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Summary of PTCS Commissioning Runs

The table contains the date, project directory and very high level comments on the run. Click on the project directory name to see more details. All dates are start dates EDT.

date ProjectID P.I. Comments
2008/07/01 TPTCSPNT_080701 Paul, Todd Half power tracks with kicks (aborted due to QD failure)
2008/06/12 TPTCSHOL_01 Frank, Steve Look for good reference satellites for traditional holography
2008/05/30 TPTCSOOF_080530 Todd Q band test of Active Surface thermal Zernike terms
2008/05/09 TPTCSOOF_080510 Todd Ka test of Active Surface thermal Zernike terms
2008/05/09 TPTCSOOF_080509 Melinda, Todd Ku test of Active Surface thermal Zernike terms (MR 8C308)
2008/04/29 TINT_042808 Joe, Todd servo tests of MR 9C208 and 3C208
2008/04/15 TPTCSPNT_080415 Frank Track maps - slow azimuth tracks and az steps.
2008/04/08 TPTCSPNT_080408 Frank K-band Gain Cal
tape-0004 from here downward
2008/03/24 TPTCSOOF_080324 Brian, Frank Mustang OOF, tests of new manger.
2008/03/13 AGBT08A_056_08 Brian Mustang OOF
2008/03/06 TPTCSPNT_080306 Frank Ka Pointing, gain cal (nighttime)
2008/02/29 TPTCSPNT_080229 Paul, Todd Half-power tracks, KA-band CCB
2008/02/20 TPTCSPNT_080220 Frank, Todd X-band pointing in cold weather to add to the 20080217 data
2008/02/20 TPTCSOOF_080220 Todd, Fred S. test of new actuator zero point position
2008/02/19 TPTCSPNT_080219 Todd, Frank CCB half-power tracks - windy conditions
2008/02/17 TPTCSPNT_080217 Todd, Frank X-band all sky pointing in cold conditions
2008/02/16 TPTCSOOF_080216 Todd, Frank Ka+CCB OOF + half power tracks
2008/02/15 AGBT08A_056_04 Brian, Simon Mustang lunar daisy scan; plus box scans of interest to servo team
2008/01/31 TPTCSPNT_080131 Frank, Todd slow azimuth scans (daytime), half power tracks. T = -11C at start
2008/01/25 TPTCSOOF_080215 Todd, Tim azimuth servo tests with constant acceleration, T=-6F
2008/01/24 TPTCSPNT_080124 Frank half-power tracks (X and KA) and maps with CCB
2008/01/23 TPTCSOOF_080123 Todd, Tim azimuth servo tests with constant acceleration, T=33F
2008/01/12 TPAR_19 Brian one Mustang OOF map on 3c279
2008/01/08 TPAR_18 (log) Brian, Bojan OOF maps with Q-band and Mustang
2008/01/08 TPTCSPNT_080108 Frank, Ron Gain curve, mapping, plans (not executed)
2008/01/02 TPTCSOOF_080102 Todd, Tim servo tests with constant acceleration
# 2007 # ################### ############### ############################################################################
2007/12/23 TPAR_16 Brian, Bojan OOF maps of Mars with Mustang in bad weather (15mph wind, 25mm pwv), includes a tip from 35 to 80, see images here
2007/12/15 TPAR_14   notes Brian raster and daisy scans with Mustang, with notable feed arm motion
2007/12/10 TPTCSPNT_071209 Frank, Todd slow azimuth scans
2007/12/04 TPTCSOOF_071204 John, Todd, Joe servo tests of tanh() factor in friction compensation (daisy petals)
2007/11/30 JUNK Joe, Tim servo tests of tanh() factor (setTrajectory)
2007/11/29 TPTCSPNT_071129 Todd, Frank KA/CCB peaks on pairs, half-power tracks, Moon scans
2007/11/06 TPTCSOOF_071106 Todd, John, Tim Tests of constant elevation acceleration motion through zero velocity
2007/10/21 TPTCSPNT_071021 Frank Ka/CCB pointing on 50th anniversary open house day
2007/10/11 TPTCSOOF_071011 Todd, Tim Tests of constant azimuth acceleration motion through zero velocity
