Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1963
Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC
Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2020.html#r1
for the session purpose.
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----- Parameter listing --------------------------------------
 Experiment: R1963                       Description IVS-R1
 Scheduler:  NASA                        Correlator: BONN      
 Start:      2020-252-17:00:00           End:        2020-253-17:00:00
 Current yyyyddd:    2020252 (2020.69)  ( 19101 MJD, TUES  8SEP.)
 Greenwich sidereal time:   16:12:52 (17:00:00 UT)
 Sun's RA and DEC:   11h 10.3m     5d 19.7
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Important Station Information

Ny Alesund's SEFDs were increased to 3000 for both bands
to compensate for their warm receiver.
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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.
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First observations
Source      Start      DURATIONS                                           
name     yyddd-hhmmss   Ag  Ft  Ht  Ho  Kk  Ma  Nt  Ny  On  Kv  Sh  Wz  Ys  
0322+222 20252-170000|             137 163         138     163 132        |  
1334-127 20252-170000| 125  68 120          54  53     125          79  67|  
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Last observations
Source      Start      DURATIONS                                           
name     yyddd-hhmmss   Ag  Ft  Ht  Ho  Kk  Ma  Nt  Ny  On  Kv  Sh  Wz  Ys  
1424-418 20253-165243| 310 218 310                                        |  
1606+106 20253-165355|                      27  20  40  49          49  44|  
0458-020 20253-165408|              23  20                  57  57        |  
1741-038 20253-165537|                     128 133     142         142 136|  
OJ287    20253-165558|                 103         103                    |  
0104-408 20253-165649|              44                      44  20        |  
1057-797 20253-165844|      71  71                                        |  
1936-155 20253-165856|                      59  59      59      59  59  59|  
0402-362 20253-165918|              37  37                                |  
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   SKED Summary from file ./r1963.skd for experiment R1963   
      (all scans with at least one subnet station)

 Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) =   8.7
 Min =    0.0  Max =  160.0 (Baseline Ag-Kk on 2243-123)   RMS =  12.1

 Total time:       1440 minutes (  24.0 hours).

 Key:     Ag=AGGO       Ft=FORTLEZA   Ht=HART15M    Ho=HOBART26   Kk=KOKEE   
          Ma=MATERA     Nt=NOTO       Ny=NYALES20   On=ONSALA60   Kv=SEJONG  
          Sh=SESHAN25   Wz=WETTZELL   Ys=YEBES40M
                   Ag   Ft   Ht   Ho   Kk   Ma   Nt   Ny   On   Kv   Sh   Wz   Ys  Avg  
 % obs. time:      70   57   54   36   48   57   44   64   65   60   40   64   59   55
 % cal. time:       3    3    4    4    4    5    5    4    5    5    6    5    5    4
 % slew time:       5   36   22   40   23   32   44   20   24   21   47   11   28   28
 % idle time:      21    3   18   20   24    5    5   11    6   13    7   18    7   13
 total # scans:   258  277  370  312  379  416  434  371  391  435  481  451  449  386
 # scans/hour :    11   12   15   13   16   17   18   15   16   18   20   19   19   16
 Avg scan (sec):  235  179  126   99  110  119   88  150  143  120   72  123  113  128
 # data tracks:    32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32
 # Mk5 tracks:     32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32   32
 Total TB(M5):   3.88 3.17 2.98 1.97 2.67 3.17 2.45 3.55 3.57 3.34 2.21 3.55 3.25 3.06

      # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE 
  |  Ag   Ft   Ht   Ho   Kk   Ma   Nt   Ny   On   Kv   Sh   Wz   Ys  Total   
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Ag|      224  133   37   43   73   75   31   69    0    0   63   99     847      
Ft|           150   20   38  100  107   51   89    4    3   92  129    1007      
Ht|                 86    0  177  198   89  133   67   83  169  197    1482      
Ho|                     159   16   12   33   15  153  164   14   11     720      
Kk|                           94   88  156  125  225  229  135  109    1401      
Ma|                               390  262  336  150  169  363  350    2480      
Nt|                                    246  316  146  177  369  377    2501      
Ny|                                         296  218  216  280  250    2128      
On|                                              173  183  344  313    2392      
Kv|                                                   397  176  142    1851      
Sh|                                                        211  172    2004      
Wz|                                                             373    2589      
Ys|                                                                    2522      


 Number of  2-station scans:  239
 Number of  3-station scans:  240
 Number of  4-station scans:  171
 Number of  5-station scans:   81
 Number of  6-station scans:   81
 Number of  7-station scans:   94
 Number of  8-station scans:  101
 Number of  9-station scans:   85
 Number of 10-station scans:    2
 Number of 11-station scans:    0
 Number of 12-station scans:    0
 Number of 13-station scans:    0
Total number of scans:         1094
Total number of obs:          11962
Total integrated obs-time:  1235722
Average obs-time:             103.3
Histogram of observation durations
Dur:      20    40    60    80   100   120   140   160   180   200   220   240   260   280   300   320   340   360   380   400 
#Obs:     | 2181| 1979| 1829| 1149| 1038|  837|  696|  564|  427|  317|  189|  195|  141|   90|   93|   67|   41|   32|   97|
 
