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2024 September

Daily observation notes published from the eovsadata canonical log.

September 01

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:31 57 1-6, 9-12 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 7. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-01 13:35.
15:14 16 1-6, 9-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
23:14 16 1-6, 9-12 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)
14 Found Ant14 receiver down (power outage?). Reset @13:27 UT.
13 Ant13 Crio was in safe mode at 17:00UT. Restarted the CRIO, but FEM has / no network conneciton.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
00:00–23:59 13 Ant13 Communications Failure.
00:00–23:59 8 Temperture Failure. Have now replaced the TEC.

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 22:45 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 02

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:59 88 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-02 13:24.
15:14 16 1-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
04:50 (Sep 3) 59 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
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

1 M-class and 2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 17:27, 19:27 and 20:59 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 03

Observer: Caius Selhorst

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)
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

1 M-class and 3 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 01:12, 15:59, 19:23 and 22:34 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Observations

Data recording stopped @1707 UT. Restarted @ 18:11 UT

No Calibrations due to ant14 power failure.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 04

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Observations

No Calibrations and observations due to Helios power supply failure.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 05

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
04:35 (Sep 6) 60 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 7 and < 30. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-05 11:00.

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)
Helios Power supply failed at approximately 2024-09-04 06:00 UT. A new / power supply was ordered and installed. Observing resumed at / 2024-09-05 17:30 UT.
19:50 UT 27m power failure.
9 20:15 UT Ant9 FEM communications failure. Rest the FEM @ 20:25 UT
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 20:55 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 06

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
14:15 58 1-6, 8-12 Successful Reference calibration for all \> 5. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-06 14:19.

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)
Ran a CRAB calibration today from 12:29-13:49 UT. Refcals delayed, and solar / observations delayed 1 hour.
13 Ant 13 crio keeps coming up in safe mode and will not boot properly.
13 Ant 13 was rebooted and start tracking @15:32 UT.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

3 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 01:07, 19:14 and 20:30 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 07

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:03 78 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-07 13:28.
15:14 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
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
9 19:00 UT Ant9 FEM communications error
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 16:09 and 17:14 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 08

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:25 59 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 7. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-08 13:29.
04:23 (Sep 9) 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
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
12 16:47 UT Ant12 CRIO is in safemode. Restarted the CRIO.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 15:14 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 09

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:45 59 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 7. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-09 13:50.
17:31 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)
14 Adjusted Ant14 H DCM attenuation and extended Hi-freq refcal at 13:45 UT.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

2 M-class and 1 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 00:10, 17:00 and 23:56 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 10

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
03:54 (Sep 11) 79 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 40. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-10 11:00.
17:27 16 1-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 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
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
15:00UT ACC locked up, resumed observing at 15:15UT
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

1 M-class and 1 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 17:57 and 23:49 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 11

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:07 78 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-11 13:32.
17:23 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 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)
15:00UT Ant3 FEM lost communications. Replaced the FInder Unit at 16:10 UT. / 15:00UT Cannot communicate at all with ant13. Probable Power failure. / Inverter had on overload error. I reset the inverter but now the CRIO / only starts in safemode.
18:49 UT Looks like Owen got Ant13 working. I started it tracking. / Also set up a calibration for overnight.
00:00–16:10 3 Ant3 FInded Unit failure.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
00:00–18:49 13 Ant13 CRIO didn't start.

Events

3 M-class flares observed by EOVSA at 15:14, 17:48 and 23:58 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 12

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
04:07 (13 Sep) 78 1-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 42. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-12 11:00.
17:19 16 1-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:14 16 1-4, 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
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
Last night's X-Y phase calibration failed due to windscram. Will try again / tonight. / 21:30UT Ant5 azimuth axis lock. rebooted the antenna controller and crio. / This did not help. Adjusted azimuth gear tension.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

2 M-class flares observed by EOVSA at 14:42 and 15:02 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 13

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:08 78 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-13 13:33.
17:15 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
04:03 (Sep 14) 60 1-2, 4, 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
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
3 15:15UT Ant3 had Elevation axis lock. Powercycled the antenna controller.
00:00–23:59 3 Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

2 M-class and 1 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 17:56, 20:26 and 20:48 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 14

Observer: Caius Selhorst

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)
5 Ant5 got stuck. Rebooted the antenna controller and crio @15:56UT.
00:00–23:59 3 Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

