NASArolls flight notes 20040115 (kelly) Crew: Fagerstrom, Kelly, Leon, Oolman Purpose: shakedown and check out aircraft, radar, communication with FAA centers, etc. 1547 start engines. Mostly clear skies over Racine (RAC), with mid level clouds to east. Also some lower level shallow visible out over the lake. 1603 takeoff. No ice visible on lake at RAC. Heimann lake temperature in range 2.0-2.4C. Further north, e.g., near Sheboygan, see ice against shore, perhaps extending 1/4 - 1 mile off shore. It is loose ice, e.g., rafts of pancake ice. 1641 missed approach sounding at Sheboygan. 1657 nearing waypoint 320B to start above-cloud run on line 320B-320B1. 165830 start along 320B-320B1 at 4500 ft altimeter, radar in down dual. Intially over clear air, then above cloud top, and finally skimming through cloud tops. ca 1709 B1 to B at 4000 ft, initially in cloud, radar up-down ca 1720 B to B1 at 4000 ft, radar dual side ca 1730 B1 to B at 4000 ft, radar down dual. Between 320B and Racine saw tug and barge headed east on lake!!! 1800 land. To-do and to check: Add new variable to front display that is sum of channels 2-4 for 1DC, as a check for bad icing conditions. Change default for XY1 plot: thetae (250-300), hwoml (0-10), vs. ralt2 (0-6000 ft) For one-d spectra change fssp axis default to 1000, and 1dc default to 10. Why does the double grid show up on the xy plots after a certain amount of time has elapsed? The 2DP display alternated between good (images separated by timer words) and garbage, while the 2DC looked good throughout. A good choice for default track parameters: center at (60,90)km and the x-y scale at 150 km.