----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Aug 22 16:43:13 GMT 1997 Year: 97 Doy: 234 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 16:43:18 GMT 1997 Clear sky, wind=10 mph from the SE, temp=49 F. Fri Aug 22 16:43:55 GMT 1997 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 16:44:02 GMT 1997 Read the HELCO meters this morning. Fri Aug 22 16:48:27 GMT 1997 dPMon Start Patrol Fri Aug 22 16:48:32 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Aug 22 17:00:59 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 22 17:01:08 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 22 17:01:56 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Fri Aug 22 17:01:55 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 22 17:02:05 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Aug 22 17:02:38 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Fri Aug 22 18:00:59 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 22 18:01:54 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Fri Aug 22 18:03:02 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 22 18:03:53 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 22 18:04:03 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Aug 22 18:04:35 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 18:12:16 GMT 1997 Finally got through my e-mail, lots of requests coming in at a time when I already have lots of extra things to do, fix, etcetera. I'll have to apply triage prioritization so that the most important things get done today and the other things get moved to future work days. This isn't uncommon but usually there aren't so many high priority tasks all at once so I thought I would mention the situation here. Fri Aug 22 19:00:57 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 22 19:01:53 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Fri Aug 22 19:02:12 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 22 19:03:00 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 22 19:03:11 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Aug 22 19:03:44 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 19:11:21 GMT 1997 Orographic clouds are moving in. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 19:29:20 GMT 1997 Pausing due to clouds. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 19:29:37 GMT 1997 Getting cirrus clouds now. Fri Aug 22 20:01:01 GMT 1997 CHIP Gain Fri Aug 22 20:03:05 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 22 20:03:59 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 20:04:00 GMT 1997 Our FAX machine does work, the surge suppressor for the phone line doesn't. No user serviceable parts, I'll but another one. Fri Aug 22 20:05:20 GMT 1997 CHIP End Gain Fri Aug 22 20:05:29 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 22 20:06:11 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 22 20:06:20 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Aug 22 20:06:49 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 20:28:01 GMT 1997 Found 2 blown resistors in the Surge Suppressor, thats why the phone line for the FAX machine wasn't working . COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 20:36:41 GMT 1997 Extended the dome slot about 20 minutes ago. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 20:48:26 GMT 1997 Taking data again. Fri Aug 22 21:02:03 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 22 21:02:51 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 22 21:03:04 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 22 21:03:01 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Aug 22 21:03:39 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Fri Aug 22 21:04:00 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 21:13:21 GMT 1997 Going down to GONG Shelter to work on the instrumental and phone line problems. Fri Aug 22 22:01:06 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 22 22:01:54 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 22 22:02:04 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Aug 22 22:02:39 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Fri Aug 22 22:03:04 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 22 22:03:56 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 22:16:21 GMT 1997 Checked with Bob at NOAA about our phone line, he said they have a phone line to a FAX machine that is dead like the GONG phone lines also, so he will check for the problem on their side of the GONG line. I checked the GONg side of the line and everything look normal except no power is coming through the line. COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 22:19:06 GMT 1997 Settled a plan for me to inspect the new addition after it is finished with Charlie. It looks very good so far. I help out whenever I can with the construction and communications. COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 22:21:38 GMT 1997 I checked out more equipment down at the GONG shelter, it still looks like the turret Pitch and Roll and the camera Rotator and the weather station are the main problems. I couldn't find much helpful documentation or drawings to help identify things so I will send e-mail to gong_ops again. Not enough time today to work on GONG very much but things should be a lot better tomorrow. Fri Aug 22 22:26:33 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Aug 22 22:26:54 GMT 1997 dPMon End Patrol MKIII COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 22:28:26 GMT 1997 Scanning stopped around 2213, reason unknown. I can't get an EOF to tape. Fri Aug 22 22:30:26 GMT 1997 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 22:41:18 GMT 1997 Still no call back from Tony regarding the GSA car repairs. COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 22:41:47 GMT 1997 Can't get through to Boulder with the modem. COMMENT: Fri Aug 22 23:26:20 GMT 1997 Activity report: QP: 70-85; 221; 245-270; 292; 308-322. No coronal activity. TAPES: ****** MKIII: H01622 DPMON: P00973 CHIP: C00391 LOWL: instrument down for repairs. SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 16:49:09. 8/22/97 DOY 234 16:54:44 16:57:58 17:01:08 17:04:19 17:07:30 17:10:45 17:13:57 17:17:10 17:20:22 17:23:35 17:26:48 17:30:02 17:33:15 17:36:29 17:39:42 17:42:57 17:46:11 17:49:27 17:52:41 17:55:56 17:59:11 18:02:31 1811 0 CL 18:16:44 1821 15CL 18:29:03 18:33:07 18:36:23 18:39:41 18:42:56 18:46:19 18:49:37 18:52:54 18:56:10 18:59:27 19:02:43 19:06:01 19:09:18 19:12:37 19:15:53 19:19:11 19:22:28 19:25:46 19:29:02 20:48:55 20:52:10 20:55:27 20:58:42 21:01:57 21:05:11 21:08:27 21:11:43 21:15:04 21:18:18 21:21:33 21:24:47 21:28:03 21:31:17 21:34:32 21:37:46 21:41:01 21:44:16 21:47:31 21:50:46 21:54:01 21:57:15 22:00:31 22:03:45 22:07:01 22:10:15 22:13:31 0 ERRORS OK