Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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
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
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
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billy2:16 AM
I was wondering why the BBC Freeview mux died during Family Guy.
I had my dates mixed up, i thought DSO1 was 13th Nov lol
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Mark Fletcher2:39 AM
Halifax
billy.No.DSO1 has already commenced on the Tacolneston transmitter,on the exact date specified,Wednesday 9 November 2011.
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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billy2:51 AM
Yes, i know that now.As i said i had my dates mixed up (getting old!)
It appears i am not getting too much signal on PSB1 :) tuner signal monitor says 90% and reception appears to be fine
Cannot wait for the HD in 2 weeks time!
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billy2:57 AM
Yes, cheers. i got my dates mixed up.
Is PSB1 using higher bitrates per channel now? we have gone from 16QAM to 64QAM so is BBC1 etc using a slightly higher bitrate per channel? If so it is not noticeable imo but then again i was not expecting much of an improvement as the BBC was using the highest bitrates for BBC1 on Freeview anyway,
Roll on DSO2 & the HD Mux on the 23rd i say!
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J Baynes- clarke12:53 PM
I have no signal at all. Freeview box and TV. Both digital
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Mark Fletcher3:09 PM
Halifax
J Baynes-Clarke.You did not leave your full post code.Without this information the true experts on here,Briantist,Mike Dimmick,JB38,etc,cannot assist you as such !
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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John Ramsbottom7:53 PM
I'm getting fine reception of the first digital mux here in Thetford. My house is quite low so I can only receive the Thetford transmitter. The analogue reception has been excellent over the years with some visitors being surprised they were watching an analogue picture. Obviously I'll be running 'dual standard' for the next few weeks, bringing Memories of 405/625 toggling many years ago when switching between BBC2 and the other two channels. It seems appropriate that BBC 2 is the fist analogue channel to go off as it was also the first channel to use the 625 system in 1964 (BBC1 and Ch4 didn't use 625 until a few years later).
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Hi Jon. Have you tried retuning? You will need to do so if you receive your signal from Tacolneston as the BBC one was changed last night.
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John L9:26 PM
Me too, I live in Trowse near Norwich, and all BBC channels have gone. Have tried to re-tune but no luck.
Help please!
Regards
John
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