TITLE: 10/18 Eve Shift: 2330-0500 UTC (1630-2200 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 157Mpc
INCOMING OPERATOR: Ryan C
SHIFT SUMMARY:
H1's been doing decently over the last 12hrs even with breezy conditions, but toward the end of the shift, winds picked up more and getting into the 30mphs and we had a lockloss due to wind. But with all that about our high winds, H1 is currently making its way to begin powering up....but there was a lockloss at Powering up to 25W.
LOG:
- 0047 Had Lockloss_Shutter_Check alert (see alog)
- Sheila later phoned in about this and we think everything is good. The shutter is still shuttering and we've not had this issue since.
- 0347 Lockloss
- This looks to be wind related as the wind which has been breezy since about 9amPDT, but in the last 2hrs we've had gusts getting into the 30mphs
- Locking is also proving tougher during this windy bit.
- Marked Observatory Mode as WINDY (but I was a little slow on doing this)
- H1 currently powering up during the shift hand-off.....but we just had a...
- Lockloss at Power Up 25W.