LOG OF ADJUSTMENTS TO SIGMA TAU MASER AT GREEN BANK Model NAV-2001, serial # 105-17 (INTERFEROMETER CONTROL BUILDING.) Maser moved to Reber Lab: GBT equipment room, Oct 29, 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------- Date Changed Synthesizer** 1PPS delay new ST-GPS Remarks ----------------- --------------- ------------ ------------ ------------------ pre-July23, 1992 31045259 ? July 23, 1992 31037403 925257 -0.20 us 1pps counter power off. Sep 20, 1993 1230UT " 028424 Dec 3, 1993 31034000 028426 Dec 16, 1993 31030000 " Jan 6, 1994 31025000 " Jan 31, 1994 " 028427 +0.39 us May 03, 1994 31023000 028428 +0.20 us May 19, 1994 " 404062 +0.80 us Batteries replaced. Aug 08, 1994 2020UT " 935840 +0.52 us Power off to 1PPS counter. Aug 09, 1994 1330UT 31016200 " Oct 13, 1994 1330UT (867,210,162,00) " Offset 10-8 ## Oct 14, 1994 1730UT (869,310,162,00) 934859 +0.11 us restore to original state. Dec 09, 1994 4-16 UT " " +1.5 us Cavity register adjust. #3 Feb 22, 1995 1843UT (867,210,162,00) " Offset 10-8 #4 Feb 23, 1995 (869,310,162,00) - Restore to original synthesizer setting. Mar 10,95 +35us Site 1Hz offset Mar 20,95 " -50ns Site1Hz adjusted. Dec 6,95 19:49UT 86,716,377,865 Offset 10-8 (#5) Dec 7,95 21:42UT 86,931,004,000 -922us Adjust rate (#6) Dec 7,95 21:45UT " 0.2us Adjust offset (#7) May 17,96 " OFFSET ADJUST(#8) May 22,96 21:19UT 86,716,365,666 Change rate by 10-8 for GBTIES3 run. May 23,96 21:36UT 86,931,004,000 Restore rate. Oct 22,96 17:07UT 86,930,991,200 Adjust rate to match GPS. Jan 2, 98 15:28UT 86,930,983,000 Decrease rate to match GPS. Oct 29, 98: no change Move equipment to Reber Lab: GBT equipment room. March 25, 2002: no change Adjust VCO voltage to near 0 (was > 1 volt) April 5, 2002 86,930,981,000 Decrease rate to match GPS. (#9) April 13, 2004 no rate change ~50ns Adjust offset of TRAK master clock (previously offset was ~500ns --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** NOTE: 3 high order digits omitted from synthesizer listing, for example, the first line would read in full: 869 3104 5259 ## Offset maser rate by .05HZ(at 5MHZ) for NAPS2 VLBI run involving both the 140-ft and 85-3. #3 Dec 9, 1994. Sigma Tau engineers adjusted the cavity servo to bring the cavity register into nominal range. Offset ST-GPS changed from about +0.8 to +1.5 us. Synthesizer and 1PPS delay not changed. #4 Offset maser rate by -.05HZ(at 5MHZ) for GBTIES VLBI run involving the 140-ft, 85-3, and the new 20-meter. #5 Offset maser by -0.05Hz at 5MHz for GBTIE2 run including 140-ft, 85-3, and 20-meter. #6 Adjust rate to approximate GPS. Offset grew to -922us while running at offset rate (#5). #7 Adjust Site 1pps offset to be close to GPS. #8 TRAK lost time due to power glitch. Maser rate not affected. TRAK 1pps adjusted. #9 Rate Site1Hz to TAC was +8.57 ns/day for the year of 2001. Decreased synthesizer by 2000 counts, corresponding to 8.05 ns/day.