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The ball starts rolling again
Today we got to see what life is like in
the weatherport with a lot going on. With Bob and Paul here, our
grand total is 12 in the weatherport: six from TIGER and six from
ANITA. And although it was tight at times, for the most part, it
was all right. With Paul Dowkontt here, we were able to get a few
more loose ends tied up. The circuit that Garry made and tested
was incorporated onto the TIGER relay board. The relay board is
one of the most important electronic components in the TIGER
instrument. All of
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TIGER's power comes in through the relay board before getting
fanned out to the various components of the instrument. It is
also responsible for turning on and off all of TIGER's electronic
systems.
And with Bob here, we have our leader. Dr. Bob
Binns has been doing cosmic-ray physics for many more years than I've
been alive and he makes the big decisions about how things will be
run. With him down here on the Ice, the TIGER and ANITA crew will
have the final push to get everything done.
After Paul finished making our relay board
improvements, he was able to consult with the ANITA crew about
finishing up their testing, from the standpoint of an electrical
engineer, since their electrical engineer was unable to come down this
season.
Tomorrow should be a big day. We are planning
on finishing up with TIGER and hopefully getting the EMI shield
reinstalled. I hesitate to say we might be starting to button
up! See
some new pictures.
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