Last updated on March 31, 2017

Tromsø UHF operation memorandum for experiments

Experiment name: AURORA
PIs of the SP: 
20-24 UT UHF (arc1(v2), cp1): T. Sakanoi and Y. Tanaka (March 24-30)
00-04 UT UHF (arc1(v2), cp1): Y. Ogawa (March 10 and 12)
00-04 UT UHF (arc1(v2), cp1): Y. Miyoshi and Y. Ogawa (March 24-31)
22-04 UT VHF (manda, zenith): Y. Miyoshi and K. Shiokawa (PP: COBEE)

Resources: NI(30), PP(12)

(UHF)
Pulse scheme: arc1 v2
elan files: t45001:/kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1
scan pattern file: /kst/exp/scans/kst/cp1_pattern.elan

(VHF)
Pulse scheme: manda v4
elan files: t45001:/kst/exp/manda/manda
scan pattern file: /kst/exp/scans/kst/zenith_pattern.elan

Participants: Y. Ogawa (March 24-27)

Before or after our experiment: METEOR_UHF (PI: J. Kero (IRF))

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March 24, 2017 (Friday)

ERG: 00:50-01:45 UT (within Tromso ASI FOV)

(UHF)
20:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/manda/manda 20:00 sw/maarsy SW 100
20:01 UT enablerec
00:00 UT stopexp
00:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 fm cp1 NI
00:02 UT enablerec
02:00 UT stopexp

(VHF)
21:20 UT runexp /kst/exp/manda/manda fm zenith NI
22:00 UT enablerec
23:28 UT Crawber (0 kW)
23:43 UT Crawber (0 kW)
04:00 UT stopexp

Note: It was very quiet ionosphere and mostly cloudy after 00 UT.
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March 25, 2017 (Saturday)

(UHF)
20:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 fm cp1 NI
20:00 UT enablerec
22:00 UT stopexp
22:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/manda/manda 20:00 sw/maarsy SW 100
22:02 UT enablerec
24:00 UT stopexp

Note: It was very quiet ionosphere and mostly cloudy.
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March 26, 2017 (Sunday)

20170326  20:00-24:00 UT UHF + VHF(22-24 UT)
20170327  00:00-04:00 UT UHF + VHF,
ERG: 23:17-02:35 UT  (overhead Tromso)

(UHF)
20:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 fm cp1 NI
20:01 UT enablerec
22:07 UT stopexp
23:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 fm cp1 NI
23:01 UT enablerec
04:00 UT stopexp

(VHF)
21:30 UT runexp /kst/exp/manda/manda fm zenith NI
22:00 UT enablerec
04:00 UT stopexp

Note: Mostly cloudy. Disturbed ionosphere after 02:30 UT.
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March 27, 2017 (Monday)
20170327  20:00-24:00 UT UHF

(UHF)
19:50 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 fm cp1 NI
20:00 UT enablerec (Tx power: 1.3 MW)
24:00 UT stopexp

Note: An intense substorm occurred at about 19:40 UT.
Mostly cloudy at Ramfordmoen except for 21:30-22:10 UT. 

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March 28, 2017 (Tuesday)
20170328  22:00-26:00 UT VHF (must run for ERG)
20170328  20:00-26:00 UT UHF
ERG: 22:34-27:15 UT  (fly right above Tromso)

(UHF)
20:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 fm cp1 NI
20:01 UT enablerec
04:00 UT stopexp

(VHF)
22:00 UT run /kst/exp/manda/manda 20:00 sw/maarsy SW 100 
22:01 UT enablerec
22:26 UT stopexp
22:27 UT runexp /kst/exp/manda/manda fm zenith NI
22:28 UT enablerec
04:00 UT stopexp

Note: Disturbed ionosphere between 21 and 26 UT.
Mostly cloudy in Ramfordmoen. 

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20170330  22:00-24:00 UT UHF + VHF(22-24 UT)
20170331  00:00-04:00 UT UHF + VHF,
ERG: 00:00-03:30 UT  (within Tromso ASI FOV)

(UHF)
22:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 fm cp1 NI
22:03 UT stopexp (HV problem occurred)
22:16 UT runexp /kst/exp/ei/arc1/arc1 fm cp1 NI
22:17 UT enablerec
04:00 UT stopexp

(VHF)
22:00 UT runexp /kst/exp/manda/manda fm zenith NI
22:00 UT enablerec
04:00 UT stopexp

Note: Disturbed ionosphere between 21 and 26 UT.
Mostly cloudy, but aoruras were sometimes seen in Ramfordmoen. 


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