AWS ID: 8907 SITE NAME: FERRELL LOCATION : LAT 78.02 S LONG 170.80 E HEIGHT : 44 M DATE ACTIVATED: 10 DEC 1980 LAST VISITED : 26 JAN 1985 SENSORS SERVICED SENSOR PROBLEM ACTION TAKEN AEROVANE(84-538) INSTALLED PRESSURE GAUGE(3175) INSTALLED TEMP PROBE EXT CHECKED TEMP PROBE INT CHECKED HUMIDITY PROBE NONE DELTA-T PROBE NONE FIELD CALIBRATION CALIBRATION DIFFERENCE VARIABLE AWS MEASURED AS 84/85 AS 83/84 AS 82/83 PRESSURE 985.5 984.8 MB - -0.7 MB - TEMP EXT - - - - - TEMP INT - - - - - WIND SPD - - - - - WIND DIR 215 SSW EST - OK - LABORATORY CALIBRATION CALIBRATION DIFFERENCE VARIABLE AWS MEASURED AS 84/85 AS 83/84 AS 82/83 PRESSURE 991.2 993.9 MB 2.7 MB -0.9 - TEMP EXT 0.0C 0.0 C 0.00 C 0.75 - TEMP INT 0.0C 0.0 C 0.00 C 0.75 - WIND SPD .245 M/S/B .245 M/S/B 0.00 M/S - WIND DIR 177 SOUTH 0 DEG - HUMIDITY NONE NONE DELTA T NONE NONE COMMENTS: AWS 8907 HAD CEASED OPERATING IN OCTOBER, 1984. THE PROBLEM WAS TRACED TO A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT IN THE 10V POWER SUPPLY TO THE TX OSCILLATOR.