Starting a trip update here towards the end of a trip by Mike and Kevin to the Goose Bay radar. We found, as suspected, a bad 48V power supply upon arriving to the site. We also found several towers needing struts to be put back up or just tightened. A surprising find was that the zip-ties holding the feeder cables on going up the pole had broken on many of the main array antennas up the tower. With the 50' of coax hanging free in the wind, many of the connectors at the base of the towers had been pulled out.

So far this trip, the bad 48V supply has been removed and will be packed out for repair or replacement. Lots of antenna work has occurred tightening up struts on the towers as well as replacing connectors at the base of the towers. Also, all of the transmitters have been diagnosed or tested on transmit and only a few transmitters were found to be not working properly. With a few good transmitters as well as antennas, the radar began operating again Tuesday evening!

We may have another trip update before Kevin leaves on Friday, the 23rd and Mike leaves Saturday, the 24th. Otherwise, stay tuned for a more detailed debrief of the trip!