Monday 5th August 2013

This morning I worked from my room getting all my emails out of the way then working on my work plan for August. I have been appointed the title of “Antarctic returning Officer” for the Australian Electoral Office so I had to fill out a couple of forms for them so they can do their checks to make sure I haven’t worked in third world countries rigging votes for dictators. Early in the morning there was a mass of ice crystals on the mess windows with an awesome sun rise in the back ground. I tried to get some photos of them, but without having a macro lens it was very difficult. After lunch for Saturday duties, Chris and I did the gash run. (Taking all the rubbish down to Warren to be burnt). After work I went down to the ham shack to try and figure out how to interface to the Yaesu Quadra FL-1000 amplifier to my Flex5k. I'm a little closer now, I have a circuit for the cable connection and I will make it up tomorrow and see if I can get them talking to each other.

Here are some interesting statistics about our wind turbines for the last twelve months.

Period	Wind Energy [kWh]	Wind Penetration %	Fuel Saved [L]	CO2 Saved [Tonnes]
Jul-12	130749	32.0	20797	54
Aug-12	169109	42.0	27134	71
Sep-12	136434	36.3	21896	57
Oct-12	114037	33.8	18978	50
Nov-12	135108	48.6	22101	58
Dec-12	95429	37.8	14564	38
Jan-13	77282	37.6	17665	46
Feb-13	126438	48.7	20769	54
Mar-13	150378	43.3	23668	62
Apr-13	160680	42.9	24682	64
May-13	173764	40.8	26117	68
Jun-13	152754	40.5	24592	64
	Total	Average	Total	Total
	1622162	40.4	262963	686