Since it was Saturday, we did not set the alarm clock and slept in til about 8am.  I think we are still feeling the aftereffects of jet lag, but at least it is not keeping us up in the middle of the night!

We got an early call from Tobi at the transmitter site.  He was there dealing with the same transmitter that gave trouble last night.  It appeared to be having multiple problems.  I would have liked to have gone out to help, but was unable to do so.  Although we have a vehicle, there are now two more remote controlled gates on the route (making a total of three) and I do not yet have the remote controls or cell phone clearances required to open them.

Eventually Tobi found a faulty optical arc detector in the VHF (very high frequency) filter.  He also found a screw had fallen into a relay and was blocking it from pulling in.

Most of the day we spent working on our McGuiReport for November.  With the internet connection here being so slow, it has been difficult to accomplish much in the evenings towards getting it ready for proofreading, then publishing.

Toward evening, it cooled off enough that we were getting goosebumps, even inside the house, so we built a fire in the living room fireplace.  We did not come to Swaziland (which is supposed to be approaching summer) prepared for such cold nights in October.  The temperature was in the 50s F — low 60s F in the house.