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Activities
Activity Reports
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yymmdd
- 091009
Request for information exchange about radio astronomy site facilities, know-how, from German group.
- 090922
Invitation for collaboration with large German amateur radio telescope group
- 090809
My Impressions of the Arecibo Single-Dish Radio Astronomy summer session July 12-18, 2009
- 090410
VLF monitoring proposed; currently recording hydrogen cloud spin flip data, and hydroxyl data
- 090222
Both encoders installed, operational and roughly calibrated
- 090208
Wiring installed for Elevation encoder in Upper Dish. SDR-14 data harvested
- 090203
Elevation encoder was mounted on Upper Dish
- 090201.2
Azimuth encoder was mounted on Upper Dish
- 090201
HI (neutral hydrogen) data is being collected from our SDR-14 and logged; working on mapping
- 081116
Improvements made to stairs to lower dish, Work on signal detection from SDR-14
- 081026
Construction work proceed on the stairs to the lower dish. Linix analysis machine OS was updated.
- 080907
Worked on motor specifications for the upper dish, Rodney worked on receiver for educational uses
- 080824
Paul brought some guests interested in learning about radio astronomy research opportunities
- 080823.2
Shad working on dish control software, saves receiver and position data in multiple formats
- 080823
Worked on how best display dish position; pointing accuracy tests; Rodney tested 8.1GHz MODIS rx
- 080810
Cleaned and adjusted the 1.4 GHz feed horn and got it working with SpectraCyber.
- 080622
Discussed infrastructure needs. Moved a scaffold guy wire from the stairs to a stake.
- 080525
Worked on a VLF antenna and pre-amp. Checked upper dish front end as possible cause of asymmetry
- 080518
Installed cameras, one on upper dish, other on lower dish, allow viewing dish motion from control room.
- 080511
Review of our efforts to assist the CU Aerospace Engineering Dept for
their Senior Project
- 071021
Mapped the wiring that connects screw terminal barriers in
the tower with corresponding ones in T22.
- 071014
Install Elevation Override Switch; first field test of the TASR (Two-Axis Selsyn Reader) program.
- 071007 Cleanup of upper dish wiring for CU students, John removed Paratrack PC -
- 070930 Verifird wiring for upper dish limit switches, improved wiring and covers -
- 070923 Working on lower dish tracking, upper dish limit switch -
- 070903 Followup letter on DSES/AMSAT proposed project with ASMO group
- 070820
Failure report on the stairs, by R. Slate, (pdf)
- 070820
Intro to failure report on the stairs, by R. Slate
- 070819 Discussed DSES/AMSAT project with American Student Moon Orbiter (ASMO) group -
- 070717
DSES, ITS Table Mountain T-22 Site Lower Staircase Report, by R. Slate (pdf)
- 070722 Patches made to the rim of the lower dish -
- 070715.2
Containment system for focal point mount for upper dish. Images: Sky Shield, Radome
- 070715
Took down wind-damaged stairs, straightened scaffolding, Installed boots on lower dish
- 070708
Upper Dish East Boot Installation, Paul Berge and Don Lewis (jpg)
- 070708
Installation of Boots on Upper Dish, Evaluate Synchro Problem
- 070516
Presentation to Longmont Amateur Radio Club
- 070506
Install bird "Guano Guard" on upper dish, Measure for future radome
- 070415
Cable for elevation syncros, Painting, Box for upper dish motor controllers
- 070401
Guest visits, Selsyn cables, Calibrate pointing offset of lower dish
- 070325
Upper dish RF Characterization Measurements
- 070324
CU Student Site Visit
- 070311
Lower dish downconverter, lower dish manual, Prep for EOSS-115 balloon flt
- 070204
Install hydroxyl line receiver on lower dish
- 070204
Proposal for Mira observations
- 070203
Site inspection, Snow
- 061210
