[IGSSTATION-3745]: KARR: Scheduled Upgrade

[ryan.ruddick at ga.gov.au]

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IGS Station Mail          13 May 23:12:13 PDT 2010      Message Number 3745
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Author: Ryan Ruddick 

Geoscience Australia
Australian Regional GPS Network

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Site ID : KARR
DOMES No: 50139M001 
Location: Karratha (Western Australia, AUSTRALIA)

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Dear Colleagues,

Please be advised that we have discovered that the AUST dome on the antenna at KARR has been damaged.  We are unable to provide an extact date as to when the damage occured but a local contact has informed us that it occured sometime before 2010-04-14.

As the time-series at the site has now been disturbed we are taking this opportunity to undertake some long overdue modernisation of the site. We intend to visit the site between 2010-05-18 and 2010-05-20.  During this visit we will replace the ASHTECH UZ-12 receiver with a TRIMBLE NETR8, replace the AOAD/M_T antenna with a Trimble Choke Ring and repalce the antenna cable.  A new antenna dome will not be installed at the site. 

We apologise for any inconveniences caused.

Regards,

Ryan Ruddick
Geoscience Australia
P: +61 2 6249 9426
E: Ryan.Ruddick at ga.gov.au