HF Campaign 13mar17

mar17

Intro

Experiment log files, descriptions:

table of what we did
transmitted hf power

hf synthesizers

used to generate rf drive level, phase, rf on/off, and auto toggling
Has timestamps of when things happened.

plot of az,za positions for entire campaign (.ps) (.pdf)

Notes

Names and time stamps for disc recording:

usrp:

170313 : Done

13th 17:03:32 to 14th 16:20

170314:Running

14th 17:30:34 to 15th 10:22
15th 15:35 to 15th 17:37

170315: Running

15th 17:47 to 18:10
15th 19:14 to 16th 08:49
16th 13:30 to 16th 15:08
17th 15:43 to 17th 21:07

170317 Done

17th 21:37:35 to 18th 21:26:27

170318

18th 21:30:26 to 19th 17:59:01

170319

19th 18:03:40 to 20th 07:35

echotek:

20170313

13th 16:24:56 to 13th 19:10:53

20170313b

13th 22:03:55 to 14th 10:33:52

20170314 running

14th 11:42:19 to 15th 10:23

20170315

15th 15:39:12 to 15th 18:10:01

20170315b

15th 19:24:26 to 16th 09:00:37

20170316

16th 13:31:20 to 17th 08:27:00

20170317

17th 14:43:48 to 18th 02:56:44

20170318

18th 05:04:26 to 18th 08:39:45

20170318b

18th 09:00:49 to 18th 11:09:01

after this only usrp..

Intro

The hf campaign ran 13mar17 thru 19mar17. it used the 5 Mhz and 8 MHz system. The 430 Mhz transmitter was used as a diagnostic (in single and dual beam modes).

AO recorded ion line, plasma line using:

radar interface recorded standard ion line
echotek recorded 2 5MHz bands centered at different positions ([-5.5,5.5], [-4.5,4.5], [5.5,9.5])
the usrp was used to record 25 Mhz bands
the lidar lab and optical lab also recorded data during the run

The table of what we did has a summary of the experiments we did. Each has a link to a more detailed description.
Other information that is available:

az,za positions of telescope
hf power during each exp
tx 430 power during each exp.
the amplitudes and phases (with time stamps) used to drive the 6 hf transmitters.

Table of what we did (top)

abbreviations:

All times are AST
disc locations:

RSERV: /net/rserv/export/RSERVLV2/daeron

TSTOR1:/net/tstor/export/tstor1/sas/clp
TSTOR0:/net/tstor/export/tstor0/clp

MOV_ET:/share/megs2_u1/phil/clpshs/

MOV_USRP:/share/megs2_u1/phil/clpgpu

exp# column: i numbered the experiments 1..N.

The number is used to label some of the binary and plotting files.

txpwr:

hf: hf tx power measured using spectrum analyzer at the output coupler

uses 6 sec: avg, max hold, min hold.

430: 430 tx transmitted power (measured upstairs in the dome).

jpegs: used to make the movies.
movies: link to movies for this experiment
decoded files: keeping track of where the outputs went.
-->Notes:

The movies

belong exclusively to the experimenter for 18 months from the date the data was taken (unless they wave this).
The movie links are only viewable locally at AO till then...

date/time AST	exp #	proj/ PI	hfFreq	bm	tx pwr		movies
date/time AST	exp #	proj/ PI	hfFreq	bm	hf	430	movies
170313 mon	1	t2915- salih bostan 16:00 to 19:00	8Mhz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	2	h3156 - paul bernhardt 19:00 to 21:30	5Mhz see note	sb gd	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	3	t2915 salih bostan 22:30 to 02:30	8Mhz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
170314 tues	4	t2869 suman ganguly 03:30 to 09:30	5Mhz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	5	t3156 - paul bernhardt 09:30 to 10:30	5Mhz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	6	t2915 salih bostan 11:00 to 18:30	8 Mhz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	7	h3156 paul bernhardt 19:30 to 22:00	5Mhz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	8	t2915 salih boston 22:00 to 08:00	5 MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
170315 wed	8	t2915 continue 00:00 to 08:00	5Mhz
	9	h3156 paul Bernhardt 08:00 to 09:30	5MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	10	t2915 salih boston 09;30 to 10:20	5MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	11	h3156 paul bernhardt natasha 15:20 to 17:00	8MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	12	h3171 eliana 17:00 to 18:10 then power outage...	8MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	13	h3156 paul bernhardt 19:00 to 22:00	5MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	14	T2604 min-chang lee 22:00 to 03:00	5MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
170316 thur	14	t2604 min-chang lee 00:00 to 03:00 continuation	5Mhz
	15	T2869 suman 03:00 to 07:30	5MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	16	h3156 paul bernhardt 08:00 to 09:00	5MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	17	H3156 paul bernhardt 13:30 - 14:23	8MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	18	H3111 frank &herb 15:00 to 16:30	5MHz	sb ch	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	19	H3111 frank & herb 16:30 to 19:30	8MHz	sb ch	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	20	H3156 paul bernhardt 20:00 to 21:30	5MHz	sb ch	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	21	T2604 min-chang lee 21:30 to 03:00	5MHz	sb ch	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
170317 fri	21	T2604 min-chang lee 00:00 to 03:00 03:00 hf stops 430 tx continues	5Mhz
	22	H3156 paul bernhardt 07:30 to 08:42	5MHz	sb ch	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	23	H3156 paul bernhardt 14:20 to 17:00	8MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	24	H3112 elizabeth kendall 17:06 to 20:00	8MHz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	25	H3156 paul bernardt 20:00 to 20:45 sat. hf off 20:57 430 running	5MHz then off	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
170318 sat	26	H3156 paul bernhardt 06:40 to 07:30	5Mhz	db	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	T	phase adj for linear experiment	8MHz linearPol
	27	H3111 frank & herb 08:45 to 11:07	8MHz	sb ch	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	28	H3156 paul bernhardt 12:20 to 16:35	8Mhz	sb gr	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	29	H3112 elizabeth kendall 17:15 to 21:06 paul sat pass 20:13:30 430 kept running	5MHz off 21:06	sb gr	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
170319 sun	30	H3111 frank & herb 06:43 to 08:00	8MHz	sb gr	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	31	H3171 eliana 08:00 to 11:20	5MHz	sb gr	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	32	H3111 frank & herb 11:20 to 20:12 linear 11:20 to 13:42 brillouin 13:45 to 16:30 eliana 16:30 to 16:45 linear 16:45 to 2012	8MHz	sb gr	.ps .pdf	.ps .pdf	movies
	33	20:15 to 07:30 tx430 run all night with no hf tx.		sb gr			movies