2007/10/10 TPTCSOOF_071010 Todd, John, Tim Servo tests of friction compensation and azimuth constant acceleration motion (no receiver data)
2007/10/08 TPTCSPNT_071007 Frank Pointing and Gain calibration at KA band with the CCB
2007/09/28-9 TPTCSPNT_070929 Frank tests of PFM5c, Condon doubles (part of data is in TPTCSPNT_70930)
2007/09/26 TPTCSPNT_070926 Todd tests of PFM5c (zeroed two el dyn terms, changed track tables)
2007/09/25 TPTCSPNT_070925 Frank more tests of PFM5b
2007/09/24 TPTCSPNT_70925 Todd tests of PFM5b
2007/09/24 TPTCSPNT_070924 Todd tests of PFM5b and DaisyAtHalfPower
2007/09/23 TPTCSPNT_070923 Richard all-sky test of PFM5b
2007/09/21 TPTCSPNT_070921 Todd SS track tests of PFM5b
2007/09/20 TPTCSPNT_070920 Todd first test of PFM5a, followed by more 4f all-sky data
2007/09/18 TPTCSOTF_070918 John, Todd, Tim test of friction compensation
2007/09/15 TPTCSPNT_070915 Frank all-sky pointing plus some half-power tracks
2007/09/13 TPTCSPNT_070913 Frank 3-source peaks on 0137+3309 (3C48), 0119+3210, and 0136+4751
2007/09/10 TPTCSPNT_070910 Frank slow az scans, -85 to +445 and back (scans 4000-4001); also half-power tracks on 0542+4951 and 1331+3030
2007/09/08 TPTCSPNT_070908 Todd half-power tracks on 2038+5119, 0237+2848, 1331+3030
2007/09/07 TPTCSPNT_070907 Todd half-power tracks on 2038+5119, elevation offset, az=411 to ~305; also 15 hrs of all-sky pointings
2007/09/06 TPTCSPNT_070906 Todd all sky X-band pointing, low wind, clear sky 18:05-08:00 EDT, scans 1911-2613; part 2: 16:49-20:00 EDT, scans 2615-2782
2007/09/05 TPTCSPNT_070905 Todd all-sky X band pointing, low wind, clear sky 20:00-08:00 EDT, scans 1300-1910
2007/09/04 TPTCSPNT_070904 Todd slow azimuth scan: CW (scan 578), then CCW (579), all subsequent scans are X-band pointing scans (580-1299)
2007/09/03 TPTCSPNT_070903 Todd all-sky X band pointing, low winds, noon to midnight, temp ranges from 27 to 13 C, all scans are pointing scans (1-577)
2007/06/29 MidTrackRefurb Todd azimuth move from 229.44 to 192.44 deg after completion of first half of track refurb
2007/04/25 TPTCSPNT_070425 Frank, Todd all-sky X band pointing, low winds, T=12C dropping down to 7C
2007/04/20 TPTCSPNT_70420 Frank, Todd slow azimuth scans at 150'/min for inclinometer data
2007/04/19 TKA_19APR07 Brian, Todd quick Ka w/CCB scans to test map software
2007/04/10 TPTCSPNT_070410 Frank, Todd Half-power tracks at Ku band. All-sky X-band pointing
2007/03/30 TPTCSPNT_070330 Frank, Todd Q-band Moon scans followed by X-band single source track, AzScan, single source track
2007/03/27 TPTCS_070327 Joe Inclinometer data sets at different integration intervals
2007/03/19 TPTCSPNT_070319 Frank X-band pointing
2007/03/09 TPTCSPNT_070309 Frank Moon Scans; peaks using different scan rates
2007/02/24 TPTCSPNT_070224 Frank pointing run using different scan rates and sample rates to check for origin of hysteresis
2007/02/14 TPTCSOOF_070214 Todd, John, Tim azimuth+elevation servo tests of friction comp: daisy, nod, circle, fast-switch; plus two velocity sawtooths
2007/02/10 TPTCSPNT_070210 Frank, Todd K-band gain curve mostly weathered out (below 0F), got 1.5hrs mostly at low elev, Condon doubles maps completed
2007/02/09 TPTCSOOF_070209 John, Todd, Tim azimuth+elevation servo tests of friction comp: daisy, nod, circle, fast-switch
