PENTICTON
Station summaryDRAO
| IGS-type acronym : | DRAO |
| Latitude : | 49.32260132 |
| Longitude : | -119.62500000 |
| Installed date : | 1991-02-27 |
| Decommissioned date : | |
| Country : | CANADA |
| City: | PENTICTON |
| Station status : | active (green) |
| Domes Nr.: | 40105M002 |
| Station operator: | Unknown |
| IGS-like station form : |
GPS position times seriesDRAO
(Reference epoch: )
| M | Material change or malfunction |
| E | Earthquake |
| RF | Reference Frame change |
| U | Unknown |
| NA | Not available |
| Position discontinuity | |
| Velocity discontinuity |
Data available at SONELDRAO
Quality plots on RINEX filesDRAO
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| Observations & tracking performance | Satellite tracking |
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Log bookDRAO
[IGSSTATION-7866] - 2020-02-06 (18/03/2020)
GPS TRACKER ID: ALBH
DOMES No.: 40129M003
CDP No. n/a
MONUMENT No. 927000
LOCATION: Albert Head (Victoria, B.C.), Canada
GPS TRACKER ID: BAMF
DOMES No.: 40190M001
MONUMENT No. M027005
LOCATION: Bamfield B.C., Canada
GPS TRACKER ID: CHWK
DOMES No.: 40142M00
CDP No. n/a
MONUMENT No. 987020
LOCATION: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
GPS TRACKER ID: DRAO
DOMES No.: 40105M002
MONUMENT No. 887006
LOCATION: Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO)
Penticton B.C, Canada
GPS TRACKER ID: HOLB
DOMES No.: 40130M001
CDP No. n/a
MONUMENT No. 927005
LOCATION: Holberg, B.C., Canada
GPS TRACKER ID: NANO
DOMES No.: 40138M001
CDP No. n/a
MONUMENT No. 957000
LOCATION: Winchelsea Island, Nanoose, B.C., Canada
GPS TRACKER ID: UCLU
DOMES No.: 40140M001
CDP No. n/a
MONUMENT No. 947001
LOCATION: Ucluelet, B.C., Canada
GPS TRACKER ID: WILL
DOMES No.: 40134M001
CDP No. n/a
MONUMENT No. 937011
LOCATION: Williams Lake, B.C., Canada
ADVISORY:
Re: IGSSTATION 7860, please be advised that Server issues have been resolved at our data centre, and data postings have resumed, with no loss of data.
[IGSSTATION-7674] - 2019-05-31 (12/06/2019)
The receiver at station DRAO was changed to a SEPT POLARX5 at ~05:00ut on May 31, 2019.
Also, the frequency standard was changed to a T4 Science VCH-1008 maser at the same time.
An updated site log will be submitted to the IGS shortly.
[IGSSTATION-7680] - 2019-06-04 (12/06/2019)
A updated site log file has been uploaded to IGS.org to report the new receiver and external clock at the site DRAO00CAN:
3.27 Receiver Type : SEPT POLARX5
Satellite System : GPS GLO GAL
Serial Number : 3022792
Firmware Version : 5.2.0
Elevation Cutoff Setting : 5 deg
Date Installed : 2019-05-31T05:00Z
Date Removed : CCYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ
Temperature Stabiliz. :
Additional Information : new receiver
6.14 Standard Type : EXTERNAL H-MASER
Input Frequency : 5 MHz
Effective Dates : 2019-05-31/CCYY-MM-DD
Notes : T4 Science VCH-1008 Passive Maser s/n 044
RINEX files submitted have the correct information already.
[IGSSTATION-7319] - 2018-05-05 (15/05/2018)
Please note that there was a receiver change at this site for the period 2018-04-16T00:00Z to 2018-04-20T23:59Z. The JAVAD receiver was replaced for this 5 day period with a Septentrio PolarX5 receiver. Hourly and daily data files for this time period have now been posted. Relevant information blocks are in sitelog file (3.23 indicates removal date), on SONEL and ftp://wcda.pgc.nrcan.gc.ca/pub/siteinfo/drao_igs.log
[IGSSTATION-5782] - 2014-05-13 (14/05/2014)
IGSSTATION-5777, repairs have now been made to the receiver at DRAO and data again is being logged and posted to directories. A faulty cable led to a complete malfunction of the instrument, resulting in a permanent data loss from 2014-05-12T17:59:30 to 2014-05-13T17:48:30 UT.
[IGSSTATION-5649] - 2014-01-10 (13/01/2014)
Communications have been restored to the GPS receiver at DRAO. All data has been retrieved and posted. Note that there are some data gaps on days between 2013-357 and 2014-007.
