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.
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._______
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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Thursday, 12 December 2013
MikeP
8:10 PM
8:10 PM
Andre:
Not the BBC's fault either! You pay for a licence for permission to operate a broadcast receiving device, your TV set.
It is likely the problem is due to high pressure system near the SE of the UK. Do not attempt a retune else you may lose all services.
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Sunday, 22 December 2013
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Richard Baguley3:04 PM
North Walsham
Posted but not showing up here.
Tacolneston transmitter.
Receiving in NR28 9PU
All BBC TV channels are missing and displaying no signal.
Other channels OK.
Rescan done: 63 channels found.
Appears to be a transmitter fault but will check other users. ITM, is there any news?
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Richard Baguley3:17 PM
Further check:-
No BBC radio stations.
Channel 55 missing, ITV4 etc missing.
Signal strength c.10% on those channels present.
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Richard Baguley3:32 PM
Neighbour's TV reception is OK. May be a squirrel's eaten our aerial cable!
It is only Freeview that is affected: FM radio s/s is fine.
Apologies for taking up bandwidth.
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Richard Baguley7:29 PM
Have just done a Freeview DVD Recorder factory reset and rescan.
This brought channel count up to 84 and Ch55 is back also ITV4 BUT s/s is near zero - Ch55 is 3 to 5% and programs unwatchable.
My suspicion is that the Sony RDR-HXD970 has a poor tuner (from web searching) and my neighbour's TV is more sensitive so is pulling in a steadier picture.
So, I'm not ruling out a transmitter fault - anyone know anything?
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MikeB8:48 PM
Richard Baguley: I'm surprised that the 970 would have a poor tuner - I've got the 995, and if anything, the tuner is far too sensitive, even with an attenuator.
There doesn't seem to be any problem with Tacolneston, according to R + T Investigation, and although your in the North Norfolk area of Freeview Doom, I suspect it might be your aerial - squirrels can be pretty nasty!
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Richard Baguley9:03 PM
Thanks, MikeB.
We'll be borrowing kit and trying the machine in another house tomorrow, This should determine whether it's the box or the aerial.
If it's the aerial it's probably right at the harness/connector on the aerial: FM comes into the house via the same amplifier and that's fine.
Up to now & since analog was closed s/s has been excellent - all went kaput overnight.
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Monday, 23 December 2013
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Richard Baguley12:23 PM
Have just read the last three pages of this thread: there are too maby people with the same fault for it not to be the Tacolneston transmitter.
It also occurred to me that our s/s may have dropped some time ago but only to this very low level now.
What I really need is a meter or to try my Sony machine in a neighbour's house.
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Richard Baguley12:46 PM
Today: no digital signal at all!!!
On reflection, I had noticed some very minor pixellation over the last few weeks so s/s was probably going down.
I'm now convinced it's a transmitter fault (no 4G here).
To go from high s/s to zero is completely unacceptable so I'll cease paying the BBC tax if it's proven to be the transmitter.
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Richard Baguley1:33 PM
Just spoken to a rigger who says he's not aware of problems with Tacolneston.
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