12/30/10 17:00: John Horel found the West Valley station running. He recycled power and I (TWH) was able to ping the station successfully.
John also cleaned snow off the solar panels. The radiometers were still snow-free.
17:40: Vdsm = 11.8 V
Vmote.rad = 12.5 V
Vmote.soil = 12.8 V