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2024 July

Daily observation notes published from the eovsadata canonical log.

July 01

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
02:21 (Jul 02) 79 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-01 11:00.
15:14 59 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:54 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 7 It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.

Observations

Imported source block (date does not match record 2024-07-01)

Tohban notes for Tuesday July 02:

Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.
Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.
Ant 10 FEM in the lab.

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Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 02

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:27 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 31. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-02 12:52.
15:14 59 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:53 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
02:42 (Jul 03) 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 20:50 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 03

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
02:21 (Jul 04) 79 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 30. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-03 11:00.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
15:00 UT Testing and making adjustments to the LO.
16:20 UT The settings have been adjusted for the new LO level. We will know / if it worked after the GAINSOLPNT at 18:37 UT.
16:00 to 21:00 Replace the TEC on ant4. Made no diffence. Put the old TEC / back. Also now it is the controlled side that is hot

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 04

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:08 98 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 31. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-04 12:53.
15:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:45 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
4 Ant 4 controlled side not cooling, but the uncontrolled side is very cold.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 05

Observer: Dale Gary

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:45 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 39. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-05 13:49.
15:14 59 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
14 Ant14 was not tracking today at 13:20 UT, so the entire calibration was / restarted. This means a 1h late start on the Sun.

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 20:09 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 06

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:50 59 1-4, 6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration only for high bands < 30. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-06 12:54.
15:14 16 1-4, 6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
14 Ant14 Did not track at 12:50 Cal. Was able to restart from the webpage.
15:05 Ant4 and Ant7 had AZ axis lock.
14 19:34 Ant14 had 24V Internal Pwr Supply Overload. Rebooted the drive.
14 02:41 Ant14 had 24V Internal Pwr Supply Overload. Rebooted the drive.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 07

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:44 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 31. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-07 13:09.
15:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:34 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1, 5, 7, 8 Ants 1, 5, 7, 8, and 14 had to be rebooted. "Reboot 1 antx" works. This is / very likely due to overheat in the antenna control boxes, and will likely / continue for the next several days or week. No point in trying to get them / back once they overheat. / Restarted the calibration this morning at 12:44 UT, about 20 min late.
7 Ant7 stopped @ ~21:00 presumably due to overheating antenna controller
1,5-8 Ant1,5-8 have also stopped.

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 21:55 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 08

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:30 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 31. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-08 12:55.
15:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:30 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1, 5-8 Ants 1, 5-8 had to be rebooted. All antennas (except 10) successfully tracking.
22:40 FEM 3,9, 13 FEM have lost communication. Rebooting does not help. / Possibly heat related. Ant 4 TEC seems to have failed on both sides.

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 14:12 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 09

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:31 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 31. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-09 13:13.
15:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:26 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
Ants 5 and 7 had to be rebooted, which was done late (13:09 UT). I extended / the hi-freq refcal to catch 1 hour with all antennas. Ants 5 and 7 will / be missing from the lo-freq calibration. / TEC on Ant 4 seems to be down and tec$bc did not help. / There was no voltage on either side of Ant4 TEC (fans were still working). / Physically cycled power to the FEM and that restored operation.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 10

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is Moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:31 77 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 38. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-10 12:57.
15:14 16 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:22 16 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1 and 7 Ants 1 and 7 had to be rebooted, which was done late (15:08 UT).
7 Ant 7 shut down due to the high temperatures (~21:50 UT). / It's rebooted for calibration (01:40 UT)
03:00–15:00 1 It didn't start at the beginning of the day.
21:50–01:40 7 It shut down due to high temperatures.

Events

1 M-class and 2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 15:32, 17:59 and 23:01 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 11

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
02:20 79 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-11 11:00.
19:18 16 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1 Ant 1 didn't start at the beginning of the day. It's rebooted at 14:40 UT. / 27m had 24V Power Overload. Cycled power to it @ 18:35 UT.
7 Ant 7 stopped due to high temperatures @ 20:20 UT
5 Ant 5 stopped due to high temperatures @ 21:20 UT
1 Ant 1 stopped due to high temperatures @ 22:00 UT
03:00–14:40 1 It didn't start at the beginning of the day.
22:00–01:40 1 It shut down due to high temperatures.
21:20–01:40 5 It shut down due to high temperatures.
20:20–01:40 7 It shut down due to high temperatures.

Events

5 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 01:03, 15:51, 17:48, 20:04 and 21:27 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 12

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:14 96 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 33. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-12 12:57.
19:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
7 and 14 Ants 7 and 14 were rebooted at 12:12 UT, prior to the refcal. / Lo-freq refcal started early (so will be longer).
13 Ant 13 Communications problems. Solved at 16:00 UT
7 Ant 7 shut down due to high temperatures at 21:20 UT
21:20–03:40 7 It shut down due to high temperatures.

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 17:39 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 13

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:13 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 31. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-13 12:58.
15:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1, 7 and 14 Ants 1, 7 and 14 were rebooted at 11:47 UT, prior to the refcal.
4 Ant4 Axis Locked, restarted at 21:27 UT

Events

4 M-class and 2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 14:40, 15:10, 15:44, 18:48, 19:30 and 23:00 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 14

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:47 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-14 13:12.
15:10 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:06 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1 Ant 1 was rebooted at 12:46 UT, and the refcal was restarted.

Events

1 M-class and 2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 16:22, 18:08 and 20:10 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 15

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:34 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-15 12:59.
15:06 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
19:02 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1 and 14 Ants 1 and 14 were rebooted at 12:09 UT, prior to the refcal.

