[IGSMAIL-0597] New receiver at Vandenberg
Yehuda
Yehuda
Sat May 14 14:09:04 PDT 1994
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IGS Electronic Mail Sat May 14 14:09:04 PDT 1994 Message Number 0597
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Author: Yehuda Bock, Keith Stark, Jeff Behr
Subject: New receiver at Vandenberg
Date: May 14, 1994
An Ashtech ZX-II3 (Z-12) receiver was moved into the Vandenberg PGGA site
(VNDP) on May 13, 1994 (~19:00 UT), replacing a Rogue SNR-8 receiver.
The site information form mailed to the IGS is given below.
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International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS)
SITE INFORMATION FORM
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0. Form
Prepared by (full name): Yehuda Bock
Date : May 14, 1994
Report type : UPDATE (firmware upgrades, new receiver)
1. Site Identification of the GPS monument
Site Name : Vandenberg PGGA station
(Vandenberg Geodynamics Monitoring Station)
4 char ID : VNDP
Monument Inscription : Vandenberg PGGA 1991
IERS DOMES Number : 40420 M006 & M007 (post Landers)
CDP Number : Not assigned?
Date : May 25, 1992 (First data collected)
Additional information : PGGA - Permanent GPS Geodetic Array
2. Site Location
City : Vandenberg Air Force Base
Country : California, USA
Tectonic Plate : Pacific-North America plate boundary
(can be assumed to be on Pacific Plate)
Additional information : Outside defunct CDP mobile VLBI enclosure
ITRF91 coordinates (m) --
X -2678089.8091
Y -4525437.7462
Z 3597431.4906
Epoch 1993.0670
3. GPS Receivers
a) Type : Ashtech LX-II3 (12 channel P-code)
Serial Number : 700340A1134
Firmware Version : 6M
Date : May 25, 1992
b) Type : Ashtech LX-II3 (12 channel P-code)
Serial Number : 700340A1221
Firmware Version : 6M
Date : Sept. 24, 1992
c) Type : Rogue SNR-8
Serial Number : TBD
Firmware Version : 7.30
Date : Jan. 12, 1993 (S. DiNardo)
d) Type : Rogue SNR-8
Serial Number : TBD
Firmware Version : 7.40
Date : May 14, 1993 (S. DiNardo)
e) Type : Rogue SNR-8
Serial Number : TBD
Firmware Version : 7.50
Date : October 19, 1993 (S. DiNardo)
f) Type : Rogue SNR-8
Serial Number : TBD
Firmware Version : 7.80
Date : May 07, 1994 (S. DiNardo)
g) Type : Ashtech ZX-II3 (Z-12)
Serial Number : 426
Firmware Version : 1C01
Date : May 14, 1994 (K. Stark, J. Behr)
4. GPS Antenna
a-b) Type : GEODETIC L1/L2 L
Serial Number : TBD
Date : May 25, 1992
Vertical Antenna Height: 1.842 m
Antenna Reference Point: BPA (Bottom of preamplifier)
Date : May 25, 1992
c-f) Type : Dorne Margolin B
Serial Number : TBD
Date : Jan. 12, 1993
Vertical Antenna Height: 1.8480 m
Antenna Reference Point: ARP (Bottom of Choke Ring)
Date : Jan. 12, 1993
g) Type : GEODETIC L1/L2 L
Serial Number : 163
Date : May 14, 1994
Vertical Antenna Height: 1.8468 m
Antenna Reference Point: ARP=BPA (Bottom of preamplifier)
Date : May 14, 1994
5. Local Site Ties
Monument CDP DOMES Components (m) Accuracy Date
Name Number Number dX dY dZ mm yy-mm-dd
CDP STA 7223 40420M002 -5.037 -12.908 -21.229 1 91-12
7223 RM-1 40420M003 18.058 -13.879 -3.986 1 91-12
7223 RM-2 40420M004 -6.481 -30.002 -44.398 1 91-12
7223 RM-3 40420M005 -26.940 4.761 -14.949 1 91-12
Differential coordinates from the GPS monument to the reference and
other monuments. The components are parallel to the XYZ-axes of the
GRS-80 reference frame.
Source: Vaughn Nelson, Bendix Field Corporation, Memo March 24, 1991
6. Frequency standard
H-maser / / Cesium / / Quartz / / Internal / X /
Other (specify) : Rogue SNR-8 has external rubidium standard
Date :
7. Collocation
SLR / / VLBI / M / DORIS / / PRARE / /
Other GEOPHYSICAL Instrumentation (specify) :
Other (specify) :
(Mark with 'P' for permanent, 'M' for mobile collocation)
8. On-site, Point of Contact Agency Information
a) Agency : Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
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) 534-5332 (8090)
b) Agency : Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Contact : Steve J. Dinardo
Address : GPS Networks and Operations Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Telephone : (818) 354-3429
E-mail : ujl at logos.jpl.nasa.gov
Fax : (818) 393-4965
c) Agency : Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Contact : Bob King
Address : Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planeray
Sciences
Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone : (617) 253-7064
E-mail : rwk at chandler.mit.edu
Fax : (617) 253-1699
9. Responsible Operations Agency
(if different from item 8)
Agency : SIO & JPL as above
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 L
^
+-------------------+
+--+ +-------+-----------+-----------+--------+ +--+ <-- 0.064 TGP=L1=L2
+-+--+ +------------+-------------+-------------+ +--+-+ <-- 0.060 BGP
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
+------x------+ <-- 0.000 ARP=BPA
<-- 0.080 -->
<-- 0.220 -->
<-- 0.286 -->
Rogue: DORNE MARGOLIN B (Allen Osborne Design)
-----
/ + \ <-- 0.096 L2
| + | <-- 0.078 L1
+-----------------+-------------+------------------+ <-- 0.070 TCR
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
+-----------------+------x------+------------------+ <-- 0.000 ARP
| |
+-------------+ <-- -0.011
|| ||
<-- 0.351 -->
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