2008 August Nome Trip

Here's the tentative schedule: (Reservations made at the Aurora for 8/24, 25 conf # M574010)

August 24 Fairbanks to Nome and Logisitcs

• Fly to Nome
• Needs 1 truck and a hotel room at the Aurora.
• Prep for Saturday helicopter stuff.
• Add new radio # to the base station.

Entry  Number    Repeater1   Repeater2
(3)    555-5555  906-6286    906-6018
(4)    999-9999  916-4340

• Get food for later in trip
• Make sure a generator in Nome works
• make sure there are enough holes in the instrument box:
  • radio coax
  • power from battery
  • power from solar panel

• Purchased plates, cutlery, bowls, and TP at the AC

Address book on 10/6/08:

                                MODEM CALL BOOK
                                Entry to Call is 03
Entry    Number     Repeater1    Repeater2
(0)     555-5555     906-6286
(1)     555-5555     906-6286     906-6041
(2)     555-5555     906-6286     906-6018
(3)     555-5555     906-6286     906-6041
(4)     999-9999     906-6011
(5)     555-5555     906-6286     906-6018
(6)     999-9999     906-6044
(7)     555-5555     906-6286     906-6018
(8)     999-9999     916-4340
(9)     000-0000
(C)     Change Entry to Use (0-9) or A(ALL)
(Esc)   Exit to Main Menu

August 25 Kigluaiks Repeater visit

• Visit Bering Air to iron out helicopter details (7:30am).
• Drive to Kigluaiks parking spot and await air lift.
• Helicopter to service the high elevation repeater stations & install new repeater at Kigluaiks.
• New repeater:
  • Bring: 3m tower
    • bolts to connect 3 legs to base, instrument box to tower, unistrut to instrument box.
    • pipe wrench to tighten base vertical pipe
    • antenna, mounting bracket, radio cable
    • solar panel & extension cord for powering
    • 2 batteries & battery box, Red & black battery jumper cables, fuse & holder
    • instrument box, radio, data logger, charge controller, plumbers putty
    • toolbag
    • Bear spray in waterproof bag
  • Take pictures & GPS coords of new site

• Old Kigluaiks repeater:
  • Check frequency key on radio (should be 5)
  • Replace HMP45C here

• After repeater is installed:
  • Return to Nome.
  • Things to pick up from Nome storage:
    • Canoe
    • Council radiometer cases: 2 LW, 2 SW, 2 Net
    • C2 new battery
    • Hilti & generator
    • shovel
    • hand maul (for tower straightening if needed)
    • Replacement snow depth sensor for C1 grid
  • Stay in a hotel room in Nome.

August 26 Council Area

• head to Council area with canoe
• C1 Grid
  • pull net radiometer
  • Check frequency key on radio (should be 5)
  • install thermistor string
    • bring liquid-tite for animal protection
    • bring Hilti and generator to dig the hole
  • snip vegetation below snow sensor
  • Try to fix precip bucket so it's vertical. (still missed rain this summer)
• C2 Blueberry
  • Check frequency key on radio (should be 5)
  • take up another battery
  • pull all radiometers (net, short and long)
  • snip vegetation below snow sensor
  • install new thermistor string, dig hole
    • bring liquid-tite for animal protection.
  • Programming:
    • change program so snow depth and distance are being saved (now it's distance x 2)
    • Another program thing: precip here is flatlined at 12 for some weird reason (in output data).
• Skookum Pass
  • Cover black tape with white tape on AT/RH sensor
  • Check frequency key on radio (should be 5)
• Back in Nome
  • Get gas for ATV
  • Drop off canoe
  • change out transducer in SR50A from C1 grid (for use at K1)
  • Pick up ATV in Nome. (Might need ramps but hopefully not)
  • Drive to Quartz Creek camp.

August 27 Kougarok area

• K1 Burn:
  • SR50A transducer needs replacing
  • Better secure the transducer at K1, too
  • Bring out Rebar and hose clamps to secure cross arm to the legs maybe
  • First 2 Soil moistures may still work here, got a couple legit looking readings earlier this summer. Rest are still garbage. so maybe check them out.
  • New thermistor string
    • Hilti & generator
    • Liquid-tite
  • pull net radiometers
• snip vegetation below snow sensor
• K2 Met
  • Pull all radiometers (radiometer cases are in Quartz Creek Conex)
  • Active Layer measurements @ site (north and then east of station in L)
  • snip vegetation below snow sensor
• camp at quartz creek

August 28 Kougarok area

• Wait for Fritz' group to arrive
• Once they arrive get their help to put old ATV into truck.
• Head out to K3 & CALM grid together
• K3 Mauze
  • take out 2 batteries
  • bring back net radiometer
  • snip vegetation below snow sensor
  • thermistor string
    • Hilti & generator
    • liquid-tite
    • shovel
• Stuff to bring back to Fairbanks:
  • Eppley Radiometers for calibration
  • REBS Radiometers for calibration
• Drop ATV at Nome storage
• Return to Fairbanks