Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1606 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2013.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1606 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2013-280-17:00:00 End: 2013-281-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013280 (2013.77) ( 16573 MJD, MON. 7OCT.) Greenwich sidereal time: 18: 6: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 12h 53.7m -5d 44.9 =========================================================== 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 Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz 0059+581 13280-170000| 129 338 70 226 162 240 338 119| 1424-418 13280-170000| 43 43 | 0537-441 13280-170121| 269 269 | =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz 1144-379 13281-163854| 600 600 360 333 | 2113+293 13281-163915| 239 247 247 116| 0727-115 13281-164150| 124 124 43 | 0537-441 13281-164431| 65 65 | 1846+322 13281-164603| 72 76 76 52 43| 2255-282 13281-164617| 368 368 | 2149+056 13281-164845| 187 187 88| 0322+222 13281-164850| 176 176 | 3C418 13281-165056| 43 43| 2052-474 13281-165303| 84 84 | 1803+784 13281-165401| 244 244 | NRAO512 13281-165414| 202 134 190 202 95 71| 1057-797 13281-165503| 267 267 | 0718+793 13281-165643| 82 82| =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1606.skd for experiment R1606 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 4.5 Min = 0.0 Max = 80.0 (Baseline Kk-Wf on 1144-379) RMS = 9.3 Total time: 1438 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ai=AIRA Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Tc=TIGO Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 61 50 69 64 49 56 58 60 67 51 41 57 % cal. time: 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 % slew time: 8 30 8 8 20 22 17 18 3 15 11 15 % idle time: 28 18 20 25 27 17 20 18 27 30 44 25 total # scans: 215 171 234 255 273 268 284 246 166 294 310 246 # scans/hour : 9 7 10 11 11 11 12 10 7 12 13 10 Avg scan (sec): 245 250 253 215 155 181 177 212 350 150 113 208 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.9 1.5 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.3 1.8 Total TB(M5): 1.7 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.1 1.6 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz Total ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 0 51 104 115 69 102 81 0 47 81 650 Ft| 30 3 24 60 34 39 111 82 57 440 Hb| 173 61 9 12 7 66 8 8 425 Ke| 70 25 43 30 28 10 31 517 Kk| 59 124 80 41 121 89 784 Ma| 156 193 33 142 226 972 Ny| 198 12 174 191 1046 On| 17 146 205 996 Tc| 55 20 383 Wf| 175 960 Wz| 1083 Number of 2-station scans: 344 Number of 3-station scans: 183 Number of 4-station scans: 101 Number of 5-station scans: 82 Number of 6-station scans: 66 Number of 7-station scans: 35 Number of 8-station scans: 3 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Number of 11-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 814 4128 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ai| - 28 34 24 38 53 39 - 36 43 37 Ft| 30 35 27 59 61 49 24 56 63 45 Hb| 40 32 39 44 47 18 29 50 33 Ke| 32 63 65 61 18 49 67 43 Kk| 39 56 36 20 41 51 38 Ma| 102 85 27 64 107 79 Ny| 97 30 84 126 88 On| 27 58 96 75 Tc| 25 31 23 Wf| 85 63 Wz| 90 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny On Tc Wf Wz AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ai| - 17 17 25 17 17 17 - 16 17 18 Ft| 22 22 25 24 19 20 14 25 24 21 Hb| 23 38 19 19 19 14 17 18 23 Ke| 31 18 18 18 13 18 18 21 Kk| 24 32 27 22 39 31 31 Ma| 26 30 13 27 34 27 Ny| 25 13 26 29 26 On| 13 25 31 26 Tc| 14 14 15 Wf| 32 27 Wz| 29 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: AIRA HOBART12 KATH12M KOKEE MATERA NYALES20 TIGOCONC WESTFORD Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:1 128 Mbits 256 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*1) 16 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 1-bit channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA ONSALA60 WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 128 Mbits 256 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 1-bit channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 2029+024 1.00 1.50 0.36 15 6 0237+040 1.00 1.50 1.04 43 11 0711+356 1.00 1.50 0.27 11 4 2325+093 1.00 1.50 1.87 77 11 0528-250 1.00 1.50 0.31 13 9 1443-162 1.00 1.50 0.02 1 1 1717+178 1.00 1.50 0.90 37 7 0300+470 1.00 1.50 1.74 72 9 1059+282 1.00 1.50 0.02 1 1 1823+568 1.00 1.50 0.73 30 5 Total 7.27 300 64 =========================================================== 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 AiFtHbKeKkMaNyOnTcWfWz SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180.00 MinAngle 15.00 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 15.00 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 =========================================================== Weighted Station 1 AIRA 3.00 9 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ai AIRA K5 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ma MATERA Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B On ONSALA60 Mark5A Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wf WESTFORD Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== 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) Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny On Tc Wf Ai Ft Hb Ke Kk Ma Ny On Tc Wf Ft 20 Ft 15 Hb 20 20 Hb 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 On 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 On 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Wf 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wf 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 15