There is still some noise seen in DARM <70Hz, but not as bad as before. I am also not seeing the oscillations like before, or at least not yet. Something is not healthy though...

Range: 71Mpc

H1:LSC-POP_A_LF_OUTPUT started to get a few hz oscillation in it, and the noise in the DARM spectrum < 100Hz picked up a bit.

Had to run through an initial alignment, and then lost it a few times on the way up. The wind is still staying below 20mph, the useism is still trending down, CW inj running, lights are off, LLO is down.

I was having issue keeping the IMC locked, I looked at the PLS status and the chiller alarm was red. I went in to check it out and the bottom of the chiller was in error with "Low Level", the top seemed to be hovering around the Max line. I am not sure if the bottom is seperate from the top, but I added 200mL of water to the bottom. Alarms all good now.

Not sure of the cause yet, the control signals didn't show any signs of struggle, winds <20mph, useism 0.8um/s.

LLO is down due to high wind, Robert is jumping on this opportunity to do some PEM injections.

• TITLE: "12/12 DAY Shift: 16:00-00:00UTC (08:00-16:00 PDT), all times posted in UTC"

• STATE Of H1: Observing at 78Mpc for 12hr

• OUTGOING OPERATOR: Travis

• QUICK SUMMARY: Wind is on the rise peaking just above 22mph for now, the useism is trending down at 0.9 um/s, all else seems calm.
  

Title: 12/12 Owl Shift 8:00-16:00 UTC (0:00-8:00 PST).  All times in UTC.

State of H1: Observing

Shift Summary: Locked for my entire shift, 12+ hours total.  A handful of ETMy saturations.  Microseism is slowly coming down, currently ~0.6 um/s.  Wind is picking up a bit to ~15 mph.  There is a H1SUSETMX timing error on the CDS overview screen that can be cleared next time we are out of Observing.

Incoming operator: TJ

Activity log: None

Locked in Observing for ~9 hours.  A couple of ETMy saturations.  No other issues.

I noticed a couple of errors that showed up in the VerbalAlarms window running on the Alarm Handler computer.  These were not announced verbally by VerbalAlarms.  See attached screenshot.

Activity Log: All Times in UTC (PT)

00:00 (16:00) Take over from Ed
00:43 (16:43) Vern & Sheila – Into the LVEA to tweak BS OpLev
00:43 (16:43) GRB Alert – Ignore due to IFO down
01:32 (17:32) GRB Alert – Ignore due to IFO down
03:39 (19:39) NOMINAL_LOW_NOISE 22.0W, 79Mpc
03:45 (19:45) In Observing mode
08:00 (00:00) Turning over to Travis
	
End of Shift Summary:

Title: 12/11/2015, Evening Shift 00:00 – 08:00 (16:00 – 00:00) All times in UTC (PT)

Support: Sheila, Jenne, Vern, Hugh 
 
Incoming Operator: Travis

Shift Detail Summary: Reestablished lock and observing at 03:45 (19:45). Biggest problem seemed to be a glitching BeamSplitter OpLev laser. Per Jason’s instructions Sheila and Vern, made a power adjustment to the OpLev laser, which helped to quiet the glitching.  

For the past 4 hours, the IFO has been locked in observing mode. Power is 21.9W, with a range of 82.5Mpc. The wind has calmed down a bit (7 – 12mph range), seismic activity has been holding steady around 0.07um/s. Microseism remains around 1.0 – 0.8um/s, however the amplitude may be decreasing a bit. 

In general, the second half of the shift has been good for observing. The instrument has been stable and environmental conditions are not causing any issues at this time.             

   IFO has been locked and in Observing mode for the past 30 minutes. Lock was regained by the valiant efforts of Sheila and Jenne and a well executed tweak of the BS OpLev.   

   Wind is now a solid moderate breeze (up to 18mph) and rising. Seismic and microseism continue at the elevated rates of the past 24 plus hours.