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Radio Hauraki - Technical
Transmitter
An old 500 watt US Navy wartime Westinghouse TBL 13 transmitter re-built by Denis O’Callaghan -output after rebuilding approx. 1.75Kw
(transferred to Tiri II after Tiri shipwrecked)
Aerial
Tiri
Over 100' (30.4m) of mast was erected, which together with a 30' (9m ) telescopic aerial
(collapsed during a storm 2nd December 1966)
A spare 50' (15.2m) section of the original structure with a 20' (6m) whip aerial
(from 4th December 1966)
A 70'(21.3m) telescopic extension was placed on top of the Tiri's 50'(15.2m) lattice mast
(from January 1967)
Tiri II
160' (48.7m) aerial mast
(February – April 1968 – destroyed during a storm)
50’ (15.2m) aerial mast recovered from Tiri installed
(April 1968, damaged during a storm, June 1968)
130' (39.6m) aerial mast
(installed June 1968)
Above:
Two views of the on board studio
Below:
Radio Hauraki’s transmitter
QSL Cards
Radio station engineering departments issue QSL cards to verify reception reports received from listeners
Unfortunately our researchers have been unable to find this information
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Above: Aerial mast on board Tiri II
Right: Base of aerial mast on Tiri II
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