Transmitted HF power: (top)

The transmitted power was measured for each hf transmitter. The setup was:

rf output coupler from each tx goes to rf multiplexor (hanging in front of blue cabinet in hf ctrl room)
output of multiplexor to anritsu spectrum analyzer.
anritsu setup:

0.. 20 Mhz, rbw 300 khz,
minhold, maxhold, avg 6 seconds

the anacom program controls the anritsu and the hfswitch

6 secs each tx, then move to next..
data stored in /share/phildat/hf/yymmdd

Plots were made for each experiment session (see table above).

Top frame: The power from all 6 tx were summed.

the 3 colors are sums of: maxhold, minhold, and average.

Bottom frame: The power from each of the 6 tx plotted (by color).

If the experiment toggled the tx power on/off during a 6 second integration:

the average value will include the offs
In this case look at the peak hold value. it will be closer to the actual transmitted power.

A single plot was also made of the tx power for the entire campaign (.ps) (.pdf)

black trace: average power for the 6 seconds
red trace: peak hold value for the 6 seconds
green trace: min hold value fo the 6 seconds.

The table of what we did, has a plot of hf power for each experiment.

processing: x101/hf/hfmar17/hftxpwrsum.pro

170313 (mon) (top)

1. t2915 13mar17 16:00 to 19:00 salih (top)

430Tx	440usec rf, 12ms ipp (then 10 ms),clp, dual beam
hfTx	8.175 MHz rcp, pulsed with siggen (synced to tick)
TelPos	az=285,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch, [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw

sync hf to tick using syngen so salih could sync his txmiter.
salih xmiter

tick sync then : |delay 1msHfPulse waitNextIpp |

times:

16:25 start.. 12ms ipp tx430 ipp
17:02 switched to 10 ms ipp on 430tx
17:11:44 start gating the hf output..
17:17:34 disconnected srs sig gen from T (so we don't have 2 50ohm loads)
17:19:36 delay: 2.425ms, ht ipp 12ms, 83 cycles
18:07 hf_synth was not locked to 10 Mhz. locked at 18:07

18:13 went to cw using srs.
18:19:38 back to gating hf pulse
18:23:11 delay=1.952ms
18:57 set pulse len-12ms, delay=0 to check hf power levels.
19:00:00 done.. disable hf rf.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170313	TSTOR1/hf_20170313/ 000.001 to 087.010	20170313sb1_hf/	20170313sb1_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	USRP170313	TSTOR0/hf_20170313_usrp	20170313sb1_hf/	20170313sb1_hf_usrp.avi

The usrp _arc filles had arc removal done on the processing. the others didn't
After this data set, all usrp files had arc removal done
None of the echotek files had arc removal done.

rawdat: RSERV/hf_20170313

decoded data: TSTOR1/hf_20170313/

2. T3156: 13mar17 19:00 to 21:30 paul (top)

430Tx	440usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam -> gr
TelPos	az=285 then 348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	none
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.1 Mhz RCP used siggen. (but Phasing was 8Mhz RCP)

da vme crate hung 18:02. no ion line.
limited usrp data.. 19:00 to 19:11,19:45 -19:58
-->NOTE<-- HF freq was switched to 5.1 MHz, but the hf tx phasing was left at the 8Mhz phases

so we probably weren't transmitting very good circulars..

Used siggen synced to tick

chirp: fm cw: bw 20Khz, reprate 200hz, trig on 1pps, 199 burstcount for siggen

Also used autotoggle for 5 min on,offs. the ons had the chirp, the offs had rf off
times:

19:32 start bringing up chirp
19:44 sine wave
19:47 hf rf off. hf tx4,6 rf switches not working. switch to other set of switches (this may have just been a monitoring problem with the chirp).
20:02 rf on (cw)
20:10 start satellite pass
20:30 sat pass done. turn rf off for first 5 min off
20:35 rf on, chirping
20:40 rf off
20:45 rf on. chirp change:

hfFreq: 5.13Mhz, bw 20Khz, reprate: 201.176Hz

20:50 rf off
20:55 rf on. hfFreq:5.1Mhz, satPass,(cw?)
21:05 rf off
21:16 rf on
21:30 rf off .. end exp

