Fridays Activities at Camp Shagnasty

Fridays activities.

We woke up after about 3 hours sleep. after meeting everyone, and getting the general orientation, we set about pitching in. I jumped in with Jim from Atlanta, and we built a ramp for the semi trailer that was sitting there waiting for loading for the move to the next region. We found some tire racks in the shed, (Mac used to have a tire shop) and they were capable of holding people and goods when loading. We welded two racks together, then another set of two racks. We fashioned some angle and made the racks the right length. We made it as a three piece unit, that will allow hand carts and walking up to the truck. It is held together by six bolts, and can break down to be placed in the trailer for unloading. It is a strong, and portable, and it will provide a safe platform for future operations.

I then moved on to programming some Trango radios for deployment. A set of T-link 10's and a 900 AP-SU pair. This will be for the Start Tower connection. It will be the last local tower link to complete, then we will prepare for the move further south to set up more shelters.

I climbed the NOC tower to try to fix a link to one of the sites. Apparently a CM9 radio had stopped working. I swapped the radio, and it still was down, so we pulled it down to troubleshoot it. It appeared that when we hooked up the pigtail it killed the radio. We waited until the heat of the day was replaced by the evening, and sent people back up. We hung a Tlink-10 as a replacement. It needs final aiming, once the remote unit is hung, we can get a solid link for that camp.

We ate supper about 9 in the evening, it was a steak barbeque. Mac's family and friends took care of treating us like royalty. We then gathered around a campfire, listening to satelite radio Jazz and blues and socialized (or swapped lies in LA terminology).

I have been oeverwhelmed with emotional feelings hearing about all of the benefits of our labor, and the feelings from everyone helping out. Pictues to follow as soon as I get my USB card reader to cooperate.