Telemegaphone Dale had a rough 2010. The windmill was hit by evil lightning and the pole was pushed by heavy snow. Erik and Magnus went back to Dale to oversee the installation of a new power system.

It’s started off great. Dale’s culture chief, Ingeborg, sent a Facebook call for dugnad and a motley group of battery carriers showed up to help us transport two 40 kgs lead batteries, one windmill, a solar panel and all that other stuff you just might need on the mountain. (You don’t want to climb down again to pick up that all-important screwdriver you forgot.)

Svein Ove and Kjetil climbed the pole, mounted the fresh wind generator and a spanking new solar panel - just in case. The amazing Telemegaphone electronics had survived the long winter and booted happily.

Great! Everything is back up and running!

This is when we decided to install that new, mind-numbingly powerful amplifier to get some extra sonic oomph on windy days…

Replacement speakers will be installed as soon as it stops raining in Dale. Stay tuned for a, hopefully, happy ending!

A few more expedition photos can be found here.

Thanks to nkd for letting us stay in their fine basement and use their workshop.