[IGSMAIL-0723] DRAO Data Outage

[Mike]

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IGS Electronic Mail      Tue Sep  6 13:29:12 PDT 1994      Message Number 0723
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Author: Mike Schmidt
Subject: DRAO Data Outage

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                     GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA
                   WESTERN CANADA DEFORMATION ARRAY
                         GPS TRACKER ADVISORY

GPS TRACKER ID: DRAO
DOMES No.:      40105-M002
CDP No.         n/a
MONUMENT No.    887006
LOCATION:       Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO)
                           Penticton B.C, Canada

ADVISORY:

Due to a lightning hit the communication to the DRAO GPS tracker was down
commencing Saturday September 3 (DOY 246) until Tuesday September 6 (DOY
249). As a result data for the following period is not recoverable:

        DOY 245 00:00:00 UT until DOY 246 09:21:00 UT (inclusive)

Communication has now been re-established; CONAN Binary data files for days
246, 247, 248 are now available by anonymous FTP to sikanni.pgc.emr.ca .
RINEX files should be available through CDDIS within 24 - 48 hrs.

Data File DRAO2460.94c contains data commencing DOY 246 09:21:30 UT through
until DOY 246 23:59:30 UT.


Our apologies for any inconveniences this may have caused.



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