023| 173 173 91 | 1324+224 11187-164454| 70 70 43 | 2008-159 11187-164557| 271 271 | 1149-084 11187-164613| 156 156 | 1726+455 11187-164704| 120 120 | 0552+398 11187-165053| 63 274 274 98 | 2255-282 11187-165112| 62 62 | 2227-088 11187-165251| 94 94 | 0748+126 11187-165401| 43 43 | 0119+115 11187-165526| 178 178 | 0727-115 11187-165623| 45 45 | 1923+210 11187-165705| 43 43 | 0537-441 11187-165909| 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1490.skd for experiment R1490 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.5 Min = 0.0 Max = 65.5 (Baseline Hb-Wz on 0727-115) RMS = 12.3 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 K1=KASHIM11 Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Hb K1 Kk Ny Tc Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 40 48 42 48 48 46 42 13 41 % cal. time: 3 3 4 4 5 3 5 1 3 % slew time: 43 9 11 24 24 11 15 2 18 % idle time: 14 39 42 23 22 39 37 83 38 total # scans: 257 255 329 363 437 255 436 87 302 # scans/hour : 11 11 14 15 18 11 18 4 13 Avg scan (sec): 134 164 111 115 95 157 83 129 122 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1237 1504 1314 1505 1489 1445 1305 403 1275 Total GB(M5): 1100 1336 1168 1338 1323 1284 1160 358 1133 # of tapes : 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 8.0 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 9067.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Hb K1 Kk Ny Tc Wz Yg StnTotal -------------------------------------------------- Ft| 6 2 32 76 187 108 2 413 Hb| 105 162 35 39 31 85 463 K1| 164 187 3 153 74 688 Kk| 133 65 83 38 677 Ny| 35 337 11 814 Tc| 46 7 382 Wz| 11 769 Yg| 228 Number of 2-station scans: 510 Number of 3-station scans: 281 Number of 4-station scans: 124 Number of 5-station scans: 12 Number of 6-station scans: 0 Number of 7-station scans: 0 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 927 2217 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA HOBART12 KASHIM11 KOKEE NYALES20 TIGOCONC WETTZELL YARRA12M 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 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 channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 0221+067 1.00 1.50 0.41 9 9 Total 0.41 9 9 =========================================================== 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 2.00 2 HOBART12 4.00 6 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Major Options Subnet FtHbK1KkNyTcWzYg SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180 MinAngle 15 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 15 MaxSlewTime 300 TimeWindow 24.00 MinSubNetSize 2 NumSubNet 1 Best 60 FillIn Yes FillMinSub 3 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B K1 KASHIM11 K5 Kk KOKEE Mark5A Ny NYALES20 Mark5A Tc TIGOCONC Mark5A Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Yg YARRA12M Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ft Hb K1 Kk Ny Tc Wz Ft Hb K1 Kk Ny Tc Wz Hb 20 Hb 15 K1 20 20 K1 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 12 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 12 15