2014/06/03 — Tuesday — Lunch at Jamaican Grill

After the wiring changes yesterday, I was able to complete the move of a power supply for a LED strobe light that is turned on outside the building anytime a transmitter is on the air.  This is used as a warning any time high voltages are present on the feedlines and antennas.

Red arrow points to black power supply.  It is mounted with the power indicator facing down so that it can be seen from below.

Red arrow points to black power supply. It is mounted with the power indicator facing down so that it can be seen from below.

At noon the staff, including wives and children, was invited by Daryl and Gaynelle Renshaw to lunch at the Jamaican Grill — http://www.jamaicangrill.com — at the north end of Guam where the major stores are located.  Daryl and Gaynelle are home-based in Singapore where Daryl serves as the Asia Regional Support Services Leader and Gaynelle serves as the Member Care Coordinator for TWR’s missionaries in Asia.  They are visiting with the TWR Guam staff for a few days.  It took about 30 minutes to get from the transmitting site to our apartment, where I freshened up and picked up Virginia, then another 30 minutes to get to the Jamaican Grill.  There we had a great time of fellowship with the Renshaws and all the staff.120603 -- JamaicanGrill

After lunch, we returned to the site and I attempted to repair one of the spare analog-to-digital metering boards for the Thompson 250,000-watt shortwave transmitters.  I was told that the 5v to +/-15 v converter was bad, so I installed a substitute converter, since the part originally used is obsolete.  Unfortunately, it did not correct the problem and because the day shift was ending, this became a project to tackle tomorrow.