----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Aug 27 16:53:36 GMT 1996 Year: 96 Doy: 240 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 16:53:40 GMT 1996 Clear sky, wind=10 mph from the South, temp=47 F. Tue Aug 27 16:54:03 GMT 1996 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Tue Aug 27 16:57:35 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol Tue Aug 27 16:57:44 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Tue Aug 27 17:00:51 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Tue Aug 27 17:01:45 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Tue Aug 27 17:03:07 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Tue Aug 27 17:04:23 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Tue Aug 27 17:04:33 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Tue Aug 27 17:05:15 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water Tue Aug 27 18:00:54 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Tue Aug 27 18:01:46 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Tue Aug 27 18:04:28 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Tue Aug 27 18:05:41 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Tue Aug 27 18:05:51 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Tue Aug 27 18:06:33 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water CHIP COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 18:34:33 GMT 1996 Stalled with Program:FixCenter and Optics:Busy, restarted with Kill/Run. Tue Aug 27 18:38:48 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Tue Aug 27 19:00:54 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Tue Aug 27 19:01:46 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Tue Aug 27 19:04:31 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Tue Aug 27 19:05:44 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Tue Aug 27 19:05:53 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Tue Aug 27 19:06:31 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water MKIII COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 19:19:36 GMT 1996 Stopped taking data for a while so I can test out a modification to the NOAA computer to see if it eliminates the noise we were getting from it. Tue Aug 27 20:00:54 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Tue Aug 27 20:01:47 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Tue Aug 27 20:02:15 GMT 1996 CHIP Gain Tue Aug 27 20:07:08 GMT 1996 CHIP End Gain MKIII COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 20:07:30 GMT 1996 Will start recording data again, noise tests are done, the modification didn't help much. NOAA found that the ethernet card was emitting noise due to poor grounding, and that they could get rid of the noise by grounding the BNC connector shield to the computer chassis, they tested it on another computer using a radio to detect the noise. COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 20:24:21 GMT 1996 Extended the dome slot. CHIP COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 20:24:43 GMT 1996 Stalled with Program:FixCenter and Optics:Busy, restarted with Kill/Run. Tue Aug 27 20:28:32 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Tue Aug 27 21:00:52 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Tue Aug 27 21:01:45 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Tue Aug 27 21:03:25 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Tue Aug 27 21:04:37 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Tue Aug 27 21:04:47 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Tue Aug 27 21:05:27 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water DPMON COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 21:45:09 GMT 1996 Stalled with Program: sync, restarted with Kill/Run. Tue Aug 27 21:48:28 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol Tue Aug 27 22:00:54 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Tue Aug 27 22:01:48 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Tue Aug 27 22:15:03 GMT 1996 dPMon End Patrol Tue Aug 27 22:15:15 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias CHIP COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 22:16:21 GMT 1996 Stalled with Program:FixCenter and Optics:Busy, restarted with Kill/Run so I could Endday cleanly. Tue Aug 27 22:17:10 GMT 1996 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Tue Aug 27 22:29:10 GMT 1996 Activity report: QP: 125; 225-245; 270; 285; 308. No coronal activity. TAPES: ****** MKIII: H01373 DPMON: P00694 CHIP: C00111 LOWL: L00411 in drive #1 SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 16:58:11. 8/27/96 DOY 240 17:03:00 17:06:14 17:09:27 17:12:44 17:15:59 17:19:15 17:22:30 17:25:45 17:28:59 17:32:13 17:35:26 17:38:40 17:41:52 17:45:07 17:48:21 17:51:34 17:54:46 17:58:00 1804 0 CL 18:09:40 1822 15CL 18:33:53 18:37:24 18:40:37 18:43:55 18:47:08 18:50:19 18:53:30 18:56:41 18:59:52 19:03:04 19:06:15 19:09:27 19:12:38 19:15:51 20:09:23 20:12:36 20:15:50 20:19:03 20:22:16 20:25:30 20:28:42 20:31:55 20:35:07 20:38:21 20:41:34 20:44:50 20:48:03 20:51:16 20:54:28 20:57:47 21:01:00 21:04:13 21:07:27 21:10:40 21:13:52 21:17:05 21:20:17 21:23:31 21:26:44 21:29:57 21:33:09 21:36:22 21:39:36 21:42:49 21:46:01 21:49:15 21:52:27 21:55:42 21:58:54 22:02:07 22:05:19 22:08:33 22:11:45 22:14:58 0 ERRORS OK