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West Dock
HF Radar Site

Address: West Dock (Prudhoe Bay), Alaska

Location: 70° 24.802' N, 148° 31.921' W

Radar Make & Model: Dual Frequency (12 and 25 MHz) SeaSonde

Land Owner: British Petroleum

Operating Frequency: 12.42MHz

Power Source: 24VDC

Communications: StarBand 484 series satellite modem

Additional Notes: This site is powered by a 450 amp-hour battery bank that is charged by an Iota Engineering 40 amp power converter for 24 VDC.


Rime ice formed on our antenna after a night of heavy fog.	The instrument hut, starband dish and transmit antenna on the edge of the Seawater Treatment Plant (STP).

The receive antenna.	the STP facility and the boards used to make a speed bump to protect our cables from traffic.

CIBS-MAP is a collaborative project between the University of Alaska Fairbanks Sea-Air-Land-Modeling and Observing Network (SALMON) Project and CODAR Ocean Sensors. It is sponsored by the Minerals Management Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Boat support was provided by Alaska Clean Seas.

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