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Jimmy Site (Windless Bight)	AWS 8918

9/02/83		77.75 S, 167.67 E, 30 m (est)

Aerovane 03-78-09 removed when at Starr Glacier

Aerovane 11-80-09 installed

Field Calibration;

Item			Test Set	Measured	Correction

Calibration was not done at time of installation.  Use inital method for precessing data.



Jimmy Site was removed from Starr Glacier above McMurdo on 5/1/83 and relocated at Bucky Wilson's RTG at Windless Bight.  The site was installed without the AWS unit on 9/2/83.  Mike Savage installed AWS 8918 on 9/2/83 upon his return from Dumont d'Urville.  AWS 8918 was questionable and only operated for 40 days stopping on 21/03/83 at Bucky Wilson's RTG at Windless Bight.  The site was installed AWS 8918 on 9/2/83.  AWS 8918 was found not to be operating perfectly and operated for about 40 days stoppin on 21/03/83 after being turned on 9/02/83.