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Bored or Not Bored. That is the question.

June 26, 2009

Ah, Friday has come and about done. I had to attend a mandatory sexual harassment training seminar today. Required by this great state of CA.

So, this week was full of fun and excitement. Well, not really. Busy work and boredom. Well, not really boredom. I found out from DaySequerra that our M2.2R is still not ready to ship back. We stumbled on a real good issue. Can’t wait to hear about this fix. I messed with the Golden Eagle a bit. Darn firewall is blocking so no email notifications. Then again, why would I want that? Fix a VoxPro controller. First one in forever! Broken button cap.
I even replaced another XLR input board in our Flexstar. This was to replace the non-threaded one we originally received.

See, we can keep busy. I also spent time cleaning up the log that our Autopilot software prints out for one station. Made it fit on one page. Crazy the thing decided to stop working yesterday, too.

Other things to keep from getting bored: Do the stuff you hate or do not wish to do. Inventory! List all the little items that need to be addressed. UPS batteries. Clean the remote gear. The list goes on. Amazing what we can get done if you put your mind to it.

And the last thing to do: Work on a training schedule for your assistant. Always good to have some thing new to show the assistant. While he is off for a week I will look for some fine training items to do for him.

There you have it. The “what to do when you are bored” list. The number one thing: Clean the shop! BUT, make sure something is out so people do not figure out you are bored. 😉

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  1. Eric
    August 8, 2009 at 11:07

    What issue did you find in your M2.2R?

  2. Bill Eisenhamer
    August 8, 2009 at 19:24

    Eric,

    I admit I have not kept up as I have had some busy weeks. The answer to the question: There is no resolve at this time! Last week I sent more data for DaySequerra last week. Still no answer. Suspect a front end overload of the tuner, but I’m skeptical at this time. It does not matter what input I use I do not get good RF readings on the unit, yet I can pick up everything under the sun. Off site using the antenna input it appears to work normally.

    The last I hear is they want me to attenuate the RF sample to a level I can use the low/antenna input and see what happens. Still nothing yet. I plan on purchasing more attenuators to go down further, but I do not think that will work.
    Crazy, eh?

    Thanks for you interest!

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