Blackstone Repair Trip - August 8th
By: ksterne on: Thu., Aug. 09, 2012 11:12 AM EDT (7490 Reads)
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Following the restoration of the internet connection to the Blackstone site on the 6th of August, it was observed that the radar was not operating very well. The radar was not seeing any returns on most of the beams and only noise on some of the beams. So, a trip was made on August 8th by RF Engineer Kevin Sterne and graduate student Neeraj Pramodkumar. |
The main cause of the radar electronics failure was a flipped breaker that was connected to the circuit that the transmitters racks were on. However, restoring power to the transmitters did not completely solve the problem. The radar electronics were then adjusted and re-worked until the radar began operating well shortly after noon local time.
More details of the trip can be found in the Blackstone radar log.
