N01A
By all accounts, this corner reflector looked nominal. The turnbuckles didn't need any adjustments, the posts/pads looked good, the ratchet strap didn't need adjusting, the inclination was spot on and nothing seemed out of place. I was surprised to see a discrepancy of 15° when I measured an azimuth of 199° instead of the expected 214°. This is the reflector we measured when we noticed the discrepancy between our two compasses. I remember discussing which compass to settle on and we chose yours because that's what we measured the others with. I also remember using Bruce's phone compass at one point. I am not sure why there is such a discrepancy. Was it not right to begin with? I can't see the whole reflector moving by 15° and none of the tie-downs get affected by that. You would think one would be loose or excessively tight. You found that our compass is off by a degree or two, which can explain the slight discrepancies at the other sites, but not 15 degrees.

N02A
In the pictures, you can see that the corners of the bottom panel are bowed downward. If you recall, they were that way in Sept. when we were there. The tie-downs in the corners were extremely tight from frost heaving of the posts that secure the reflector causing more bowing. We loosened those turnbuckles to relieve the pressure and the bowing and left them so they were barely taught. I suggest we remove these altogether, but I wanted your feedback first. The support post we added under the middle of the reflector seemed to be doing its job of keeping the bow out of the middle and frost heaving did not appear to affect it. The reflector was level across the face in the middle, but as you can see in the pictures with the level, the corners bowed downward. We found an azimuth of 317° and expected 320° , a discrepancy of 3° .

N03A
This reflector is the new one we set up in October and has the ASF-designed Ring Base. There are no tie-downs other than the one holding the ring base down, which didn't need any adjusting. We checked the pointing angle and found it was off by just 2 degrees, so we readjusted it back to 330°, tightened it down, and rechecked the pointing angle.

N32A
The pictures show that the wind blew away most of the bedding sand that was placed under the pavers. The turnbuckles securing the two side panels were completely undone and the turnbuckle nuts were lying on the ground. The movement caused by the wind flexing the side panels must have caused the turnbuckles to work loose. We replaced and tightened them and in the future will put jamming nuts on the eye screws to prevent this from happening. Our azimuth was 209° and was supposed to be 214° , a 4-degree discrepancy.