10/30/23 – Power outage on Orcas – RESOLVED
We have deployed a battery backup at the broadcast location and the service has resumed. It should remain operational for the duration of the outage. The connection may drop again for a few minutes when we retrieve our battery later this afternoon, then it will resume on normal power.
10/30/23 – Power outage on Orcas
There is a scheduled power outage on Orcas affecting our broadcasters that serve customers in Crow Valley and the Rosario Highlands. We are putting a battery backup into place at the site until the power is restored.
10/25/23 – Power outage on Saturna – RESOLVED
Power has been restored to our broadcast towers on Saturna Island and all connections are up and running.
10/25/23 – Power outage on Saturna
There is a power outage on Saturna Island that is affecting our broadcasters serving Saturna and parts of northern Orcas. Repair crews have been assigned to the outages and we are monitoring their progress to ensure our equipment comes back online when the power is restored.
10/24/23 – Equipment Maintenance on Blakely – RESOLVED
Power has been restored to our equipment on Blakely Island and all connections have resumed their normal operations. The work crews did a great job getting things online quickly!
10/24/23 – Equipment Maintenance on Blakely
Maintenance work at the Blakely Marina necessitated a power loss to our broadcasting equipment that serves parts of northern Blakely. The workers estimate a full restoration by tomorrow morning, and are hoping to have power restored sooner, possibly by this evening.
7/26/23 – Electrical maintenance on Orcas
There is electrical work at the host location for our site that serves homes around Piper Place. This will cause the backbone link to customers in the local area to go offline for periods of time whenever the radios are powered down. The work is anticipated to be finished by 6 pm this evening, after this time our backbone link should function normally for all the affected customers.
7/24/23 – Atmospheric Interference – FOLLOWUP
As the rain moderated our devices were able to adjust to the atmospheric changes, and regular operation was effectively restored around 6 pm. We do not anticipate a disruption of this nature to occur regularly, even during the rainy season, as our devices are able to adapt to regular rainfall and only suffer during sudden, intense downpours. We will also be working to adjust the traffic load on individual connections so they are able to operate normally even under conditions that would restrict their bandwidth capacity.
7/24/23 – Atmospheric Interference
The unusually strong rainshadow this afternoon is causing periodic interruptions on some of our backbone radio links that transfer traffic to parts of Orcas and some of the outer islands. Normally our radios can adjust to prolonged rainfall, but the steady increase in rainfall is hindering their attempts to compensate. We are monitoring these links and making adjustments where able to maintain a functional level of throughput.
The rain is forecasted to last until around 9 pm.
6/15/23 – Outage on Orcas Island – RESOLVED
We located a malfunctioning power situation at the broadcast site. The issue has been corrected and service has resumed normally.
