Weather: Hot and humid, scattered cumulus throughout the day. Strong wind midday subsiding by late afternoon.
Tasking:
- My first day of Ops. Hendrik and Steve gave me the rundown of the current situation and short/long term punchlists
- Checked data streams and found two sonics inop at the Release Tower:
- 10m CSAT appeared to be streaming but data stream had improper newline characters or something of the sort. Data was being received in large chunks. Power cycling the port did nothing but a hard reboot of its DSM (relm) brought it back
- 15m CSAT was unresponsive. After troubleshooting found its cable was to blame. Hendrik climbed and added a new cable. Old was left in place and bagged for weather protection to avoid redressing the tower leg. This sonic is now operational
- Added 65 watt solar panel to Release Tower
- Troubleshot battery issue at Release Tower and found one was failing. Replaced with last spare
- Staked and ratchet strapped porta-potty near SODAR trailer due to its problem staying upright
- Shot Lower Convergence angles with theodolite
- Helped Noctis clean area around release tower. Removed 6m Dust Track so it can be shipped back to manufacturer