MONARO Community Radio (2MNO) listeners will be hopeful issues plaguing the station's broadcasting reach are over following a difficult few weeks for the not-for=profit organisation.

Mr Daley said problems started on August 23 with reports that the Bombala translator was off the air. An investigation revealed it appeared vandals might have damaged the antennae cable.

"Due to commitments from our repairers the fault was not rectified until Tuesday September 3," Mr Daley said.

"No sooner had Bombala come online, the district experienced very strong winds which caused power supply issues in the Kybean area which is where our main transmitter is located.

"The fault was rectified that same day but it meant that the main transmitter was out of action for most of the day."

The station was back on air for a couple of days with all translators that receive the signal from Mount Emerald performing well, but then the NBN link between Cooma and Nimmitabel dropped out due to an issue reported as a damaged dish on the Crackenback NBN tower.

"The Cooma signal on FM 90.5 performed without interruption for that whole time as that signal is broadcast directly from the station's Cooma studio," Mr Daley said.

"Similarly the live feed over the rest of the internet (not including Nimmitabel) and the feed to the Community Radio app performed normally.

"It is understood that during the time our main transmitter did not receive the signal, the rest of the Nimmitabel township was without internet services. The internet connection was finally restored on September 10."

To explain how the radio station broadcasts, Mr Daley said that the Cooma studio is the key locality from which all the broadcasts are made either by wireless or via the internet including streaming.

The Cooma transmission on FM 90.5 feed directly to radios within the township. Cooma and Nimmitabel studios are linked via the internet.

Once the signal is received at the Nimmitabel studio it is sent via a radio link to Mt Emerald where the main transmitter is housed and that FM 93.3 signal is sent over the entire broadcast area.

Due to the terrain and the low power, the station's licence permits it to pick up the FM 93.3 signal at Bombala and Jindabyne and is rebroadcast through translators which convert the signal to the Jindabyne frequency – FM 93.9 and the Bombala frequency on FM 103.7.

Generally the system operated faultlessly but Mr Daley said the reliance on the NBN does cause the occasional problem for the Mt Emerald transmitter and the two translators that feed from it. The Cooma frequency is generally trouble free.

Mr Daley thanked the 'tireless' work of volunteer technical officer David Miller, is assessing faults and checking to determine how the issues could be fixed.

"David travelled many miles and volunteered considerable hours travelling from Cooma to and from Bombala, to and from Mt emerald and constantly checking the status of our network.

"David did a wonderful job in very trying circumstances."

On a brighter note, Mr Daley said Monaro FM had been successful in receiving a grant from the Boco Rock Community Fund to allow the station to purchase a generator which will enable broadcasting to be done with outside broadcasts when mains power is unavailable. Our station is very grateful for the support received from the Boco Rock Community Fund.