Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Jan 30 17:29:25 GMT 1996 Year: 96 Doy: 030 Observer: yasukawa console Jan 30 17:27 WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 17:29:43 GMT 1996 Cold, in broken altocumulus overcast, south wind. LOW-L COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 17:41:25 GMT 1996 Faulty Exabyte drive repaired and returned from R-squared. Replacement drive installed into our enclosure and tested by vendor. Finding was flattened centronics connector pin causing poor contact. Internal ribbon cable also replaced. Stopping LOWL in clouds to reintegrate repaired drive into system. Ejecting L00371. LOW-L COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 18:02:41 GMT 1996 Repaired drive in place, unit numbers set: repaired unit = 0, other unit returned to 1. Restarted LOWL, no solar data but it is writing to L00372 in unit 0. L00373 loaded into unit 1. Unit 0 looks to be operating OK, would'a ejected the tape by now if it was still hosed. WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 18:19:14 GMT 1996 Hole opening up, will open up and begin obs. Wind picked up, very strong, approx 20 mph from southwest. WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 18:24:41 GMT 1996 Hole closed up, MKIII and DPMON set-up and ready for next opportunity. Tue Jan 30 18:31:56 GMT 1996: Patrol Start WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 18:32:05 GMT 1996 Clear hole, starting up. WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 18:34:39 GMT 1996 Hole closed up very fast with more altostratus blowing over from summit. COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 18:56:48 GMT 1996 Network just went down. Tue Jan 30 19:01:55 GMT 1996: Calibration WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 19:21:53 GMT 1996 clear hole is a real tease, sun remains inside edge of altostratus. Tue Jan 30 19:46:59 GMT 1996: Patrol Start Tue Jan 30 20:00:00 GMT 1996: Calibration WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 20:06:17 GMT 1996 Drizzling, completely clouded over, closing dome. Tue Jan 30 20:20:02 GMT 1996: Patrol End WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 21:37:02 GMT 1996 Raining heavily now. Shutting down for the day COMMENT: Tue Jan 30 21:37:26 GMT 1996 Activity report: NO DATA, recycling tapes. TAPES: LOWL: L00371 and L00372 Tue Jan 30 21:38:38 GMT 1996: Filemark