Events

1 M-class and 2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 16:10, 20:07 and 22:25 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 16

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:44 78 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-16 13:09
15:14 16 1-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
20:12 16 1-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.
1 Ant 1 was rebooted at 09:51 UT, prior to the refcal. / MaGIXS-2 rocket flight today at 19:00 UT. Mid-day calibration not removed / because it doesn't start until 21:02 UT, which is well after the rocket.

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 22:02 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 17

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:56 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-17 13:21.
14:58 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
21:03 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
02:38 16 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.
1 Ant 1 was rebooted at 12:56 UT, after refcal was started, so refcal time and / first SUN line were moved forward 20 min and the refcal was restarted.

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 19:54 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 18

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is low.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
02:38 (July 19) 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 40. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-18 11:00.
14:58 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
21:03 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
02:38 16 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1 Ant 1 was rebooted nearly at the end of the refcal (13:45 UT?), so the entire / refcal will be no good.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 19

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:37 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-18 13:02.
15:43 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
02:37 59 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
1 Ant 1 did not shut down yesterday, so the refcal should be normal today. / Noticed at 22:25 UT that the schedule was stuck since 20:42 UT or so.

Events

2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 16:44 and 18:03 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 20

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:37 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-18 13:02.
15:39 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
20:51 16 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
02:37 59 2-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
Ant 1 did not shut down yesterday, so the refcal should be normal today. / Working om Ant 4 this morning (HPol TEC control cable repair).
4 Ant 4 down until Monday!

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 00:19 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 21

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:38 78 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-18 13:02.
15:36 16 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 down until Monday!
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
00:00–23:59 10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. FEM is in the Lab.
Normal startup today (but both Ant 1 ant 14 had to be rebooted last night). / 14:02UT Rebooted LO1A (queue overflow)

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 21:07 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 22

Observer: Owen Giersch No Calibration Due to 27m fault and windscran.

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link. HPOL also down.; It has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link
10 Ant 10 has no VPOL power probably due to a failed optical link.; Ant 10 FEM in the lab.
1 Ant 1 was stuck again today, restarted at 14:46 UT. Refcal no good...

Events

2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 18:53 and 20:01 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 23

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:39 78 2-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 32. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-23 13:04.
15:28 16 2-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
7 Ant 7 in the lab.
10 Ant 10 has new optical links--will be calibrated during today.
Ant 1 was stuck again today, restarted at 14:48 UT. Refcal no good... / Schedule stopped at 19:27 UT to work on Ant 10 calibration
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 is in the lab awaiting repairs.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 24

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:40 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 33. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-24 13:05.
15:24 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
02:35 (Jul 25) 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant 10 has new optical links--will be calibrated during today.
1 Ant 1 was stuck again today, restarted at 11:30 UT. / ACC locked up restarted ~11:45 UT
13 Ant13 is in local for HA and Remote for Dec. Not tracking. Rebooted CRIO and / started tracking at 13:50UT

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 17:17 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 25

Observer: Owen Giersch No calibration due to bad Refcals.

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
00:00–23:59 7 Ant 7 in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)

Events

1 M-class and 1 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 00:41 and 15:42 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 26

Observer: Owen Giersch No calibration due to bad Refcals.

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
@15:10 UT debugging issue with Ant 10 (RF oscillations) / @15:42 UT debugging with Ant 10 is done (foil does help!) / @16:00 UT testing Ant 7 DCM. / @16:30 UT took array off-line to calibration Ant 7 gains.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 19:15 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 27

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:42 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 33. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-27 13:07.
15:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
20:24 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
Before morning refcal, I am doing a phase calibration to check delays. But it / seems Ant10 is not pointing well, so I'll have to fix that first.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
00:00–23:59 10 Ant10 HA drive chain fell off.

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 18:02 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 28

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:39 78 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 33. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-28 13:06.
15:14 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
20:20 16 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
02:32 (July 29) 16 2-6, 8-9, 11-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
10 Ant 10 will not STOW. Debugging now. Still no good. The Dec axis doesn't move. / Well, now it claims to be tracking. / Updating pointing on all antennas. Scan start at 13:02 UT.
10 Ant10 HA drive chain came off and Dec chain was loose. Reatteched and / tightened chains.
14 Ant14 had 24V overload. Reset at the Pedestal.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 01:54 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 29

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
07:04 (July 30) 78 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 41. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-29 11:00.
13:01 80 1, 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
15:13 16 1, 2-6, 8-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
20:15 16 1-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
1 Ant 1 had an Az permit alarm this morning. Rebooted @12:28 UT.
Ant 2 FEM is suddenly unreachable @12:33 UT. / Updated Ant 7 and Ant 10 delays @15:38 UT. / Working on Ant 2 caused some schedule interruptions--back at 17:18 UT.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

2 M-class and 2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 14:30, 19:26, 19:46 and 22:18 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 30

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:44 78 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-07-29 13:09.
15:14 15 1-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
20:12 16 1-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-9, 11-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

2 M-class and 1 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 19:30, 20:49 and 21:53 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

July 31

Observer: Owen Giersch No Calibration - 27m Overload Error

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
4 Ant 4 FE Temp is sometimes out of range--no solution yet.
5 Ant 5 has low VPOL power probably due to DCM issue
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
15:10UT Ant14 had a 24V Overload Error. Rebooted the drives and resumed / tracking @ 15:18UT / 15:10UT Ant1 had Az axis lock. Rebooted @ 15:20UT / 17:00UT noticed that ant13 had no power. Inverter was showing current / overload. Reset the inverter an power came back. Antenna is tracking.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

3 M-class and 2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 16:20, 18:26, 20:49, 21:11 and 21:49 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.