----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Jun 13 16:20:27 GMT 2000 Year: 00 Doy: 165 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 16:20:54 GMT 2000 Cool, in broken cirrus, brisk west wind. **LOW-L PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 16:21:22 GMT 2000 L00721 found popped out this morning. It was around 60 files yesterday. There were 2 files on the backup blank tape in drive #1, no image on screen due to clouds on east horizon. Rewound tape in drive 1. Started lowl with L00722 in drive #0 after cleaning drive. Tue Jun 13 16:26:50 GMT 2000 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Tue Jun 13 16:27:11 GMT 2000 MKIV Start Patrol Tue Jun 13 16:27:16 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol **PICS PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 16:27:25 GMT 2000 I will take a few loops of PICS data before stopping to repack occulting wheel motor gearbox with thinned grease. We will try to run with it until Greg sends out a replacement Siemon motor cannibalized from the dust cap unit that is in Boulder for redesign. Learned from archived drawings that the motor on the old 8-station filter wheel that was shipped to Boulder is a Pittman, not a Siemon. Tue Jun 13 16:31:36 GMT 2000 CHIP CHIP Start 7 Passband Patrol Tue Jun 13 16:43:40 GMT 2000 PICS End Patrol COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 18:30:21 GMT 2000 Working on occulting wheel caused loss of guiding. Repointing. Tue Jun 13 18:32:11 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol **CHIP PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 18:34:41 GMT 2000 CHIP image not centered due to guiding loss. Moved objective to default position manually. **PICS PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 18:40:11 GMT 2000 Cleaned and repacked occulting wheel motor and gearbox. Noise is coming from the motor bearings. Motor needs to be replaced at some time. It is quiet now, but will probably get noisy when it gets hot or after running for a while. **CHIP PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 18:45:07 GMT 2000 CHIP diffuser was also in for some reason. Just moved it out. Tue Jun 13 18:58:52 GMT 2000 MKIV Start Patrol **MKIV PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 18:59:25 GMT 2000 xanim images hosed. Stopping to reset KCC. WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 19:03:05 GMT 2000 In altostratus. PICS COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 19:03:23 GMT 2000 Occulting wheel motor sounds OK for now. COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 19:05:33 GMT 2000 Stopping to reconfigure dome shutter while in altostratus and while KCC is rebooting. Tue Jun 13 19:06:27 GMT 2000 PICS End Patrol Tue Jun 13 19:07:58 GMT 2000 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Tue Jun 13 19:15:19 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol Tue Jun 13 19:15:19 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol Tue Jun 13 19:18:21 GMT 2000 MKIV Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 19:38:44 GMT 2000 In orographic clouds. Tue Jun 13 20:01:14 GMT 2000 CHIP Gain7 Tue Jun 13 20:09:56 GMT 2000 CHIP End Gain Tue Jun 13 20:10:14 GMT 2000 CHIP Bias Tue Jun 13 20:11:23 GMT 2000 CHIP End Bias **MKIV PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 20:28:49 GMT 2000 Xanim stil hosed. Resetting KCC again, this time powering down/up KCC. Tue Jun 13 20:34:54 GMT 2000 MKIV Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 20:40:06 GMT 2000 In thick orographic clouds. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 20:40:47 GMT 2000 Power cycle fixed xanim. Needed to reset transformation board, not just KCC. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 21:15:51 GMT 2000 Xanim images still look bad after that good one. **PICS PROBLEM**: Tue Jun 13 21:31:16 GMT 2000 Occulting wheel motor is noisy again. Looks like we should replace it as soon as we get the replacement from Greg. It was shipped out today. WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 21:40:01 GMT 2000 In orographic clouds again. Tue Jun 13 21:56:27 GMT 2000 PICS End Patrol Tue Jun 13 21:59:37 GMT 2000 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Tue Jun 13 22:02:53 GMT 2000 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Tue Jun 13 22:07:08 GMT 2000 Tapes: MKIV: 00-165 PICS: P01775 CHIP: C01154 LOWL: L00722 Tue Jun 13 22:08:38 GMT 2000 MkIV 16_27.rawmk4 17_29.rawmk4 18_30.rawmk4 19_57.rawmk4 21_04.rawmk4 16_30.rawmk4 17_32.rawmk4 18_33.rawmk4 20_00.rawmk4 21_07.rawmk4 16_33.rawmk4 17_35.rawmk4 18_36.rawmk4 20_03.rawmk4 21_10.rawmk4 16_36.rawmk4 17_36.rawmk4 18_42.rawmk4 20_06.rawmk4 21_13.rawmk4 16_39.rawmk4 17_40.rawmk4 18_49.rawmk4 20_09.rawmk4 21_16.rawmk4 16_42.rawmk4 17_43.rawmk4 18_55.rawmk4 20_12.rawmk4 21_19.rawmk4 16_45.rawmk4 17_46.rawmk4 18_58.rawmk4 20_14.rawmk4 21_22.rawmk4 16_48.rawmk4 17_49.rawmk4 19_01.rawmk4 20_17.rawmk4 21_25.rawmk4 16_51.rawmk4 17_52.rawmk4 19_18.rawmk4 20_20.rawmk4 21_28.rawmk4 16_53.rawmk4 17_55.rawmk4 19_21.rawmk4 20_23.rawmk4 21_31.rawmk4 16_56.rawmk4 17_58.rawmk4 19_24.rawmk4 20_26.rawmk4 21_34.rawmk4 16_59.rawmk4 18_01.rawmk4 19_27.rawmk4 20_34.rawmk4 21_37.rawmk4 17_02.rawmk4 18_04.rawmk4 19_30.rawmk4 20_38.rawmk4 21_40.rawmk4 17_05.rawmk4 18_07.rawmk4 19_33.rawmk4 20_40.rawmk4 21_43.rawmk4 17_08.rawmk4 18_10.rawmk4 19_36.rawmk4 20_43.rawmk4 21_46.rawmk4 17_11.rawmk4 18_13.rawmk4 19_39.rawmk4 20_46.rawmk4 21_49.rawmk4 17_14.rawmk4 18_16.rawmk4 19_42.rawmk4 20_49.rawmk4 21_52.rawmk4 17_17.rawmk4 18_19.rawmk4 19_45.rawmk4 20_52.rawmk4 21_54.rawmk4 17_20.rawmk4 18_22.rawmk4 19_48.rawmk4 20_55.rawmk4 c18_39.rawmk4 17_23.rawmk4 18_25.rawmk4 19_51.rawmk4 20_58.rawmk4 c18_46.rawmk4 17_26.rawmk4 18_28.rawmk4 19_54.rawmk4 21_01.rawmk4 c18_52.rawmk4