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170313	TSTOR1/hf_20170313/	no movie	no movie
USRP	USRP170313	TSTOR0/hf_20170313_usrp	20170313pb1_hf/	20170313pb1_hf_usrp.avi

echotek data till 19:10,
usrpdata 19:00 to 19:11,19:45 -19:58

3. T2915 : 13mar17 22:30 to 02:30 salih (top)

430Tx	440usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=285 then 348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	8.175 Mhz RCP used siggen

hf gating. 12ms ipp, 619usec delay then 1ms hf pulse
times:

23:15 cw on
23:30 cw off
23:31 start pulsing
00:21 rf off
00:25 5min on,off auto toggle. with pulsing during the on.
02:31 rf off

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170313b	TSTOR0/hf_20170313b/ 000.001 to 146.005	20170313bsb2_hf/	20170313bsb2_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	USRP170313	TSTOR0/hf_20170313_usrp	20170313sb2_hf/	20170313sb2_hf_usrp.avi

170314 (tues) (top)

4. t2869: 14mar17 03:30 to 9:30, suman (top)

430Tx	440usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.125 Mhz RCP

HF cw.
times:

03:00 start
03;25 raise power to 403KW
09:30 done

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	movie
ET	hf_20170313b	TSTOR0/hf_20170313b/ 146.006 to 377.007	20170314sg_hf/	20170314sg_hf_chn1.avik
Usrp	USRP170313	TSTOR0/hf_20170313_usrp	20170314sg_hf/	20170314sg_hf_usrp.avi

5. t3156: 14mar17 09:30 to 10:30. paul (top)

430Tx	440usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.1Mhz RCP

chirp: 5.1Mhz, 20Khz bw, 200 Hz rep rate,
times:

09:30 start
09:34 rf on (chirping?)
09:37:25 rf off
09:38:53 rf on
09:40 to CW (5.1 Mhz)
09:45 rf off , switch to chirp
09:47 rf on, now chirping
09:50:00 rf off, tx 5 trip, then brought back up
09:55 rf on, chirping
10:00:15 to cw
10:15:42 rf off
10:20:00 rf on (still cw)
10:24:36 switch to chirping
10:30 exp done... switch to 8.175 Mhz

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170313b	TSTOR0/hf_20170313b/	20170314pb1_hf/	20170314pb1_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	USRP170313	TSTOR0/hf_20170313_usrp 377.008 to 410.007	20170314pb1_hf/	20170314pb1_hf_usrp.avi

6. t2915: 14mar17 11:00 to 18:30, salih (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	8.175 Mhz RCP

pulsed hf with siggen synced to 1 sec tick... delay , 1ms ipp, to end of ipp

6 ms ipp, delay 885 usecs, cycle count 83

times:

11:00 start
11:30 430 tx turned on.
12:51 changed burst count from 83 to 166. 83 was left over from 12ms ipp. So last sec of each 1 sec was an off.
13:37:18 delay changed to 1.285 ms
13:46:430 tx off. we went under the dish to inspect things.
14:10 430 tx back on.
15:12:00 delay to 796 usecs
15:20:54 strong enhanced plasma line. usrp file
15:30 hf off
18:00 hf back on

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314/ 000.001 to 224.005	20170314sb1/	20170314sb1_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170313 USRP170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170313_usrp	20170314sb1_hf/	20170314sb1_hf_usrp.avi

last 2 hours on usrp170314.

7. h3156: 14mar17 19:30 to 22:00, paul (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.1 Mhz RCP

times

18:49 go 5Mhz.. bring up tx's
19:07 367 KW
19:10 rf off
19:15 rf on. chirp: 20khz bw, 200Hz rep, 199 burst count
19:20 rf off
19:25 rf on , cw
19:30 rf off
19:35 chirp on
19:40 rf off
19:45 rf on cw. leave for satellite pass
20:05 rf off
20:10 rfon, chirp
20:15 rfon, cw
20:20 rf on, chirp
20:25 rf on , cw
20:30 rf on , chirp
20:35 rf off
20:40 rf on, cw
20:50 rf on, chirp
20:52 rf on, .5 sec on with chirp, .5 sec off .. lots of arcing
21:00 back to cw
21:46:30 rf off exp done.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314/ 224.006 to 339.011	20170314pb2_hf/	20170314pb2_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314_usrp	20170314pb2_hf/	20170314pb2_hf_usrp.avi

8. t2915: 14mar17 22:00 to 0800, salih (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.125 Mhz RCP

pulsing with siggen. hffreq=5.125Mhz, 12ms ipp, 2.285 ms delay, 1 ms hf pulse, burstcount=83
times:

23:06 rf on , cw
23:10 tx 5 tripped, brought back up
23:29 start pulsing
23:49 delay to 3.22ms
06:08 delay to 552 usecs
06:56 delay to 485 usecs
07:30:35 delay to 2257 usecs.
08:00 exp. done.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314/ 334.001 to 670.003	20170314sb2/	20170314sb2_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314_usrp	20170314sb2kk_hf/	20170314sb2_hf_usrp.avi

170315 (wed) (top)

9. h3156: 15mar17 08:00 to 09:30, paul (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.1 Mhz RCP

sat. pass 08:30:30
times

08:00 cw ..
08:10 chirping 200hz, 20khz bw, 5.1Mhz cfr, 199 burstcnt
08:16:09 change chirping to 100 cycles. 1/2 sec rf on, 1/2 sec rf off
08:30:30 satellite pass
08:50:00 rf off
08:55 rf on , cw
09:00 exp done

