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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C40- (625.8MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
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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)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)263mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)246mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)246mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)263mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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 YarmouthTransposer1 km S town centre30 homes
Lowestoft (2)TransposerRotterdam Rd125 homes

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

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1717 Jul 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EEE TW TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C31com7com7
C32_local
C37com8com8
C39 +ArqB+ArqBArqB
C40BBCA
C42SDNSDNSDNSDN
C43D3+4
C45ArqAArqAArqAArqA
C46BBCB
C50tv_off BBCBBBCB
C52tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C55tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves-BBCA-BBCA-BBCAcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offLNRLNR
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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

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

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV 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.

Comments
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

8:00 AM

Mark Fletcher: Which, to be fair, is the whole point of the coloured lines and stars under "Transmission frequencies: Wednesday 23rd November 2011"

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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
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Mark Fletcher
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5:20 PM
Halifax

Sorry i forgot.The BBCB (HD) Mux final allocation on channel 62 (?),from Wed 23 Nov 2011 when Tacolneston becomes all digital,will end up being reallocated to another frequency once again as channels 61 & 62 along with channels 63-68 will ultimately be cleared for 4G services at a future date !

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Friday, 23 September 2011
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a woodward
12:54 PM

Hi
Does anyone else have the same problem as me? I have Bt vision box, Topfield pvr and Panasonic tv. I can only get BBC1 2 3 and 301 on the Topfield. The Panasonic and BT vision box both say signal too weak.

Any ideas please?

thank you


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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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Stuart
10:56 AM
Norwich

Question.
I live about 5 miles from the transmitter. With the frequency changes on the "commercial Muxs" am I likely to have to change ariel or will my proximity mean I should still get a decent signal (i.e. less than idea ariel but loads of signal sort of cancelling each other out).

I'm afraid I don't know what type of ariel I have at the moment (its yargi type, horizontal elements are flat'ish X's and there are 6 horizontal elements, spacing going transmitter end to reflector end 13.2, 10.5, 9, 9.2,4.2cm and it has a black cap in the end pointing at the transmitter).

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:56 PM

Stuart: If it has a black cap then there is nothing to worry about, as black indicates wide band.

Not of course that at distance from the transmitter you would have much to worry about if it wasn't, as even although it would not strictly be technically correct, at close distances from main transmitters the proverbial coat hanger would usually be found to work.

Not of course that I would advocate using that sort of thing!!

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Stuart
10:27 PM

jb38: many thanks

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Monday, 26 September 2011
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Mark Fletcher
sentiment_satisfiedGold

6:39 PM
Halifax

Interesting to note here,but after DSO2 when Tacolneston goes on full power up to maximum 100kw on all multiplexes (BBCA mux after DSO1),parts of South East Lincolnshire which is already an overlapped area covered by both Belmont and Waltham main transmitters may find that Tacolneston could possibly become the third main transmitter in the above area that i mentioned,giving Freeview viewers either an extra transmiter,or a major headache that comes with it.Towns such as Spalding,Boston and maybe Skegness,etc,may possibly pick up Tacolneston transmissions as well.Watch this space !

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david faulkner
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11:33 PM

Anyone know if Tacolneston is transmitting freeview HD at the moment....reason I ask is that we for the last few weeks we can pick up several f/v HD channels......if not then we must be picking them up from the recently DSO'd Sudbury TX .....which means from the back of the aerial !!!
Thanks

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Thursday, 29 September 2011
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david bennett
9:36 AM
Bury St. Edmunds

My post code is ip33 2hx,I have a digital freeview aerial on the roof serving 5 tv's but this morning 29/09/11 the only tv receiving all channels is the main set in the lounge, all the other tv's are not receiving any of the bbc channels they are just displaying 'no signal', although all non bbc channels are working normally. The main tv in the lounge has an aerial power unit next to it and there is another box in the loft which distributes the signal to the other tv's. Can you advise me please. My tel.no.is 01284 762464

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