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Sergio Pezoa (left) and Matt James building antenna elements at ETL in Boulder.
Sergio Pezoa (left) and Matt James building antenna elements at ETL in Boulder. 		Matt James, proud father of a newborn antenna element.
Matt James, proud father of a newborn antenna element. 		Breakdown of antenna elements - four cards each in a sealed enclosure.
Breakdown of antenna elements - four cards each in a sealed enclosure. 		Antenna elements ready for loading into the antenna frame.
Antenna elements ready for loading into the antenna frame.
Building the antenna frame (July, 2000).
Building the antenna frame (July, 2000). 		Dan Law (left) and Sergio Pezoa loading antenna elements into the frame.
Dan Law (left) and Sergio Pezoa loading antenna elements into the frame. 		90-element phased-array antenna, fully loaded with elements, air conditioners, power distribution, communications, and transmitter,
90-element phased-array antenna, fully loaded with elements, air conditioners, power distribution, communications, and transmitter, 		Making shade for outside work.
Making shade for outside work.
Underside of antenna. Each box (with a trailing connector) is an antenna element.
Underside of antenna. Each box (with a trailing connector) is an antenna element. 		Dan Law working on the underside of the antenna, on the networks for power and communications distribution.
Dan Law working on the underside of the antenna, on the networks for power and communications distribution. 		John Dixon, Warren Keenan, and Dan Wolfe (left to right) exercising profiler electronics for the first time (July, 2000).
John Dixon, Warren Keenan, and Dan Wolfe (left to right) exercising profiler electronics for the first time (July, 2000). 		Removing the completed antenna from the roof of the Boulder Labs for field tests outside Boulder.
Removing the completed antenna from the roof of the Boulder Labs for field tests outside Boulder.
Preparing for system tests and intercomparisons with other profilers at the Marshall antenna range and the Erie radar facilities.
Preparing for system tests and intercomparisons with other profilers at the Marshall antenna range and the Erie radar facilities. 		About to leave the Boulder Labs on the long haul to Seattle.
About to leave the Boulder Labs on the long haul to Seattle. 		Loading the antenna onto R/V RHB in Seattle (August, 2000).
Loading the antenna onto R/V RHB in Seattle (August, 2000). 		Installing the antenna onto its elevated frame just forward of the aft winch house, portside.
Installing the antenna onto its elevated frame just forward of the aft winch house, portside.
Profiler electronics, as installed in RHB s computer room about 50 m from the antenna.
Profiler electronics, as installed in RHB s computer room about 50 m from the antenna. 		Dan Wolfe demonstrating profiler operations to Michelle Ryan and Bill Otto.
Dan Wolfe demonstrating profiler operations to Michelle Ryan and Bill Otto. 		RHB in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, after the profiler s maiden voyage (August, 2000). The antenna is just forward of the aft winch house (which looks like a guard tower) and above the high-bay hangar door.
RHB in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, after the profiler s maiden voyage (August, 2000). The antenna is just forward of the aft winch house (which looks like a guard tower) and above the high-bay hangar door. 		RHB profiler taking data at sea during the Dutch Harbor to San Diego Transit (September - October, 2000).
RHB profiler taking data at sea during the Dutch Harbor to San Diego Transit (September - October, 2000).
Dan Law and Scott McLaughlin (above) and Dan Wolfe and Dave Welsh (below) by the profiler antenna in San Diego (October, 2000).
Dan Law and Scott McLaughlin (above) and Dan Wolfe and Dave Welsh (below) by the profiler antenna in San Diego (October, 2000). 		     

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Last update: November 13, 2000

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