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 04/11/2024 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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Monday, 13 February 2012
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Adelene11:37 AM
Dereham
Great Website. We live at NR20 5DE since the change over we have had to re-tune our living room TV about once a week (it tells us poor signal no picture). We have three TV's, a booster and the Ariel is on the chimney. Our son's TV needs to be tuned in every time he uses it even if he has been on the TV, then a DVD and back to TV- it needs re-tuning again. The other TV which is next to the booster seams fine. Any thoughts will be much appreciated. Thanks
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Adelene's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Adelene: There are a number of possibilities and we have to be mindful that there might be a number of issues.
Firstly, the booster. What is its purpose? Does it provide three outputs, each one feeding a TV?
If it is a variable booster, then try turning it right down.
Have a look at this page:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
It could be the case that (if the booster is used to split the signal three ways), that there is no need for it now (the signals are stronger after switchover). You might find that a non-powered splitter will work just fine.
Before you go down that route, try feeding the incoming aerial directly to one of the TVs and see if it clears the problem. If it does, then perhaps the problem is too much amplification.
Your son's TV; where a TV or box keeps "forgetting" some channels, it tends to indicate that the memory used to store channels is full and that those it doesn't remember won't fit in the memory. This is often as a result of the set picking up signals from other transmitters as well as the one that is used to view programmes. Because the automatic tuning scan goes from low frequency upwards, it picks up the lowest first. In the case of Tacolneston, it uses high frequencies, so the scan will get to it last. A first suggestion is to run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged for the first 25% of the scan. If that doesn't work, then we will have to see what other workarounds might be available.
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Adelene: What is the make and model number of your son's TV? Some older models will not function correctly after switchover and we can check to see if this might be one.
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Is Tacolneston transmitter having issues as we have had no BBC channels at all (other than HD)and frequent (almost permanent) channel drops on other channels since Monday? We receive the signal via a roof-top aerial.
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Glen's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Smith1:03 PM
Glen I have been watching BBC Parliament since 12.00 and I have just checked other BBC channels and everything appears normal. I have just done a scan and both the BBCA mux on 55 and all other muxes are coming through 100% signal strength and quality.
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Monday, 27 February 2012
Glen Ricketts: There are no issues listed so see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Ken Illsley5:43 PM
Bury St. Edmunds
I live in Bury St Edmunds IP32 7DB and for over 5 years I have been getting Freeview from the Tacolneston transmitter. Until last year reception was perfect and reliable.
Then in the run up to switchover I would lose some or all channels for periods of a few hours to a few days. They would always return without my having to retune my set or PVR. I did retune when instructed to at the switchover dates but I continue to lose some or all channels from time to time - I get a blank screen which says "Digital channel strength is low" though the channel identity is shown at the top of the screen.
About three weeks ago I lost the ITV channels for a day or so and over the past weekend I first lost ITV, C4/5 and then at the very end of the Carling Cup final BBC1 pixellated and disappeared along with all the other channels and as of now- Monday 27/2/12 nothing has yet returned.
I cannot understand why this should keep happening. If it was a problem with my roof aeriel surely I would lose all the channels permanently, not just some of them, and why would they return suddenly without my doing anything. It seems to me the transmitter power must keep dropping. It is driving me mad!
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Ken's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Ken Illsley: You might like to look at the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
J
J7:27 PM
Ken
Given the distance between you and Tac I doubt it is signal strength that is the issue. Digital is going to highlight more issues with cabling. Winter will see greater stresses on the aerial (hot/cold expansion) and what was OK with analogue begins to cause problems with digital.
I would suggest a visual inspection and then I think you might have to bite the bullet and get in an expert.
You can get issues that only impact on certain frequencies - it can be an odd situation.
Are you also sure it isn't Sudbury you are using or is your aerial pointing towards Norfolk? If you want to DIY it I would suggest a log periodic aerial (the BBC used them for their relays!) or a Blake DMX-10 wideband. Personally I'd go for a Blake DMX-10 wideband as it can really pull in a signal.
I don't have any affiliation with anyone - I just teach Physics...
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jb389:15 PM
Ken Illsley: Further to what's already been said by J and just to add to this, on the issue of where you are actually receiving your signal from select BBC1 and go into the signal strength / quality checking screen and note the Mux Channel number thats indicated associated with the level seen, if the signal is from Tacolneston it will be Ch55 whereas its Ch44 if from Sudbury, then select ITV1 and carry out a similar test, Tacolneston being Ch59 whereas if Sudbury its Ch41.
Just as a final confirmation check on a non PSB transmitter, select ITV3 and carry out the same procedure as before, Tacolneston SDN being Ch42 whereas its Ch49 from Sudbury, although as its temporarily running on low power you might not receive it anyway.
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