After labeling and removing much wiring, plumbing and ducting, we were able to remove the top structure above Transmitter 2.

One of two 40-foot containers was supposed to arrive this afternoon, but did not come.

When we got home this evening, we collected our empty 5 gallon jug and went to the Water Store.  This is the second refill we have gotten since moving into the apartment.

 

 

Before we left Elkhart, we ordered anti-rejection medicine for Virginia’s transplanted cornea in plenty of time to get it before we departed for Guam. For some reason, the medicine was delayed and, as a result, got caught in the forwarded mail to our son Allan.  [We are having our mail forwarded to him while we are gone.]  For some unknown reason, it got returned to the mail order pharmacy.  [My medicine sent later had no problem with the mail forwarding to Allan]  We ended up calling our mail order pharmacy on Saturday, using Skype, and they agreed to resend it as quickly as possible.  Early this morning, we checked the pharmacy website and were surprised to see that the medicine was due to arrive within a few hours.  Careful reading revealed that it was being sent via UPS instead of the post office.  This concerned us because UPS does not have forwarding like the USPS, so the package would be arriving at our house in Elkhart where no one is at home.  We contacted a friend who has our house key and requested that she intercept the package and put it in our refrigerator, since our house is not being air conditioned.  Thankfully, between that friend and our neighbor across the street everything worked out, in spite of the medicine being delivered almost 3 hours later than promised.

Virginia went to work with me this morning.  Shortly after we arrived at the transmitting site, an engineer arrived who operates a Christian shortwave facility in the U.S.  He was interested in purchasing the two almost 40-year old Harris SW100 transmitters. After seeing them operate, he committed to the purchase.  Since TWR Guam would like to make room for possible newer transmitters, the fact that these old transmitters would be utilized for Christian programming made the sale even more attractive.

With the transmitter sale confirmed, Virginia began working in the stockroom to separate all the spare parts for the SW100s from the spares for the rest of the transmitters.

Those of us who more technical, began dismantling the SW100s.  Today we disconnected and moved out both two 3-ton high voltage plate transformers and several other low voltage transformers, plus regulators, and power distribution boxes.

When she wasn’t occupied with work in the stockroom, Virginia helped with some of the moving and took most of the photos in this blog entry.

Since it was late when we left the site, we stopped by McDonalds in Agat and purchased a few items off their $1 menu.  All the other items seemed pretty expensive,

We again attended Harvest Baptist Church hoping to see the former supporter that we were trying to locate last Sunday.  Pastor Herron is preaching an enlightening and challenging series on the life of Joseph.  Upon talking to the pastor after the service, we learned that the person that we were looking for had been in the service but we had missed him.  Arrangements were made to let him know so we could meet next Sunday

We stopped by Wendys for lunch and had chicken go wraps.  We then stopped by Cost-U-Less — http://www.costuless.com/store005/ —  which is next door to Wendy’s to pick up a few bulk items.  Cost-U-Less  is similar to a warehouse store that sells items in bulk for a slight savings.  We were not overly impressed with the prices — probably not worth the cost of driving for 30 miles round trip to go there.  Milk costs $8 to $10 per gallon!

On the way home we stopped by the T. Snell Newman Visitor Center — http://www.nps.gov/wapa/t-stell-newman-visitor-center.htm —  for 1-1/2 hour and still did not have nearly enough time to see everything that we had not seen last week.

After putting away our groceries and just before sundown, Virginia and I decided to revisit the Agat Mango Festival and get some photos just before it closed down.  The air temperature was much more pleasant than it had been on Saturday at noon!  This time we bought mango ice pops ($1 each) and mango donuts (5 for $1).  The Ice pops were obviously real fruit as the strings of the mango could be clearly seen.

This morning we took it easy and talked via Skype with Allan and Joyce and all of their children.  Though it was Saturday morning here, Allan just arrived home from work on Friday evening during the call.  I did not recognize one of the girls I was seeing via their camera.  Audrey finally introduced us to her friend Evie who was over for the day.

At 11am, the Gregsons, Joanna and Jenna Hodgins stopped by our apartment and took us to the Agat Mango Festival.  Its only 1/2 mile south of our apartment, but that’s too far to walk in the heat.  [Paul said temperature at their house was 107F today!]   We stayed at the festival for about 2 hours.  Virginia and I shared a mango coconut smoothie — large for $5..  We could easily have seen everything there in an hour or less, but visited a lot with various people including two pastors from the Marianas Baptist Church which is about two blocks from our apartment,

This afternoon we both took naps.

This evening we stopped by the Gregowskes to retrieve a couple of items we left at their house. We also picked up an easy chair and small table to use in the spare bedroom, where the second air conditioning unit is located. Only the bedrooms have air conditioning, so we move to the bedrooms when we can no longer tolerate the heat in the rest of the house, which is quite often!

 

 

 

 

This morning’s headline in much of the new media is that today is the 70th anniversary of D Day. I think it meaning is more real as we see the battlefields that were won with so great a price on Guam.  This year, July 21 (Liberation Day) will also be the 70th anniversary of the first attacks of American soldiers to regain control of Guam from Japanese occupation and subversion of the local Chamorros.

Today, I again rode to and from work with Joel, while Virginia took Joanna shopping.

TWR Guam is wanting to separate the Harris SW100 spares from the rest of the items in the stockroom.  I was tasked with doing a fairly comprehensive search of what SW100 parts might fit the HC-100 and found quite a few.  I plan to reveal why this is taking place in my blog for Monday 9 May.

Some of the anchor rods have been rusting off for the curtain antennas.  An old two-ton truck has been used as a temporary anchor while each anchor rod is replaced and cast into its concrete block.  Today I helped transfer a curtain antenna side catenary from its temporary truck anchor to its repoured anchor point.

This evening, to relax Virginia and I played our first game of Rummikub on Guam.