So... lots has happened.

* Supernanogan *

Heater components installed in plasma chamber. Cart reinstalled into Faraday cage. Scroll pump rebuilt! (Thanks, Dan and Edi!) Pumping started this morning.

* Microwave Source *

Wiring restored. Microwave backplate and components restored. Pumping started yesterday and at high vac now ~2e-7 Torr. We will make final inspections and tweaks, then prepare to start.

Later... Source started and first beam observed at ~15:00. Note: Since microwave generator has not been run for a number of months, we did a "soft start", warming up at a few watts at a time for several minutes at a time before going for the gusto. Emittance scans in progress. Done. Beam is a bit off-axis, but it's there. Let it cook for the night. Striptool running.