Operation pass 30-4

UTC Date 11/30/96

Tape Start Time: 13:07
T-Time: 13:19
Tape Stop Time: 13:31

Spectrograms

 
120 seconds ending at 13:22 0 to 10 khz  
   
60 seconds, 13:20
0 to 2.5 khz		 60 seconds, 13:21
0 to 2.5 khz
   
30 seconds, a whistler at 13:12:56 5 seconds, closeup of same whistler

Wave Files

Data Log Sheet

 

If you look at the time marks, you will notice they are in the wrong spots, in all of the excitement we caculated wrong mark times, The time marks were placed correctly up to 13:22, there should have been marks at 13:27 and 13:32. The mark at 13:37 is placed approximately a minute before the end of tape is reached.

Sferics level: 0-5 (0=lowest, 5=highest)
M=Time Mark
T=Tweek
W=Whistler
O=Omega
C=Chorus

Time

Entry

Sferic level

13:07 M, T, W: soft, difuse O: present 2
13:08 Operator noise 3
13:09 M, W: soft, difuse O: strong 3
13:11 T, O: loud 3
13:12 W: long, difuse, T, O: loud 3
13:14 M, W: many weak difuse 3
13:15 W: weak, 10-15 per minute 3
13:17 T, O: loud 2
13:19 M , T, O: loud 2
13:21 T, W: soft, difuse 3
13:22 M, W: soft, difuse 3
13:23 W:soft, difuse 3
13:25 T, O: loud, W: weak, 7-10 per minute 3
13:27 T: loud 3
13:28 O: loud W: weak, 3 per minute 2
13:30 M, W: weak, 3 per minute 2
13:31 T, O: loud 2
13:32 W: weak, double 2
13:33 T: several at once 3
13:37 M, T, O: strong 3

Note from the field

To:
The INSPIRE Project c/o Bill Pine
Chaffey High School
Ontario, Ca.
Subject: Oops!!!

Dear Bill,

Hi there. You may notice on operation 30-4 after T+3, that the time marks (WWV on the tape) are incorrect. If you look you can see, the error was mathematical and was a result of the late hour and the cold, damp conditions muddling our brains. We hope the data will still be of use. On the lighter side, operation 1-4 went off without a hitch. It should be noted that we saw the MIR during the 30-4 pass. It was very bright as it passed by the stars Eta and Delta (Algorab) in the constellation of Corvus.

Another matter we should clear up is our site location. As you have noticed, the Lat. & Lon. we gave, isn't in Fresno it's in Madera. The Wide Awake Ranch is private property and the owner has been nice enough to let us observe there, as long as we didn't hurt his cows (he didn't really understand what all the equipment was for). It's the only spot we could find, that was 3 or 4 miles from power lines, within an hours drive.
Also, please inform us of any other mistakes or omissions in our logs and tapes.

Yours in VLF,

Clifton Lasky (KD6QLG) Participant
Larry Kramer (KC6QPO) Leader

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