Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1622 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2014.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1622 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2014-028-17:00:00 End: 2014-029-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2014028 (2014.08) ( 16686 MJD, TUES 28JAN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 1:31: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 20h 44.5m -18d 5.1 =========================================================== 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 Ai Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg 1749+096 14028-170000| 107 107 | OJ287 14028-170000| 179 57 59 43 150 43 179| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ai Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg 1424-418 14029-164107| 106 369 400 400| 0812+367 14029-164119| 78 43 78 | 0749+540 14029-164313| 103 43 103 | 0834-201 14029-164350| 254 254 | 1015+359 14029-164535| 154 43 154 | 0454-234 14029-164833| 43 43| 0920-397 14029-164840| 83 83 | OJ287 14029-165102| 179 57 59 43 150 43 179| 3C418 14029-165242| 90 90 | 1324+224 14029-165243| 78 78 | 0528+134 14029-165437| 157 157| 1732+389 14029-165507| 72 43 72 | 1614+051 14029-165633| 92 92 | 2113+293 14029-165712| 60 60 | 0420-014 14029-165750| 102 102| 0552+398 14029-165750| 70 70 | 0119+115 14029-165911| 43 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1622.skd for experiment R1622 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 7.0 Min = 0.0 Max = 116.8 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 0420-014) RMS = 12.7 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ai=AIRA Ft=FORTLEZA Hb=HOBART12 Ke=KATH12M Ny=NYALES20 Tc=TIGO Ts=TSUKUB32 Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ai Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 43 37 66 62 57 33 54 51 65 52 % cal. time: 3 3 4 4 6 2 6 5 4 4 % slew time: 8 40 11 11 24 3 23 14 11 17 % idle time: 45 19 17 22 13 61 16 28 19 27 total # scans: 249 240 356 361 495 167 526 466 321 353 # scans/hour : 10 10 15 15 21 7 22 19 13 15 Avg scan (sec): 151 133 161 147 99 173 88 95 176 135 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TBytes: 1.3 1.2 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.0 1.7 1.6 2.0 1.6 Total TB(M5): 1.2 1.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 0.9 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.4 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ai Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------- Ai| 0 104 129 75 0 175 68 109 660 Ft| 5 0 98 124 20 122 5 374 Hb| 260 38 22 170 26 249 874 Ke| 71 11 196 59 251 977 Ny| 25 263 387 40 997 Tc| 16 29 9 236 Ts| 199 155 1194 Wz| 39 929 Yg| 857 Number of 2-station scans: 561 Number of 3-station scans: 319 Number of 4-station scans: 131 Number of 5-station scans: 87 Number of 6-station scans: 18 Number of 7-station scans: 5 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Total # of scans, observations: 1121 3549 Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ai| - 28 34 42 - 198 44 25 77 Ft| 22 - 42 24 62 47 28 38 Hb| 43 29 22 92 42 34 47 Ke| 44 20 120 55 38 56 Ny| 24 105 94 30 78 Tc| 26 27 16 24 Ts| 112 84 116 Wz| 39 80 Yg| 43 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ai Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wz Yg AVG ------------------------------------------------------ Ai| - 19 19 26 - 119 23 19 47 Ft| 18 - 21 14 18 22 17 19 Hb| 24 26 13 50 22 25 28 Ke| 22 13 54 20 23 29 Ny| 14 47 37 26 35 Tc| 18 14 14 14 Ts| 45 52 59 Wz| 22 33 Yg| 28 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: AIRA HOBART12 KATH12M NYALES20 TIGOCONC TSUKUB32 YARRA12M 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 2155-304 1.00 1.50 0.03 1 1 3C309.1 1.00 1.50 0.82 29 17 0528+134 1.00 1.50 1.30 46 23 0812+367 1.00 1.50 0.82 29 14 NGC1052 1.00 1.50 0.06 2 2 2000+148 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0234+285 1.00 1.50 1.63 58 8 0632-235 1.00 1.50 0.23 8 8 1614+051 1.00 1.50 0.54 19 15 3C454.3 1.00 1.50 0.65 23 23 Total 6.06 215 111 =========================================================== 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 AiFtHbKeNyTcTsWzYg SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MaxAngle 180.00 MinAngle 15.00 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 4.00 MaxSlewTime 300 TimeWindow 4.00 MinSubNetSize 2 NumSubNet 1 Best 60 FillIn Yes FillMinSub 3 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Weighted Station 6 TIGOCONC 6.00 =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ai AIRA K5 Ft FORTLEZA Mark5A Hb HOBART12 Mark5B Ke KATH12M Mark5B Ny NYALES20 Mark5B Tc TIGOCONC Mark5B Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Wz WETTZELL Mark5A Yg YARRA12M Mark5B =========================================================== 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 Ny Tc Ts Wz Ai Ft Hb Ke Ny Tc Ts Wz Ft 20 Ft 15 Hb 20 20 Hb 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 Ke 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 Ts 99 20 20 20 20 15 Ts 99 15 15 15 15 12 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 15