2007/02/06 TPTCSOOF_70206 John, Todd, Tim elevation servo tests of friction compensation with 7' daisy petal: high-speed logging data working
2007/02/02 TPTCSOOF_070202 Todd, Tim elevation servo tests of friction compensation with 7' daisy petal: no high-speed logging data
2007/01/30 TPTCSPNT_70113 John, Todd, Tim servo tests of friction compensation: circle scans
2007/01/30 TPTCSOOF_61223 John, Todd, Tim servo tests of friction compensation: small daisy petals
2007/01/29 TPTCSPNT_70112 Frank X-band all-sky pointing
2007/01/11 TPTCSPNT_070111 Todd X-band pointing with intermixed Doubles.sb, also tested Circle.sb and Drift.sb
2007/01/09 TPTCSOOF_61222 John, Todd, Tim servo tests of friction compensation: sawtooth in velocity; small daisy petal
# 2006 # ################### ############### ############################################################################
2006/12/21 TPTCSOOF_061221 Frank, Todd, Fred Ka-band OOF, and test of new actuator home position table, slow az scans (QD in the archivist)
2006/12/13 TPTCS_061213 Tim, Todd, Roger Dynamic analyzer tests of azimuth drives (Bode plots) with Elevation at Access
2006/11/29 TPTCSOOF_061129 Richard, Frank OTFnod scans with Ka-CCB of bright sources to compare surface model v2 with v3
2006/11/17 TPTCSRMP_061117 Richard Short half-power tracks for John Ford to get some servo data
tape-0003 from here downward
2006/10/10 TPTCSPNT_061010 Frank All Sky pointing run
2006/08/17 TPTCSPNT_060817 Dana All Sky Pointing (part of data in TPTCSPNT_60817) and Offset Pointing (in TPTCSPNT_060818) at X-band; good weather and low winds.
2006/05/09 TPTCSPNT_060509 Dana All Sky Pointing (X-band); Cloudy/Drizzle; T=8C; Low winds. No weather archive.
2006/03/30 TPTCSOOF_060330 Richard, Larry OOF bump test, half-power pointing and tracking checks all Q-band, excellent weather. Note: half data is in TPTCSOOF_60330
2006/03/23 TPTCSPNT_060323 Dana All Sky Pointing (X-band); No weather archive.
2006/01/12 TPTCSOOF_060112 Dana, Bojan Daytime OOF holography tests (Q-band)
# 2005 # ################### ############### ############################################################################
2005/12/28 TGAIN_KBAND_DEC Yuri Kovalev K band gain curve
2005/11/30 TPTCSOOF_01 Bojan, Dana Test Subreflector LPCs; Validate OOF model (Q-band)
2005/11/07 TPTCSPNT_051107 Dana Half-power Tracks at Q-band (good weather).
tape-0002 from here downward
2005/10/01 TPTCSOOF_051001 Bojan, Dana Validate OOF model at Q-band (good weather).
2005/09/24 TPTCSOOF_050924 Bojan, Dana Servo Tests; Validate OOF model at Q-band (poor weather).
2005/09/17 TPTCSPNT_050917 Dana Offset pointing (X-band).
2005/09/14 TPTCSPNT_050914 Dana Q-band checkout; Offset pointing (X-band).
2005/09/12 TPTCSOOF_050912 Dana, Bojan OOF holography maps at low elevations.
2005/09/11 TPTCSOOF_050911 Dana, Bojan OOF holography maps at high elevations.
2005/09/10 TPTCSOOF_050910 Dana, Bojan Measurement of Q-band gain with and w/out OOF corrections
2005/09/09 TPTCSOOF_050909 Dana, Bojan Q-band checkout; Astigmatism tests.
2005/09/02 TPTCSDSB_050902 Dana Offset pointing (X-band).
2005/08/29 TPTCSDSB_082905 Dana All sky pointing (X-band). Note: wrong date (050829).
2005/08/28 TPTCSOOF_050828 Dana, Bojan Q-band checkout; some pointing (X-band).
2005/08/27 TPTCSOOF_050827 Dana, Bojan Test python script for pointing (include Zernike coeffs.); some pointing (X-band).
