Warmer, maybe up to 40 today and sunny in the morning. This was bad because the ground is starting to get muddy, though we could still drive in. Nevertheless....
All towers are now stripped, with most sensors put in boxes. Kurt & Bob took care of upper convergence and other clean-up tasks while Dan and I stripped release and init. The only sensors still deployed are the grass soil suite. All of the 10' towers are down. Noctis had a crew that removed a lot of the PI residue (his power system; electric fence materials; fog generator; etc.). Now, the field has only:
- 10&20m towers (bare)
- solar panels
- grass soils
- the PI's release platform
- the Wisconsin temperature poles
We rushed since we are worried about field access as the weather warms, and rain is predicted to arrive soon. The base trailer is a big mess now, but we'll have time to sort it out in the coming days.
Again, we're very pleased by this progress!
Tomorrow the towers will start coming down. Friday, we hope to remove the concrete anchor blocks.
P.S. After various travel delays, the ISS crew also was onsite today and (at least) packed the 449 antenna.