In year 2, 14 new stations will be installed in the NWT and the existing four stations will be upgraded with new Libra VSAT and new Trident digitizer. One of the new stations will be powered by AC, the rest by DC (solar panels).
On each installation, a temporary station code is used for a few hours during which the station data are kept in temporary ringbuffers. The temporary station is then closed and new ringbuffers are issued with the registered station code. Details are shown in table, belolw.
| # | Station | Date(2002) | Time, UT | Action | Libra | Digitizer | Seismometer | Comments |
| 1 | EKTN | July 18 | 22:16 | Stopped station to install new instruments. | CYG156 | HRD207 | T3A89 | New battery charger installed for this AC station. |
| 2 | P24T | July 18 | 23:22 | Started new instruments at EKTN. | CYG222 | TRD143 | T3A89 |
Slow getting TDMA from Hub. GPS in fine lock quickly. |
| 3 | EKTN | July 19 | 14:15 | P24T changed to EKTN. | CYG222 | TRD143 | T3A89 | EKTN is back with new ringbuffers. |
| 4 | P30T | July 19 | 22:43 | New station started at COWN. | CYG250 | TRD241 | T3B90 | Installed from kits in one day. |
| 5 | COWN | July 19 | 23:34 | P30T changed to COWN. | CYG250 | TRD241 | T3B90 | First DC station for year 2. |
| 6 | ACKN | July 20 | 15:50 | Stopped to install new instruments. | CYG160 | HRD211 | T3A90 | |
| 7 | P23T | July 20 | 21:05 | Started new instruments at ACKN. | CYG220 | TRD141 | T3A90 | Added 4 batteries. All batteries load tested ok. Setting on power system were off, corrected. Nothing else unusual. No cooling fan installed yet. SOH Monitor installed. |
| 8 | ACKN | July 20 | 21:49 | P23T changed to ACKN. | CYG220 | TRD141 | T3A90 | |
| 9 | YMBN | July 21 | 14:34 | Stopped to install new instruments. | CYG157 | HRD210 | T3A86 | |
| 10 | P29T | July 21 | 19:18 | Started new instruments at YMBN. | CYG246 | TRD235 | T3A86 | Re-pointed dish. Perfect x-pole. No improvement on signal level after the re-point. Cooler box installed. Animal damage observed and corrected. |
| 11 | YMBN | July 21 | 23:17 | P29T changed to YMBN. | CYG246 | TRD235 | T3A86 | |
| 12 | LDGN | July 22 | 17:31 | Stopped to install new instruments. | CYG158 | HRD209 | T3A67 | |
| 13 | P32T | July 22 | 23:45 | Failed to start at LDGN. | CYG254 | TRD245 | T3A67 | Failed to connect to the central Hub (even after increasing base TDMA power by 3 dB). |
| 14 | P28T | July 23 | 00:55 | Started new instruments at LDGN. | CYG245 | TRD237 | T3A67 | Started quickly (TDMA power increased by 3 dB). |
| 15 | LDGN | July 23 | 15:59 | P28T changed to LDGN. | CYG245 | TRD237 | T3A67 | |
| 16 | P31T | July 23 | 15:02 | Started new station at GLWN. | CGY251 | TRD242 | T3A92 (CA reporting T3B92 but shipping records show T3A92). | Installed quickly. No complications. GPS location of seismometer and antenna taken by the hand-held GPS unit. |
| 17 | GLWN | July 23 | 16:31 | P31T changed to GLWN. | CGY251 | TRD242 | T3A92 | Second DC station for year 2. |
| 18 | P25T | July 24 | 16:04 | Started new station at YNEN. | CYG232 | TRD179 | This is the first NWT site with CMG-40T seismometer. | Signal level very low, had to incrase TDMA EIRP power to 10 dB. Faked IFL loss to 3 dB for now (correct value should be 2 dB). External SOH box and cooling fan installed. LVD set lower than standard (11.30 VDC) to 11.00VDC. Some large rocks nearby may contribute to noise temperature. Seismometer was mass-centered at base camp. X-pol was perfect at zero. |
| 19 | YNEN | July 24 | 18:16 | P25T changed to YNEN. | CYG232 | TRD179 | T4294 | 3rd DC station for year 2. |
| 20 | P26T | July 24 | 22:46 | Started new station at LGSN. | CYG242 | TRD183 | CMG-40T | X-pol was near perfect. Site came up quickly after IFL loss was faked to 3 dB. Current EIRP increase is at 7 dB. Some difficulties finding GE5. |
