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Appendix A: Proposed schedule for LORASVAP experiment
Thurs 17 Sep Local equipment onto Salmaster
Sat 19 Sep
Sun-Tues 20-22 Sep
Hon 21 Sep
Salmaster to put to sea and proceed to shot point
Salmaster to lay moorings at shot point, deploy
PUSSes, deploy BGS Sea Bottom Package and
hydrophones, wait at anchor.
Goosander to collect charges and proceed to shot
point.
Tues 22 Sep
Goosander to prepare charge, deploy pressure gauges
and shot timing gear.
All equipment deployment and preparations at sea were scheduled to take
place with a view to detonating the 2 tonne charge at the first available
detonation time window on 23 September.
Vindow
No Date
1 lied 23 Sep
2 lied 23 Sep
3 Thu 24 Sep
4 Thu 24 Sep
5 Fri 25 Sep
6 Fri 25 Sep
7 Sat 26 Sep
8 Sat 26 Sep
9 Sun 27 Sep
Hon 28 Sep
1 Tue 29 Sep
2
3
4
5
PUSS ti.e window detonation ti.e window
GMT GMT
11.50 - 12.00 11.52 - 11.54
13.50 - 14.00 13.52 - 13.54
11.50 - 12.00 11.52 - 11.54
13.50 - 14.00 13.52 - 13.54
11.50 - 12.00 11.52 - 11.54
13.50 - 14.00 13.52 - 13.54
11.50 - 12.00 11.52 - 11.54
13.50 - 14.00 13.52 - 13.54
13.50 - 14.00 13.52 - 13.54
Disconnect and buoy off BGS Sea Bottom Package.
Pull up PUSSes. If shot not detonated and
weather forecast favourable: replace batteries,
reprogram shot windows and redeploy PUSSes.
Reconnect Salmaster to BGS Sea Bottom Package
and VHS.
11.00 - 11.10 11.02 - 11.04
11.50 - 12.00 11.52 - 11.54
13.15 - 13.25 13.17 - 13.19
13.30 - 13.40 13.32 - 13.34
13.45 - 13.55 13.47 - 13.49
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