Back in office.
The Arcon report on their analysis of the North Atlantic problem arrived. It is very good. Carl Friedman called and wanted to know if I had read it. I was then looking at it. It seems to be a definitive paper, and I hope FAA continues this kind of work. Carl said that part of the MITRE group that works on FAA problems is going to Washington in June. I hope this provides the basis for eventual increases in the levels of safety.
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LCH mentioned that Woody’s Family Night will probably be in the Sanctuary! The new speakers are not connected! I confirmed this w/ Woody — he wants 2 mikes, the floor and pulpit, Shortly after this conversation, Lake called, and wanted to know if we had connected the 2 HF speakers so they didn’t buck each other We didn’t test for this, so he will send George Costello in to connect his green amplifier onto the new crossover net on the 70 volt line, so I won’t have to do this tonight before Woody’s service. Our new speaker system will get its debut tonight (written at 10:30 AM).
The evening was moderately successful only. Feedback occurred at gain settings that were too low. There were about 300 people present, so there was echo from the empty seats and the balcony front wall. And we couldn’t raise the gain enough to energize the balcony speakers. We will have many problems with thes system. Mr. Costello was on hand — we had connected the speakers correctly.