Josh and Chris onsite today. Rick joined us this afternoon, and receive a refresher course in ballooning.
Weather was Sunny with the only a few clouds on the horizon with light winds from the south in the morning, and a bit stronger winds in the afternoon.
- All data from the ISFS towers looked good
- We did have one voltage reading issue on T17 caused by the USB cable disconnecting from the Victon (when we moved it the previous day). We reconnected the USB, and start seeing voltage data.
- Updated the strapping on T0new to lower the ratchet and move some of the bulk further from the tower and sonics.
We first added the new strap, and tensioned it. Then removed the old strap (with the higher ratchet)
Both straps paralleled:
Finished strap:
- Charged all of the Dewalt batteries to get them ready for tear-down (also best for the batteries to leave in a charged state)
- checked both baths for the DTS fiber, and cleaned up some old flags and string
Otherwise not much going on except some balloon releases.