2005/08/10 TPTCSRMP_050810 Richard All sky pointing at X-band with Astrid (no archivist)
2005/04/11 TPTCSOOF_050411 All Three Q-band OOF 3C279/3C345; NODs 3C279/3C345/3C286 (good weather; night/day)
2005/04/10 TPTCSOOF_050410 Richard Q-band OOF mostly on 3C279 early morning
2005/04/04 AGBT01A_20_08 Phil Jewell 3C286/3C289 peaks, scans 1328 through 1345
2005/03/24 TPTCSRMP_050324 Richard Software tests of Astrid, GFM and Turtle
2005/03/24 TPTCSOOF_050324 Richard, Bojan Q-band OOF, efficiency and Moon scan measurements
2005/03/22 AGBT01A_020_04 Phil Jewell 3C286/3C279 peaks, scans: 543-60, 603-11, 681-89
2005/03/17 TPTCSOOF_050317 All Three Good overnight run with Ka and Q-band measurements (excellent weather)
2005/03/14 TPTCSOOF_050314 All Three Single Ka-band OOF map / Test at Q-band (excellent weather conditions)
2005/03/10 TPTCSOOF_050310 All Three Test OOF map performance at Q-band (winds too high)
2005/03/10 TPTCSRMP_050310 Richard GFM Tests
2005/03/09 TPTCSOOF_050309 All Three Ka-band OOF maps at a range of elevations
2005/02/22 TPTCSOOF_050222 Richard Ka-band OOF maps (daytime)
2005/02/09 TPTCSRMP_050209 Richard Software tests of GFM and Turtle at K-band
2005/02/07 TPTCSOOF_050207 All Three Overnight run measuring OOF maps at Ka, checking efficiencies at Q poorish weather
2005/02/02 TPTCSRMP_050202 Richard Software checkout of GFM and Turtle at K-band
2005/01/31 TPTCSDSB_050131 All Three Good OOF maps (Ka-raster2) with/without corrections on 0609-1542 and 1256-0547
2005/01/26 TPTCSDSB_050126 All Three Daisy and one raster Ka-band OOF, evening, lousy weather
2005/01/25 TPTCSRMP_050125 All Three Antenna scanning tests, Ka configuration / OOF script tests
2005/01/17 TPTCSRMP_050117 Richard X-band OOF/Daisy tests. NOTE: half the data is in TPTCSRMP_005011
2005/01/15 TPTCSRMP_050115 Richard Q-band efficiencies with and without OOF corrections
2005/01/14 TQBAND_14JAN05 Dana Tests of Q-band receiver switches
2005/01/02 TPTCSRMP_050102 Richard Tests of turtle scripts, no useful data
# 2004 # ################### ############### ############################################################################
2004/12/20 TPTCSRMP_041220 Richard Astigmatism tests at X and C-band
2004/12/11 TPTCSKTC041212 Kim Inclinometer tests.
2004/12/10 TPTCSRMP_041210 Richard Short turtle software test, no data taken
2004/12/08 TRCODSB041208 Dana Q-band receiver calibration tests.
2004/11/30 TPTCSKTC041130 Kim Inclinometer tests.
2004/11/29 TPTCSKTC041129 Kim Inclinometer/QD tests.
2004/11/27 TPTCSKTC041127 Kim Inclinometer/QD tests.
2004/11/24 TPTCSKTC041124 Kim QDV3 cals by tipping and two soft stops from 180'/' for resonance data
2004/11/19 TRCODSB041119 Dana Q-band receiver calibration tests.
2004/11/07 TPTCSDSB041107 Dana Test of pointing for Min Yun: (not on schedule, no log file).
2004/11/05 TRCODSB041105 Dana Q-band receiver calibration tests.
2004/11/04 TPTCSRMP_041104 Richard Pointing in windy weather (mainly shut down), short focus scans for GFM tests
2004/10/29 TPTCSRMP_041029 Richard Turtle tests in lousy weather
2004/10/27 TPTCSDSB041027 Dana X-band pointing with pfm Model4c
2004/10/21 TPTCSDSB041021 Dana X-band sstracks with "model4c", Ka-band coma/astigmatism
2004/10/10 TPTCSRMP041010 Richard Exellent X-band all-sky pointing with model4b (but residuals look reversed); Ka-band coma/astigmatism tests
2004/10/05 TPTCSRMP041005 Richard Short test of model4b - residual tables enabled
2004/10/04 TPTCSRMP041004 Richard Short test of model4b and residual tables
2004/09/25 TUBAND_25SEP04 Kovalev U-band gain curve
2004/09/24 TPTCSRMP040924 Richard Initial tests of Model4b, coma/astigmatism measurements
2004/09/23 TPTCSRMP040923 Richard Tests of Antenna Manager LUT code, a few coma/astigmatism measurements
2004/09/16 TPTCSRMP040916 Richard Check subreflector fix, a few coma/astigmatism measurements
2004/09/03 TPTCSRMP040903 Richard x-band sstrack on 3C286 using model4a. Note subr problems and X-band was removed.
