Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1873 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: R1873 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2018-351-17:00:00 End: 2018-352-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2018351 (2018.96) ( 18470 MJD, MON. 17DEC.) Greenwich sidereal time: 22:45:05 (17:00:00 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 17h 41.3m -23d 22.0 =========================================================== Important Station Information The SEFDs for Kokee were increased to 6000 for X-band and 1500 for S-Band because Kokee will be observing with a warm receiver. =========================================================== There are no observations for Kokee, Wettzell, and Wettzell-North from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Kokee, Wettzell, and Wettzell-North will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Is Kb Ke Kk Mc Ny On Wn Wz Yg 0059+581 18351-170000| 252 252 229 43 99 76 122 110 | 0727-115 18351-170000| 43 43 43| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ft Is Kb Ke Kk Mc Ny On Wn Wz Yg 0202+149 18352-165735| 140 140 | 0119+041 18352-165744| 131 131 131 131 | 0727-115 18352-165825| 90 90 90| 0059+581 18352-165831| 84 84 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1873.skd for experiment R1873 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 5.8 Min = 0.0 Max = 180.0 (Baseline Ft-Ny on 1741-038) RMS = 12.1 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ft=FORTLEZA Is=ISHIOKA Kb=KASHIM34 Ke=KATH12M Kk=KOKEE Mc=MEDICINA Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Wn=WETTZ13N Wz=WETTZELL Yg=YARRA12M Ft Is Kb Ke Kk Mc Ny On Wn Wz Yg Avg % obs. time: 54 68 51 65 46 51 63 59 65 58 62 58 % cal. time: 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 % slew time: 36 8 37 16 18 38 19 22 2 13 15 21 % idle time: 5 18 6 13 32 6 12 14 28 24 18 16 total # scans: 262 458 448 422 263 325 366 358 308 370 379 359 # scans/hour : 11 19 19 18 11 14 15 15 13 15 16 15 Avg scan (sec): 179 128 99 134 150 137 150 143 182 135 141 142 # 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 TB(M5): 1.50 1.88 1.42 1.81 1.26 1.42 1.75 1.64 1.79 1.60 1.71 1.62 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ft Is Kb Ke Kk Mc Ny On Wn Wz Yg Total ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 25 20 4 25 218 131 137 201 113 21 895 Is| 422 143 164 47 135 93 52 111 95 1287 Kb| 133 161 48 133 94 54 108 90 1263 Ke| 93 18 23 23 24 46 342 849 Kk| 12 79 43 19 70 60 726 Mc| 197 222 254 169 15 1200 Ny| 213 177 186 10 1284 On| 199 234 19 1277 Wn| 152 18 1150 Wz| 45 1234 Yg| 715 Number of 2-station scans: 492 Number of 3-station scans: 237 Number of 4-station scans: 206 Number of 5-station scans: 130 Number of 6-station scans: 83 Number of 7-station scans: 24 Number of 8-station scans: 11 Number of 9-station scans: 4 Number of 10-station scans: 0 Number of 11-station scans: 0 Total number of scans: 1187 Total number of obs: 5940 Total integrated obs-time: 734866 Average obs-time: 123.7 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: | 1241| 589| 481| 484| 326| 346| 294| 289| 257| 208| 153| 221| 145| 175| 111| 141| 94| 385| Average X-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Is Kb Ke Kk Mc Ny On Wn Wz Yg AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 35 29 31 24 44 44 36 45 71 25 45 Is| 70 56 40 54 75 51 67 77 41 61 Kb| 50 35 52 72 47 55 66 37 57 Ke| 29 68 68 62 74 62 42 48 Kk| 29 38 27 35 37 25 34 Mc| 120 111 152 232 77 119 Ny| 110 158 193 65 110 On| 141 166 57 104 Wn| 334 83 143 Wz| 61 159 Yg| 43 Average S-band SNRs by baseline | Ft Is Kb Ke Kk Mc Ny On Wn Wz Yg AVG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ft| 17 19 16 22 23 24 23 32 36 17 27 Is| 49 31 41 28 37 27 49 36 30 39 Kb| 34 45 35 42 30 49 38 33 42 Ke| 32 22 27 21 32 25 23 27 Kk| 25 34 26 36 28 35 36 Mc| 48 43 75 78 25 50 Ny| 46 82 69 33 50 On| 72 60 22 46 Wn| 150 37 73 Wz| 28 65 Yg| 27 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode for: FORTLEZA KASHIM34 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: ISHIOKA KATH12M KOKEE MEDICINA NYALES20 ONSALA60 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 1947+079 1.00 1.50 0.03 2 2 1526+670 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 2329-384 1.00 1.50 0.20 12 8 NRAO190 1.00 1.50 0.71 42 12 2353+816 1.00 1.50 0.88 52 11 0202+149 1.00 1.50 0.51 30 15 0747+185 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1330+022 1.00 1.50 0.17 10 8 0300+470 1.00 1.50 1.63 97 5 1308+328 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 Total 4.12 245 61 =========================================================== 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 FtIsKbKeKkMcNyOnWnWzYg 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 Is Kb Ke Kk Mc Ny On Wn Wz Ft Is Kb Ke Kk Mc Ny On Wn Wz Is 20 Is 15 Kb 20 20 Kb 15 15 Ke 20 20 20 Ke 15 15 15 Kk 20 20 20 20 Kk 15 15 15 15 Mc 20 20 20 20 20 Mc 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 Wn 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Wn 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 99 Wz 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 99 Yg 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15