Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter
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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 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
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 Freeview channels does the Tacolneston transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C52tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | -BBCA | -BBCA | -BBCA | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | LNR | LNR | |||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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
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Friday, 5 August 2011
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:47 on 03 Aug to 14:49 on 03 Aug BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:11 on 03 Aug to 14:19 on 03 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:03 on 03 Aug to 16:55 on 03 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:47 on 03 Aug to 14:49 on 03 Aug BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:11 on 03 Aug to 14:19 on 03 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:03 on 03 Aug to 16:55 on 03 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Alan7:14 AM
Reading notes above it states Mux2 moves to ch59 on 17 August. I am intrigued to know how this will not make the signal on ITV1 Analogue also on ch59 not go very snowy.
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Alan: I think the idea is that ITV1 analogue closes a few months early.
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Mike Dimmick1:35 PM
Briantist: I'd been meaning to mention that. I'm certain they will not shut down ITV1 analogue early.
There will be some clashing with Belmont C60 but that has been handled by delaying power-up - it will double to 8 kW at DSO2. Hemel Hempstead will release C60 for Oxford on 14 September; this is a PSB channel at Oxford, launching at full power (100kW). It's already an analogue frequency there, so there might be a small net reduction in interference at TAC for the last couple of months.
There's a note in the 'Supplementary License Documents for DSO' version 3 that says, for Mux 2, "until 17 August 2010 services will be provided on channel 60". If we assume that 2010 should read 2011, it does match where Mux 2 is now, and the date that Mux B moves from C58 to C66, and Mux C from C61 to C68. I have to assume that this note is just complete rubbish.
The document does not mention the Mux B and C retunes at all. It does seem to indicate a power increase to 10kW on Mux A at some point between now and DSO2, or that could just be more rubbish.
There is a version 4 document now at http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/tv/sup_dso/digital-stations-v4.pdf which looks like it has the same notes, but for Mux 2 the rows of the spreadsheet are too short and only the first line is visible.
Ofcom are really, really failing with switchover. They're letting the broadcasters do whatever they want and not keeping up with the paperwork.
The best source of information seems to be the 'Trade Region' section of DUK's postcode checker at Postcode Checker - Trade View , though that doesn't include power levels.
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DAVE4:41 PM
Thetford
I am thinking of buying a indoor freeveiw Ariel, i live in watton ip256ba about 15 miles from the tacolneston transmitter, will this be strong enough to pick up freeveiw channels, thanks, Dave.
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TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:11 on 03 Aug to 14:19 on 03 Aug BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:47 on 03 Aug to 14:49 on 03 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:03 on 03 Aug to 16:55 on 03 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:11 on 03 Aug to 14:19 on 03 Aug BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:47 on 03 Aug to 14:49 on 03 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:03 on 03 Aug to 16:55 on 03 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Alan7:40 PM
Thanks Mike for your comments I think a lot of people on the 2 Bury st Edmunds and the Thetford relay analogue transmitters would be very upset if Itv1 analogue was closed down early and they had to wait till November to watch digital channels.
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Bob Archer9:36 PM
Is the new taller mast at Tacolneston in use yet? or will it wait until power up in November? - it's quite an impressive structure.
Bob
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