[IGSMAIL-0621] New PGGA Station

[Yehuda]

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IGS Electronic Mail      Thu Jun  2 15:28:21 PDT 1994      Message Number 0621
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Author: Yehuda Bock, Keith Stark, Shelley Marquez
Subject: New PGGA Station

Date: 2 June 1994

A new site, Bommer Canyon, has been installed in the Southern California PGGA
by County of Orange Environmental Management Agency with assistance from SIO. 

The first full day of tracking is 3 June.  Data will be downloaded by SIO via
commercial telephone link. 

The site information form mailed to the IGS is given below.

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     SITE INFORMATION FORM
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0. Form

        Prepared by (full name): Yehuda Bock / Shelley Marquez / Keith Stark
        Date                   : June 2, 1994
        Report type            : NEW
 
1. Site Identification of the GPS monument

        Site Name              : Bommer Canyon PGGA station
        4 char ID              : TRAK
        Monument Inscription   : None
                                 5/8" diameter, 14" stainless steel rod
                                 driven into sandstone rock outcropping
                                 mark is punched hole top of rod
        IERS DOMES Number      : Not assigned
        CDP Number             : Not assigned
        Date                   : June 2, 1994
        Additional information : PGGA - Permanent GPS Geodetic Array

2. Site Location
        City                   : Bommer Canyon, City of Irvine
        Country                : Orange County, California USA
        Tectonic Plate         : Pacific-North America plate boundary
        Additional information : Rough ITRF92 coordinates (m) --
                                 X -2480028.35  
                                 Y -4703112.55
                                 Z 3511298.26
                                 Epoch 1994.5

3. GPS Receiver

     a) Type                   : Ashtech ZX-II3 (Z12) Model 700570-6A
        Serial Number          : 03233
        Firmware Version       : NAV 1C01, CHN 1C00
        Date                   : June 2, 1994
        Note                   : First measurements

4. GPS Antenna

     a) Type                   : Ashtech L1/L2 P (Rev B)
        Serial Number          : 700228D2406
        Date                   : June 2, 1994
        Vertical Antenna Height: 0.6069m
        Antenna Reference Point: BPA (Bottom of Preamplifier)
        Date                   : June 2, 1994

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

        H-maser /   /   Cesium /   /    Quartz /   /     Internal / X /
        Other (specify)        :
        Date                   : June 2, 1994

7. Collocation -- None

8. On-site, Point of Contact Agency Information 

        Agency                 : County of Orange
                                 Environmental Management Agency
                                 Survey Division - Geodetic Unit
        Contact                : Art Andrew
                                 (John Canas - County Surveyor)
        Address                : 300 North Flower Street
                                 Second floor
                                 P.O. Box 4048
                                 Santa Ana, CA 92702-4048 USA
        Telephone              : (714) 834-3804 
        E-mail                 : None
        Fax                    : (714) 834-4588

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                       -->