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September 6, 2006 after breakfast at station's canteen beside Songtai stream, WFCC staff relocated all materials from WFCC truck to the Office of Maharaja Wildlife Station where states the construction of solar cell system nearby. The 49 years old Mong-Joe whose took the first visit to Bangkok just three days before, carried out his personal necessary supplies which he just spent most of his wage that month for. Then, we paid respect to King Naresuan The Maharaja before satellite dish positioning and instaling other equipment at the second highest point of Maharaja where the highest hilltop currently used as heliport.
Once we got a suitable position, base installation by two 50 kilos each concrete columns begun. The columns were pierced to set bolts inside for satellite steel base installation on their upon. The matter is too hard for electrical drill to get a suitable size for bolts. So, we need to handle manually.
We relocated them to exact position for installation, water leveled according to sea-level. Then installed galvanized steel satellite base and check water level again. Water level is remarkably significant on this such basic stage. Only even tiny non-equivalent or distort level on base would high possibly cause a huge trouble on further stages, especially when pointing direction of satellite dish.
Patio stand with connecting pole was installed. Then, BUC and LNB (Low Noise Blockdown Converter) were assembled on leg to the satellite dish. Then, it was pointed to the direction accordant to installation manual.
Compass was used to verify position of nearest satellite where is just above behind the station's office.
Then, we made connection from LNB to terminal consumer box indoor. Then, connected to computer notebook which was standing by with a software program previously installed to assess its sky - link signal.
Desperately, our effort along the day this time was not effective. We finally found we could not make connection to the target satellite. We checked its elevation for several times but still inactive. However, we still did not give it up.
After brainstorm and checked geographic condition, we finalized that it has to be obstructed by Pong Bon hill as pointed by red arrow on the picture below, whereas our position is in the blue circle. We recalled our hope and planned to place it higher. A neglected over hundreds kilos of reinforced concrete pipe was the only affordable material for a higher stand. We relocated it from Maharaja wildlife protection checkpoint onto the site uphill, and broke up the composition to replace by a new higher stand. We finished the second setting when sunshine was nearly over. We tested the signal again, and again we failed with fully exhausted; both physically from all day hard-working and desperation in mind.
"Or we have to put it higher?" We walked downhill to canteen for supper and sleep with the question retained in mind.
The second morning, our team dedicatedly continued the demonstration. A higher base was surely followed a harder task. This time we move an out of repair 2,000 litre steel water tank, followed by ignored 200 litres engine oil tank from garage up to the site. At the exact position, the hundreds kilos of concrete base was move up to place upon the tanks, followed by the total satellite structure. Our endeavour this time made it 5 meters from soil. We could test its linkage again when nearly noon time. A signal level appeared on screen. Even it was not intensive enough but it could much encouraged all of us somehow.
After lunch, we again deconstructed the new base for a higher. This time we could find another 2,000 litres steel water tank which we shall reached to approximately 7 meters. The 4th installation begun while the person above who climbed up for pointing satellite direction was endanger because the satellite base was just an infirm composition of affordable matters, unlike such a certain standard expensive tower. To save our colleagues and equipments, by several large ropes available there we tried to set all structure in its position by stretching them to any trees and capitals surrounded.
The 4th effort brought us more hope. Wind blew strongly and made treetop to be tremulous while our staff was checking signal. It stimulated the software program and that displayed an extremely intensive signal on computer's screen. However, after windy storm passed by, the signal intensive decreased to under effective level. We therefore discussed to change the installation position by tomorrow before walking downhill with more hope than the night before.
On the 3rd day, we demolished down the 7 meters structure with more consciousness. Then, we relocated to a new position. Even for several hours of signal examination, the intensive level still lower than effective standard. We changed position again during noontime, and again we failed. Until nightfall, we utterly wearily walked downhill after failure of the 6th effort along the 3 days of mission. We were not surrender anyhow. On the 4th day, we changed position again as the 7th time. We demolished and reconstructed. Anyway, it was still not effective even again came a strong wind blew signal risen on screen but, it again fell down after wind storm subsided as before. Whatever we had done was no matter to rise up the intensive level. I, together with some companions walked uphill to heliport to survey installing position. However, there was not in a proper vision and condition, obstructing by surrounded bushes range among mountainous valley. After discussion, we deconstructed it again then loaded all the materialË onto "Triple Five" truck with battery inverter and food supply, headed to Dongwee Stream. We were going to find another position for installation, as well as to prove our assumption that our 7 meters tower was really not high enough to link signal across the interfere Pong Bon hill ridge to our target sky-satellite. Ultimately, we even could not get any the answer because we could not find any proper position along that 12 kilo meters up north.
After we arrived Maharaja at noon time, we had a brainstorm again and finalized the problem should originated by the satellite dish is not under line of sight of the sky-satellite, and to relocate to beside accommodation building nearby the station office might be the way out. We deconstructed and settled again, and check its signal. Even the signal was getting better for little but yet it was not effective enough to success. With the failure of the 8th demonstration, we walked downhill with the most utterly desperate than the other days.
Fortunately, it was Mr. Boonchai who passed by, subjected to enforced Sesawo's patrol. They perceived the problem and agreed to give hands for temporary satellite tower construction on the following day. Hopefully, the last position of 30 meters height temporary satellite tower may take to effective. I laid awake that night in a hammock drew inside canteen, thinking over our attempt along the past 4 days and the result of the next day effort which still unimaginable. I did still hope for success. Even if it would not success, for the last choice I shall have to climb up the the highest position that is 45 meters radio antenna to get through this mission anyhow.
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