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314/ 670.004 to 719.009	20170315pb1/	20170315pb1_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314_usrp	20170315pb1_hf/	20170315pb1_hf_usrp.avi

10. t2915: 15mar17 09:30 to 10:20, salih (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.125 Mhz RCP

times:

09:19 cw to check power levels
09:24:45 start pulsing. delay=485 usecs
09:34:58 .. siggen front panel said 5.124 Mhz. changed back to 5.125Mhz (not sure if the output freq was 5.124 or 5.125Mhz prior to this.
09:44 430 tx off for 1 minute to check arcing.
10:20 hf off, 430 off to check arcing in 430 waveguide

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314/ 719.010 to 748.001	20170315sb/	20170315sb_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314_usrp	20170315sb_hf/	20170315sb_hf_usrp.avi

11. h3156: 15mar17 15:20 to 17:30 paul, natasha (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	8.175 Mhz RCP

times:

15:20 start to bring up hftx.. cw
15:27 rf off
15:28:00 rf on, 2 second rf on, 2sec rf off
15:39 rf off... 430tx now on.
15:49 rf on 1sec on, 3 sec off. using auto toggle
15:59 rf off
16:00 rf on . 3sec on , 1 sec off
16:10 rf off
16:11 rf on , cw
16:21 rf off
16:26 rf on , 2sec on , 2sec off
16:31 rf off
16:36 rf on, 1 sec on, 3 sec off
16:41 rf off
16:46 rf on, 3 sec on ,1 sec off
16:51 rf off
16:56 rf on , cw
17:01 rf off
17:02 2min on, 2min off
17:30 done

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315/ 000.001 to 060.010	20170315pb2/	20170315pb2_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170314	TSTOR0/hf_20170314_usrp	20170315pb2_hf/	20170315pb2_hf_usrp.avi

12. H3171: 15mar17 17:30 to 18:10 Eliana (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.125 Mhz RCP

18:10 lost site power. no data taken.
files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315/ 061.001 to 083.001	20170315en/	20170315en_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp	20170315en_hf/	20170315en_hf_usrp.avi

13. h3156: 15mar17 19:00 to 22:00, paul (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.xx Mhz RCP (see times below)

epop satellite pass.
times:

19:09 bring up hftx
19:11 hfFrq=5.1 Mhz. rf on 50 sec , rf off 50 sec
19:30:30 start epop satellite pass
19:40:30 end epop satellite pass
19:50 rf off
19:55 cycle rfon 100 secs, rf off 100 secs.
20:31 cw. exp done.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170315b	TSTOR0/hf_20170315b/ 000.001 to 085.007	20170315pb3_hf/	20170315pb3_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp	20170315pb3_hf/	20170315pb3_hf_usrp.avi

14. t2604: 15mar17 22:00 to 03:00 min-chang lee (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=258,zagr=1.1, zach=15
echoTek	ch [-4.5,4.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.125 Mhz RCP,LCP (see times below)

cycle 50 min rcp, 10 min off, 15 min lcp, 10 min off.
times:

22:00 rf on , rcp
22:50 rf off
23:11 rf on, lcp
23:15 rf off
23:25 rf on , rcp
00:15 rf off
00:25 rf on, lcp
00:35 rf off
00:45 rf on, rcp
01:32:39 rf off
01:45 rf on , lcp
01:55 rf off
02:05 rf on , rcp
03:00 exp. done.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170315b	TSTOR0/hf_20170315b/ 085.008 to 224.003	20170315mcl_hf/	20170315mcl_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp	20170315mcl_hf/	20170315mcl_hf_usrp.avi

170316 (thur) (top)

15. t2869: 16mar17 03:00 to 07:30 suman (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [-4.5,4.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.125 Mhz RCP

15 min on cw, 5 min off, repeat cycle
times:

on	off	on	off	on	off
0304	03:15	03:20	03:35	03:40	03:55
04:00	04:15	04:20	04:35	04:40	04:55
05:00	05:15	05:20	05:35	05:40	05:55
06:00	06:15	06:20	06:35	06:40	06:55
07:00	07:15	07:20	07:30 done

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170315b	TSTOR0/hf_20170315b/ 224.005 to 371.011	20170316sg_hf/	20170316sg_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp	20170316sg_hf/	20170316sg_hf_usrp.avi

16. h3156: 16mar17 08:00 to 09:00 paul bernhardt (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [-4.5,4.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.1 Mhz RCP

using sig generator. epop satellite pass.
times:

08:00 rf on cw.
08:25 rf off
08:30 start cycling 5min on, 5 min off.
08:35 rf off
08:40 rf on. chirping. 20khz bw, 200 hz, 199 burst count.
08:45 rf off
08:50 rf on , cw
08:52 rf on , switch to chirp
08:54 rf on , cw
08:56 rf on, chop chirp. same chirp as above, but 1/2 sec rf on, 1/2 sec rf off ..
08:59:10 rf on, back to regular chirp (no chopping).
09:00 rf on , cw
09:02 rf off . exp. end.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170315b	TSTOR0/hf_20170315b/ 371.001 to 421.010	20170316pb1_hf/	20170316pb1_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp	20170316pb1_hf/	20170316pb1_hf_usrp.avi

