January 16, 2009

KST UHF operation memorandum for the January 16, 2009 experiment

3^rd day DELTA-2 campaign

Experiment name: DELTA2: beata (CP2)

　　　　　　 pointrheight 185.8 77.4 299.6

elan files:puny :/kst/exp/beata/beata.elan

Pulse scheme: beata

Start time: 17:00 UT on January 16, 2009

End time: 23:00 UT on January 16, 2009

Participants: Satonori Nozawa, Yasunobu Ogawa, and Shi-ichiro Oyama.

Before our experiment: Nothing

After our experiment: Nothing

Other instruments.

STEL photometer, STEL digital camera (1-min interval), STEL proton imager (1-min interval), STE FPI, STEL imager (5577, 6300, etc.) NIPR all-sky camera, NIPR ATV (all-sky TV imager), NIPR WTV (wide-view TV imager).

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Note: (time in UT)

January 16, 2009

　　　　　 cloudy, and -1 deg.

16:48　 runexp /kst/exp/ beata/beata 16:48 cp2 NI

16:49 rtg

16:58　 Tx up

17:00　 enablerec

　　　　　 at EROS5 console (UHF)

　　　　　 Tx power is about 1.2-1.3 MW due to a polarizer problem.

1716　 Tx down

1717　 recovered

1720　 Tx down

1721　 recovered

1724　 Tx down

1725　 recovered

1734　 Tx down

1735　 recovered

　　　　　 Tx power is set t be about 1.1 MW.

2300　 stopexp

　　　　　 partly clear sky -5 deg C.

Summary

The activity of the ionosphere was very very low.

cp2 antenna pattern

FA (185.8, 77.4)

E (166.5, 59.4)

EM (133.3, 56.8)

V (180.0, 90.0)