********************************** SITE INFORMATION FORM ********************************** 0. Form Prepared by (full name): Keith F. Stark Date : 31-Oct-1995 Report type : Update (NEW or UPDATE) 1. Site Identification of the GPS monument Site Name : St. Croix VLBA 4 char ID : CRO1 Monument Inscription : St. Croix VLBA RM 1 IERS DOMES Number : 43201M001 (Liu, 22 May 96) CDP Number : JPL 4023 Date : 1994 Additional information : The monument is a 0.457m diameter stainless steel plate set in a 0.762m diameter concrete monolith that projects 0.635m above grade. The monument is located approximately 82m northwest of the 25m VLBA antenna. 2. Site Location City : Christiansted Country : United States Virgin Islands (USA) Tectonic Plate : Caribbean Additional information : The site is located at the NRAO VLBA facility on the northeast tip of St. Croix. 3. GPS Receiver A) Type : TurboRogue SNR-8000 Serial Number : T-133 Firmware Version : 2.8 Date : 16-Jan-1994 B) Type : TurboRogue SNR-8000 Serial Number : T356 Firmware Version : 3.2 link 03/09/95 Date : 13-Oct-1995 4. GPS Antenna A) Type : Dorn-Margolin T Serial Number : 133 Date : 16-Jan-1994 Vertical Antenna Height: 6.14 cm Antenna Reference Point: bottom of pre-amp Date : 16-Jan-1994 B) Type : Dorn-Margolin T Serial Number : 484 Date : 13-Oct-1995 Vertical Antenna Height: ?.?? cm (probably 6.14cm) Antenna Reference Point: bottom of pre-amp Date : 13-Oct-1995 5. Local Site Ties Monument CDP DOMES Components Accuracy Date Name Number Number dX dY dZ mm yy-mm-dd ............ ....... ........ ........ ........ ........ .. .. .. .. ............ ....... ........ ........ ........ ........ .. .. .. .. ............ ....... ........ ........ ........ ........ .. .. .. .. Differential coordinates from the GPS monument to the reference and other monuments. The components are parallel to the XYZ-axes of the global geocentric reference system ITRF (WGS-84). Site ties currently not available. "Accuracy" is estimated accuracy of local survey (millimeters). 6. Frequency standard H-maser / / Cesium / / Quartz / / Internal / x / Other (specify) : Date : 13-Oct-1995 (Mark with 'X') 7. Collocation SLR / / VLBI /x / 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 Agency : National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Contact : John Williams/Ronald Lindsey Address : NRAO St. Croix VLBA Station P.O. Box 24878 Gallows Bay Station, Christiansted St. Croix, USVI 00824-0878 Telephone : (809) 773-4448 E-mail : vlbasc@vlbacc.nrao.edu Fax : 9. Responsible Operations Agency (if different from item 8) Agency : JPL Contact : Keith F. Stark Address : 4800 Oak Grove Drive : Pasadena, CA Telephone : 818-354-5922 E-mail : stark@logos.jpl.nasa.gov Fax : 818-393-4965 10. Please insert here the character graphics corresponding to the antenna type. TurboRogue: DORNE MARGOLIN T ----- / + \ <-- 0.128 L2 | + | <-- 0.110 L1 +--------------------------------------------------+ <-- 0.102 TCR | | | | | | | | +-+--------------------------------------------------+-+ <-- 0.038 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+ <-- 0.035 BCR | | =| | +------x------+ <-- 0.000 ARP <-- 0.381 --> ARP: Antenna Reference Point L1 : L1 Phase Center L2 : L2 Phase Center TCR: Top of Chokering BCR: Bottom of Chokering 11. Hard copy information Please mark 'X' if on file or date expected to be available. Site Map : x Site Diagram : x Horizon Mask : 1994 Monument description : x Site pictures : x