ESR operation memorandam for December 2, 2000 (Saturday) BY S. Nozawa

Experiment name: SS-520-2  (the 8th day)
Pulse scheme: tau0, 6.4 second, 32/42m
Position of the 32m dish: 
(1) Az=-24, El=30 (pointing geomagnetically north of the UK definition)  
        from 04:00 to 05:00.
(2) Az=0, El=30 (pointing north)  from 05:00 to 

Start time: 04 UT
End time:11 UT

Before our experiment:  canceled (SP-UK-ECUS)
After our experiment: SP-UK-ECUS
EISCAT STAFF: Halvard

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Note: (time in UT)
04:00            START with (Az=-24, El=30): Trasnmitter ON.
04:01            Start recording. Tx power = 980-990 kW. Pretty good.
                   
04:09            Tx3 and Tx4 were down for about 30 seconds.

04:41            Tx4 was down for about 50 seconds.

05:00             Changed the position to Az=0, El=30.

05:28           Tx power = 965-975 kW

11:00:00       END

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Summary:
Fairly good operation.
No flights  (strange )..
No rocket launching occurred.
Still 'airport interlock' is broken (off).  
Accoding to Tony, switing mode with dump-time of  3.2 sec 
doest not work properly yet.  Should not be used.