Session Notes for R4 (Rapid Turnaround Thursday) session: r4616 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2013.html#r4 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R4616 Description NEOSA Scheduler: USNO Correlator: WASH Start: 2013-353-18:30:00 End: 2013-354-18:30:00 Current yyyyddd: 2013353 (2013.97) ( 16646 MJD, THUR 19DEC.) Greenwich sidereal time: 0:24: 0.00 (18:30: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 17h 51.4m -23d 25.3 =========================================================== Important Station Information Station Yd will be testing the DBBC at Yebes. =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee, Svetlow, and Wettzell from 18:30 U.T. to 19:30 U.T. Kokee, Svetloe, and Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Bd Ft Ht Kk Ny Sv Tc Wz Ys Yd Zc 0008-264 13353-183000| 784 784 784 | 0221+067 13353-183000| 745 784 784 784 488| 0637-752 13353-184443| 86 86 | 1642+690 13353-184606| 60 60 60 60 60| 1741-038 13353-184740| 204 204 | 1324+224 13353-184902| 60 60 | 2356+385 13353-184914| 196 196 196 112| 1417+385 13353-185119| 60 60 | 2131-021 13353-185314| 221 221 | 2141+175 13353-185339| 453 453 415 415 176| 0606-223 13353-185949| 60 60 60| OJ287 13353-190310| 60 60 60| 1954-388 13353-190426| 248 248 | 0821+394 13353-190547| 78 195 195 195 78| 0759+183 13353-190938| 62 87 87| 1758-651 13353-191014| 248 248 | 1030+415 13353-191256| 60 60 60| 1846+322 13353-191517| 189 189 185 185 | 2300-683 13353-191518| 304 304 | 0808+019 13353-191612| 322 322| 1759-396 13353-192156| 391 391 | 0656+082 13353-192304| 122 169 169 169 67| 0544+273 13353-192645| 161 288 288 285 285 114| 0332-403 13353-193254| 74 74 | 1357+769 13353-193320| 97 173 214 84 172 214 214 91| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Bd Ft Ht Kk Ny Sv Tc Wz Ys Yd Zc 1639-062 13354-181602| 665 231 665 | 0202+319 13354-181814| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| 2214+350 13354-182227| 111 133 60 100 133 133 60| 3C418 13354-182545| 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60| 1417+385 13354-182849| 60 60 60 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r4616.skd for experiment R4616 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 4.3 Min = 0.0 Max = 60.0 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 1741-038) RMS = 6.2 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Bd=BADARY Ft=FORTLEZA Ht=HART15M Kk=KOKEE Ny=NYALES20 Sv=SVETLOE Tc=TIGO Wz=WETTZELL Ys=YEBES40M Yd=YEBESDBC Zc=ZELENCHK Bd Ft Ht Kk Ny Sv Tc Wz Ys Yd Zc Avg % obs. time: 34 52 50 56 53 33 80 47 50 50 34 49 % cal. time: 4 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 % slew time: 40 24 12 14 15 40 3 8 25 25 41 23 % idle time: 21 21 34 26 28 23 14 41 21 21 19 25 total # scans: 328 175 235 237 290 323 180 294 280 280 329 268 # scans/hour : 14 7 10 10 12 13 8 12 12 12 14 11 Avg scan (sec): 89 258 184 206 158 88 385 139 155 155 90 172 # 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: 1.2 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.1 2.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.6 Total TB(M5): 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.0 2.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Bd Ft Ht Kk Ny Sv Tc Wz Ys Yd Zc Total ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bd| 24 82 112 216 229 0 178 144 144 233 1362 Ft| 94 37 36 44 85 55 82 82 50 589 Ht| 0 65 97 75 110 118 118 129 888 Kk| 113 82 92 73 56 56 68 689 Ny| 220 21 196 178 178 194 1417 Sv| 18 247 195 195 269 1596 Tc| 28 43 43 19 424 Wz| 222 222 232 1563 Ys| 280 197 1515 Yd| 197 1515 Zc| 1588 Number of 2-station scans: 220 Number of 3-station scans: 152 Number of 4-station scans: 50 Number of 5-station scans: 58 Number of 6-station scans: 46 Number of 7-station scans: 63 Number of 8-station scans: 97 Number of 9-station scans: 8 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Number of 11-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 694 6573 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Bd Ft Ht Kk Ny Sv Tc Wz Ys Yd Zc AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bd| 56 60 53 98 140 - 103 171 171 142 122 Ft| 45 29 49 62 26 67 142 142 62 74 Ht| - 45 73 21 71 154 154 85 85 Kk| 42 55 20 41 77 77 51 48 Ny| 118 21 94 157 157 108 107 Sv| 26 160 249 249 195 164 Tc| 26 52 52 30 29 Wz| 243 243 152 150 Ys| 492 256 251 Yd| 256 251 Zc| 164 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Bd Ft Ht Kk Ny Sv Tc Wz Ys Yd Zc AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bd| 18 31 35 32 47 - 34 29 29 49 37 Ft| 29 30 20 26 16 25 27 27 25 25 Ht| - 26 39 19 34 36 36 40 33 Kk| 29 33 21 28 25 25 30 29 Ny| 38 14 30 27 27 37 31 Sv| 18 48 40 40 63 45 Tc| 16 14 14 16 17 Wz| 36 36 48 38 Ys| 39 41 35 Yd| 41 35 Zc| 45 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: BADARY HART15M KOKEE NYALES20 SVETLOE TIGOCONC YEBES40M YEBESDBC ZELENCHK Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:1 256 Mbits 128 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 10.00 6.00 16.00 Recording mode setup for: FORTLEZA WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256 Mbits 128 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 10.00 6.00 16.00 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual #Num #Scans 0221+067 1.00 1.50 0.73 48 5 2131-021 1.00 1.50 1.55 102 13 0451-282 1.00 1.50 0.49 32 4 1030+074 1.00 1.50 0.44 29 2 1313-333 1.00 1.50 0.05 3 1 2204-540 1.00 1.50 0.18 12 8 1555+001 1.00 1.50 0.18 12 6 1642+690 1.00 1.50 1.64 108 7 0707+476 1.00 1.50 0.75 49 4 0637-752 1.00 1.50 0.30 20 12 Total 6.31 415 62 =========================================================== Minor Options Astro Abs 1.00 BegScan Rel 1.00 EndScan Rel 1.00 NumObs Rel 1.00 SkyCov Rel 1.00 StatWt Abs 1.00 =========================================================== Major Options Subnet BdFtHtKkNySvTcWzYsYdZc SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180.00 MinAngle 15.00 MinBetween 30 MinSunDist 15.00 MaxSlewTime 300 TimeWindow 4.00 MinSubNetSize 2 NumSubNet 1 Best 25 FillIn Yes FillMinSub 3 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Weighted Station 7 TIGOCONC 1.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Bd BADARY Mark5B Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Ht HART15M Mark5B Kk KOKEE Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Sv SVETLOE Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Ys YEBES40M Mark5B Yd YEBESDBC Mark5B Zc ZELENCHK Mark5B =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 5) S-band (margin 3) X-band (ast_margin 0) S-band (ast_margin 0) Bd Ft Ht Kk Ny Sv Tc Wz Ys Yd Bd Ft Ht Kk Ny Sv Tc Wz Ys Yd Ft 20 Ft 15 Ht 20 20 Ht 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 Sv 20 20 20 20 20 Sv 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 15 15 15 15 15 15 Tc 13 13 13 13 13 13 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 Ys 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Ys 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 15 Yd 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Yd 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 15 15 Zc 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 Zc 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 15 15 15