MDM Trouble Report for 2006 Jun 15

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

Problem(s) Encountered:
I got a few random asynchronous read errors, which cost me a few
integrations.  I'm reading a smaller number of pixels for the 
spectroscopy compared with the direct imaging, which may make 
this setup less vulnerable to this problem.  But it's still there.

One follow-up:
Yesterday, Bob attached a wire to the Leach electronics box to
ameliorate a grounding problem that apparently was causing
a herringbone pattern in the biases. He thinks there are some
loose wires in the box (vestigial, from an old setup) that may
be causing some pickup.  The biases look much cleaner now.

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Submitted on 2006 Jun 16 [5:09:53]