January 24, 2009

KST UHF operation memorandum for the January 24, 2009 experiment

11^th day of DELTA-2 campaign

Experiment name: DELTA2: beata (CP2)

　　　　　　 pointrheight 185.8 77.4 299.6

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

Pulse scheme: beata

Start time: 17:00 UT on January 24, 2009

End time:05:00 UT on January 25, 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 24, 2009

　　　　　 Clear sky, and -18 deg.

Today, 12-min cycle mode is used.

16:44　 run /kst/exp/ni/beata/beata 16:48 cp2_12 NI

16:59　　　 Tx up

17:00　 enablerec

　　　　　 at EROS5 console (UHF)

17:05　 1.4 MW

17:53 Tx down

17:56 recovered

　　　　　 1.36 MW

21:50 Tx down

21:52 recovered

　　　　　 1.36 MW

January 25, 2009

00:23 Tx off

00:26 recovered

02:30 crowber, 0 kW.

02:32 1300 kW.

02:54 crowber, 0 kW.

02:57 1300 kW.

02:58 crowber, 0 kW.

03:01 1300 kW.

03:09 crowber, 0 kW.

03:01 1200 kW.

03:12 crowber, 0 kW.

03:12 1200 kW.

03:23 crowber, 0 kW.

03:25 1200 kW.

03:37 crowber, 0 kW.

03:38 1000 kW.

03:44 crowber, 0 kW.

03:45 950 kW.

03:54 crowber, 0 kW.

03:54 1300 kW.

03:58 crowber, 0 kW.

03:58 1300 kW.

04:17 crowber, 0 kW.

04:17 1300 kW.

04:59:59 stopexp

Summary

The activity of the ionosphere was low for 5 -6 hrs.

After 0100 UT, the ionosphere above Tromsø exhibited an activity.

cp2_12 antenna pattern

Cycle time=12min

FA (185.8, 77.4)　　 2’45”

E (166.5, 59.4)　　　 2’40’

EM (133.3, 56.8)　 2’30”

V (180.0, 90.0)　　　 2’30”