Subject: [IGSMAIL-0597] New receiver at Vandenberg
From: Yehuda Bock, Keith Stark, Jeff Behr
Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 14:09:04 PDT

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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.

*********************************************** 
International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS)
          SITE INFORMATION FORM
***********************************************

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                 : [email-masked], [email-masked]
        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                 : [email-masked]
        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                 : [email-masked]
        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                     -->