Talk:Titahi Bay Transmitter

Clean up and fact check.

Just did did a quick style and grammar clean up as how the article read before looked more like a discussion page post than an article. Also sourced figures on the height.First post w00t.

Here's what i removed/changed...

"I believe the actual height is 220 meters, in the last few years the tower was being refurnished, badly corroded parts were removed and replaced, the whole tower being sand blasted and repainted. The NZ CAA required upgrading of the warning lights at the top of the tower. These are supposed to be thousands of light emitting diodes (LED)

During the work, to climb to the top of the tower, according to one of the people doing it, took 45-minutes. From the top it was possible to see all the way up the Kapiti Coast.

I am unclear as to whether or not the project was finished as planned, I was told that when they waterblasted it 2 years earlier to repaint, that it was in a worse state than believed and the earlier paint system had badly broken down, so they returned to sandblast, replace parts, and for a second time to paint it. I am unable to see the new LED lights."

If someone who has sources for any infomation regarding the site could they please include them.

202.0.43.171 11:22, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Smaller masts

Please deliver information on the smaller masts!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.228.9.50 (talk • contribs) 00:52, 29 March 2014

Hidden note moved to talk

The following was removed as hidden text in the article, originally added by User:Patter33 in 2008:

I live under the mast (within 400-metres of the base) , so my editing (more like comments rather than editing) is based on my own eyes (with binoculars) and ears (hammers loosening bolts then driver tools refitting new bolts)my latest observations were in April 2008. AND the tower is NOT finished, the above paragraph refers to what the local news media reported in 2004 just before the refurbishment started. The news media never updated what the contractors found. When it was not finished by September 2004 as the news media had reported would be the finishing date. I contacted the RNZ maintenance manager who was in charge of the refurbishment for an update. The contractors had discovered that a paint job 10-years earlier had broken down unexpectedly and the tower was worse than expected. In April 2008, the contractors were still removing parts and replacing them The contractors are working within weather constraints and only appear to be on the tower less than 15 days per year. They began at the top, and are only 2/3 of the way down up to April 2008. The original plan according to the news media in 2004 was for the whole tower to be sandblasted, the news item was entitled "Condom on the tower" and showed about 30-metres of the top of the tower covered by canvas, which was to prevent the local residential area being covered in sand. the condom was never used again, it was brought down to the next 30-metre level and lashed to the tower in a rolled up condition. Then the refurbishment plans were revised, and a few big storms later, the canvas got torn to shreds. therefore only the top 30-metres got sandblasted, after that it was decided to replace the tower piece by piece. AND whatever the news media reported about a completion date of September 2004, work is still ongoing and the Super Bright LEDs have yet to be installed. And in fact, the only news media reports regarding the refurbishment were all in early 2004, and said that the new lights would be installed when the rest of the refurbishment was completed. The contractor's shipping containers for storing their equipment have been on site since 2004, and have become a permanent fixture. My comments can be verified by visiting the site and looking with your own eyes, and NOT by referring to the original (and only)news media report from 2004, published just as the work was beginning. so please don't change what I am saying, until after you come to Titahi Bay and have a look with your OWN eyes. Road assess is via Thronley street.

Cheers! BD2412 T 04:11, 9 October 2022 (UTC)