Tacolneston

Heard on BBC East news this morning that the Tacolneston mast is to be
replaced by a new one 50 metres taller ready for DSO. I was wondering
why this is necessary as Tac already has DTT, so why the extra
height?

Marky P.

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Marky P wrote:
Heard on BBC East news this morning that the Tacolneston mast is to be
replaced by a new one 50 metres taller ready for DSO. I was wondering
why this is necessary as Tac already has DTT, so why the extra
height?

Signals might get into places the present cannot reach or there is the
possibility that to carry all the MUXs at full power they need two separate
transmit aerials. The second one would probably need to be higher than the
present one.

Remember its an old mast, being opened in 1956. A new mast would be
prudent in any case.

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On Aug 7, 2:34 pm, Marky P wrote:
Heard on BBC East news this morning that the Tacolneston mast is to be
replaced by a new one 50 metres taller ready for DSO. I was wondering
why this is necessary as Tac already has DTT, so why the extra
height?

To reach the parts of East Anglia the present mast can't (and to annoy
the Dutch perhaps :-) )

It's not just Taccy getting a new higher mast. Also happening at Black
Hill, Wenvoe, and Caldbeck.

Arqiva have a special page about Calbeck.

http://www.arqiva.com/products-and-s...ial-solutions/
digital-switch-over/caldbeck-mast-build

For the other sites, mb21 is your friend.

charles wrote:
In article ,
Marky P wrote:
Heard on BBC East news this morning that the Tacolneston mast is to be
replaced by a new one 50 metres taller ready for DSO. I was wondering
why this is necessary as Tac already has DTT, so why the extra
height?

Signals might get into places the present cannot reach or there is the
possibility that to carry all the MUXs at full power they need two separate
transmit aerials. The second one would probably need to be higher than the
present one.

Remember its an old mast, being opened in 1956. A new mast would be
prudent in any case.

Will the same be true of Winter Hill, as that's donkies years old is'nt it?

Regards,

Rob.

On 7 Aug, 14:34, Marky P wrote:
Heard on BBC East news this morning that the Tacolneston mast is to be
replaced by a new one 50 metres taller ready for DSO. I was wondering
why this is necessary as Tac already has DTT, so why the extra
height?

Marky P.

Story about it on this page.

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/

On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:17:57 -0700, Dennis
wrote:

On 7 Aug, 14:34, Marky P wrote:
Heard on BBC East news this morning that the Tacolneston mast is to be
replaced by a new one 50 metres taller ready for DSO. I was wondering
why this is necessary as Tac already has DTT, so why the extra
height?

Marky P.

Story about it on this page.

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/

It's amazing with East Anglia being so flat, that it would need a
taller mast. The current DTT aerials must be quite low down the mast
at the mo.
Marky P.

It's amazing with East Anglia being so flat, that it would need a
taller mast. The current DTT aerials must be quite low down the mast
at the mo.
Marky P.
There were some comments about the Tacolneston mast in
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/Resourc...hannel%205.pdf
including

"Now, it's the opinion of many East
Anglian aerial men that Tacolneston is
underpowered as it is-and this is true, hence
the ring of 13 relay transmitters around the
edges of this relatively small, flat, region.
Matters are made worse because the Tacolneston
transmitting aerials are only 221 metres above
sea level-much lower than virtually every other
main transmitter in the country, even allowing
for the fact that this is not a hilly area."

Quite an old article but I don't think the mast has changed since then
(although powers have). And even a very little hill matters if you are
close to it (as I discovered when I tried to see the mast from a roof
last weekend).

--
Robin

"Robin" [email protected] ndstuff.co.ru
wrote in message k...
It's amazing with East Anglia being so flat, that it would need a
taller mast. The current DTT aerials must be quite low down the mast
at the mo.
Marky P.
There were some comments about the Tacolneston mast in
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/Resourc...hannel%205.pdf including

"Now, it's the opinion of many East
Anglian aerial men that Tacolneston is
underpowered as it is-and this is true, hence
the ring of 13 relay transmitters around the
edges of this relatively small, flat, region.
Matters are made worse because the Tacolneston
transmitting aerials are only 221 metres above
sea level-much lower than virtually every other
main transmitter in the country, even allowing
for the fact that this is not a hilly area."

Quite an old article but I don't think the mast has changed since then
(although powers have). And even a very little hill matters if you are
close to it (as I discovered when I tried to see the mast from a roof last
weekend).

Good grief! I'd forgotten all about that.

Bill