The installation team has completed phase one of BC year 2 installation. Nine new stations were installed and all old stations were serviced. Another four new stations will be installed over the next few weeks.
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Station | Date (2002) | Time, UT | Activity | Libra | Digitizer | Seismometer | Comments |
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P20T | November 9 | 23:45 | Started new station at Harrison Lake South (HLSB) | CYG217 | TRD078 | CMG-3ESP T3D78 | Teams: Issam Al-Khoubbi, Kadircan Aktas, Mike Patten and Tom Christie. First of BC stations. Powered by AC. X-pol 1, Co-pol 35 dB. |
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HLSB | November 10 | 19:00 | P20T changed to HLSB. | CYG217 | TRD078 | T3D78 | Disitizer sensitivity set at 0.1 |
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P55T | November 12 | 00:21 | Started new station at Harrison Mills (HRMB) | CYG285 | TRD296 | T3D82 | X-pol 0, co-pol 28 dB. DC site. Will be fenced. |
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HRMB | November 12 | 02:35 | P55T changed to HRMB | CYG285 | TRD296 | T3D82 | |
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P53T | November 14 | 22:45 | Started new station at Pitt Meadows (PIMB) | CYG283 | TRD293 | T3E05 | X-pol 0, co-pol 32 dB. DC site. Bedrock seismometer. Software gain 0.1. Rained a lot during installation. Batteries from last year had low volts. |
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PIMB | November 14 | 23:05 | P53T changed to PIMB | CYG283 | TRD293 | T3E05 | |
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P51T | November 16 | 23:37 | Started new station at Cleveland Dam (CLVB) | CYG277 | TRD276 | T3D95 | X-pol 0, Co-pol 30 dB. DC site. Clay ground. Sun coverage is average. GPS does not have full coverage. Libra 5.31, Ts 121, Tr 1.54. Gain 0.1. Waveform signal from seismometer looks a little odd. |
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CLVB | November 17 | 18:50 | P51T changed to CLVB | CYG277 | TRD276 | T3D95 | |
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P32T | November 18 | 18:00 | Started new station at Anmore (ANMB) | CYG254 | TRD245 | T3D85 | X-pol 0, Co-pol 29 dB. AC site. Clay soil. Gain 0.1. |
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ANMB | November 18 | 19:35 | P32T changed to ANMB | CYG254 | TRD245 | T3D85 | Teams moving to V. Island. |
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P49T | November 20 | 22:00 | Started new station at Timber West Koksilah (TWKB) | CYG273 | TRD070 | T3D91 | X-pol 3, Co-pol 33 dB. DC site. Loggin area with many small trees and logging roads near by with a few trucks daily. Software gain 0.1 DC filter on at 0.001. |
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TWKB | November 20 | 23:30 | P49T changed to TWKB | CYG273 | TRD070 | T3D91 | KA to leave on Nov. 21. The rest of the team to re-organize and service old BC stations before installing more new ones. |
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P50T | November 25 | 18:50 | Started new station at Timber West Granite (TWGB) | CYG262 | TRD269 | T3D80 | X-pol 1, Co-pol 25 dB. Bedrock site. DC site. All new firmware 5.41, 1.22, 1602, 123. old firmware on other part. Gain 0.1 DC filter on at 0.001. Seismo vault was difficult, elevated. by 3 m. Calling from SAT phone (no Cell coverage). |
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TWGB | November 25 | 19:44 | P50T changed to TWGB | CYG262 | TRD269 | T3D80 | Next site TWBB. |
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P56T | November 27 | 00:10 | Started new station at Timber West Blakeney (TWBB) | CYG177 | TRD256 | T3E02 | X-Pol 1, Co-pol 29 dB. DC site. All 6 batteries reused. Many trees near site. Seismomter vault on gravel away from the dish. No fence. All new firmware installed. Gain is 0.1 DC filter on at 0.001. Calling from SAT phone. |
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TWBB | November 27 | P56T changed to TWBB | CYG177 | TRD256 | T3E02 | Next site Salt Spring Island. | |
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P57T | December 4 | 17:30 | Started new station at Salt Spring Island (SSIB) | CYG271 | TRD083 | T3D79 | Trouble with Lan port on PC waisted hours with panic calls all around. This resulted in a 4 days delay. X-pol 0, Co-pol 26 dB. Pier installed in dirt close to bedrock. All new firmeare (5.41/1.22/1.622/1.23). No report of gain setting at the time but later confirmed gain was at 0.1 with DC removal on at 0.001. |
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SSIB |
December 4 |
17:30 | P57T changed to SSIB | CYG271 | TRD083 | T3D79 | This is the end of this installation phase. IAK is planning to service CLVB and replace the discharged batteries. He may visit COQB and KELB to fix firmware bug. |
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CLVB |
December 5 |
21:45 | Battery swap. | CYG277 | TRD276 | T3D95 | Service visit to replace all six battereis with new ones. Firmware upgrade to 5.41/1.22/1.622/1.23. Gain check 0.1 DC removal check 0.001 and on. |