MISSION: Seelye Loop
DATE: 20141020
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 - 1147 z
Takeoff: 115120 z  (MCoRDS time ahead by about a minute. Will coordinate a time-sync during flight)
Ramp-pass: 115900 z
Coordinated UTC: 123200
PA fans: 1214
PAs on: 1216

Records:
segment00- noise analysis w/ 50 ohm loads, 30000 feet altitude
segment01- noise analysis (antennas attached), 30000 feet altitude
segment02 - equalization_10us, 30000 feet altitude
segment03 - high altitude 2wf survey land ice (25-dB attenuation wf0)

segment04 - equalization 1us (useless)

segment05 - deconvolution mode!

Noise analysis (01)

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:
-37.7	-39.7	-39.7	-40.3	-39.9	-37.8	-62.4	-62.5

Tx cal (segment02)
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TX 1: -0.65 ns (9.78 ns)
TX 2: 6.51 ns (58.42 ns)
TX 3: 3.69 ns (59.02 ns)
TX 4: 0.00 ns (0.81 ns)
TX 5: -6.07 ns (35.62 ns)
TX 6: -5.32 ns (71.40 ns)
Recommended new DDS time offset (ns):
-0.4100	-4.1386	-4.9886	0.0000	5.2962	0.7396	0.0000	0.0000
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Relative power for each waveform (dB)
TX 1: -0.57 dB (-4.81 dB)
TX 2: -1.28 dB (-2.60 dB)
TX 3: -4.57 dB (-5.96 dB)
TX 4: 0.00 dB (-Inf dB)
TX 5: -1.97 dB (-8.60 dB)
TX 6: -0.90 dB (-4.62 dB)
Recommended new DDS amplitude settings (DDS counts):
9945	15136	28125	11214	18827	12100	0	0
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WF 1: relative phase: 2.861 radians, 163.9 deg
WF 2: relative phase: 2.278 radians, 130.5 deg
WF 3: relative phase: 1.202 radians, 68.9 deg
WF 4: relative phase: 0.000 radians, 0.0 deg
WF 5: relative phase: 0.109 radians, 6.2 deg
WF 6: relative phase: -0.096 radians, -5.5 deg
Recommended new DDS phase settings (deg):
-241.0	-274.8	-94.1	0.0	-131.3	64.9	0.0	0.0
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DDS_time_error (ns)
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123936_02_0002.bin	-5.20	-22.88	37.15	0.00	25.24	7.80	0.00	0.00
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123945_02_0003.bin	15.37	-18.97	-3.42	0.00	0.74	10.18	0.00	0.00
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123956_02_0004.bin	-0.65	6.51	3.69	0.00	-6.07	-5.32	0.00	0.00
DDS_time (ns)
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123936_02_0002.bin	4.14	25.25	-38.45	0.00	-26.01	-12.38	0.00	0.00
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123945_02_0003.bin	-16.43	21.34	2.12	0.00	-1.51	-14.76	0.00	0.00
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123956_02_0004.bin	-0.41	-4.14	-4.99	0.00	5.30	0.74	0.00	0.00
Original	-1.06	2.37	-1.30	0.00	-0.77	-4.58	0.00	0.00
Mean	-4.23	14.15	-13.77	0.00	-7.41	-8.80	0.00	0.00
Median	-0.41	21.34	-4.99	0.00	-1.51	-12.38	0.00	0.00
Stdev	10.81	15.96	21.66	0.00	16.46	8.35	0.00	0.00
DDS_amp_error (dB)
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123936_02_0002.bin	-3.2	-2.1	-3.3	0.0	0.8	-0.5	0.0	0.0
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123945_02_0003.bin	-2.9	-1.6	-2.4	0.0	-0.2	-3.0	0.0	0.0
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123956_02_0004.bin	-0.6	-1.3	-4.6	0.0	-2.0	-0.9	0.0	0.0
DDS_amp (DDS Counts, linear)
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123936_02_0002.bin	13441	16614	24210	11214	13602	11619	0	0
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123945_02_0003.bin	12929	15770	21873	11214	15433	15353	0	0
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123956_02_0004.bin	9945	15136	28125	11214	18827	12100	0	0
Original	9312	13066	16610	11214	15000	10915	0	0
Mean	8319	10886	17000	7707	10965	8951	0	0
Median	12929	15770	24210	11214	15433	12100	0	0
Stdev	1888	741	3159	0	2651	2031	0	0
DDS_phase_error (deg)
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123936_02_0002.bin	-177.6	126.3	-0.8	0.0	7.1	9.4	0.0	0.0
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123945_02_0003.bin	-177.7	148.3	15.4	0.0	-7.8	-54.7	0.0	0.0
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123956_02_0004.bin	163.9	130.5	68.9	0.0	6.2	-5.5	0.0	0.0
DDS_phase (deg)
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123936_02_0002.bin	101	-271	-24	0	-132	50	0	0
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123945_02_0003.bin	101	-293	-41	0	-117	114	0	0
/process/mcords/board0/mcords3_0_20141021_123956_02_0004.bin	-241	-275	-94	0	-131	65	0	0
Original	-77.1	-144.3	-25.2	0.0	-125.1	59.4	0.0	0.0
Mean	106.7	80.7	-52.2	0.0	-127.0	75.7	0.0	0.0
Median	106.7	80.7	-52.2	0.0	-127.0	75.7	0.0	0.0
Stdev	10.6	11.7	36.5	0.0	8.4	33.6	0.0	0.0
Delay Compensated Mean	-110.5	166.5	174.8	0.0	139.0	147.1	0.0	0.0

Rx cal (segment02)
Not working due to matlab error