Difference between revisions of "2008 August Nome Trip"

Revision as of 20:25, 24 August 2008

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 Here's the tentative schedule:
 (Reservations made at the Aurora for 8/24, 25 conf # M574010)
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   Entry  Number    Repeater1   Repeater2
   (3)    555-5555  906-6286    906-6018
-  (4)    999-9999  906-4340
+  (4)    999-9999  916-4340
 * Get food for later in trip
 * Make sure a generator in Nome works