Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1869 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2018.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1869 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2018-323-17:00:00 End: 2018-324-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2018323 (2018.88) ( 18442 MJD, MON. 19NOV.) Greenwich sidereal time: 20:54:42 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 15h 40.1m -19d 33.4 =========================================================== Important Station Information Ny Alesund and Matera were tagged along to this schedule file. =========================================================== 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 Ht Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg 2355-106 18323-170000| 181 144 300 300 300 152| 3C418 18323-170000| 102 134 134 | 0727-115 18323-170335| 43 46 43 46| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Ht Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg 0814+425 18324-161431| 300 295 300 | 1606+106 18324-161527| 117 117 | 2243-123 18324-161536| 58 58| 0104-408 18324-161745| 108 132 132| NRAO512 18324-161847| 198 198 | 0458-020 18324-162058| 86 98 86 98| 2126-158 18324-162118| 46 46 | 1958-179 18324-162246| 43 43 | 1639+230 18324-162316| 290 290 | 0454-234 18324-162320| 74 88 84 88| 1749+096 18324-162435| 43 53 53 | OJ287 18324-162548| 114 114 97 | 0017+200 18324-162634| 79 89 89| 2355-106 18324-162844| 106 239 252 251 125 252| 1418+546 18324-163036| 145 145 | 0215+015 18324-163130| 219 219 | CTA26 18324-163353| 166 171 171| 1741-038 18324-163655| 43 75 113 76 113 | 0727-115 18324-163740| 43 43 50 50| 1639-062 18324-163852| 69 75 75 | 1104-445 18324-163924| 91 91| 0716+714 18324-163953| 151 150 151 | 1606+106 18324-164107| 115 115 | 2243-123 18324-164146| 43 43| 1958-179 18324-164342| 43 43 | 0458-020 18324-164343| 89 95 88 95| NRAO512 18324-164417| 198 198 | 1923+210 18324-164519| 223 223 | 0454-234 18324-164604| 43 43 43| 0405-385 18324-164742| 187 300 300| 1749+096 18324-164943| 54 179 192 192 | 1124-186 18324-165155| 227 227 | 1657-261 18324-165330| 114 114 | 3C418 18324-165351| 295 295 151 131 | 1034-293 18324-165618| 217 217| 3C84 18324-165703| 172 172 | 1954-388 18324-165712| 163 163 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1869.skd for experiment R1869 (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 = 205.7 (Baseline Ft-Kk on 0727-115) RMS = 13.5 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Ht=HART15M Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Ma=MATERA Ny=NYALES20 Kv=SEJONG Wn=WETTZ13N Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Ht Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 52 56 66 52 39 30 61 67 61 64 55 % cal. time: 4 5 5 3 2 1 4 4 4 5 4 % slew time: 41 24 19 18 18 7 19 3 13 17 18 % idle time: 3 14 9 25 40 61 14 25 21 13 23 total # scans: 378 420 475 299 176 112 378 367 369 443 341 # scans/hour : 16 18 20 12 7 5 16 15 15 18 14 Avg scan (sec): 118 115 120 150 191 230 140 158 143 125 148 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total TB(M5): 1.42 1.55 1.83 1.44 1.08 0.82 1.70 1.85 1.69 1.78 1.52 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Ht Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Ft| 281 6 40 102 39 26 272 138 24 928 Ht| 59 0 86 20 47 207 172 99 971 Ke| 124 35 41 185 29 50 384 913 Kk| 48 60 189 43 77 74 655 Ma| 70 72 125 123 41 702 Ny| 88 51 60 26 455 Kv| 62 122 131 922 Wn| 194 35 1018 Wz| 59 995 Yg| 873 Number of 2-station scans: 570 Number of 3-station scans: 290 Number of 4-station scans: 149 Number of 5-station scans: 82 Number of 6-station scans: 47 Number of 7-station scans: 17 Number of 8-station scans: 0 Number of 9-station scans: 0 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1155 Total number of obs: 4216 Total integrated obs-time: 547203 Average obs-time: 129.8 Histogram of observation durations Dur: 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 195 210 225 240 255 270 285 300 #Obs: | 681| 336| 266| 256| 435| 337| 258| 229| 175| 150| 210| 134| 140| 122| 101| 77| 80| 229| Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 43 23 22 51 35 24 38 60 26 42 Ht| 42 - 130 75 31 91 125 51 76 Ke| 28 53 47 39 55 61 42 41 Kk| 38 30 30 37 45 24 31 Ma| 116 46 215 283 57 136 Ny| 43 120 131 44 74 Kv| 53 62 29 40 Wn| 338 50 134 Wz| 54 156 Yg| 41 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Ht Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Yg AVG ----------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 24 15 22 25 22 16 24 28 17 24 Ht| 23 - 65 41 22 64 62 32 44 Ke| 29 22 23 19 26 23 21 22 Kk| 39 42 26 43 36 28 31 Ma| 49 26 97 90 27 57 Ny| 25 62 53 25 39 Kv| 32 25 19 23 Wn| 168 29 72 Wz| 25 70 Yg| 23 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode for: FORTLEZA Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #BBC #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256 Mbits 128 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 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 for: HART15M KATH12M KOKEE MATERA NYALES20 SEJONG WETTZ13N WETTZELL 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 8.00 MHz 1 16(*1) 16 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 1318+225 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0259+121 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 0056-001 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1031+567 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1021-006 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2152-699 1.00 1.50 0.12 5 5 0309+411 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1738+499 1.00 1.50 0.28 12 12 3C84 1.00 1.50 0.59 25 19 2243-123 1.00 1.50 0.66 28 28 Total 1.66 70 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 FtHtKeKkMaNyKvWnWzYg 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 =========================================================== Weighted Station 1 FORTLEZA 2.00 =========================================================== 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) Ft Ht Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Ft Ht Ke Kk Ma Ny Kv Wn Wz Ht 20 Ht 15 Ke 20 20 Ke 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 Ma 20 20 20 20 Ma 15 15 15 15 Ny 20 20 20 20 20 Ny 15 15 15 15 15 Kv 20 20 20 20 20 20 Kv 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wn 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wn 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 99 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 99 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15