Today was another hard day of work. The day started quite interesting, at around 5 am in the morning our link to the Namje tower died, and we had no idea why. So, instead of going to Dandabajar early in the morning to finish work there we went (even earlier) to the Namje tower to check out what had happened there. What we found was that we were really glad we'd put in all the lightning arresters. The tower had been hit, several times, by lightning and the aresters and a few of the power supplies had met the end of their life rather quickly and rather suddenly. The equipment to replace it wasn't with us just yet so we noted what we needed and continued on to Dandabajar to finish our work there (ensuring the other team could continue their work as well). The intention was to return to do it that night.
After another ride across the road to Dandabajar we arrived there, still quite early in the morning, and set to work. Mounting and aiming the final antenna as well as sealing it up nicely. Finding out our power over ethernet cables were being quite problematic and placing outdoor wire (and installing new power outlets in a new room to get them power) that could power the radio's. At the same time a lot of smaller things had to be taken care of as well. Neatly working away several newly laid wires, cleaning up and rearranging all the tools of the day before, enjoying another lovely lunch at the local restaurant / cooking place. And of course the things we really had had to go back for, installing the lightning arresters (quite necesairy as the Namje case showed) and getting the link with Patibhara fine-tuned / precisely aimed.
The work continued, fairly smoothly although there was a lot of it and the ethernet cables were a real pain (we're getting very good at crimping...). Still, it wasn't till 3 PM we were done.
At that time, also considering we still had to go back, we decided it was too late to go to Bedethar, get equipment, and then go back to Namje to carry out the repairs. Instead we returned to Bedethar and decided tommorow we'd split up into two teams. One team is going to be repairing things at Namje and finally getting the internet flowing across the network (hopefully). The other team is going to Dancuta to start installation and sight survey there and also, if they have time, to survey Hilly. Hopefully it'll go smoothly tommorow, we'll see.
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