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Subject: Re: Got it going I think
From: ChrisAtUpw@.......
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 19:37:10 EST


In a message dated 02/04/2005, 1goss@........... writes:

> I got my Lehman Seismometer up and running I think I may have my gain set a 
> bit high, But I think it is ok.

HI Bryan,

       It looks like you have a fairly high gain on the amplifier. I suggest 
that you examine sections of the trace, do a FFT on it and check to see if the 
~six second ocean background is dominant or if there is a lot of other noise. 
Try wedging the mass so that it can't move to check on instrument noise? I 
can't tell much from the drumplot, since I don't know how it was scaled. It 
doesn't show any waveforms or any peak counts. You need to click on X-Scale at the 
top of the display and then select 'counts'. 
       The display shows small deflections during the night, but much larger 
ones during the 'working day'. Do you have a lot of traffic / industrial 
noise?

       What sort of suspensions / bearings are you using? A 12 sec plot 
doesn't give you much 'headroom' over the 6 sec microseisms. 

       Regards,

       Chris Chapman
In a message dated 02/04/2005, 1gos=
s@........... writes:

I got my Lehman Seismometer up=20= and running I think I may have my gain set a bit high, But I think it is ok.=


HI Bryan,

       It looks like you have a fairly high ga= in on the amplifier. I suggest that you examine sections of the trace, do a=20= FFT on it and check to see if the ~six second ocean background is dominant o= r if there is a lot of other noise. Try wedging the mass so that it can't mo= ve to check on instrument noise? I can't tell much from the drumplot, since=20= I don't know how it was scaled. It doesn't show any waveforms or any peak co= unts. You need to click on X-Scale at the top of the display and then select= 'counts'.
       The display shows small deflections dur= ing the night, but much larger ones during the 'working day'. Do you have a=20= lot of traffic / industrial noise?

       What sort of suspensions / bearings are= you using? A 12 sec plot doesn't give you much 'headroom' over the 6 sec mi= croseisms.

       Regards,

       Chris Chapman

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