Hi Steff, Thanks very much for your management of this from the Pole end. They did send out this notification (I hope you are on the SPTR event list) yesterday, after your email. Great news that we are all caught up. John -------- Original Message -------- Subject: SPTR System/Service Event Notification: SPTR System Status Update Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:21:27 -0600 From: Seagraves, Sheryl (Contractor) <Sheryl.Seagraves.Contractor(a)usap.gov> Reply-To: SPTR Notification List <sptr(a)listserv.usap.gov> To: SPTR Notification List <sptr(a)listserv.usap.gov> Hello, ASC IT staff and science support personnel have successfully designed and fabricated a replacement section of Ku-Band waveguide for the SPTR2 system. Yesterday the repair team installed the new section and ran three test passes, transmitting data as expected. Full Ku-band services will be restored with the next scheduled pass, and additional passes will be added to manage data backlog. The system will be closely monitored to track performance. When performance levels are confirmed, an estimate for the time to reduce data backlog will be determined and forwarded to the user community. Many thanks to the dedicated personnel on station and in the US who worked to complete these repairs and return the system to operations. Thank you, The SPTR Operations Team _______________________________________________ To subscribe to this mailing list send an e-mail message, from the email account you wish to subscribe, to sptr-subscribe(a)listserv.usap.gov. To unsubscribe from this mailing list send an e-mail message, from the email account you wish to unsubscribe, to sptr-unsubscribe(a)listserv.usap.gov.