{"id":2222,"date":"2016-06-14T01:59:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T06:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2016-06-14T01:59:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T06:59:50","slug":"june-6-june-12-ramblings-and-tech-update-from-larry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=2222","title":{"rendered":"June 6 – June 12 Ramblings and Tech. Update From Larry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Morning sun on the bougainvillea.<\/p><\/div>\n

It is cold!\u00a0 I think that winter has arrived in Swaziland.\u00a0 The concrete walls and ceramic tile floor hold the cold and feel very cold when there is no heat in the house and the sun is covered by clouds.\u00a0 It is 17.8 C or 64 F. I know that is not very cold and some of you would think that is wonderful, but there is no place where it is warmer, except in bed!\u00a0 The local people wear their knitted hats,\u00a0 hoodies, heavy winter coats and gloves in this weather.\u00a0 I put on my sweat shirt and two pairs of socks.\u00a0 Larry adds a flannel shirt as a jacket on these cool days.\u00a0 Usually by late morning or early afternoon it warms up enough that some layers can be shed.<\/p>\n

The week has been pretty much the same as previous weeks.\u00a0 Trips to town and visiting with people in shops, trying to be friendly to those whose only feature that can been seen are their eyes,\u00a0 Bible study with some wonderful ladies and just enjoying being in Swaziland.\u00a0 One shop owner, who had not seemed friendly in previous years’ visits,\u00a0 started a conversation asking me where I was from.\u00a0 He told me that he was going to Chicago to visit relatives.\u00a0 He said that he planned to be back in Swaziland before the\u00a0 U.S. elections.\u00a0 He didn’t want to get caught in that!\u00a0 He seemed to be of the opinion that neither candidate was a good choice.\u00a0 He suggested that we might want to move back to Swaziland.\u00a0 I did not disagree with any of his comments.<\/p>\n

Larry spent the first part of the week modifying inductors (coils) that were removed from the old 1960 model AM transmitter because they were useful for upgrading the AM antenna system from 50,000 to 100,000 watt.\u00a0\u00a0 After the modifications were completed, these inductors were installed in the two antenna tuning huts.\u00a0 Instead of using wires to make the connections, copper tubing up to 22mm (about 7\/8″) in diameter has to be used to carry the required radio frequency current (up to 90 amps).<\/p>\n

On Tuesday several used inductors, that were located earlier by James Burnett, arrived from South Africa.\u00a0 Only one, of the four, was of sufficient current carrying capability to be usable for the upgrade.\u00a0 After Larry did some calculations, he determined that this one inductor was actually large enough to make two more of the needed inductors for the upgrade, if the large coil was cut into two coils in exactly the right place.\u00a0 This cut was done on Thursday, but now the inductor supporting frame had to be rebuilt to make two frames instead of one.\u00a0 By Friday the larger of the, now two, inductors had its rebuilt frame and was installed and connected in the main tuning hut.\u00a0 The second of the two inductors will require more work as most of the original support frame was used to make the frame for the first inductor.\u00a0 That will be part of next week’s work!<\/p>\n

Sunday was a great day of worship in song,\u00a0 and a challenge from a visiting pastor. It was cause for lively discussion around the dinner table.\u00a0 Among the many points, one that I took away was that we need to let our light shine outside the church building where the darkness is.\u00a0 Also that the building is not the church, but we, the people are.\u00a0\u00a0 I think that is important because so many people do not seem to understand that the church is people.\u00a0 I have even had Sunday School material that put the emphasis\u00a0 on the building rather than the people!<\/p>\n

Sunday we enjoyed a huge, delicious meal at the Middletons along with Pastor Deon and his wife Berenice and ‘Auntie’ Ivy. This was no ordinary meal!\u00a0 We had ox tail curry, biryani, spaghetti, rice, chicken, roast potatoes, several veggies,\u00a0 sliced beets, and more. It was wonderful.\u00a0 Doreen sent enough home with us for several more meals.\u00a0 The meal ended with 4 different desserts and then tea and coffee.\u00a0 I think we finished eating around 4:00.\u00a0 We had a great time!!<\/p>\n

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