Guy Wiley’s Blog

Commissioning on the AV system started today.  I spent  a good part of the day watching  the ClarkPro guys get set up and start breaking out their “toys”.  My first geek moment was when the RF (that is radio frequency for you non geeks) guy showed up and broke out this cool antenna that looked like one of those batons that you see those track guys hand off to each other while running.  He put it on a mic stand an sat it out in the rain, then he busted out his laptop and fired up his spectrum analyzer, and started his frequency sweep.  While all this is going on I just started asking a couple questions like what in the world is going to happen when Dollywood fired up in a month or so with all their wireless?  He replied that it would not be a problem.  He also said “you have no problems at all, and my work is 100% guaranteed”.  I don’t know about you, but wireless freaks me out and for someone to make a claim like that just amazes me.  I cant wait to see!!

Geek moment #2.  After a staff meeting this evening I returned to the sanctuary as the ClarkPro guys were starting to wrap up.  We started to shoot the bull and come to find out these guys installed a couple of projectors in a very big church in Texas, anyway I found myself and these guys horse laughing about the perils of installing these massive projectors.  I couldn’t help but notice there were a couple of church members sitting in the sanctuary working security looking at us like we were from another planet!  We continued talking tech for an hour or better.   I can honestly say that I only have those type of conversations once or twice a year.  It feels good.

I am thankful that there are other people out there that find this stuff as cool as I do!!!

I am also thankful for George, Andrew, Major, Tom, and Quinton for installing our AV systems.  These guys do a great job, and they are fellow geeks!!

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