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In this Issue:
"Tourism in Hawaii is down and the natives
are trying hard to show good service and be thankful that we are
here parting with our dollars."
- Anonymous Conference attendee at Oceans '01
commenting on local hospitality.
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EPC is pleased to announce that the National Institute
of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA),
Wellington, New Zealand has purchased its third Model 9802 Thermal
Graphic Recorder. NIWA's
Steve Wilcox explains their application, "We plan to use
the 9802 in tandem with our two current 9800 recorders to display
shallow seismic profiles from our 3.5 kHz system as well as to display
an analog single channel profile from our Multi channel seismic
system. We also use the 9800 recorders to display refraction data
from sonobuoy's and to display pinger depth data for camera/ coring
stations." The Model 9802 is a dual channel thermal recorder
capable of printing analog and digital data across it's 20"
display. The 9800 Series has been a reliable recorder and has had
an enduring presence in the industry since its introduction ten
years ago.
Established in 1992 as one of nine New Zealand
Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), NIWA's
mission is to provide a scientific basis for the sustainable management
of New Zealand's atmospheric, marine and freshwater systems and
associated resources. The company has a staff of around 600 and
annual revenue of $60 million derived from commercial enterprise
and competition-based research grants. Areas of expertise for consultancy
and research are Atmosphere & Climate, Freshwater, Coastal &
Oceanography, Fisheries and Aquaculture & Fisheries Enhancement.
The order was secure through EPC sales agent Seismic
Asia Pacific Ltd. (Darra Queensland, Australia)
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The new 1086NT has found a home with a long established
customer and a newly formed survey company. Since 1965 Ocean
Surveys Inc. (OSI), Old Saybrook, CT has provided industry and
government with technical expertise to acquire and interpret scientific
data from both marine and freshwater environments. Company capabilities
include hydrographic, oceanographic and limnologic, geophysical
and geotechnical survey services. Ocean
Surveys has successfully completed site investigations in 35
states and 40 countries located throughout 6 continents. In addition
to their new 1086NT, OSI owns and operates EPC Model 9802s, GSP-1086s,
and ADS-640s.
Marine GeoSolutions (Pty) Ltd is a specialist
marine geophysical survey company which operates from Durban, South
Africa and is owned by Dr Peter J Ramsay & Warwick R Miller.
The company has a very strong background in marine geology and marine
sedimentary processes and has also developed some of the best expertise
in the world for seafloor mapping. The company‚s main projects
include offshore exploration for heavy minerals for large mining
companies.
The company purchased and EPC 1086 NT recorder
to produce a high quality paper record from the Klein 3000 side-scan
sonar via an ethernet connection and to produce seismic profiling
hard copies from the an Octopus 360. Contact details are: ramsay@marinegeosolutions.com
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The third biennial Ocean Technology Workshop was
suppose to be held September 17-19th of this year. The events of
September 11th changed that. The MOTN
has rescheduled the event for next year, September 23-25, 2002.
It is to be held at the same venue, the Sheraton Inn in Plymouth,
Massachusetts. The event will offer training and at sea demonstrations
from manufactures and service companies from around the region and
beyond. New Web Site!
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EPC is pleased to announce that the new 1086NT
has been successfully interfaced with Klein Model 5000 Multibeam
Sonar enabling real-time continuous printing . The interface is
accomplished over the 1086NT Network Interface form the Klein
Sonar Pro software. Integration and testing took place over
several days at both facilities. The integration was helped with
the aid of the EPC Application Programming Interface (API).
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The MTS /IEEE Oceans 2001 Conference and Exhibition
was held this year in the U.S., but off the mainland at the Hilton
Hawaii Village in Honolulu, Hawaii. Although EPC was not in attendance
we had asked EPC Monthly subscribers to offer their own critique.
A small sampling: "well attended, but often overcast",
"I think you might give the show 6-7 badges effort", "I
did not get too much of a tan because there wasn't too much sun.
It was about the same for the drinks at the different 'Social Events'.
There was nothing to break the ice with..."
The general mood seemed to be very positive, nowhere
near the dire prediction profusely expounded from this Newsletter.
Many dressed casually in Hawaiian shirts and the natives were eager
to please (especially with tourism being down). One down size were
the high prices. Next up for the MTS /IEEE crew, Oceans '02, Marine
Frontiers "Reflections of the Past, Visions of the Future"
October 28-31, 2002 at the Gulf Coast Coliseum Convention Center
in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Stay tuned in the coming weeks as EPC unveils
a new design to the EPC web site. New on the current web site is
an Interactive Guide to the 1086NT and the MP-1086. Previously posted
and reported (Monthly VOL. 3 NO. 34),
was the Interactive Guide for the GSP-1086-2 500 Series. For an
impressive EPC product listing check out http://www.macartney.com.
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This year EPC has decided to give employees some
time off around the Holidays. EPC will be closed Monday and Tuesday
December 24th and 25th for Christmas and on Monday and Tuesday of
the following week, December 31st and January 1st, in recognition
of New Years Day.
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