• Jan 08 - Allsky pointing best yet
• Jan 10 - CW inclinometry shows +2" changes
• Jan 16 - CW inclinometry again shows changes
• Jan 19 - Transit tracking with SCUBA and RxA
• Jan 24 - CW inclinometry shows no further changes
• Feb 05 - CW inclinometry OK, but not used
• Feb 14 - Transit tracking of 3c279 does not resolve transit behaviour
• Feb 15 - CW inclinometry OK
• Mar 04 - CW inclinometry OK
• Mar 10 - CBLA, inclinometry, allsky pointing, all OK
• Mar 13 - CW inclinometry OK
• Mar 22 - CW & CCW inclinometry OK
• Apr 17 - CW inclinometry OK
• Apr 30 - CW inclinometry OK - track model updated
• May 08 - Transit tracking with RxA - Return of the Race Defect ?
• May 12 - CW & CCW inclinometry OK - track model not updated
• Jun 03 - Tracking of Uranus gives race defect amplitude at horizon <4"
• Jun 06 - Test of old empirical correction, suitably scaled
• Jun 07 - RxW pointing collimations w.r.t. RxB
• Jun 11 - Test of empirical correction - results ambiguous
• Jun 12 - CW inclinometry OK - new track model installed
• Jun 15 - New derivation of empirical correction profile and amplitude
• Jun 18 - Elevation residuals = fn(leg temperatures)
• Jun 25 - Empirical correction profile and amplitude checked, OK
• Jul 02 - A-frame leg temperatures : sensors mis-identified
• Jul 08 - Empirical correction profile and amplitude monitored
• Jul 18 - CW inclinometry OK-ish - new track model installed
• Jul 21 - Empirical correction profile and amplitude monitored
• Jul 23 - A-frame leg temperatures : TEMP_MEAN_SLOPE updated
• Jul 29 - A-frame leg temperatures : TEMP_MEAN_SLOPE updated
• Aug 02 - CW inclinometry OK-ish - track model not updated
• Aug 06 - A-frame leg temperatures : new calibrations installed
• Aug 09 - A-frame leg temperatures : data suggest elevation pointing OK
• Aug 11 - Thermal corrections working nominally : UT 20040811
• Aug 28 - CW inclinometry OK
• Aug 30 - SCUBA elevation pointing residuals -vs- temperature, & focus
• Sep 17 - Elevation pointing : SCUBA OK
• Sep 19 - CW inclinometry OK
• Sep 30 - Elevation pointing - TEMP_MEAN_SLOPE set to -1.5"/deg
• Oct 03 - CW inclinometry; Ch1 fault; previous track model maintained
• Oct 04 - Elevation pointing - TEMP_MEAN_SLOPE set to -0.5"/deg
• Oct 06 - Elevation pointing - coding error found
• Oct 22 - CW inclinometry OK
• Oct 26 - Focus analysis for September & October
• Oct 31 - CW inclinometry OK
• Nov 06 - CW inclinometry - larger changes than normal
• Nov 29 - Further CW inclinometry - all seems OK
• Dec 11 - CW inclinometry shows quadrant-wide systematic level change
• Dec 15 - CBLA, CW inclinometry and all-sky Pointing : all OK
• Dec 20 - Tracking shows race defect correction OK
• Dec 28 - Focus & Thermal updates for December
• Dec 30 - CW inclinometry OK

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