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I drove our Highlander to work today and took Joel.  Virginia, Joanna and Kathy went to town in Joel and Joanna’s car to do some shopping.

Someone said there was a problem with the solar array layout from yesterday, so we verified that the layout was OK.

Mike, Jim and Joel drove to the north end of Guam to purchase materials for continuing the antenna switch matrix connections. Providentially, they were in town at the same time and location as the ladies, because their car refused to start.  After a couple of attempts, Joel got it started.  It probably had intermittent contacts in the starter solenoid, as it has worked fine since.

I had been invited to got to town with the other men, but decided to stay in case the contractor came to dig the holes.  He had laid out an extra row of holes to allow some adjustment in the location of the array.   Someone needed to stay to let him know TWR’s preferred final location of the array.

All the IT (Information Technology) men were in training today for a new play-out system to be used for sending programs to the transmitters.  These meetings are supposed to last for the rest of the week.

I continued working on the dual 15 volt power supply.  Found an anomaly between the bad and a good supply that indicates the problem is on an auxiliary board.  This auxiliary board has about a hundred tiny surface-mounted components, which makes it economically unfeasible to repair.

Since the above power supply is obsolete, I located some used ones on Ebay for $200.  I then began to look up parts for making a new substitute supply.  For less than $100, a new supply can be made to replace the obsolete one!  I compiled a list of suppliers of the parts for Mike to have on hand, if it is decided to use this option.