MISSION: Pole Hole West
DATE: 20141026
SPECIAL ISSUES:


DATE NOTES: 
For good measure, following guide and commenting on each action step.
STEPS FOR STARTUP
Power to GPS - check
Power to dds - check
Run dds software(run via exe) - check
Run radar software (run via exe) - check

Today's happenings:
Taxi - 1205 z
Takeoff: 121318 z  
Ramp-pass: 122151 z
PA fans: 1135
PAs on: 

Records:
segment00 - running regular survey mode at high altitude to test for header errors. This segment written directly to FO.
	WHILE DOING THIS, SAW FAILED FRAMES ON ECHOGRAM
segment01 - recorded to RAID array. No failed frames on echogram
segment02 - recorded to RAID array while simultaneously copying from RAID to FO. No apparent problems. Will load data to check. 
segment03 - equalization_10us
segment04 - NOISE
segment05 - high altitude survey
segment06 - standard survey

Noise analysis:
Expected ADC noise floor @ ADC -62.0 dBm
Expected Rx noise floor @ ADC -45.0 dBm
Expected levels only valid for param.presums = 1
Noise power is in dBm:
-38.1	-37.1	-35.2	-34.7	-32.7	-33.7	-62.4	-62.5

Tx chan eq: All phase and amp looks good

Prior to flight line, about 30 minutes out, copying first 500 2wf bin files over to server, from board0, 1640z. Moved both 500 first files from b0 and b1.

Survey line looking good!