Visit to USS Manufacturing
By: ksterne on: Thu., June 14, 2012 05:35 PM EDT (8401 Reads)
 Update 6/16/2012: I've since left the USS Manufacturing shop in Renfrew, Ontario and toured some through Canada. Upon leaving the shop at USS, there were a few remaining issues, only a small one of which for the upcoming build at Adak Island. One thing that was communicated very well to the guys at USS Manufacturing, was our problem with the 1/2" shackles at the base of the 56' poles as seen in the picture to the right. These poles were quickly brought inside and a air-powered dremel tool was used to easier make the hole bigger such that the 1/2" shackle would fit into the hole. Upon leaving the shop in Renfrew, it was determined that the set of poles and hardware for Renfrew could go out early next week, probably on Tuesday and take about 5 days to get to Seattle.
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Kevin Sterne, RF Engineer for SuperDARN, has been visiting the USS Manufacturing plant in Renfrew, Ontario. While at the shop, Kevin has been double or triple checking the poles and related hardware for the upcoming builds in the Aleutian and Azore Islands. So far, any of the missing problems have gotten the full attention from the shop. The goal is to get everything together and in a pile so that the poles and hardware needed for the Aleutian build begin the long journey by truck from Renfrew to Seattle sometime next week.
