Saturday, April 3, 2010

Receiver assembly, the first few days

We rented a trailer to move the receiver to and from the telescope,
and also to provide some more room for assembly .


We ordered a gantry crane to help with assembly of the
receiver, but it hasn't come yet, so we had to improvise
with the manlift.


Make sure that rigging is good....


suspended.



And into the receiver cart


And finally into the container


Ziggy gets the 240 mK 3He refrigerator
ready for installation.


Starting point for assembling the receiver


Dave explores how high we can go in the manlift.


Daniel working in our internet cafe that is disguised
as a tent.


Ziggy and the receiver showing the focal plane supports


Installing the water chiller for the pulse-tube
compressor.


Sunrise over the Owens Valley Radio Observatory site


The Sierra Nevada


Breakfast at the valley site


Kam and Chase cooking everyone a scramble


Kam, Bryan, and Dave working on the
telescope


Pulse tube passes pre-installation test


Bryan is king of all he surveys...


Dave working in the telescope


Kam assembling the focal plane in some stylish
headgear.


Ziggy working on the receiver


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