| 21 | LGSN | July 25 | 00:15 | P26T changed to LGSN. | CYG242 | TRD183 | T4187? | 4th DC station for year 2. |
| 22 | P27T | July 25 | 23:36 | Started new station at DVKN. | CYG243 | TRD239 | CMG-40T | X-pol was a perfect zero. Level of 26 dB. All OK, AC is on already. Found satellie quickly. Colling fan istalled. Seismometer vault not buired (solid ground). |
| 23 | DVKN | July 26 | 02:59 | P27T changed to DVKN. | CYG243 | TRD239 | T4774? | Only AC station for year 2. Second AC station of NWT. |
| 24 | P22T | July 26 | 17:49 | Started new station at MCKN. | CYG219 | TRD137 | CMG-40T | Chagned to IFL loss to 2dB. Upgraded Cygnus, TimeServer software. X-pol 11 dB, Co-pol 34-36 dB but still good isolation. Tweaked it as best as we possible using GE. Had to leave site quickly due to bad weather. LVD set at 11.0 VDC. |
| 25 | MCKN | July 26 | 20:36 | P22T changed to MCKN. | CYG219 | TRD137 | T4938 | 5th DC station for year 2. |
| 26 | YNEN | July 26 | 20:20 | Repaired Power Sub-System | A service visit was initiated due to the fact that the SOH graphs showed poor battery volts. Inspection revealed a damaged wire in charge controller (due to bad connection). Wire replaced. No other problems found. | |||
| 27 | EKTN | July 26 | 21:30 | Replaced battery. | New gel-cell (non-spillable) battery installed on the battery charger. | |||
| 28 | P40T | July 29 | 17:38 | Started new station at NODN | CYG265 | TRD248 | CMG-3ESP | Zero X-pol without GE help first time round. Co-Pol 20 dB (low). Needs EIRP increas from the Hub Antenna mount was installed backward but it is not possible to correct it. This may load extra weight on one side. Azimuth bar was damaged but fixed the bolt on the bar and turned the antenna from the top to achieve lock. Cooling fan installed. |
| 29 | NODN | July 29 | 19:29 | P40T changed to NODN. | CYG265 | TRD248 | T3B27 | 6th DC station for year 2. |
| 30 | P33T | July 29 | 23:14 | Started new station at CAMN. | CYG244 | TRD136 | CMG-3ESP | Mount is backward again. X-pol perfect. Co-pol 25 dB. Cooling fan is broken, will disconnect. Need to be replaced next year. Bad weather approaching, had to leave site quickly. |
| 31 | CAMN | July 30 | 03:44 | P33T changed to CMAN. | CYG244 | TRD136 | T3B37 | 7th DC station for year 2. |
| 32 | CAMN | July 30 | 03:44 | CAMN stopped transmitting. | Visit to the site may be required. | |||
| 33 | CAMN | July 30 | 13:45 | CAMN is working. | Heavy rain and rainfade may have been the main reason for transmission problems. The station started transmitting on its own. The Hub EIRP increased from +8 to +10 dB to improve the power. | |||
| 34 | Snap Lake | July 30 | No field activity due to heavy rainstorm. | |||||
| 35 | CAMN | July 30 | CAMN id down again. | Field crew plan a re-visit. | ||||
| 36 | P35T | July 31 | 18:21 | Started new station at SNPN. | CYG256 | TRD171 | CMG-3ESP | Very cold very windy. Got TDMA from hub. X-pol has 2 dB leakage on it. Reverse mount again. SOH monitor and cooling fan installed. Tried P34T first, did not connect to the Hub, switched to P35T. |
| 37 | SNPN | July 31 | 19:15 | P35T changed to SNPN. | CYG256 | TRD171 | T3B24 | 8th DC station of year 2. |
| 38 | P34T | July 31 | 21:45 | Started new station at IHLN. | CYG253 | TRD158 | CMG-3ESP | X-pol was 0, Co-pol 27-28 dB. Installed cooling fan. Antenna is backward. Cold, windy. Great looking site, trees, rivers and lakes and sandy beaches. |
| 39 | IHLN | July 31 | 22:30 | P34T changed to IHLN. | CYG253 | TRD158 | T3B50 | 9th DC station of year 2. |
| 40 | Snap Lake - Kennady Lake | August 1 | 22:00 | Field crew in transit. | Field crew moved from Snap Lake to Kennady Lake. Due to bad weather, they needed to wait for afternoon hours before they could fly. | |||
| 41 | Box Lake | August 2 | 17:20 | Installation in progress. | Team 3 needs about 2 more hours to finish first phase of installation at BOXN before they move to finish Marlo Lake. No communication to Kennady Lake other than chopper's Sat phone which is not likely to be on all the time. Team 4 is heading to fix CAMN. | |||
