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2026/05/21 Installed new power supplies to Radar1
2026/05/21 Radar 2 brought up to 601, Radar1, Radar2, RCP8, and RVP8 all connected locally. Difficulty connecting to RVP8.
2026/05/27 problem connecting to RVP8 determined to be a boot issue, connected a monitor and keyboard to RVP8, and determined it was having difficulty connecting to hard drive. Reseated hard drive ribbon cable, boot sequence now works as intended. When keyboard is connected, requires key input at power on and pressing esc to boot before beginning sequence.
2026/05/27 mod voltage Fuse F3 10asb blown. New fuse ordered. Temporarily fitted a 15asb fuse, loud mechanical sound, 15asb fuse removed.
2026/05/27 door latch bolt replaced, door switch still not always signaling closed, waiting fixes issue.
2026/06/02 New 10ASB fuse was fitted into Mod Voltage. Fuse was heated to the point of melting the solder, indicating a short somewhere in the Radar electronics.
2026/06/09 Mod voltage fuse light had a loose connection, causing the fuse to melt, radar still not operating after fix. Currently assumed to be an issue with the magnetron or pulse package.
2026/06/15 radarpi setup in CH601, radar2 is now connected to the internet and is able to be connected to via terminal. At the moment, data will have to be processed and displayed on the connected computer.
2026/06/17 Rack in CH601 was rearranged to fit new transmitter assembly. The UPS was moved up to directly below the RCP8, and the new Transmitter assembly was installed below that. A few mounting brackets were removed that were not put back, and the old Azimuth/Elevation servo controller was removed. It was found that the system of wires that adapt the older connections to newer equipment has live exposed wires. A better solution or rewiring is being considered as part of the renovations.
2026/06/18 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.
2026/07/23 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.