Mt Pitt Broadcasting Aerials 2021

During recent months there has been issues on Norfolk Island receiving television broadcasting channels from some of the Australian TV channels, such as SBS and SBS Viseland along with other missing channels. Locals watching the Tokyo Olympic games a few months ago were frustrated as the 7Mate sports channel would keep cutting out.

Throughout the past weeks, technical work has commence installing addition transmitting boxes on the aerials at the top of Mt Pitt. During the repairs, the television channels and the local FM Norfolk Island Radio Station have been off air for a few hours during the afternoons as this work has been carried out on the transmitting equipment. It is hoped the work will be completed by the end of this week and all going to plan the missing free to air Australian broadcast channels will return for the televisions around Norfolk Island.

If all goes well, most televisions should reconnect to the missing channels once the work has been completed. Some televisions may need to be re-tuned for the missing channels, just follow your TV instructions to scan for digital channels.

This week I drove up Mt Pitt and photographed the aerials and thanked Garry the local technician for his work repairing and installing the upgrade satellite transmitter equipment for the broadcasting links.

Mt Pitt is the second to highest peak in Norfolk Island, standing 318 metres above sea level, it is only about 1 metre lower than the highest Norfolk Island peak, Mt Bates. It is situated in the Norfolk Island National Park and the roadway leads from town up Grassy Road and then at the intersection of Mission Road and the Norfolk Island National Park Headquarters and Botanical Gardens, turn into Mt Pitt Road, this road heads up the hill through the gates into the National Park up to the summit of the hill. This area has parking and picnic tables and has a fantastic view of Norfolk Island and the panorama vista out to sea and outer islands of Phillip Island and Nepean Islands towards the South.

Here are a few images I took on Thursday afternoon. Happy television watching everyone, I hope you can catch up with some of your favourite programs once the upgrade repairs are completed.

Betty Matthews

October 2021