Work on the antenna towers on Kulani Cone, above Hilo, has accelerated since receiving permission from the tower's owner to make the necessary structural repairs.
Our tower crews have replaced the rusty sections with a new antenna-support bracket system and the 700-pound antenna is ready to be lifted into place, once weather conditions allow. Meanwhile, transmitters and other essential inside equipment have been wired up and are ready to activate. Microwave links, which will take HPR's signal from our Honolulu studio across the oceans to the Kulani Cone tower site, are also ready to install.
Storms moving across Hawai?i island will temporarily delay work, but crews will likely resume after the Labor Day weekend.
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