17. h3156: 16mar17 13:30 to 14:23 paul (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [5.5,9.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	8.175 Mhz RCP

times:

13:26 8.175 cw come up with srs
13:44 8.16 cw pauls generator
14:00 8.16 cw, autotoggle 5min on, ,5 min off
14:17:14 chirping. 8.175 Mhz, +/- 15Khz BW. no autotoggle.
14:21:00 chop chirp. .5sec chirp, .5 sec cw At 8.16 Mhz
14:23: hf off to change net to 5 Mhz. end exp

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170316	TSTOR0/hf_20170316/ 000.001 to 052.011	20170316pb2_hf/	20170316pb2_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp	20170316pb2_hf/	20170316pb2_hf_usrp.avi

18. h3111: 16mar17 15:00 to 16:30 fraknk &herb (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam ch
TelPos	az=348,zagr=11, zach=0
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	no data
hf Freq	5.095 Mhz RCP

5min on, off auto toggle
times:

15:07 bringing up hf tx
15:25 rf on.. start 5min on,off autotoggle
15:30 rf off
15:35 rf on
15:40 rf off
15:45 rf on, tx 5 tripped, came back up
15:50 rf off
15:55 rf on
16:00 rf off
16:05 rf on. tx 4 tripped stayed down till end of exp.
16:10 rf off
16:15 rf on
16:20 rf off
16:25 rf on
16:30 rf off, exp. done

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170316	TSTOR0/hf_20170316/ 054.001 to 209.011 includes data from next exp.	20170316fh_hf/	20170316fh_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	no data

19. h3111: 16mar17 16:30 to 19:30 frank & herb (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam ch
TelPos	az=348,zagr=11, zach=0
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	no data
hf Freq	8.16 Mhz rcp, then linear mode (but wrong phases)

2 plasmon decay. Called for linear pol, but we had the wrong phases:

phases used: tx1,2,3,4,5,6

266.4, 9.0,310.6,317.5,0.,125.2

correct phases (we should have used)

111.0, 248.0, 29.3,335.0, 0.,24.0

times

16:43 start to bring up tx RCP. tx 4 is down.
16:55 start 5 min on, 5 min off. autotoggle
17:00 rf off
17:05 rf on . chirp 20Khz bw, cfr 8.175, 199.1 hz

Note: notes say bw=20Khz.. but i bet the bandwidth was 30Khz bw (so lower edge was 8.16Mhz).

17:10 stop autotoggle leave rf on with chirp
17:11 cw at 8.16 MHz
17:20 lots of arcing. turned off 1 tx at a time to see if one was causing the problem.
17:26 load the phases for linear pol (but incorrect phasing .. see above).
18:14 tx 4 back up, 360 KW
19:30 rf off. exp done

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170316	TSTOR0/hf_20170316/ 054.001 to 209.011 includes file from previous exp.	20170316fh_hf/	20170316fh_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	no data

20. h3156: 16mar17 20:00 to 21:30 paul (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam ch
TelPos	az=348,zagr=11, zach=0
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	no data
hf Freq	5.1 Mhz rcp then lcp

times

19:54 bringing up tx. CW
20:24 335 KW
20:25 chirp 200Hz, freq=5.1 MHz, bw=20KHz,
20:35 CW
21:11 increase power to 520KW.
21:19 lcp . 5.125 Mhz. power back down to 350 KW.
21:28 rcp.
21:30 , exp. done

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170316	TSTOR0/hf_20170316/ 210.001 to 255.004	20170316pb3_hf/	20170316pb3_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	no data

21. t2604: 16mar17 21:30 to 03:00 min-chang lee (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam ch
TelPos	az=348,zagr=11, zach=0
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	no data
hf Freq	5.125 Mhz rcp,lcp

cycle: 50 min rcp cw., 10 min off, lcp 10 min, 10 min off
times

22:00 start. cw rcp
22:50 rf off
23:00 rf on , lcp
23:43 rf off
23:53 rf on , rcp
00:43 rf off
00:53 rf on lcp
01:03 rf off
01:13 rf on, rcp
02:03 rf off
02:13 rf on , lcp
02:23 rf off
02:33 rcp on
03:00 exp. done. hf off.. 430 tx continues,.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170316	TSTOR0/hf_20170316/ 255.005 to 418.010 included hf off till 6am	20170316mcl_hf/	20170316mcl_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	no data

170317 friday (top)

22. h3156: 17mar17 07:30 to 08:30 paul (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam ch
TelPos	az=348,zagr=11, zach=0
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	no data
hf Freq	5.1 Mhz rcp

epop satellite pass
times:

07:30 rf on , cw
07:55 chirp, 5.1 cfr, 20khz bw, 199 burst count
08:00 rf off
08:05 rf on, chop chirp.. 1/2 sec chirp, 1/2 sec rf off
08:10 rf off
08:15 rf off
08:20 rf on, regular chirp
08:25 rf on, chop chirp
08:29 rf on , cw
08:30 rf off, exp. ended.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170316	TSTOR0/hf_20170316/ 419.001 to 463.009	20170317pb1_hf/	20170317pb1_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	no data

23. h3156: 17mar17 14:20 to 17:00 paul,natasha. (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [4.5,8.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	8.16 Mhz rcp

times

14:29 bring up hf, cw
14:42 cw 260KW
14:55 rf off
15:00 rf on, chirp

notes don't mention chirp. my guess is: 30Khz bw, cfr 8.175, WRF (WaveformRepFreq): 199.1 hz.