2004/09/02 TPTCSRMP040902 Richard Measurements of coma/astigmatism using the new observing API
2004/08/31 TPTCSRMP040831 Richard Measurements of coma/astigmatism using the new observing API
2004/08/03 TPTCSRMP040803 Richard Measurements of coma/astigmatism using the new observing API
2004/07/28 TPTCSRMP040728 Richard Initial tests of measuring coma/astigmatism using the new observing API
2004/07/25 TPTCSRMP040725 Richard Tests of new observing API
2004/07/24 TPTCSDSB040724 Dana Ku-band pointing run to compare total power versus bmsw peak/focus reduction
2004/07/23 TPTCSRMP040723 Richard Tests of new observing API
2004/07/01   Kim Instrumentation tests, Kim has details
2004/06/19   Kim Instrumentation tests, Kim has details
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xxxx/xx/xx     Introduced 300msec Error in (OBSC_AZ, OBSC_EL) Columns
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2004/06/16 TPTCSDSB040616 Dana Short test of model3d using dynamic corrections
2004/06/12 TPTCSRMP040612 Richard L-band hysteresis, X-band all-sky pointing with revised catalog, model3c, dynamic corrections turned on. Weather poor.
2004/06/11 TPTCSRMP040611 Richard short scan tests for Amy, X-band all-sky pointing with revised catalog, model3c, dynamic corrections turned on. Weather poor.
2004/06/10 TXBAND_10JUN04 Kovalev/Ghigo X band gain curve
2004/06/06 TPTCSRMP040606 Richard Another X-band S.S. track on bright source with model3b, inclinometers and accelerometers. Temp sensor data is suspect.
2004/06/05 TPTCSRMP040605 Richard X-band S.S. track on bright source with model3b, inclinometers and accelerometers. Temp sensor data is suspect.
2004/06/04 TPTCSRMP040604 Richard L-band hysteresis tests, C-band all-sky pointing under mediocre conditions. The temperature sensor data is suspect.
2004/05/31 TPTCSRMP040531 Richard X-band s.s. track on two sources in the north. One night-time, one morning.
2004/05/27 TPTCSRMP040527 Richard X-band Test of model3b (inc PTCS/PN/35.2 refraction); mainly weathered out
2004/05/20 TRXRDN040520 Roger/Dana hot-cold tests on Q-band rx to determine Tcal and Trx
2004/05/15 TPTCSRMP040515 Richard Short test of M&C Version 4.3, and GbtMemo16 and PTCSPN35.2 refraction models. N.B. "model 3b" used, but with incorrect coefficients!
2004/05/06 TPTCSRMP040506 Richard single-source pointing on 3C286 (16:30 - 24:00); Q-band efficiencies 0:00 - 06:00), all-sky X-band pointing with corrections turned on (06:00 - 14:00).
2004/05/03 TLBAND_03MAY04 Kovalev L band gain curve (with 21APR04)
2004/04/27 TPTCSRMP040427 Richard Second single-source pointing on 3C286 under different weather conditions (windy).
2004/04/26 TPTCSKTC040426 Kim Measure track tilt with inclinometers.
2004/04/21 TLGBT_21APR04 Ghigo/Kovalev L band gain curve (with 03MAY04)
2004/04/20 TPTCSRMP040420 Richard Continuous peak-focus on 3C286 to look for elevation residuals with improved refraction model.
2004/04/19 TSBAND_19APR04 Ghigo/Kovalev S-band gain curve
2004/04/18 TPTCSRMP040418 Richard/Dana Q-band relative and absolute efficiency measurements, good dataset.
2004/04/18 TPTCSKTC040418 Kim Inclinometer tests.
2004/04/15 TPTCSDSB040415 Dana/Richard Q-band relative and absolute efficiency measurements, data suspect. Has a before and after beam map.
2004/04/14 TPTCSKTC040414 Kim Inclinometer tests. Turned very windy towards the end.
