23 Sep 03

23 September 2003 Status at The Aquatic Hillcrest

Headline: Site fine, Radar not running

Serial number information provided by the GAF this morning:

Noise Detectors:

Requisition DGYAA432020520 serial # 82 in Luxembourg en route to USA

Requisition DGYAA432120400 serial # C57 In the USA

RF Phased Switch Module Requisition DGYAA432030400 serial # 03538-4 In the USA

At 1015 Sgt. Beitz informs us all available pars (see yesterday's table) will arrive Thursday at 1400. Hopefully Brad gets here tomorrow with the RF Switch.

Sgt. Pohl provided us with necessary clamps and tools to perform dry run of slipring concentricity.

At 1330 Sharon Dew of the data center has informed me that ALL documents have bene located, and Brad Shannon will have 2 blank sets with him when he travels tonight.

Sgt. Pohl has called another radar site that has a RES and is enquiring the position of the disk drive jumpers. If changing the jumper locations does not improve the situation, then the rebuilt disk drive shipped here arrived DOA and we will not be able to operate or sell the RES.

After trying all possible disk selections, including the configuration of jumpers at Altenberg, I can not make the RES discover its disk drive. I think it is DOA. I will see if we can get the same board from Altenberg brought here to make sure that is the problem.

Consulted with Ron Panetta of EIS on how to transfer binary files from the Vax to the W2000 laptop with no success, will work this again tomorrow.

1530 meeting with GAF:

Status of documentation requested, information is that all test procedures have been located in Syracuse and two blank copies are being carried by Brad Shannon this evening.

Discussed status of dry runs being performed. Discussed expectations for certain tests.

Discussed status of RES: nothing will make our RES work. We requested that that GAF bring us the SPU from the RES at Altenberg. On the spot, Captain Haan asked Sgt. Beitz to call Captain Fromm, after this, Sgt. Pohl received a call from Altenberg, and reported that the SPU from that site will be here in the morning. This took about 10 minutes to arrange. This is a small example of the outstanding cooperation provided to us by the GAF. So, everything is going good, except the radar is not working.

Daily oil leak analysis: Same as yesterday, no additional leaks or data (antenna not rotating)

Photos from today:

Different weather today.

Making it a good day to work inside and go through the 23A tests, turning off all the power, checking voltages, etc.