--Apple-Mail-36--142605539 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii SPICam will not be available for approximately a week. After = recharging the cryotiger system last week we thought we had found the = problem. However this morning it was evident the compressor has failed = with oil all over the floor. While I have a spare compressor I am = electing to not try and get it on line with the spare immediately = because of fear of contamination. . We will purge/evacuate and recharge = the system over the next several days but due to freight restrictions I = may not have enough gas to complete the job on hand until next week. If = during the purge we determine that the cold head is contaminated and = can not be purged it could take much longer. We regret the inconvenience and will work to get SPICam operational = ASAP. Mark Klaene APO Operations Manager voice: 575 437 6822 PO Box 59 fax: 575 434 5555 2001 Apache Point Rd cell: 575 430 0210 Sunspot NM 88349-0059 web: www.apo.nmsu.edu=20 --Apple-Mail-36--142605539 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = ">SPICam will not be available for approximately a week. = After recharging the cryotiger system last week we thought = we had found the problem. However this morning it was evident the = compressor has failed with oil all over the floor. While I have a = spare compressor I am electing to not try and get it on line with the = spare immediately because of fear of contamination. . We will = purge/evacuate and recharge the system over the next several days but = due to freight restrictions I may not have enough gas to complete the = job on hand until next week. If during the purge we determine that = the cold head is contaminated and can not be purged it could take = much longer.<div><br></div><div>We regret the inconvenience and will = work to get SPICam operational = ASAP.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><div><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">Mark = Klaene</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">APO Operations Manager<span class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> = </span>voice: 575 437 = 6822</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">PO Box 59 <span class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> = = </span>fax: 575 434 5555</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">2001 Apache Point Rd<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> = </span>cell: 575 430 0210</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Sunspot NM 88349-0059<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> = </span>web: <a = href=3D"http://www.apo.nmsu.edu">www.apo.nmsu.edu</a> </font></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-36--142605539-- APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 1170 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO