technical

It was a bit embarrassing (and quite stressful) when our transmitter covering Onetangi, Ostend and Palm Beach failed last Sunday, the day there was a tsunami warning. We had a whole series of failures triggered, it seems, by ants. Trying to repair a radio transmitter on Waiheke on a Sunday is problematic - where do you buy power supplies, recievers and back up batteries? Since we're all volunteers with jobs and families it's taken a couple of days to get all the equipment together and set up. But tonight, by torchlight, we re-commissioned the transmitter and we're once again broadcasting on 88.3fm. The signal needs a little adjustment, we'll get that sorted out in the next couple of days. Our apologies and thanks for your patience.