Average X-band SNRs by baseline
  |   Ag   Ft   Ht   Ho   Kk   Ma   Nt   Ny   On   Kv   Sh   Wz   Ys  AVG
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Ag|       23   32   19   24   28   21   25   26   -    -    37   62   30      
Ft|            63   34   42   70   55   57   64   23   73   92  179   70      
Ht|                 56   -    87   67   58   73   42   82  122  217   91      
Ho|                      50   77   46   51   82   43   96  163  150   63      
Kk|                           45   35   43   39   40   76   65  106   54      
Ma|                                90   65  106   38   75  162  284  119      
Nt|                                     47   76   28   60  120  215   94      
Ny|                                          66   34   63   99  158   72      
On|                                               37   69  152  254  106      
Kv|                                                    78   58   87   52      
Sh|                                                        108  171   86      
Wz|                                                             397  157      
Ys|                                                                  228      
Average S-band SNRs by baseline
  |   Ag   Ft   Ht   Ho   Kk   Ma   Nt   Ny   On   Kv   Sh   Wz   Ys  AVG
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Ag|       16   28   22   29   18   33   15   19   -    -    24   21   22      
Ft|            40   32   37   28   54   22   27   16   21   36   35   31      
Ht|                 48   -    45   81   31   41   27   41   59   55   49      
Ho|                      46   27   50   24   25   21   36   39   32   35      
Kk|                           41   79   40   37   35   53   55   46   46      
Ma|                                75   28   38   19   30   53   48   44      
Nt|                                     48   65   34   57   92   85   70      
Ny|                                          28   19   27   40   32   32      
On|                                               19   28   52   44   40      
Kv|                                                    31   27   21   26      
Sh|                                                         40   33   37      
Wz|                                                              63   55      
Ys|                                                                   50      
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Recording mode
  Name  Code 
GEOSX    SX
Recording mode for: AGGO     FORTLEZA HART15M  HOBART26 KOKEE    MATERA   NOTO     NYALES20 ONSALA60 
                    SEJONG   SESHAN25 WETTZELL YEBES40M 
  Mode      Tot.Rate  #Chan  Chan.BW  Tot.BW   #BBC  #bits Tracks*(fan) Tot.tracks Barrel
 Mk341:1    512 Mbps    16    8 Mhz   128 Mhz   14     2      32*(1)        32      NONE
  X-band spanned bw=   720.0 MHz       rms spanned bw=   277.7 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
         19.13    11.48    30.61
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Monitoring Sources
 Source      Min     Max    Actual  #Num #Scans
1147+245     1.00    1.50    1.05    126    9
0711+356     1.00    1.50    0.01      1    1
0202+149     1.00    1.50    0.99    118   11
1647-296     1.00    1.50    0.05      6    2
1928+154     1.00    1.50    0.14     17    6
2142-758     1.00    1.50    0.10     12   12
2243-123     1.00    1.50    0.43     52   17
1116-462     1.00    1.50    0.05      6    4
0818-128     1.00    1.50    0.94    113   16
0615+820     1.00    1.50    1.62    194   10
Total                        5.39    645   88
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Minor Options
Astro           Abs          3.00
BegScan         Rel          1.00
EndScan         Rel          1.00
NumObs          Rel          1.00
StatWt          Abs          2.00
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Major Options
Subnet AgFtHtHoKkMaNtNyOnKvShWzYs
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
SplitTwins         No
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Weighted Station
   1 AGGO         2.00
   2 FORTLEZA     1.00
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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)
     Ag  Ft  Ht  Ho  Kk  Ma  Nt  Ny  On  Kv  Sh  Wz          Ag  Ft  Ht  Ho  Kk  Ma  Nt  Ny  On  Kv  Sh  Wz  
 Ft  15                                                  Ft  13
 Ht  15  20                                              Ht  13  15
 Ho  15  20  20                                          Ho  13  15  15
 Kk  15  20  20  20                                      Kk  13  15  15  15
 Ma  15  20  20  20  20                                  Ma  13  15  15  15  15
 Nt  15  20  20  20  20  20                              Nt  13  15  15  15  15  15
 Ny  15  20  20  20  20  20  20                          Ny  13  15  15  15  15  15  15
 On  15  20  20  20  20  20  20  20                      On  13  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
 Kv  15  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20                  Kv  13  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
 Sh  15  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20              Sh  13  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
 Wz  15  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20          Wz  13  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
 Ys  15  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20      Ys  13  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15