The disgruntled bushy at the centre of a strange Top End stoush with Telstra that has left a large rural region stricken by reception blackouts has finally broken his silence.

Key points: Richard Luxton says Telstra is "solely responsible" for solving the long-running feud

Richard Luxton says Telstra is "solely responsible" for solving the long-running feud Mr Luxton has been accused of aggressive behaviour by the telco giant, but he says that is untrue

Mr Luxton has been accused of aggressive behaviour by the telco giant, but he says that is untrue The stoush is affecting the telephone reception of 82 people in rural areas outside of Darwin

Richard Luxton has been involved in a nasty game of back and forth with the telco giant regarding part of his 10,000 acres of Coomalie bushland, near the turnoff to the iconic Litchfield National Park.

He's spent more than four decades preserving the property's rich history, which includes a 600-metre airstrip that was used by American and Australian fighter pilots during World War II.

Mr Luxton said Telstra has had little regard for the site's history and has treated it with "contempt".

"I've been here for 42 years now and I'm very passionate about it and I want to see it preserved for the future and that's the all-consuming passion now," Mr Luxton said.

As a result of the feud, Telstra has estimated that 82 homes have been left without reliable telephone reception.

The 71-year-old acknowledged many people in the community were blaming him for the ongoing scuffle, but described it as "scuttlebutt and pub talk" and said he was more than willing for the issue to be resolved.

Rural property owner Richard Luxton is waiting for Telstra to come to the table on his list of demands. ( ABC News )

The dispute began after a rezoning of land meant Telstra's tower became landlocked on the property of Mr Luxton.

The two parties had arranged an easement for Telstra to access the tower, located atop the property's tallest peak, but over the years Mr Luxton said the easement deteriorated to the point where a large gully developed within the path.

Telstra's works 'akin to trespassing'

As a result, he said, Telstra workers and its contractors began going off their easement, which in Mr Luxton's eyes was akin to trespassing.

"I just expect Telstra to stick within the rights that they have," he said.

"Right from the start there was an easement in favour of Telstra to access a small parcel of land that they own on the top of the hill … as long as Telstra stayed on that easement I was happy to accept it."

The dispute over the tower and access to the hill boiled over when a Telstra contractor went off the easement in January of last year, according to Mr Luxton.

"Eventually things came to a head a bit over a year ago when they sent a contractor on in the very heavy wet," he claimed.

A Telstra vehicle that got bogged on Mr Luxton's property. ( Supplied )

"That person went way off the easement, I guess because the path has a two-and-a-half-metre erosion gully in the middle of it, and got hopelessly bogged."

Mr Luxton said the vehicle remained stuck there for several weeks in an area he said was one of the last sites on Australian soil to be bombed by a foreign enemy, a site he said deserved historical preservation.

The telco said Mr Luxton has been aggressive, something he has disputed.

"I'd suggest that that's not true. I've never … been abusive, but I've certainly told them where they are allowed to go on the property," he said.

Residents at wit's end over blackouts

Telstra has now taken the very unusual and expensive step of accessing the tower via helicopter.

The company said it was an extreme inconvenience and often added delays to fixing the reception of about 62 residents in Adelaide River, Batchelor and Coomalie.

Reception blackouts are now common and can last several days as the telecom provider organises the chopper.

In March, the ABC interviewed one of the residents at his wit's end over the issue.

Neil McDonald said he believed the issue had caused mass reception blackouts in the past year and had put his health at risk.

"I'd ask [Mr Luxton] why are you doing this? Why are you putting mine and other lives at risk?" Mr McDonald said.

Landowner claims to be open to solving issue

Mr Luxton claimed fixing the issue was "solely Telstra's responsibility".

"I've got correspondence going back 15 years, pleading with Telstra, pleading with them to resolve this matter," he said.

"The responsibility for whether [its] system works or not is completely up to them.

"Telstra have argued over the last couple of years that they are a poor struggling telco, and I'm a wealthy landowner, and that I should do between $150,000 and $300,000 worth of earthworks, and I've just said 'no'."

He said the issue would not be over until Telstra acknowledged damage it had caused and paid him reimbursement.

He also said he wanted an ongoing rental agreement that he claimed the telco giant often agreed to with other landowners.

Telstra would not agree to an interview with the ABC. It said the matter was subject to legal action and that it had tried on many occasions to resolve the matter.