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 /06/18 Some cable management was done to organize and understand the connections between the cabinet, the RCP8, the Azimuth/Elevation servo control, and radar1 and 2. It has been noted that the current RCP8 setup uses several homemade splitters and adapters to change the cord from the cabinet into VGA plugs that the RCP8 can accept. Because of this configuration, it may work best to continue to use the green cabinet and funnel new systems through the old cables.
+/07/23 Two engineers from WMI visited to assist in getting the radar running. The found fault was a ground wire on the voltage modulator that had come loose, causing the system to always behave as if the door was open preventing a charge from passing to the magnetron to start transmitting. The door switch for the main door to the green cabinet was also found to be faulty, while the exact reason is unknown it has been removed and the wires have been attached to each other, meaning the radar is always operational with the door open. This can be fixed in the future with a new switch. The radar is now operational and is able to take scans. WMI also viewed the new equipment from Stevenson and offered to ask Vaisala a cost estimate to move it to dualpol from single pol.