{"id":2547,"date":"2018-01-09T22:20:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T03:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2018-01-09T22:20:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T03:20:34","slug":"twr-bonaire-2018-january-9-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=2547","title":{"rendered":"TWR Bonaire \u2014 2018 January 9 Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the internet is not working at the transmitter site, I do all my correspondence and our blog at the dining table in our bedroom.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The kitchen is also located in our bedroom and the bathroom door is to the left of the refrigerator.<\/p><\/div>\n

Good progress was made today.\u00a0 The transmitter assembly was completed as Dave, Marco and I made all the interconnections between the four cabinets.\u00a0 This included the two large diameter copper tubes that extend the full 12 foot length of the transmitter.\u00a0 These copper tubes combine the power from all the solid state modules to produce the 400,000 watts of AM power to the antenna.<\/p>\n

Jonas and Frank connected the output of the disconnect switch to the input of the transmitter transformer.\u00a0 Once the twelve 500 amp cables are run from this transformer to the four cabinets and the coax line is connected to the antenna switch, the transmitter should be ready to be switched on.<\/p>\n

Frank and I began attaching support rods to the ceiling of the transmitter hall to serve as the cable tray for the 500 amp cables.\u00a0 There will be a lot of weight suspended from the ceiling! mentioned above.<\/p>\n

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Half of the rods for the cable tray were attached to the ceiling late this afternoon<\/p><\/div>\n

The actual switch-on will have to wait for the power company to turn on the 380 volt power to the new transmitter.\u00a0 We received encouraging news today that the inspection of the 380 volt wiring for the transmitter will be done on Thursday, and not next Tuesday as had been scheduled.\u00a0 After passing inspection the power company can switch on this power.<\/p>\n

After a quick supper this evening Virginia and I walked to the beach to watch the sunset.\u00a0 We then headed home right away as it gets dark quickly after sunset.<\/p>\n

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If you look closely, there is an oil tanker [to the right of the sunset] heading to the oil depot located the north end of Bonaire.<\/p><\/div>Marco and Vera invited us to coffee and tea this evening, so we had a good time visiting with them for a couple of hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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