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A Date? Is That a Date?!
Friday, May 9, 2008 @ 11:36 EST
While I have never personally tried to squeeze blood out of a stone, I can imagine that it's a similar process to getting a solid date for the antenna erection out of our AM guy. It's been quite an ordeal, but finally today, he called me up with some dates. He assured me that they were only tentative, but at this point, I'll take it. This is what I know:
On Tuesday, May 13th, some guys are going to go by the site and install post supports for the fence posts and transmitter shed supports.
On Wednesday, May 21st or Thursday, May 22nd, the antenna will arrive with the ground system. Over the next two days, the ground screen (a copper mesh that surrounds the base) will be put in and buried; the antenna will be assembled and erected; and some (if not all) of the ground system will be installed.
On Saturday, May 24th, the transmitter shed will be trucked in and installed.
On Monday, May 26th and for a few days after, the rest of the ground system will be installed, along with the electrical fixtures in the transmitter shed.
Yet to be determined is the precise time and date for when we travel up to Asbestos to pick up the transmitter and when, precisely, the AM guy will be in the CJLO studios to install the remote control unit and transmit phone lines. I believe we may do so the week of the 26th, but right now, this is just a guess. I'll be able to nail the precise dates some time next week. Well, as precise as we are used to.
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