{"id":1673,"date":"2014-10-26T01:26:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T06:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2014-10-26T01:26:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T06:26:05","slug":"20140729-tuesday-typhoon-halong-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=1673","title":{"rendered":"2014\/07\/29 \u2014 Tuesday — Typhoon Halong Approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rode to work with Mike because Joel and Jim took a compensation day off.\u00a0 Mike was about 20 minutes late because he had been working on a transmitter problem until midnight.\u00a0 The filament connection of the tube socket for TX6 had a melt down and nearly all the contacts had been destroyed.<\/p>\n

\"Filament<\/a>

Filament contacts burned off.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the process of removing the tube socket to make the repairs, one of the carbon ball arc gap assemblies was broken.\u00a0 Since there were no spares for this, I took on the task of making a repair, while Mike changed out the filament contact assembly.\u00a0 With no copper or brass metric thread available quickly, a piece of stiff copper wire was turned down on the lathe, then threaded.\u00a0 See photos below:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The broken gap assembly is on the bottom. The copper wire and threaded result are in the middle.<\/p><\/div>\n

It was necessary to drill out broken end of the ball gap assembly and tap it to receive the new threaded rod.<\/p>\n

\"140730<\/a>

The now repaired assembly is at the bottom and ready to go back into the transmitter.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Mike<\/a>

Mike re-installs the now repaired air gap assembly.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Phil<\/a>

Phil and Mike use the hoist to lower the $70,000+ tube into its now repaired socket.<\/p><\/div>\n

The now repaired transmitter was not working well and is ready in plenty of time for the evening broadcasts.<\/p>\n

Just after noon, we learned that a typhoon warning had been issued for Guam.\u00a0 The winds are supposed to become increasingly stronger through Wednesday (tomorrow) evening then taper off through Friday.\u00a0 At the peak of the typhoon, the winds could reach 75 mph out of the west.\u00a0 This means the storm is passing a little to our north.\u00a0 We are thankful that this is not a major typhoon, but it could still be disruptive.<\/p>\n

In case electricity and\/or water are lost in the storm, we have candles ready and wastebaskets filled with water,\u00a0 The typhoon shutters have been closed and the wind is starting to get strong, but we have at least 20 hours before the peak of the storm arrives.<\/p>\n

I am staying here at ‘our’ apartment tomorrow to help Virginia with our packing for the trip back to Elkhart.\u00a0 Since our flight is scheduled to leave at 6:25 am on Thursday morning, the winds could still be quite strong at that time.\u00a0 We have been told conditions have to be quite bad for the airport to cancel flights.<\/p>\n

…..so we wait out the storm and see what happens!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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