Please excuse the following content, which is unrelated to Lily's diary.
Eventually, I will launch separate websites for each purpose.
I visited the NTC, an office similar to Japan's (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, to get permission to set up an amateur radio station in the Philippines.March 2nd.That's what it is.
I was issued the call sign JI1FGX/DU9 and a permit to import and possess radio equipment on the same day.
Then I tried to send the radio equipment I had left at my parents' house in Japan, but Japanese customs told me to send 'Certificate stating that the item is not a prohibited item.'.
Due to a miscommunication between the shipping company and myself, there was a one-month delay, and I was finally able to get my package on the ship on May 15th.
The package is expected to arrive at Osamis around June 7th.
Now, there are many coconut trees planted behind my house.
As an amateur radio enthusiast, tall towers have always been an object of admiration, and having the freedom to use a coconut tree nearly 20 meters tall is pure bliss.
This time, I was allowed to install a shortwave wire antenna, nearly 20 meters long, at a height of about 10 meters on a coconut tree.
For those unfamiliar with radio technology, it might be difficult to see where the antenna is in this photo.
The black line is the antenna wire and the yellow line is the rope.
Two employees from Gigi Company helped with the antenna installation.
Lotlot is the one clinging to the middle of the coconut tree on the right.
I am extremely grateful for all your help, including having you climb up to adjust the antenna multiple times and staying there for about 30 minutes at a time.
Here's Junjun climbing another coconut tree.
That's our house, which is almost finished, you can see in the background.
The distance between my house and the coconut tree is about 30 meters, so I connected five PVC pipes together and ran a coaxial cable through them.
Even so, ants were marching in lines along the pipes and antenna wires.
I can only hope that it doesn't get tampered with by mice or other animals.