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development:gnss_calibration [2020/11/19 03:37]
Tiege McCarthy
development:gnss_calibration [2020/12/15 03:46]
Tiege McCarthy
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   * **Recording from spectrum analyser:** I have written a very ugly script that currently grabs trace outputs from the spectrum analyser every 5 seconds during valid time periods (currently from 90s past the start of the scan to the end time). Between the 5 minute blocks it averages all grabbed spectra together and writes them to a file with the timestamp of the scan.   * **Recording from spectrum analyser:** I have written a very ugly script that currently grabs trace outputs from the spectrum analyser every 5 seconds during valid time periods (currently from 90s past the start of the scan to the end time). Between the 5 minute blocks it averages all grabbed spectra together and writes them to a file with the timestamp of the scan.
  
 +**Nov 19, 2020:**:
 +  * **Late start tracks:** The bash script generated during schedule generation has now been updated to include '​if'​ statements with time conditions - this should fix any issues with starting tracks late. Current version of the scripts can be found on my github in a repository named '​antenna_thrust_scripts'​ (https://​github.com/​tiegemccarthy/​antenna_thrust_scripts) (Tiege)
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 +**Dec 2, 2020:**:
 +  * **Schedules** Two tracks prepared for this day - one for KOSMOS 2461 (R735) and one for GPS IIRM-8 (G050) (Tiege)
 +  * This day was cancelled due to high winds - had a meeting with Lucia, Jamie and Guifre instead. Tracking postponed until next week. (Tiege)
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 +**Dec 8, 2020:**:
 +  * Another cancellation,​ this time due to post-LBA maintenance on the cryo system. (Tiege)
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 +**Dec 11, 2020:**:
 +  * **Remote track on GPS IIRM-8:** fixed a few issues with the observing setup. First issue was time stamps in the shell wrapper not working on newsmerd - the date command was for some reason reading them as GMT+7 timezone despite the default output of date being in UTC. This has since been fixed. (Tiege)
 +  * Also fixed a bug in the recording script that occasionally caused a type error when writing out the data with numpy.savetxt(). (Tiege)
 +  * Wrote a script for doing manual (not scheduled) recording using the spectrum analyser - will be useful for when we need to calibration scans on quasars. (Tiege)
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 +**Dec 15, 2020:**:
 +  * **Draft observing guide:** I have written a rough guide outlining the steps required in order to undertake the GNSS tracks and recording which currently exists [[https://​docs.google.com/​document/​d/​1ZQYY4cJqCG02h52L18jyCAuboBhCwgeG2JhKxVYTsHk/​edit?​usp=sharing|on my google drive]] (Tiege)
  
 **TO DO**: **TO DO**:
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   * **get value table ready** - try to replicate the tracking table Peter Steigenberger sent through; figure out boresight angle etc (Lucia to ask Ron/Peter)   * **get value table ready** - try to replicate the tracking table Peter Steigenberger sent through; figure out boresight angle etc (Lucia to ask Ron/Peter)
   * **have a look at subsequent estimation** - get all the necessary values together, code an estimator? first understand the code   * **have a look at subsequent estimation** - get all the necessary values together, code an estimator? first understand the code
-  * **next track**: booked in next Wednesday (Nov 18) for more tests+  * <del>**next track**: booked in next Wednesday (Nov 18) for more tests</​del>​
   * **next catchup**: booked in Wednesday (Dec 4)    * **next catchup**: booked in Wednesday (Dec 4) 
  
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