FRNY - Flat Rock, Altona, Clinton County, New York


Station: Flat Rock, New York
Network Affiliation: LCSN & ANSS
Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network
Advanced National Seismic System

FDSN Network Code: "LD"
Director: Dr. Won-Young Kim
Network Contact:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
of Columbia University
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964
Coordinates:
Latitude: 44.8350N
Longitude: 73.5883W
Elevation to Sensor: 223 m
Depth to Sensor: 0
Geology: Potsdam Sandstone, Cambrian Period
Vault Conditions: Sensor sits directly on sandstone outcrop and buried with a half 55 galon drum cover
Site Description: Open space with little or no traffic
Station Instrumentation: Remote site:
Reftek 72A-07 3-channel datalogger
GPS clock
spread-spectrum digital radio transmitter
solar panel with gelcell battery
Data collection site:
spread-spectrum digital radio receiver
PC windows NT 4.0
RTPD (Ref Tek Protocol Dataserver),
Earthworm
Operated Since: November 13, 2003


Looking North. Montreal, Canada is seen at the upper horizon
Sensor site is prepared.
Seismometer is wired
LCSN seismic vault which is smaller scale McMillan vault, is being cured
LCSN seismic vault which is smaller scale McMillan vault, is being cured
LCSN seismic vault which is smaller scale McMillan vault, is being cured
LCSN seismic vault which is smaller scale McMillan vault, is being cured


Gyro-compass is used for sensor orientation
Broadband, tri-axial seismometer (type: STS-2) with its natural period T0=120s
is oriented and leveled.
Making drainage for sensor encloser
John Contino preparing electronics box next to the seismometer
while W. Y. Kim and David Franzi posing for the picture
Golam Sarker and John Contino installing solar panel, spread-spectrum radio
transmitter and antenna, and a GPS antenna
Sensor and datalogger with electrics box are buried and
solar panel and radio antenna are installed.

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