  The complex ten-component gravitational lens system B1933+503 has been
monitored with the VLA during the period February to June 1998 with a view to
measuring the time delay between the four compact components and hence to
determine the Hubble parameter. Here we present the results of an `A'
configuration 8.4-GHz monitoring campaign which consists of 37 epochs with an
average spacing of 2.8 days. The data have yielded light curves for the four
flat-spectrum radio components (components 1, 3, 4 and 6). We observe only
small flux density changes in the four flat-spectrum components which we do not
believe are predominantly intrinsic to the source. Therefore the variations do
not allow us to determine the independent time delays in this system. However,
the data do allow us to accurately determine the flux density ratios between
the four flat-spectrum components. These will prove important as modelling
constraints and could prove crucial in future monitoring observations should
these data show only a monotonic increase or decrease in the flux densities of
the flat-spectrum components.
