[IGSMAIL-0465] New PGGA Station

[Yehuda]

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IGS Electronic Mail      Tue Jan 25 20:45:44 PST 1994      Message Number 0465
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Author: Yehuda Bock and Keith Stark
Subject: New PGGA Station

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     SITE INFORMATION FORM
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0. Form

        Prepared by (full name): Yehuda Bock
        Date                   : January 25, 1994
        Report type            : NEW
 
1. Site Identification of the GPS monument

        Site Name              : Blythe PGGA station
        4 char ID              : BLYT
        Monument Inscription   : Riverside County Surveyor
                                 Blythe Airbase Continuous
                                 GPS Tracking Station
                                 Nov. 1993
                                 Gerald Stayner
        IERS DOMES Number      : Not assigned
        CDP Number             : Not assigned
        Date                   : January 13, 1994
        Additional information : PGGA - Permanent GPS Geodetic Array

2. Site Location

        City                   : Blythe
        Country                : Riverside County, California USA
        Tectonic Plate         : Pacific-North America plate boundary
                                 (essentially North American plate)
        Additional information : 

3. GPS Receiver

     a) Type                   : Ashtech ZX-II3 (Z12) Model 700570-6A
        Serial Number          : 03435
        Firmware Version       : NAV 1C00, CHN 1C00
        Date                   : January 13, 1994
        Note                   : First measurements

     b) Type                   : Ashtech ZX-II3 (Z12) Model 700570-6A
        Serial Number          : 03435
        Firmware Version       : NAV 1C01, CHN 1C00
        Date                   : January 25, 1994
        Note                   : Firmware Upgrade

4. GPS Antenna

        Type                   : Ashtech L1/L2 P
        Serial Number          : 700228D2941
        Date                   : January 13, 1994
        Vertical Antenna Height: 0.036m
        Antenna Reference Point: BPA (Bottom of Preamplifier)
        Date                   : January 13, 1994

5. Local Site Ties -- In progress
        
6. Frequency standard

        H-maser /   /   Cesium /   /    Quartz /   /     Internal / X /
        Other (specify)        :
        Date                   : January 13, 1994

7. Collocation -- None

8. On-site, Point of Contact Agency Information 

        Agency                 : County of Riverside
                                 Transportation and Land Management Agency
                                 Transportation Department
        Contact                : Gerald Stayner
                                 County Surveyor
        Address                : 4080 Lemon Street, 8th Floor
                                 Riverside, CA 92501 USA
        Telephone              : (909) 275-6700 
        E-mail                 : 
        Fax                    : (909) 275-6721

9. Responsible Operations Agency 
   (if different from item 8)

        Agency                 : Scripps Institution of Oceanography
        Contact                : Yehuda Bock / Keith Stark
        Address                : IGPP 0225, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
                                 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225
        Telephone              : (619) 534-7692 (0229/5292)
        E-mail                 : bock at pgga.ucsd.edu, stark at pgga.ucsd.edu
        Fax                    : (619) 534-9873

10. Please insert here the character graphics corresponding to the 
antenna type. Check, complete or change if necessary the antenna 
dimensions.

               Ashtech: GEODETIC L1/L2 P

                           ^
                 +-------------------+
  +--+ +-------+-----------+-----------+--------+ +--+  <-- 0.064    
                                                              TGP=L1=L2
+-+--+ +------------+-------------+-------------+ +--+-+ <--  0.060  BGP
                    |-------------|
                    |-------------|
                    |-------------|
                    |-------------|
                    +------x------+                  <--  0.000  ARP=BPA

                  <--    0.080    -->
      <--                0.2636                -->
<--                      0.286                       -->