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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Monday, 23 May 2016
MikeP
1:49 PM
Trowbridge
1:49 PM
Trowbridge
Richard Baguley:
It is possible that temperature inversion atmospheric effects are causing many of the reported loss of signal problems.
The Freeview signals are digitally encoded data modulated onto a UHF carrier signal, so the term digital is appropriate when discussing the data multiplexes carried on the several different carriers.
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MikeB2:03 PM
Richard Baguley : Tacolneston transmits to some 330,000 homes, so even if 99.9% of them get a perfect signal all the time, someone is still going to have a problem. The geography of the region can also be a problem - the north Norfolk coast has hills which make reception difficult, hence the light transmitters in the area.
They seemed to be doing engineering work earlier in the month as well, and strangely, that can cause problems as well, since it often used to be the case that after such work the signal strength went up, and overloaded some peoples tuners, especially if the are HD channels.
The biggest single problem, if you look back at peoples complaints, is failure of their system, not the transmitter.
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Friday, 27 May 2016
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davidwf12:21 PM
Not a TV issue but has anyone else noticed a downgrade in reception on DAB - particularly car DAB ??
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Monday, 30 May 2016
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Pete Barnby7:42 PM
Is there a current problem on Tacolneston ch 55 (746000khz) as the signal quality is dropping from 100% down to as low as 40% on this multiplex, all other channels are remaining at 100%? Signal strength is consistent at around 60%.
This is affecting the BBC channels, I have monitored other channels/programmes and have no problems.
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Thursday, 2 June 2016
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Richard Cooper10:17 AM
Norwich
Pete Barnby: Hi Pete Barnby. This is Richard, just south-west of Norwich city centre, writing at 10:02 on Thursday 2nd June 2016. I am achieving 99% signal level and 99% quality on mux PSB1 (BBCA). My barometer tells me that the atmospheric pressure is currently 1020 millibars, which is high, and this could be causing you issues if you are in Barnby. I must say that I tend to experience issues on mux PSB2 (D3+4), which contains ITVAnglia and Channel 5, as well as mux LNR(LOCM) which contains Mustard TV, although this does transmit at 1/10 of the power of most of the other muxes. When atmospheric pressure is high, the only thing you can do is to wait until it lowers, assuming you have checked all of the obvious things like aerial lead connections, condition, fixings and alignment of your aerial, etc. Incidentally, it would be interesting to hear the specs of the aerial you are using, as well as the length and type of aerial (coax) cable. Perhaps you will make another posting to ukfreetv, Pete Barnby. all the Best, Richard, Norwich.
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Monday, 6 June 2016
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Tricia Maile11:08 AM
Melton Constable
NR24 2RL
We're in Edgefield. Roof aerial, more than one TV & PVR used to test signal. We are definitely receiving signal from Tacolneston. Today we also experienced the complete loss of signal as reported by the peeps in Beverley. Recently it appears that, although we do NOT get our signal from West Runton, when there are problems there with HD channels, we also lose HD signal (mux BBC B) e.g. yesterday pm 05/06/16.
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Richard Cooper11:19 AM
Norwich
Tricia Maile: Hi Tricia. I just checked to make sure you should be using Tacolneston in Edgefield. While I was checking, the following message popped up on the 'digital uk' webpage: "Latest News: Some viewers living on the East Coast of England or Scotland may experience temporary disruption to their TV signal today due to high pressure. We advise that you do not retune - reception will return to normal once this weather system passes." Having quoted from the official body, I would advise that UKFree.tv members take note and follow this advice! Richard, Norwich, 11:15 a.m.
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Is anyone else having signal problems in the North Walsham/Bacton area. This is our second night of poor/No signal, No Service?
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Richard Cooper9:50 PM
Norwich
Mary Green: Hi Mary, Allow me to give you a quote from the Digital UK website:"Some viewers living on the East Coast of England or Scotland may experience temporary disruption to their TV signal today due to high pressure. We advise that you do not retune - reception will return to normal once this weather system passes." Hope this explains your issue- Richard, Norwich.
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Tracey Sparkes10:31 PM
We have disrupted BBC TV constantly . This now happens so often watching is virtually impossible. Atmospheric pressure is now being blamed - a pathetic service, much worse since the digital service began.
Completely fed up.
T. Sparkes.
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