MISSION: Twaites Arch (Land ice) DATE: 20141121 SPECIAL ISSUES: 1) Still writing to raid system and syncing to FO. 2) The radar GUI was not showing any GPS data; after troubleshooting, we found it was due to a lose GPS IN connection at the back of the rack. Discard first THREE GPS files. DATE NOTES: ** TX and RX cal with equalization_10us.xml Start 20141121_134907_00_0000 End 20141121_135104_00_0006 XML radar_20141121_134907.xml !! SCRIPT FAILED DUE TO HEADER ERRORS, RECORD NEW SEGMENT ** TX and RX cal with equalization_10us.xml Start mcords3_0_20141121_140715_02_0000 End mcords3_0_20141121_140901_02_0007 XML radar_20141121_140715.xml TX Log: Original -50.5 -35.8 28.4 0.0 -97.7 114.0 0.0 0.0 Mean -37.2 -18.6 62.5 0.0 -83.9 125.2 0.0 0.0 Median -37.2 -18.6 62.5 0.0 -83.9 125.2 0.0 0.0 Stdev 0.5 0.5 1.3 0.0 1.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 Delay Compensated Mean -87.5 -71.4 1.4 0.0 -148.2 93.9 0.0 0.0 Writing /scratch/txequal_radar_20141121_140715.xml RX Log: Rx Path 1 2 3 4 5 6 Original/Recommended/Difference td settings (ns): 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -2.66 -3.75 -2.11 0.00 -3.92 -0.55 -2.66 -3.75 -2.11 0.00 -3.92 -0.55 Original/Recommended/Difference amp settings (dB): 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 -3.3 -1.4 0.0 -4.8 0.4 0.4 -3.3 -1.4 0.0 -4.8 0.4 Original/Recommended/Difference phase settings (deg): 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -8.6 -31.9 -45.5 -0.0 -30.7 -44.9 -8.6 -31.9 -45.5 -0.0 -30.7 -44.9 ** NOISE analysis with survey_mode_10us_3wf_4500mthick_NOISE.xml Segment 01 File 20141121_135557_01_0001 Noise Log: Loading file /process/mcords/board1/mcords3_1_20141121_135557_01_0001.bin Loading wf 3, adc 5 Loading wf 3, adc 6 Loading wf 3, adc 7 Loading wf 3, adc 8 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: -42.0 -42.8 -42.5 -42.9 -43.1 -41.0 -62.4 -62.6 ** survey_mode_10us_2wf_3200mthick_high_altitude at 30,000ft Start 20141121_150718_03_0000 Stop 20141121_153719_03_0248 (20,000ft reached on descent) ** survey_mode_10us_3wf_4500mthick Start 20141121_153835_04_0000 (18,000ft, starts ove ice shelf/sea ice) Stop mcords3_1_20141121_165912_04_0710 Notes: System failure, radar stopped writing to FO, reboot necessary Start mcords3_1 -_20141121_171609_00_0000 Stop 20141121_195238_00_1378 --- end of survey --- ** survey_mode_10us_2wf_3200mthick_high_altitude at 30,000ft Start 20141121_195330_00_1379 Stop 20141121_202348_00_1629