15:05 rf off.
15:10 rf on, cw chop chirp. chirp .5 sec, cw .5 sec
15:15 rf off ..
15:20 rf on, cw
15:25 rf off
15:30 rf on, chirp (tx 5 down)
15:35 rf off, tx 5 back up
15:40 rf on , cw chop chirp
15:45 rf off
15:50 rf on, cw. 3 sec on, 1 sec off using auto toggle
16:00 rf off
16:01 rf on, 2sec on, 2 sec off
16:11 rf off
16:12 rf on, 1sec on, 3 sec off
16:22 rf off
16:23 rf on, 4 sec on, 1 sec off

Note turn on was 4*tx samples voltages on usrp monitor.

16:33 rf on,cw
16:39 rf on, 3 sec on, 1 sec off.
16:42 tx 4 down.. tripped circuit breaker..
16:48 tx 4 back up.
16:49 rf off
16:56 rf on , 3sec on, 1 sec off.. 130KW,
17:06 rf off, exp. done.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170317	TSTOR0/hf_20170317/ 000.001 to 074.011	20170317pb2_hf/	20170317pb2_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp/	20170317pb2_hf	20170317pb2_hf_usrp.avi

24. h3112: 17mar17 17:06 to 20:00 elizabeth (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [4.5,8.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	8.16 Mhz rcp then 5.125 MHz

5 min on, offs
times:

17:10 rf on, cw
17:15 rf off
17:20 rf on
17:25 rf off
17:30 rf on
17:35 rf off
17:40 rf on
17:45 rf off
17:50 rf on
17:55 rf off
17:56:20 rf on.. leave on to watch fof2 pass through critical.
18:01:32 rf off.. switch to 5.125 MHz,
18:15 start to bring up 5Mhz. saw lots of arcing.

left hf at 200KW, went under the dish to check things.

19:00:57 rf off
19:01:43 rf on,.
19:02:04 turn off individual tx to see which is arcing
19:10:46 all back up.
19:40 power back to 310KW.
20:00 330KW (cw) . exp,. end

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170317	TSTOR0/hf_20170317/ 075.001 to 174.001	20170317ek_hf/	20170317ek_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp/	20170317ek_hf	20170317ek_hf_usrp.avi

25. h3156: 17mar17 20:00 to 20:45. paul (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [4.5,8.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.125 MHz (i think

satellite pass.
times

20:00 cw 5.125 (notes don't mention change of freq, so i assume it is still 5.125 Mhz).
20:45 satellite pass over
20:45 .. testing hf tx..
21:36 rf off, hf shutdown for the night.. 430 tx continues running clp.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170317	TSTOR0/hf_20170317/ 174.002 to 403.005. includes 430tx, nohf till 03:00	20170317pb3_hf/	20170317pb3_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170315	TSTOR0/hf_20170315_usrp/ (movie till 21:30)	20170317pb3_hf	20170317pb3_hf_usrp.avi

170318 sat (top)

26. h3156: 18mar17 06:40 to 07:30 paul (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, dual beam
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	ch [4.5,8.5]
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw
hf Freq	5.1 Mhz rcp

satellite pass.
times:

06:40 bring up hftx. 5.125 Mhz, cw using srs siggen.
06:51 switched to pauls siggen. freq=5.1MHz

up to this point, paul'2 generator was output -7dbm (rather than -2dbm). This was from the filter loss. From here on out, it output -2dbm.
tx 2 left lower. We were getting arcing from broken dipole support cable.

07:30 rf off, exp. end

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170318	TSTOR0/hf_20170318/ 000.001 to 118.006	20170318pb1_hf/	20170318pb1_hf_chn12.avi
Usrp	USRP170317	TSTOR0/hf_20170317_usrp/	20170318pb1_hf	20170318pb1_hf_usrp.avi

27. h3111: 18mar17 08:45 to 11:07. herb & frank (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam. ch.
TelPos	az=348,zagr=11, zach=0
echoTek	ch [-5.5,5.5]
usrp	no data
hf Freq	8.175 MHz linear

Used correct phasing for linears. synth file: linear_8mhz_18mar17.hfsynth
times:

07:53 .. measure correct phases using vector network analyzer.
08:45 bring up hf tx up in linear mode. cw about 290 KW.
09:02 tx 2 tripped, back up ..
11:07 linear exp done.
09

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	hf_20170318b	TSTOR0/hf_20170318b/ 000.001 to 069.004	20170318bfh_hf/	20170318bfh_hf_chn2.avi
Usrp	no data

28. h3156: 18mar17 12:30 to 16:35 paul,natasha (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam. gr
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	nodata
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw.
hf Freq	8.175 MHz rcp

Note. when chirping with cfr 8.175Mhz, 30Khz bw, switching to cw goes to the left edge of the band : 8.16 Mhz.
times:

12:20 rf on , chirp: 30Khz bw, cfr 8.175, clock 199.1 hz, burst count 199, syncs every 1 sec tick
12:34 rf on , cw
12:35 rf on , cw chop chirp. .5 sec chirp, .5 sec cw (at 8.16 Mhz)
12:40 rf on , cw (8.16 MHz)
12:45 rf on , cw chirp chop 10 sec, 1999 cycles, 199.91 hz
12:50 rf on , cw chirp chop 5 sec on , 5 sec off?
13:18:30 rf on, cw, chirp 10 secs ?
13:43 rf on , cw 8.16 Mhz.. waiting to pass through critical
14:30 rf on ,, cw chop chirp. 5 sec on , 5 sec off.(or is it 5 sec cw?).
14:53 going through critical
15:00 rf on , 3 sec on, 1 sec off
15:10:03 rf off, then cw, raise power to 365KW
15:20:00 3sec on , 1 sec off
15:30 rf off
15:40 rf on 2sec on, 2 sec off
15:45 rf off
15:50 rf on, 1 sec on , 3 sec off
15:55 rf off
16:00 rf on, 3 sec on, 1 sec off
16:05 rf off
16:10 rf on,3 sec on , 1 sec off
16:20 rf off
16:30 rf on, 3 sec on , 1 sec off
16:35:16 rf off. stopped to change mesh to 5 Mhz

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	no data
Usrp	USRP170317	TSTOR0/hf_20170317_usrp	20170318pb2_hf	20170318pb2_hf_usrp.avi

29. h3112: 18mar17 17:15 to 21:06. elizabeth (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam. gr
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	nodata
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw.
hf Freq	5.1 MHz rcp

times:

17:10 rf on, start to bring up 5.1 MHz
18:00 rf on, 300 KW cw.
18:05 rf on, 3 sec on, 1 sec off
18:10 rf off
18:15 rf on, cw
18:20 rf off
18:25 rf on, 3 sec on, 1 sec off
18:30 rf off
18:35 rf on, cw
18:40 rf off
18:45 rf on , 3 sec on , 1 sec off
18:50 rf off
18:55 cw 5 min
19:00 rf off
19:05 rf on, 3sec on, 1 sec off
19:10 rf off
19:15 rf on, cw increase power
19:20 rf off
19:25 rf on , 3 sec on , 1 sec off
19:30 rf off
19:35 rf on, cw
19:40 rf off
19:45 rf on, 3 sec on , 1 sec off
19:50 rf off
19:55 rf on, cw
20:00 rf off
20:02:30 3 sec on , 1 sec off
20:27 going through critical,.
21:06 rf off. exp done. hf off. 430 tx runs through the night.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	no data
Usrp	USRP170317	TSTOR0/hf_20170317_usrp	20170318ek_hf	20170318ek_hf_usrp.avi

170319 Sun (top)

30. h3111: 19mar17 06:43 to 08:00. frank & herb (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam. gr
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	nodata
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw.
hf Freq	8.175 Mhz linear mode

times:

06:38 start to bring up hf tx. cw
07:00 272KW
07:20 390 KW
07:45 425 KW
07:58 456 KW
08:02 rf off, change to 5 Mhz

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	no data
Usrp	USRP170318	TSTOR0/hf_20170318_usrp	20170319fh1_hf	20170319fh1_hf_usrp.avi

31. h3171: 19mar17 08:00 to 11:20. eliana (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam. gr
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	nodata
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw.
hf Freq	5.1 Mhz rcp

times:

08:10 rf on, start bringing up hftx 5.1 Mhz
08:23 rf on , 300KW
08:30 rf on, start autotoggle 3 sec on , 1 sec off , cw
10:10 tx 5 tripped, then back up
10:35 rf off
10:40 rf on, autotoggle 3 sec on , 1 sec off
11:26 rf off, exp. done. move to 8 mhz.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	no data
Usrp	USRP170318	TSTOR0/hf_20170318_usrp	20170319en_hf	20170319en_hf_usrp.avi

32. h3111: 19mar17 11:20 to 20:12. frank & herb (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam. gr
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	nodata
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw.
hf Freq	8.175 Mhz linear, then rcp

times:

11:35 start bringing up 8.175 MHz , linear pol, cw
11:43 300 KW
11:50 360 KW
11:55 400 KW
11:57 390 KW
13:42 end linear experiment. switch to rcp
13:45 coming up with rcp
13:50 300KW
14:00 360 KW
14:03:30 rf off
14:05 rf on, start 5 min on, off autotoggle
14:10 rf off
14:15 rf on, switch 8.175 to 8.16 Mhz
14:20 rf off
14:25 rf on, cw chop chirp, .5 sec chirp, .5 sec cw

chirp: freq 199.91, cycle count 1000, 30Khz bw, cfr 8.175

14:30 rf off
14:35 rf on, cw chop chirp
14:40 rf off
14:45 rf on , cw chop chirp
14:50 rf off
14:55 rf on, cw chop chirp
15:00 rf off
15:05 rf on , cw chop chirp
15:10 rf off
15:15 rf on, cw chop chirp
15:20 rf off
15:25 rf on, cw chop chirp
15:30 rf off
15:35 rf on, cw chop chirp
15:40 rf off
15:45 rf on , cw chop chirp
15:50 rf off
15:55 rf on , cw chop chirp
16:00 rf off
16:05 rf on , cw chop chirp
16:10 rf off
16:15 rf on, cw chop chirp
16:20 rf off. franks exp done.
16:30 eliana'a step power test
16:33 12.3 KW
16:35 rf off
16:37 rf on , + 2db
16:40:45 20 KW
16:43:00 rf off
16:45:00 rf on , + 2db
16:46 37.4 Kw
16:46 dropped below critical, abort test.
16:48 setup franks Linear experiment
16:54 300 Kw , cw 8.175 Mhz, linear pol
16:57 360 KW
18:03 switch usrp discs 170319 to 170319.
19:32 lower power to 30KW, linear mode, 8.175 Mhz for paul's epop experiment
19:46 epop pass
19:56 satellite pass done

go back to frank's linear experiment

20:02 360 KW, 8.175 Mhz, cw, linear phase
20:06 427 KW
20:12 exp. done, heating campaign, done, hf off, 430 tx continues through the night with clp, single beam, gr.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	no data
Usrp	USRP170318 USRP170319	TSTOR0/hf_20170318_usrp TSTOR0/hf_20170319_usrp	20170319fh2_hf	20170319fh2_hf_usrp.avi

