Equipment Arrived

On the brightest day yet on the island, the Dash-8 zoomed in for a perfect landing.  

The storm that passed through last night was epic strong winds and rain that pounded the roof.   But by morning the sun came out and for the first time I could see most of the island.  I had a good feeling that the flight wouldn't be canceled like the days before due to high winds or low visibility

What a great sight to see.

My missing bags that contained virtually everything that I needed to establish the station were on the flight.    The air tags literally turned this around for the better.

After getting the gear loaded in the pickup truck and rambling back to the QTH, I spent the afternoon until dark assembling the antenna.   It's laying out in the grass ready for connection to the station tomorrow. The station itself will go together rather quickly.  All of the systems are arranged on the wide operating table.

It's also a relief to have the extra clothing that I needed.

Current time is only 6:40 p.m. local but the sun has been down for about 45 minutes and when it goes down, it's pitch black dark.  No lights to speak of.   I have a headlamp but it only illuminates a little bit of what I'm working on.

I expect to have the station running tomorrow.

QRV ?? -- Let's pencil in 2200 UTC Saturday July 13.