POLE DROP
In 20 minutes, a helicopter did a pole-placing job for the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board that would have taken a four-man gang two or three days using normal methods. The problem was to get poles up to 1600 ft to provide a power supply for a television translator that will be installed at what is known as Trig T, west of Hilltop, on Banks Peninsula. Steep, rugged country had to be traversed between the end of a track and the translator site, calling for the placing of seven poles over a 40-chain stretch. The helicopter, seen above dropping one of the fitted poles into its pre*
dug hole, handled each 9001 b lift with ease. The cable was subsequently strung by hand, and the whole job was done in two days, instead of a week. No date has been fixed for the translator to start transmitting, mainly to benefit Little River receivers. The new translator will also supplement the Hilltop translator and improve the signal to Akaroa town and harbour. The helicopter, owned by Whirl Wide Helicopters, Ltd, came from Hokitika for the job, which was planned by the board’s distribution engineer (Mr J. A. Peet) and Mr J. W. Rogers, an engineering assistant.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32966, 12 July 1972, Page 1
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