Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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52.518,1.139 or 52°31'6"N 1°8'22"E

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The symbol shows the location of the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 330,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) mast?

Tacolneston transmitter - Tacolneston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

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Which Freeview channels does the Tacolneston transmitter broadcast?

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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C40- (625.8MHz)	263m	DTG-	100,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C43- (649.8MHz)	263m	DTG-	100,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C46 (674.0MHz)	263m	DTG-	100,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C42 (642.0MHz)	263m	DTG-8	100,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H max	C45 (666.0MHz)	246m	DTG-8	100,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H max	C39+ (618.2MHz)	246m	DTG-8	100,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LNR	H -10dB	C32 (562.0MHz)	263m	DTG-12	10,000W
	7 Mustard,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Tacolneston transmitter?

BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 16km northeast (37°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output

ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 16km northeast (38°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)

Are there any self-help relays?

Gt Yarmouth	Transposer	1 km S town centre	30 homes
Lowestoft (2)	Transposer	Rotterdam Rd	125 homes

How will the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1950s-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	2013-18	2013-17	17 Jul 2018
	VHF	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	E	E T	W T	W T
C3	BBCtv_waves
C31							com7	com7
C32								_local
C37							com8	com8
C39						+ArqB	+ArqB	ArqB
C40								BBCA
C42					SDN	SDN	SDN	SDN
C43								D3+4
C45					ArqA	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
C46								BBCB
C50_{tv_off}						BBCB	BBCB
C52_{tv_off}			C5_waves	C5_waves
C55_{tv_off}		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	-BBCA	-BBCA	-BBCA	com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}								COM8_{tv_off}
C57_{tv_off}							LNR	LNR
C59_{tv_off}		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	-D3+4	-D3+4	-D3+4
C62		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB
C65		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
_waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4	250kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-4dB) 100kW
com7	(-9.6dB) 27.4kW
com8	(-10.2dB) 24kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, LNR	(-14dB) 10kW
Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-17dB) 5kW
Analogue 5	(-18dB) 4kW

Local transmitter maps

Tacolneston Freeview Tacolneston DAB Tacolneston TV region BBC East Anglia (East micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004	Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tacolneston was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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jh
4:45 PM
Lowestoft

Ive had = 1 levels for BBC1 and 2 for the past week, not watchable - it this the ? Its not occasional. thanks (5/feb) post code nR33 7qz jh

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Briantist

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5:42 PM

jh: You don't seem to be in an "offical" area yet. And even after , on 23rd November 2011 you are still not predicted to have excellent reception, other than on PSB1.

The has no faults.

There is currently weather conditions causing Inversion, see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

To be honest, you would be best switching to .

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Richard Baguley

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8:01 PM
North Walsham

Thanks for your comments. What you say is exactly what I understood to be the case - a big increase in and one that should improve for us bog dwellers enormously.

Haven't looked at your ss map again but shall do later.

Again, many thanks.

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Briantist

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8:16 PM

Richard Baguley: I'm glad to have set your mind at rest.

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Richard Baguley

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1:18 PM
North Walsham

You certainly did!

I note the ss map hasn't, yet, been updated (it still shows a fall in strength post so shall take another look later; ITM, the numbers you supplied do the job.

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Briantist

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1:34 PM

Richard Baguley: Sorry, I haven't yet had the opportunity to redo the code for the page.

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Mike Dimmick

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2:30 PM
Reading

Brian: why don't you just remove the erroneous NEW7 and NEW8?

There is no date even set for interleaved spectrum auctions. There is no guarantee that the spectrum auction will be won by any TV provider. The speculative allocations - and they were only ever suggestions - will have to be completely redone, since 61 and 62 are now to be released for mobile phone use. Previous allocations of 61 and 62 - either to existing muxes or tentative interleaved allocations - are planned to be moved to 49 and 50, and 49 and 50 to 39 and 40. However, some transmitters that haven't yet switched and currently use or for an service are now to use that channel for a post- digital service, according to 's latest documents.

NEW7 and NEW8 are causing problems on a number of pages where a real mux is temporarily allocated to those frequencies (e.g. ). It's also sowing confusion among users expecting new to launch at switchover.

I suggest removing NEW7 and NEW8 until we know what is actually going to happen - probably not for another two years unless Mr Hunt tries to push through his proposals sooner (which will cause chaos, but politicians aren't known for their understanding of technical issues).

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Briantist

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2:32 PM

Mike Dimmick: They are no "erroneous". They will be used for the currently proposed by the Culture Secretary and for which there is now at least a single bid, with the services due to start in the next few years.

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ParishPete
4:46 PM

I live in NR20. Is it anticipated that any pre tests of HD transmission will take place prior to November?

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Mike Dimmick

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5:51 PM

ParishPete: No. There are no free frequencies to launch any new multiplexes, and there's really no time to plan anything at this point - particularly with having built an entirely new transmitting at .

Considering that several TV regions have already switched over and launched HD , there's really nothing to - particularly since the HD services are taking over BBC One's current .

The programme is complicated, with lots of dependencies between sites. If is increased or a new service added at one site, it causes additional for viewers using another site. Some sites have to have some early retunes in order to free up frequencies for other sites to use, and those sites are farther apart than you might think. The near Melton Mowbray will change frequencies twice, for two different multiplexes, at the end of March and mid-April, in order to free up frequencies for transmitter (between Telford and Shrewsbury, about 75 miles away) to start using a week later.

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