33. 19mar17 20:12 to 07:35 tx 430 runs with no hf (top)

430Tx	440 usec rf, 10ms ipp,clp, single beam. gr
TelPos	az=348,zagr=1.1, zach=11
echoTek	nodata
usrp	gr 25Mhz bw.
hf Freq	no hf

times:

20:12 to 07:35 430 tx ran with no hf transmitter.

files:

type	raw	dcd	jpeg	mov
ET	no data
Usrp	USRP170319	TSTOR0/hf_20170319_usrp	20170319nohf_hf	20170319nohf_hf_usrp.avi

HF synthesizer drive values (top)

The hf synthesizers generate the amplitude an phase to drive each of the 6 hf transmitters.

Logs of hf synth values

hf synthesizer logs

directory holding outputs from hf_synth program with time stamps.
rfon,off, autotoggle setup and start,start times, phases and amplitudes sent to tx's
does not contain info on cw,sweep info from paul's external generators,.
does not contain the hf frequency used.

Plots of drive amplitude and phase for the hf campaign (.ps) (.pdf)

each page is a separate day
Top frame has drive amplitude.

Each tx in different color
+ show where changes occurred.
the dashed green line at bottom shows rfon (high), rfoff (low).

Bottom: transmitted phase for each tx

You can get the mesh position, polarization from this info
The table has the phase for Tx1 (black color in plots).

freq/pol	tx1Phase
5Mhz rcp	106
5MHz lcp	287.7
8MHz rcp	239.8
8MHz lcp	126.6

Binary files (top)

Binary files are made (upon request) of the hf transmitter power as well as the az,za positions during an experiment.

file formats:

hf tx power:

link to binary files directory
filenames:

hfoct16_USER_hfpwr.dat

data comes from the spectrum analyzer monitoring of the transmitted power (see hf tx power )

the what we did table has a plot of the tx power for each experiment session.

For an individual experimenter i put all of there data in 1 binary file
All binary files are little endian, 8 byte doubles.
record: 3 * 8bytes= 24 bytes

8bytes 8bytes 8bytes
secs1970 averagePowerKW peakPowerKW

The spectrum analzyer spends 6 seconds measuring the average and peak_hold power from an hf transmitter.
It then moves on to the next Hf transmitter. With overhead it takes about 60 seconds to measure all 6 transmitters.
The avgPower, peakPower (in the binary file) are the sum of that 6 transmitters (so it is the total transmitted power).
an easy way to read the file is
get the file size in bytes
nrecs=filesize/24
generate double array (3,nrecs) (or nrecs,3 if you are in python?.. whatever. in memory the 1st 3 doubles are secs1970,avgPwr,pkPwr.
read double array. (my example below is for idl (column major)..

array[0,i]=secs1970
array[1,i]=average Power KW
array[2,i]=peak power KW (use this when doing autotoggle since the average may include hf tx off.)

binary files with pointing information.

link to binary files directory
filenames:

pntI_yymmdd_hhmmss1_hhmmss2.dat

yymmdd is start date for experiment
hhmmss1 is the AST starting hour,min,sec
hhmmss2 is the AST ending hour,min,sec for the data

Data comes from the 1 second monitoring of the telescope position (logged to disc).

A plot of az,za position for all days: plot of az,za positions for entire campaign (.ps) (.pdf)

I put each experiment in a separate file (since the files were bigger).
All binary files are little endian, 8 byte doubles.
record: 4 * 8bytes= 32 bytes

8bytes 8bytes 8bytes 8bytes
secs1970 AzDeg gregDeg chDeg
The azDeg is the physical location of the gregorian side of the azimuth arm
the gregorian azimuth pointing direction is azDeg - 180
the ch azimuth pointing directio is azDeg.

Data is recorded once a second (there may be a few missing seoconds in each file.)
to read the data, look at the hf example (but change the array to 4 by N

processing: x101/hf/hfoct17/mkhfazzafiles.pro, mhhfpwrfiles.pro, hftxpwrsum.pro, mkbinfiles.pro

Notes: (top)

salih's hf transmitter generated harmonics that got into the 430 MHz receiver.
paul's chirping cause some vertical lines with some freq slope (in the movies).

the movies remove the bandpass from each image by averaging the top 100 ranges of the image and dividing through by it.
any harmonics/intermods from the hf transmitter that ar constant in freq will divide out (or at least partially divide out).
when chirping, the freq of the hf signal intermod changes by the chirp rate (20 or 30 khz over 5 ms) * hght range time. (about 5ms).
The bandpass division doesn't cancel the intermods as well as when the frequency is constant.

arcing removal

For the usrp data i threw out any ipps that had a total power peak above 20e6 counts.

the tx samples were about 2e6.
the NIPPS_ACCUM entry in each header files tells how many ipps were included in each average of 1000 ipps.

I still need to remove the arcing from the

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