Battery Update, June 4th

This was another limited-distribution email update about battery levels at the Saipan station.  Two and a half weeks previously we had made the call that we should buy replacement batteries for the station, since we were in a time when such purchases could easily be authorized and future prospects for these batteries were rather uncertain.

However, the wheels of purchasing move slowly and during this time the battery levels continued to strengthen until achieving levels that are entirely normal for a CREWS station running at full strength:

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Based on this new evidence we are postponing our purchase of replacement batteries, indefinitely.  These batteries appear to have survived everything we've thrown at them and are still going strong.

Mike J+