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2026 March

Daily observation notes published from the eovsadata canonical log.

March 01

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Observations

February 13 to March 2

No Calibrations between Feb. 13th and March 2nd due to several problems (Site Outage, snow storm, DHCP server problems)

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 02

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Observations

February 13 to March 2

No Calibrations between Feb. 13th and March 2nd due to several problems (Site Outage, snow storm, DHCP server problems)

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 03

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant5.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:18 (Mar 4) 60 1, 3-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Reference calibration for bands 7 to 32. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-03 13:00 UT.
22:14 16 1, 3-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
The schedule got stuck in the morning. It started @ 16:00 UT
13 Ant13 CRIO rebooted @16:55 UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 04

Observer: Owen Giersch

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant5.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:19 (Mar 5) 60 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 6. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-04 11:00 UT.
22:14 16 1, 3-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
Normal startup this morning.
6 Ant6 crio restarted @16:30 UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 06

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant5.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.
CRIOs didn't work propertly since yesterday at 23:15UT / CRIOs of Ant1, 3-4, 6-8 restarted at 17:00UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 07

Observer: Owen Giersch

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant5.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:19 (Mar 8) 60 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 6. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-07 11:00 UT.
11:59 60 1, 3-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
9-11 and 13 Ant9-11 and 13 didn't start tracking this morning, they only showed a / Pos Offset error in AZ. It''s fixed @16:20 UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 08

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:24 (Mar 9) 60 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 6. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-08 13:00 UT.
11:55 60 1, 3-5, 7-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
17:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant2 drive is stuck.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 09

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant5.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
11:51 60 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands from 7 to 41. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-09 11:55 UT.
17:14 16 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
Normal startup this morning.
6 Ant6 wasn't tracking/pointing during the morning REFCAL
9-11 and 13 Ant9-11 and 13 got stuck after the 22:14 UT PHASECAL

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 10

Observer: Owen Giersch

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant5.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
11:51 60 1, 3-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 6. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-10 11:47 UT.
17:14 16 1, 3-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-8, 10-11, 13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
9, 10, 13 Ant9, 10, 13 are showing wrong AZ and EL in the morning.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 11

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
11:44 60 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands 7 to 30. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-11 11:48 UT.
17:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
01:26 (Mar 12) 42 1, 3-8, 12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant2 drive is stuck.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 12

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:27 (Mar 13) 40 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 6. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-12 13:00 UT.
11:40 42 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
17:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
9-11, 13 Ant9-11, 13 are showing wrong AZ and EL in the morning.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 13

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:07 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-14 13:00 UT.
11:36 60 1, 3-8, 10-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
17:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
9-11, 13 Ant9-11, 13 are showing wrong AZ and EL in the morning.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 14

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
11:11 79 1, 3-8, 9-10, 12-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-14 11:36 UT.
01:30 (Mar 15) 58 1, 3-8 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant2 drive is stuck.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 15

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:09 (Mar 16) 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-15 13:00 UT.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant2 drive is stuck.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 16

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
11:24 60 1, 3-11, 13 Successful Reference calibration for bands 7 to 40. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-16 11:28 UT.
17:14 16 1, 3-11, 13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
9-11, 13 Ant9-11, 13 are showing wrong AZ and EL in the morning. / Their pointng were fixed after 17:30 UT.
Manlight and the ROACH 5 stopped at 18 UT. / The roaches were rebooted and the delays were set around 19:30 UT
9-11, 13 Ant9-11, 13 stopped @22:30 UT. They're $pcycle and come back @22:50UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 17

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:11 (Mar 18) 79 1, 3-11 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-17 13:00 UT.
11:20 60 1, 3-11 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
17:14 16 1, 3-11 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-11 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
Normal startup this morning for all antennas.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 18

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed tests on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:12 79 1, 3-12 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-18 11:00 UT.
22:14 16 1, 3-11 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
11 Ant11 didn't start in the morning.
10 and 13 Ant10 and 13 lost tracktable ~16 UT. They're back tracking ~16:45UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 19

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:13 (Mar 20) 79 1, 3-4, 6-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-19 13:00 UT.
11:12 60 1, 3-4, 6-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
17:14 16 1, 3-4, 6-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant2 drive is stuck.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 20

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:14 (Mar 21) 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-20 13:00 UT.
11:08 60 1, 3-4, 6-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
17:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
5 Ant5 crio clock was off by 2 s, causing "blinking" on sf_display.
The new antenna mounts were showing offsets (stuck RA) at first but / spontaneously cured themselves.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 21

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:15 (Mar 21) 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-21 13:00 UT.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
No morning calibrations, unknown reason.
The new antenna mounts were showing offsets (stuck RA), they started / tracking correctly after the PHASECAL @17:14 UT. / New antennas were showing offsets again in the afternoon.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 22

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:16 (Mar 22) 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-22 13:00 UT.
17:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant2 drive is stuck.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 23

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:38 (Mar 24) 60 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-23 13:00 UT.
10:56 60 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
17:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
The new antenna mounts were showing offsets (stuck RA) / RA 00:11:08 (Old) and 00:08:52 (New) at 14:45UT. / The antennas got back by themselves at 16:46UT.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 24

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:18 (Mar 25) 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-24 13:00 UT.
10:52 60 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
17:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1, 3-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
The new antenna mounts were showing offsets (stuck RA) / RA 00:14:40 (Old) and 00:12:30 (New) at 14:45UT. / After 17:30 UT the RA diference increased a lot / RA 22:55:14 (Old) and 00:15:06 (New)
3 Ant3 got stuck in the morning. $pcycle at 15:20 UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 25

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
01:19 (Mar 26) 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-25 13:00 UT.
10:49 60 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:54 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:22 16 1, 3-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
The new antenna mounts were showing offsets (stuck RA) / RA 00:18:21 (Old) and 00:16:09 (New) at 15:30UT.
The IDB files hadn't been saved from 16:18 to 17:22UT
3 Ant3 got stuck in the morning. $pcycle at 15:32 UT
8 Ant8 in the lab from 15:00 to 17:25 UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 26

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
10:24 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 40. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-26 10:49 UT.
15:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:54 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
The new antenna mounts were showing offsets (stuck RA) / RA 00:18:21 (Old) and 00:16:09 (New) at 15:30UT.
3 Ant3 got stuck in the morning. $pcycle at 15:20 UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 27

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
10:20 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 40. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-27 10:45 UT.
15:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:54 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
04:46 (Mar 28) 60 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
Normal startup this morning.
The new antenna mounts were showing offsets (stuck RA) / RA 00:25:48 (Old) and 00:23:26 (New) at 16:30UT.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 28

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
10:16 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 40. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-28 10:41 UT.
15:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:54 16 1, 3-8, 10-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant2 drive is stuck.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 29

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
04:18 (Mar 30) 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 40. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-29 13:00 UT.
19:54 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1, 3-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant2 drive is stuck.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 30

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
10:08 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 40. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-30 10:33 UT.
15:14 16 1, 4-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
3 Ant3 got stuck in EL during the morning PHASECAL. / $pcycle at 15:25UT
Manlight and ROACH 5 stopped ~18UT. / Both were back around 20:30 UT
Delays were set and schedule come back ~22:00UT

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

March 31

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Configuration: ATA feed is on Ant6.

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
10:04 79 1, 3-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 40. Analysis written to SQL @2026-03-31 10:29 UT.
15:14 16 1, 4-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 2 Ant 2 still out with Dec controller problem.; Ant2 drive is stuck.
Normal startup this morning.
The new antenna mounts were showing offsets (stuck RA) / RA 00:40:11 (Old) and 00:37:53 (New) at 15:30UT.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.