*********************************************** 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 : bock@pgga.ucsd.edu, stark@pgga.ucsd.edu 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 : ujl@logos.jpl.nasa.gov 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 : rwk@chandler.mit.edu 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 --> 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 :