COMPS Station--Shell Point--Instrumentation
Tide Gage: Aquatrak Acoustic water level gage

R.M.Young Precipitation gage model 50202 

R.M.Young Barometric pressure sensor

R.M Young Relative Hum/Air Temp

GOES transmitter SN#2T97101454 USF#495000207391 installed 11/25/2000

Vitel logger VX100 SN#VN9709140 USF#495000207391 installed 11/25/2000 

Vitel Amplifier VX1004PA SN# PA97101401

Anemometer:  R.M. Young Wind Bird, Model 05106 
Anemometer height: 22.84 ft above NGVD, approx. 20 ft above MHHW 
Anemometer exposure: good in all directions, see photos.


GOES Name SHELLPNT 
GOES ID 140422DA 
GOES Channel 61
GOES time 00:26:00/hourly

GOES antenna el 55 deg Az 163 deg True
(set at 60 and 167 mag, getting power levels from NESDIS in the 50s)

Recent service history:
10/03/01: C.R. Merz visited the site and swapped the Vitel Data Logger VX1100G S/N VN10103257 with S/N 10103258. Replaced Aquatrak transducer head S/N 1161-3839 with S/N 1530-3757; Cal tube S/N 971 with S/N 919; Type I 4134 Bartex Controller S/N 940067 with S/N 50124. Checked system and instrument readings.
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