2004/04/08 TPTCSDSB040408 Richard/Dana Q-band relative efficiency measurements with zernike polynomials. Ku-band half-power tracks under poor conditions
2004/04/06 TPTCSRMP040406 Dana/Richard half-power tracks at X and Ku-band with inclinometers / accelerometers
tape-0001 from here downward
2004/03/08 TCBAND_MARCH8 Ghigo/Kovalev C-band gain curve
2004/02/29 TPTCSRMP040229 Richard Large K-band and normal Q-band OOF on Orion, followed by trad holo, data going into THOLOG_29FEB04 until 6am
2004/02/25 TPTCSDSB040225 Dana Excellent weather OOF tests at Ku + bump, Q and K band (low elev)
2004/02/24 TPTCSRMP040224 Richard Short test of latest version of GFM
2004/02/22 TPTCSRMP040222 Richard Two hours testing latest GFM and DCMON within Astrid.
2004/02/21 TPTCSDSB040221 Dana Test scanning strategies with QD; test zernikes with peak/focus, Test OOF map at Q-band. Daytime, poor conditions.
2004/02/18 TPTCSRMP040218 Richard Test Zernike polynomial implementation. This is followed by Ron performing trad holo in THOLOG_18FEB04 until 11:30am.
2004/02/04 TPTCSDSB040204 Dana Ku-band OOF map sandwiched between two trad holo maps
2004/01/29 TPTCSRMP040129 Richard Dry run of Ku-band spectral line holo maps.
# 2003 # ################### ############### ############################################################################
2003/12/29 TPTCSRMP031229 Richard good test of dynamic corrections during day/evening, a little Q-band work
2003/12/22 TPTCSRMP031222 Richard test dynamic corrections/rtfm in 3.19, daisy maps, one Ku-band OOF map as a test
2003/12/11 TPTCSRMP031211 Richard Holography tests; low elevation pointing in windy weather
2003/12/03 no report   three holography maps, one with a bump in the actuators
2003/11/25 no report   holography: focus offset maps
2003/11/22 TQBAND_22NOV03 Frank Ghigo Q-band efficiency measurements used by Jim Condon for PTCS/PN/31
2003/11/20 TPTCSRMP031120 Richard/Dana First successful tests of dynamic p/f corrections, "Model2" and r-t updates using RFTM. A wealth of data, see log file.
2003/11/19 TPTCSRMP031119 Richard Not on schedule: First successful test of "Model1" with 3.18 antenna mgr. Good high-wind data which should be processed at some point.
2003/11/19 TPTCSDSB031119 Dana Not on schedule: daytime engineering tests at L-band. Probably not useful.
2003/11/15 TPTCSRMP031115 Richard a few hours testing new antenna manager with different models. Very confusing results.
2003/11/13     Scheduled 3:30pm 13th through 4am 14th but completely shut down due to high wind.
2003/11/10 TPTCSDSB031110 Dana Excellent late afternoon to early morning X-band all-sky pointing run. Warning: done with new antenna manager
2003/11/10 TPTCSRMP031110 Richard Excellent four-hour (8am to noon EST) X-band all-sky pointing run.
2003/11/08 TPTCSRMP031108 Richard Excellent short dataset pointing/focus at K-band on 3C48 and nearby sources.
2003/11/07 TPTCSDSB031107 Dana Test config tool and rt_pointing d.r.at K-band and PF. Useful test data for rtfm develoment, otherwise of no interest.
2003/11/06 TPTCSRMP031106 Richard/Dana Tests of RTFM at L and K-band, tests of new antenna manager. Data should be treated with extreme caution!
2003/11/05 TPTCSDSB031105 Dana Tests of new antenna manager at C-band in lousy weather. Data should be treated with extreme caution!
2003/10/23 no report   Standard, mid-size maps on a satellite that is weaker than GSTAR IV
2003/10/16 no report   Standard, mid-size holography maps on a strong satellite with the FEM on and OFF.
2003/10/02 TPTCSDSB031002 Dana/Richard Temp point/focus X-band All-sky pointing, close doubles, 80mins NCP at sunrise. Excellent weather; very windy towards end.
2003/09/23 TPTCSDSB030923 Dana/Richard Temp point/focus X-band at a variety of poses and temps. 7pm Thurs - 7pm Friday. Excellent data-set.
2003/09/11 TPTCSRMP030911 Richard/Dana NCP / Temp point/focus X-band. 7pm Thurs - 7pm Friday. Some problems with temp sensors caused data gaps.
2003/09/05 TPTCSRMP030905 Kim/Dana/Richard NCP / Trilat expt. 1pm Fri. - 11am Sat. Excellent X-band and temperature data. EMS results being analyzed as I type...
