ESR operation memorandam for December 1, 2000 (Friday) BY S. Nozawa Experiment name: SS-520-2 (the 7th day) Pulse scheme: tau0, 6.4 second, 32/42m Position of the 32m dish: (1) Az=0, El=30 (pointing north) from 04:00 to 09:23. (2) Az=-125.2, El=34.3 from 09:24 to 10:12 (3) Az=0, El=30 (pointing north) from 10:13 to 11:00. Start time: 04 UT End time:11 UT Before our experiment: canceled (SP-UK-ECUS) After our experiment: SP-UK-ECUS EISCAT STAFF: Halvor --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: (time in UT) 04:00 START with (Az=0, El=30) Tx3 and Tx4 were down. 'sync' error, so 'Minstart' was made again. 04:10 Looks everything fine. Tx power is 970-980 kW. 06:40:30 'decodump' died. 06:43 'Start recording' was made. Looks recorved. 09:05:10 Transmitter was set "STAND BY" due to airport interlock (but manually) 09:15:00 Transmitter was on. 09:23:10 Changed the antenna position to (Az=-125.2, El=34.3). -09:24:25 10:12:08 Backed the antenna position to (Az=0, El=30) -10:13:13 11:00:00 END --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary: Fairly good operation. No rocket launching occurred. Still 'airport interlock' is broken (off).