TITLE: Dec 9 DAY Shift 16:00-00:00UTC (08:00-16:00 PDT), all times posted in UTC
STATE Of H1: Observing
SUPPORT: Sheila, Hugh, TJ, Jenne, Robert and Jordan
LOCK DURATION: 36min
INCOMING OPERATOR: Nutsinee
SHIFT SUMMARY:
A combination of high microseism and high winds, for most of the day, made it less than possible for locking.
Twice today the call for doing maintenance was made.
Hugh and Sheila were able to determine the best blends to use at the End Stations for locking today.
Sheila, Jordan and Robert tweaked the COMM VCO to get rid of some unwanted lines in DARM
DRMI Lock was finally achieved at 23:02UTC
Intention Bit set to Undisturbed at 23:50UTC
There is a timing error showing in the ETMX CDS overview that got forgotten. It can be reset in the case of lockloss.
ACTIVITY LOG:
16:15 Fil out to LVEA to do some more cable pulling
16:25 Jeff Bartlett and Mitch out to LVEA to do some more work on dust monitor plumbing
16:30 Peter into LDR
16:40 Peter out of LDR
17:01 Jeff and Mitch out of LVEA
17:03 Jeff and Mitch to EX
17:21 Richard called to let me and Mike know that he has started his work in the CER.
17:40 Gerardo out to Y-2-8 to refuel the generator
17:54 Richard, et al, are finished in the CER and are heading down to EY.
18:19 Bubba heading to MX to work on a fan.
18:39 Gerardo back from Y-2-8
21:22 Kyle to Y-2-8 to take some temp readings
21:55 Kyle back to corner station
23:21 H1 is locked at Nominal Low Noise!
23:50 Intention Bit set to UNDISTURBED