| 42 | CAMN | August 2 | 19:31 | Re-pointed VSAT antenna. | CYG244 | TRD136 | T3B37 | Antenna was knocked out of alignment due to loose elevation hing bolt and strong wind. Re-pinted with zero X-pol leakage. Replaced dead cooling fan. Plugged holes in battery box. All ok. Station back to normal. High frequency noise on all channels but source unknown. Crew left around 20:42, planning to finish Box Lake station. |
| 43 | P39T | August 2 | 22:21 | Started new station at Box Lake (BOXN). | CYG264 | TRD240 | CMG-T3E T3C59 | Seismometer pier is a little soft. Waited for it to harden and then planted seismometer, pressing down on cement. X-pol had zero leakage. Antenna mount is installed properly. Cooling fan installed. |
| 44 | BOXN | August 2 | 23:20 | P39T changed to BOXN. | CYG264 | TRD240 | CMG-T3E T3C59 | 10th DC station of year 2. |
| 45 | P36T | August 3 | 18:20 | Started new station at Marlo Lake (MLON) | CYG258 | TRD172 | CMG-T3E T3A93 | Mount is ok. X-pol 0, 25 on Co-pol. All antenna bolts tight. Cooling fan installed. Hub RX signal power is too low so, th antenna was re-pointed and station restarted at at 19:58. No change in X-pol but the IFL Loss was faked to 3 dB before restart. |
| 46 | MLON | August 3 | 20:12 | P36T changed to MLON. | CYG258 | TRD172 | CMG-T3E T3A93 | 11th DC station of year 2. |
| 47 | P41T | August 3 | 22:47 | Started new station at Margaret Lake (MGTN) | CYG261 | TRD122 | CMG-T3E T3C57 | X-pol perfect. 22 dB on Co-pol. Big hill with rock cliff might be affecting transmission. Cooling fan installed. New SSPB installed (other was broken). Hub reports poor power level on this site, but slightly better than MLON. Seismometer signal looks odd, seismometer does not repond well to mass-center or calibration. Seismometer cable checks ok. Try new seismometer. |
| 48 | P41T | August 4 | 00:34 | Changed seismometer at MGTN. | CYG261 | TRD122 | CMG-40T T4186 | New seismometer shows same problems. It is likely a faulty digitizer. |
| 49 | MGTN | August 4 | 01:21 | P41T changed to MGTN. | CYG261 | TRD122 | CMG-40T T4186 | 12th DC station of year 2. |
| 50 | Snap Lake | August 4 | 01:30 | Team 3 reporting. | Seismometers at Snap Lake: CMG-40T: T4774, T4185. Libra: P32T: CYG 254, TRD 245. | |||
| 51 | P37T | August 4 | 13:27 | Started new station at Kennady Lake (KNDN) | CYG260 | TRD220 | CMG-T3E T3C58 | X-pol perfect 0. Cooling fan and SOH box installed. SOH2 in box A, SOH3 in box B, SOH1 is volts. |
| 52 | KNDN | August 4 | 16:27 | Changed P37T to KNDN. | CYG260 | TRD220 | CMG-T3E T3C58 | 13th (LAST) DC station of year 2. |
| 53 | Snap Lake | August 4 | 15:00 | Team 3 reporting. | Packing to ship tools/hardware to Ottawa. Plane due to leave Yellowknife at 3 PM, local time to take teams back to YK. | |||
| 54 | Kennady Lake | August 4 | 16:30 | Team 4 stuck. | Chopper developped mechanical problem. Team 4 is stuck at KL. YK trip on hold. | |||
| 55 | MGTN | August 4 | 21:02 | Service visit by Team 4. | CYG261 | TRD227 | CMG-T3E T3C57 | Installed new Trident digitizer and original seismometer. Everything seem to be ok now. Seismometer reacting well to mass-center and calibration. Good data flowing from about 21:30 UT when Team 4 is flying back to Snap Lake. |
| 56 | Snap Lake |
August 5 |
2:00 | End of installation project. Teams 3 and 4 leave for Yellowknife. | Summary: Installed 14 new Polaris NWT stations (1 AC, 13 DC), serviced and upgraded existing 4 stations (1 AC, 3 DC). All 18 stations runing just fine. | Team 1: David Snyder, Gerrit J. Van Beek. Team 2: Dariush Motazedian, Aaron Snider, Leonard Gal. Team 3: Kadircan Aktas, Mike Patten, Gord McKercher. Team 4: Calvin Andrews, Issam Al-Khoubbi. Team 5: Bernie Dunn (UWO Hub), Isa Asudeh (Ottawa). | ||