1 X-class flare observed by EOVSA at 15:23 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Observations

No Calibrations and observations due to windscram at night. The calibrations weren't in the schedule at morning.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 15

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:10 78 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-15 13:35.
18:04 16 1-2, 4-6, 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
7 Ant 7 back in the field, but DCM not performing.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
12 Ant 12 was not tracking until 14:01 UT due to crio hang up.
3 Ant 3 was not tracking propetly. it's rebooted @ 14:50 UT
00:00–23:59 3 Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

2 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 15:27 and 21:41 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 16

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:11 78 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-16 13:36.
18:00 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 17

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:12 67 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-17 13:37.
17:56 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
03:48 60 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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)
ACC seems locked up. Restarting at 13:26 UT.
12 Ant 12 has maths error. Fixed at 13:33 UT.
6 Ant 6 Laird was not working. Pcycled the FEM.
00:00–23:59 7 Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 19:06 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 18

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:12 78 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-18 13:37.
17:52 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:52 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 19

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:13 77 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-18 13:37.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)

Events

3 C-class flares observed by EOVSA at 14:52, 15:21 and 21:49 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 20

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:13 77 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-18 13:37.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
15:10 UT Possible ACC lockup, rebooted the ACC
4 Ant4 Axis Az Axis lock, rebooted ant controller
12 Ant12 Crio in Safemode, rebooted Crio.
5 21:10 UT Ant5 Az axis lock, restarted antenna and crio

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 14:56 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 21

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:15 78 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-21 13:40.
22:40 16 1-2, 5-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
03:32 (Sep 22) 16 2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
5 13:40 UT Ant5 Az axis lock, restarted antenna

Events

1 C-class flare observed by EOVSA at 20:45 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 22

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:16 78 2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-22 13:41.
17:36 16 2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:36 16 2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
03:28 (Sep 23) 60 2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
1 14:30 UT Ant1 Az axis lock, restarted antenna

Events

1 M-class flare observed by EOVSA at 21:26 UT. See dynamic spectra at this link.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 23

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
03:03 (Sep 24) 79 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands < 30. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-23 11:00.
13:38 59 2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:32 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
1 14:45 UT Ant1 Az axis lock, restarted antenna

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 24

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:17 78 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-24 13:43.
22:28 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
17:50 UT Retarted Ant2 CRIO due to memory errors. / At 23:46 UT we stopped recording to work on the correlator.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 25

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
Correlator is unset. No observations until later. / Rough delays were determined and updated. Observations commence at 15:34 UT. / 16:40UT adc_plot program was stuck, restarted.
12 Ant12 CRIO restarted at 20:35 UT

Observations

No Calibrations due to the delays update.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 26

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
03:11 (Sep 27) 60 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for bands \> 7 and < 35. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-26 11:00.
17:20 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
Updated delays at 15:23 UT based on today's calibration. / Data after this time should be analyzed with the evening refcal.
12 Ant 12 FEM has been unreachable all day.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 27

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:07 79 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-27 13:32.
17:16 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
22:16 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
Last night

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 28

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:03 79 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-28 13:28.
17:14 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.
03:04 (Sep 29) 60 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 29

Observer: Caius Selhorst

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
12:59 79 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-29 13:24.
17:14 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)
I was doing tests of the "new" DCM, borrowing the signal from Ant13, until / about 17:00 UT, so data from Ant13 will be compromised until then.
I did more tests around 20:00 UT, so again Ant13 data will be compromised for / 30 min or so after that.

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.

September 30

Observer: Owen Giersch

Solar activity: Solar activity is moderate.

Calibrations

Start (UT) Duration (min) Antennas Details
13:16 79 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Reference calibration for all bands. Analysis written to SQL @2024-09-29 13:20.
17:14 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration for bands < 30. Analysis written to SQL.
02:56 (01 Oct) 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-13 Successful Phase calibration. Analysis written to SQL.

Issues and outages

Time (UT) Antennas Details
00:00–23:59 3 Ant 3 has no HPOL optical power, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant3 HPOL Optical link failure.
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 VPOL Optical link failure, FEM currently in the lab.; Ant7 VPOL Optical link failure.
10 Ant10 HPol temp reads 1800 (bad signal on interface board)

Antenna availability: automatic assessment.