2003/08/29 TPTCSRMP030829 Richard Prestage Trilat expt; fails due to ZY112 failure. Some interesting pointing / focus measurements in poor conditions
2003/08/26 TPTCSRMP030826 Richard Prestage check longer focus, pointing/elevation, Trilat dry run
2003/08/24 TPTCSRMP030824 Richard Prestage Excellent weather; X-band hysteresis and NCP/temperature tests
2003/08/22 TPTCSRMP030822 Richard Prestage Another pointing/focus script debugging session
2003/08/19     Given over to SDD for python/regression tests
2003/08/16 TPTCSKTC030816 Kim Constantikes Feed arm tip trilateration as a function of elevation tests
2003/08/16 TPTCSRMP030816 Richard Prestage Primarily rangefinder trilateration experiment, some C-band measurements
2003/08/15 TPTCSDSB030815 Dana Balser X-band focus as a function of gravity and temperature
2003/08/14 TPTCSRMP030814 Richard Prestage peak/focus parameter checks; C-band with poor rx stability and lousy weather
2003/08/08   Kim Constantikes Rangefinder tests; weathered out
2003/08/05     Given to Jim Braatz in exchange for more time on 2nd
2003/08/02 TPTCSRMP030802 Richard Prestage Peak/Focus on NCP as a function of temperature (C-band, thick overcast)
2003/07/31 TPTCSDSB030731 Dana Balser C-band half-power tracking tests
2003/07/20 TPTCSDSB030720 Dana Balser Test of new python Peak procedure; compare (ra,dec) v(az,el) peaks
2003/07/17 TPTCSRP030717A Richard Prestage beam-maps with different parameters with "old" (3.13) buggy M&C Antenna code
2003/07/17 TPTCSRP030717B Richard Prestage as above with new (3.15) fixed M&C Antenna code, log file is in TPTCSRP030717A
2003/07/16 TPTCSDSB030716 Dana Balser C-band half-power tracking tests
2003/07/13 TPTCSRMP030713 Richard Prestage All-sky pointing run with (az,el) peaks
2003/07/10 TPTCSDSB030710 Dana Balser Test of new python Peak procedure and antenna FITS files
2003/07/06 TPTCSDSB030706 Dana Balser Test of new python Peak procedure and antenna FITS files
2003/06/27     Rangefinder Trilateration Preparations
2003/06/19 TPTCSRMP030619 Richard Prestage X-band pointing/focus using V3.14 and (az,el) peaks to obtain test data-set
2003/06/17 TPTCSRMP030617 Richard Prestage back-to-back testing of V313. and V3.14 (scan/trajectory mismatch bug fix
2003/06/14 TPTCSRMP030614 Richard Prestage dry-run iesting for TPTCSRMP030614
2003/05/29     Given over to SDD for Spectrometer tests
2003/05/27 TPTCSRMP030527 Richard Prestage All-sky pointing with focus checks at high and low elevations
2003/05/21 TPTCSDSB030521 Dana Balser Pointing/focus as a function of elevation with stable temperature
2003/05/15 TPTCSDSB030515 Dana Balser Debug problems from previous nights
2003/05/14 TPTCSRMP030516 Richard Prestage Pointing/focus as a function of elevation with stable temperature Note, incorrect ProjectID
2003/05/13 TPTCSDSB030513 Dana Balser Pointing/focus as a function of elevation with stable temperature
2003 April OOFObservatrionsSpring2003 Claire Chandler Summary of OOF data acquired in April 2003 (see project THOLOG_OOF)
early-data/tape-3 from here downward
2002/10/05 Feed Arm survey Kim C. measurements of node 41040L
early-data/tape-1 from here downward
2002/05/30 Feed arm survey Fred Schwab non-linearity seen
2002/03/28 pnt_highgreg_17 Ron M. K-band gain curve: FEM vs. no FEM
2002/01/20 pnt_highgreg_10 Ron M. Half-power tracks at X-band
2001/12/28 point_xband_04 Dana Balser X-band pointing
2001/03/09 pnt_lowgreg_09 Dana Balser S-band pointing
2000/10 Feed arm survey   50-85 deg elevation
1999/05/19 Memo 201 Fred Schwab, John Ford Accelerometer study of 12 deg elevation move
-- RichardPrestage - 24 Feb 2004

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