So everyone continues to ask me about the blog - the one I have not begun.
Today Rob said he checked the blog and thought it sad there was nothing there.
Today Bret said just begin, that someday I will look back, remember and be glad I began.
So I am sitting here in my little cubical on Black Island in Antarctica, with the wind roaring outside at least 45 mph totally unable to sleep and I figure I may as well begin "The Blog".
It has got to get easier after I start.
To start on a high note seems a very good thing and so let me share some good news.
Wednesday Optus accepted our transmit patterns. (This was a cause for Major Celebration!!) We have been concerned because they are not the greatest, but under the circumstances they are good enough.
By this evening (Friday night in Antarctica) we have completed setting the EIRP and have the 20/20 carriers up. I am locked to the Optus carrier but not all is perfect in my little world as Optus is not locked to mine. Oh well something to do in the morning. The helicopter is not arriving till 5:50 pm and we should get it before then.
What was funny was how happy it made me to see our 20/20 carriers up on the spectrum analyzer (spec an), I almost clapped with joy. That seems a bit geeky but we have been working toward this for two years. It is a major milestone and I am ahead of schedule!
Yep -- one post does not a blog make. Keep us posted and don't forget the pictures.
ReplyDeleteI can just see you smiling and clasping your hands and clapping ... and yup, I get it. Totally. That moment when a build finally builds ... an executable finally runs ... or a piece of hardware does what it should, is MAGIC when you've been struggling toward it for a long time. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteJennifer, if I got something working on that I had worked on for 2 years, I would have screamed, done the happy dance, and a few cartwheels to boot!
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