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
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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Tuesday, 26 November 2013
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John Read9:51 AM
Lowestoft
Steve W. You will see from my posts above, I've been having trouble with CH55 since August. This channel's reception has been fluctuating (at this location) from the point at present,(touch wood) that It's good on the non amplified AE, to some occasions when an amp is needed to get an acceptable signal. I replaced my hard drive recorder in the summer thinking it was at fault, also the AE amplifier.
There seems to be no linking with my problems with published transmitter output levels.
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John Read: I am in Lowestoft, Hawthorn Av, bog standard aerial no amp, and I just done a signal test on my LG Smart TV, and signals are normal (very good) even HD Mux. (100 strength, 97% quality) I wonder if a band pass filter would help? I suspect you maybe experiencing drop outs caused by local interference from another frequency.....that is affecting ch55
BANDPASS DIGITAL TV FILTER GROUP C/D PASS CHANNELS 48-68 | eBay
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ignore the ebay link john, you may need one that covers UHF 39-69. not the one i supplied above.
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Saturday, 30 November 2013
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Joana10:00 AM
Lowestoft
goog morning
I am having issues with my tv signal... I have freeview and postcode NR33 0QQ. It is unfortunately that somehow I retuned everything thinking that would sort my issues, but now can only have bbc channels, itv, channel 4, channel 5, e4, and any others from freeview it can't get the signal...
not sure how to sort this.
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Joana:
You either have an issue with the tv or your aerial system.
Its more likely to be the aerial system.
If your aerial is mounted outside you should view the condition, it may have moved or fallen or simply be too old to perform correctly. They have a lifespan of approx. 25 years depending on location.
This also includes the cables, if it is externally run it may have deteriorated.
regards
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Sunday, 1 December 2013
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Bob7:01 AM
Reception of C55 hAS been weak, here (IP27) until the last 3 days when it suddenly improved - has the old mast been removed?
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Bob4:52 PM
Just a quick update, as it was a really bright sunny, Sunday morning - I had a little ride out to Tacolneston, & can confirm Balfore Beaty are in the process of removing the old mast - in fact they were working this morning, well probably drinking tea on-site anyway;)
The RF aerial panels have been removed, it looks like the main mast & it's old microwave dishes to go now.
This may explain if/why some people have beed getting poor reception from Tac, as the high reach equipment they must have been using, may have blocked the signal in some directions, also they probably reduce the power whilst the blokes are up the mast - cannot have them microwaved - can we!
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Thursday, 12 December 2013
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George Fuller10:03 AM
Thetford
IP25 6UY (watton) I have a digital aerial in the roof and until now have had no problems but over the last couple of days my dab signal keeps breaking up and the signal strength according to the indicator on my radio shows weak signal also my car radio in dab mode keeps breaking up as it did on my trip to Kings Lynn yesterday. Is there a problem with the BBC dab transmitter?
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No TV signal in Holt, Norfolk. Working fine until yesterday afternoon, now nothing at all. Any explanation for this? Neighbour having same problem.
Starting to wonder why I pay for TV lisence. Not the first time I've had to go 24 hours without TV signal.
Rubbish!
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Andre7:08 PM
No TV signal in Wereham Norfolk, was working fine until yesterday afternoon, we pay all this money for a TV licence and can't watch it what about a rebate as It's not our fault.
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