MDM Trouble Report for 2005 Mar 23

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): John Thorstensen (Dartmouth)
Instrument: Modspec + echelle CCD

Problem(s) Encountered:
Telescope got stuck setting a couple x, in a new way -- 
while several min of time away from the source in HA it
would sit and  stutter , with about a 2-sec cycle time,
I could hear something engaging and disengaging 
(slew clutch?).  It was as if it couldn't decide whether
to slew or set to the source.  I could hit the soft
stop and set it in manually, so it's not the usual
RA drive sticking problem.  Temperature was not cold,
either.  Lost basically no time.

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Submitted on 2005 Mar 23 [4:52:40]