{"id":5732,"date":"2012-07-18T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2012-07-18T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:56:20","slug":"antennas-shields-and-frames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=5732","title":{"rendered":"Antennas, Shields, and Frames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much of the activity yesterday was related to sun shields, antennas, and solar panel frames. CSBF finished cabling their antennas on top of the sun shields, Joseph brought over the high-gain TDRSS antenna, and Tyr worked on the new solar array holders with the help of Brad.<\/p>\n<!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery Start --><!-- - Version - 3.5.6 - User ID - 27717602@N03 - Photoset ID - 72157630636596164 - Gallery ID -  - Group ID -  - Tags -  - Popular -  - Per Page - 100 - Sort Order - flickr - Photo Size - _m - Custom Size - 0 - Square - false - Captions - on - Description - on - Columns - 3 - Credit Note - off - Background Color - Transparent - Width - auto - Pagination - on - Slideshow - colorbox - Disable slideshow? - --><div class='afg-gallery custom-gallery-16' id='afg-16' style='background-color:Transparent; width:100%; color:; border-color:Transparent;'><div class='afg-table' style='width:100%'><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example416'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8282\/7597182368_8f01d8f14a_b.jpg' title='CSBF Matt'><img class='afg-img' title='CSBF Matt' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8282\/7597182368_8f01d8f14a_m.jpg' alt='CSBF Matt \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7597182368\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>CSBF Matt <\/div><div class='afg-description'>(Not that we have our own Matt anymore...) Routing GPS cables<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example416'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7261\/7597182798_88f227f180_b.jpg' title='Line-of-sight transmitters'><img class='afg-img' title='Line-of-sight transmitters' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7261\/7597182798_88f227f180_m.jpg' alt='Line-of-sight transmitters \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7597182798\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Line-of-sight transmitters <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Finally mounted on the bottom of the gondola<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example416'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8291\/7597183230_423dd81678_b.jpg' title='TDRSS high gain antenna'><img class='afg-img' title='TDRSS high gain antenna' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8291\/7597183230_423dd81678_m.jpg' alt='TDRSS high gain antenna \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7597183230\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>TDRSS high gain antenna <\/div><div class='afg-description'>On its special dedicated cart<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example416'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7277\/7597183666_2cd8fe8b60_b.jpg' title='Servo mechanics'><img class='afg-img' title='Servo mechanics' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7277\/7597183666_2cd8fe8b60_m.jpg' alt='Servo mechanics \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7597183666\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Servo mechanics <\/div><div class='afg-description'>For the pointed antenna. 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