Synchros, Radio astronomy searches, Discuss upper dish calibration
- 061203
Synchros, Cable to lower dish, Proposal for solar observing project
- 061126
SpectraCyber temperature sensitivity, selsyns, SC data collection
- 061114
Report of DSES missing gear
- 061112
Mount SpectraCyber, OH searches, DSES eqmt tagged, Cables, Educational charts
- 061105
Facilities repairs, Work on signal cable from lower dish
- 061029
Work on signal cable to lower dish
- 061015
Preparations for EOSS-113, Lower dish signal cable, Upper dish manual
- 061008
Clean jack screws, Lubricate upper dish
- 060917
Work on radio gear, Clean up facility
- 060910
Lower dish tracking, Syncros, Servers, Data logger, both dishes moving together
- 060827
Signal detection, SpectraCyber upgrade, New dual feed front end built
- 060827
Joseph A. DiVerdi presentation at the Society of Amateur Scientists
- 060820
Setup what is being called the 'Chinese Radio'
- 060806
Selsyns, Install log detector for SMP project, Remount lower dish
elevation motor
- 060716
Replace SMP feedhorn, RFP, Selsyns, Rebuild steps, Missing gear
- 060716
Replace LNA on upper dish and characterize it
- 060521
Progress on Lower Dish Work, cables, feed mounts, selsyns, boots
- 060709
Trace out lower dish synchro controller wiring, Cleanup, Work on the CUE Project Plan
- 060625
Characterization of the RF Systems on the Upper and Lower Dishes
- 060604
Mount HI Horn on Lower Dish, Repair Upper Dish Brake, SMP data, Selsyns, ATV dipole
- 060522
Progress on Lower Dish, Cables, Feed Mounts, Selsyns, Boots
- 060520
Direction Controller Connection to PC, 426MHz antenna
- 060325
Lower Dish Tracks Moon and Sun, DSES Restoration Efforts Continue
- 060313
DSES Milestone: Lower Dish Tracks Moon
- 060122
Anemometer and VLF radio operation restored, Work on signal recovery methods
- 060115
Lab Cleanup, SMP Operation Begun, Morgie Down, Prepare Data Set
for Pulsar Detection
- 051209 Progress on
Lower Dish, Breakers, Drive Motors, Power
- 051119 Work on Lower Dish Power Wiring
- 051112 EOSS-100 Tracking Report and Critical Review, Site Improvements, Unscheduled Meeting
- 051106 New Motors and Motor Control Panel Emplaced in Lower Dish
- 051016 Lower Dish Scaffold, Painting Control Panel
- 051008 Visitors, Lower dish position control panel, GPS RX turned off,
CGI for SpectraCyber
- 051002 Work on Lower
Dish Control Panel
- 051002 Antenna controller, ICOM PCR-1000 test,
Prospective member, SpectraCyber controller
- 050924 Changing Racks, Changing Servers, Power Outage
- 050826 Testing of new absolute encoder on upper dish
- 050819 Trouble shoot VLF, connect anemometer, on pulsar observations, SpectraCyber RX, NCLUG
- 050801 DSES Represented at NASA Balloon Science Workshop
- 050712 Deep Impact Tracking - Final Report
- 050623 Horizon Data Computed for DSES Upper Dish
- 050619 New Method of Analysis for Drift Scan Data
- 050612 Feed Horn Work, Computer Configuration and Naming, Setup Data Logging
- 050612 Scaffold Repair, Site Clean up, New Electrical Cabinet, Rodents, New Azimuth Motor
- 050601 Activity Report, Dual Frequency Feed Horn Completed
- 050528 Activity Report, Motors Removed, Paul Berge, Slate
- 050430 Report on
Tracking of EOSS-90, University of Kentucky Big Blue
- 050104 Report on
Soft Gamma-Ray burst detection; Hydrogen receiver calibrations using 3C033
- 041226 Report on
radio astronomy and other work projects at T-22
- 041113 Report on radio
astronomy work activities at T-22
- 041011 First
full-up test of tracking an extra galactic radio source under computer control
- 041010 First time
test of Paratrack controlling the upper dish, successfully tracked the Sun
and ISS
- 040831 Report on work
activities at T-22
- 040501 EOSS-76 Tracking Report, very successful recording of balloon video telemetry
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