********************************** SITE INFORMATION FORM ********************************** 0. Form Prepared by (full name): Jeffrey Behr Date : December 5, 1995 Report type : UPDATE 1. Site Identification of the GPS monument Site Name : Blythe PGGA station 4 char ID : BLYT Monument Inscription : Riverside County Surveyor Blythe Airbase Continuous GPS Tracking Station Nov. 1993 Gerald Stayner IERS DOMES Number : 40479M001 CDP Number : Not assigned Date : January 13, 1994 Additional information : PGGA - Permanent GPS Geodetic Array 2. Site Location City : Blythe Country : Riverside County, California USA Tectonic Plate : Pacific-North America plate boundary (essentially North American plate) Additional information : ITRF92 coordinates (m) -- X -2223206.587 Y -4830299.913 Z 3510587.788 Epoch 1994.3080 3. GPS Receiver a) Type : Ashtech Z-XII3 (Z12) Model 700570-6A Serial Number : 03435 Firmware Version : NAV 1C00, CHN 1C00 Date : January 13, 1994 Note : First measurements b) Type : Ashtech Z-XII3 (Z12) Model 700570-6A Serial Number : 03435 Firmware Version : NAV 1C01, CHN 1C00 Date : January 25, 1994 Note : Firmware Upgrade c) Type : Ashtech Z-XII3 (Z12) Model 700570-6A Serial Number : 03435 Firmware Version : NAV 1D00, CHN 1C01 Date : July 11, 1994 (21:00 UT) Note : Firmware Upgrade d) Type : Ashtech Z-XII3 (Z12) Model 700570-6A Serial Number : 03435 Firmware Version : NAV 1E00, CHN 1C50 Date : August 3, 1995 Note : Firmware Upgrade 4. GPS Antenna a-c) Type : Ashtech L1/L2 P Serial Number : 700228D2941 Date : January 13, 1994 Vertical Antenna Height: 0.036m Antenna Reference Point: BPA (Bottom of Preamplifier) Date : January 13, 1994 d) Type : Ashtech 700936-B (Ashtech w/ Choke Ring) Serial Number : 11933 Date : August 3, 1995 Vertical Antenna Height: 0.0347 m Antenna Reference Point: BPA (Bottom of Preamplifier) Note : Radome removed - Site enclosure radome in use 5. Local Site Ties -- In progress 6. Frequency standard H-maser / / Cesium / / Quartz / / Internal / X / Other (specify) : Date : January 13, 1994 7. Collocation -- None 8. On-site, Point of Contact Agency Information Agency : County of Riverside Transportation and Land Management Agency Transportation Department Contact : Gerald Stayner County Surveyor Address : 4080 Lemon Street, 8th Floor Riverside, CA 92501 USA Telephone : (909) 275-6700 E-mail : Fax : (909) 275-6721 9. Responsible Operations Agency (if different from item 8) Agency : Scripps Institution of Oceanography Contact : Jeff Behr / Jeff Dean / Yehuda Bock Address : IGPP 0225, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225 Telephone : (619) 534-7692 (geodesy lab) E-mail : (behr,jdean,bock@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. a-c) Ashtech: GEODETIC L1/L2 P ^ +-------------------+ +--+ +-------+-----------+-----------+--------+ +--+ <-- 0.064 TGP=L1=L2 +-+--+ +------------+-------------+-------------+ +--+-+ <-- 0.060 BGP |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| +------x------+ <-- 0.000 ARP=BPA <-- 0.080 --> <-- 0.2636 --> <-- 0.286 --> d) Ashtech w/Dorne-Margolin Choke Ring (& Radome) ----- / + \ <-- 0.128 L2 | + | <-- 0.110 L1 +--------------------------------------------------+ <-- 0.102 TCR | | | | | | | | +-+--------------------------------------------------+-+ <-- 0.038 BCR +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+ <-- 0.035 BGP | | =| | +------x------+ <-- 0.000 m ARP <-- 0.381 --> NOTE: Dimensions and Offsets Presumed to be same as for TurboRogue DM-T (tests pending) ARP: Antenna Reference Point L1 : L1 Phase Center L2 : L2 Phase Center TCR: Top of Chokering BCR: Bottom of Chokering TGP: Top of Ground Plane BGP: Bottom of Ground Plane TPA: Top of Preamplifier BPA: Bottom of Preamplifier 11. Hard copy information The next items should be compiled and sent to the Central Bureau (see original IGS Station Information Report, or contact the CB for forms). Please mark 'X' if on file or date expected to be available. Site Map : Site Diagram : Horizon Mask : Monument description : Site pictures :