Point, TX - TT

Monday -Yesterday, we left Bridgeport for another TT park near Point, TX, roughly 50 miles east of Dallas. We are here with RV friends that we’ve met several times over the years. I cooked a turkey breast in the sous vide while we traveled, and, like every other time, it came out tasting great. 

I set up the StarLink antenna on the roof but there are quite a few trees. It works fine for streaming but there are short outages every couple of minutes so the AT&T hotspot will be used for the Zoom calls. 

Today’s “chore” was back-flushing and regenerating the water softener. It’s been a while since I had last done it. I had been carrying around the two containers of salt since we left TX, assuming I would get around to it sometime. 

Tuesday - It is supposed to hit into the mid-80s (°F) later this afternoon but with the nice breeze, it still feels pretty nice. A pretty laid-back day. The wind picked up last night so no more awning for the next couple of days. It was mostly up to keep the leaves out of the Blackstone while cooking. 

During the afternoon test session, I moved the Starlink antenna towards the back of the RV and facing an opening in the trees. We'll see if it makes any difference. The previous orientation averaged about 7 outages per 15-minute period for a total of 53 seconds. I have been using the AT&T hotspot for the test sessions.

Wednesday -Today's adventure was visiting Ham Radio Outlet in Plano, TX, to look for an HF (high-frequency) transceiver. I had narrowed down a couple of radios that are pretty similar. I also picked up a power supply and an antenna. Traffic was horrible heading into Dallas.