CHIEF OBSERVER'S REPORT for Week 34 
                       14-Aug-00 through 19-Aug-00

			   L.Fletcher, H. Hudson

GENERAL 

Activity again very low - only C-class events occurred, very few of them
above C5. The return of the `active longitudes' proved disapppointing, and
baseline activity was at C-level the entire week, dropping well below C
from the 16th.

SXT TECHNICAL 

The instrument had no problems this week.  A problem occurred in the data
reformatting pipeline, resulting in the temporary loss of SFDs, and
attendant planning/instrument monitoring headaches. However, this was
speedily rectified. Also, a problem occurred with the table transfer
on 16-Aug-00, due to the attempted transfer of a table from D-toh during a
computer reset at KSC. This seems to have highlighted the need for extra
checks on the transfer process, which should be discussed today.

SXT SCIENTIFIC

For Web material see the science nuggets:

Current Week: http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/000818.html
Index:        http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/index.html

The nugget this week describes a very southerly active region,
asking just how unusual such a thing is. 

CAMPAIGNS 

SXT participated in Max Millennium #10 along with TRACE and MDI. The
campaign aims to observe large-scale wave-like responses to flares,
however there were no decent flares.

For SXT plans, see:

http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/sxt_future.html

For SXT completed campaigns, see:

http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/sxt_catalog.html


PERSONNEL

No changes.

SEMINARS

There was no seminar this week.

TELEMETRY DOWNLINKS

Week     Wallops  Goldstone   Canberra     Madrid       NASA       ISAS
  33          30          5          1          0         36         25
  34          34          3          1          1         39         29
  35          32          3          5          3         43         26



                       SXT TABLE PLAN, WEEK 35
                        (21-aug-00 to 26-aug)
                              
Joint observations with TRACE and MDI (which is running in continuous
mode) for Max Millennium campaign #10. The table indicates that ARS2 will
most likely be used for most of the week. 

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JST Day         UT Start Time      Pass   Table ID

Monday AM      21-AUG-00 02:22     2      000821 P2 ARS1 SPFL
Monday PM      21-AUG-00 05:47     4      000821 P4 ARS1 DKCAL
Tuesday AM     22-AUG-00 02:29     3      000821 P3 ARS1 DIFL*
Wednesday AM   23-AUG-00 02:37     3      000822 P3 ARS1 SPFL*
Thursday AM    24-AUG-00 02:44     3      000823 P3 ARS1 SPFL*
Friday AM      25-AUG-00 01:09     3      000824 P3 ARS1 SPFL*
Saturday AM    26-AUG-00 02:58     4      000825 P4 ARS1 STD*


* The ID reflects the UT date of the first pass.

This table plan is subject to change.