Radio Ferrymead Listeners Club
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On 26 April 1984 a group of radio enthusiasts incorporated the New Zealand Radio Preservation Society Ferrymead at the Ferrymead Heritage Park in the suburb of Heathcote, Christchurch. The Heritage Park Director invited the group to place on display radio and sound equipment that had been in long term storage in the Park. Two rooms within one of the several staff houses were utilised for the project and initial work began with about a dozen volunteers. Although about a kilometer from the village centre, it was close to the original entrance and istration area and visitors could then take either a tram or train ride to the village from this point.
The main hall already contained the remarkable Dini Phonograph Collection of late 19th and early 20th century sound equipment now came under the custodianship of the group. On 1 October of that year a licence for public broadcasting was granted by the New Zealand Radio Frequency Services to the Society to broadcast on the 1413 kHz frequency as Radio 3XP. The transmitter came via a loan from a local company, TV Repair Services, and a 30 metre pipe aerial was soon radiating a 100 watt signal every Sunday. A Gates broadcasting desk was purchased at auction by the Society and on Sunday, February 3rd 1991, Radio Ferrymead first went to air for 4 hours. Transmission hours were at first restricted to the times that the Ferrymead Heritage Park was open, 10am to 4pm. When radio donations to the Radio Preservation Society began to arrive at the Ferrymead Heritage Park they often included various record collections.
A replacement NZBS 100 watt transmitter, complete with mast, which was surplus to the hydro electric camp at Twizel, was transferred to Ferrymead Park by RPS members in 1994 and put into operation. A further unit, obtained from Makara four years later, was modified and went on air utilising 300 watts of a possible one kilowatt output. Technical staff was given a boost with the arrival of three qualified technicians. The record library was later expanded to accommodate the growing number of donated record collections, including a number of CDs. On 13 September 2009, the station’s transmitting power was increased to One Kilowatt.
It is the only station in Christchurch that plays vinyl and 78 rpm recordings. It is estimated that Radio Ferrymead broadcasts to a listening audience of around 16,00 across Canterbury
The main hall already contained the remarkable Dini Phonograph Collection of late 19th and early 20th century sound equipment now came under the custodianship of the group. On 1 October of that year a licence for public broadcasting was granted by the New Zealand Radio Frequency Services to the Society to broadcast on the 1413 kHz frequency as Radio 3XP. The transmitter came via a loan from a local company, TV Repair Services, and a 30 metre pipe aerial was soon radiating a 100 watt signal every Sunday. A Gates broadcasting desk was purchased at auction by the Society and on Sunday, February 3rd 1991, Radio Ferrymead first went to air for 4 hours. Transmission hours were at first restricted to the times that the Ferrymead Heritage Park was open, 10am to 4pm. When radio donations to the Radio Preservation Society began to arrive at the Ferrymead Heritage Park they often included various record collections.
A replacement NZBS 100 watt transmitter, complete with mast, which was surplus to the hydro electric camp at Twizel, was transferred to Ferrymead Park by RPS members in 1994 and put into operation. A further unit, obtained from Makara four years later, was modified and went on air utilising 300 watts of a possible one kilowatt output. Technical staff was given a boost with the arrival of three qualified technicians. The record library was later expanded to accommodate the growing number of donated record collections, including a number of CDs. On 13 September 2009, the station’s transmitting power was increased to One Kilowatt.
It is the only station in Christchurch that plays vinyl and 78 rpm recordings. It is estimated that Radio Ferrymead broadcasts to a listening audience of around 16,00 across Canterbury
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