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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Saturday, 2 July 2016
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dale12:01 PM
sorry I should of said why cant I get talking pictures on my free view 81 im nr33df in Norwich my mum can
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Richard Cooper2:05 PM
Norwich
dale: Hi, Dale. Talking Pictures on Freeview Channel 81 is one of a group of channels called 'COM7'. These can only be received on a high definition (HD) receiver capable of decoding DVBT2 signals. It sounds to me as if you have a standard definition (SD) tv receiver which picks up and decodes DVBT but not DVBT2 signals, whereas your Mum has a high definition (HD) receiver. This would explain why your Mum can get Talking
Pictures TV and you can't. If you want to get this channel you would need to get a Freeview DVBT2 (HD) set top box to pick up and decode the channel. You'd also need an HDMI lead to connect the box to your tv, assuming it says 'HD Ready' on a label on your tv, otherwise you'd use a SCART lead, but won't get high def pictures using a SCART lead. You can get one of these boxes from Amazon for 43 pounds and an HDMI lead from Cables UK for one pound 99 plus postage/delivery. Hope this all helps, Richard, Norwich. PS I lived at NR3 3DS for a while last year, which must be quite close to NR3 3DF. Generally, the tv reception there was very good indeed.
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MikeB7:37 PM
dale: I've got one of the HD boxes, from Manhattan. Its OK (and came with an HDMI lead), but it does tend to lock up, etc, so you sometimes need to just pull the power lead out to get it to reset. Which is why its 43 pounds!
If your looking for a PVR, they should all be HD these days, and you can kill two birds with one stone.
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Saturday, 17 September 2016
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Richard7:08 PM
Are there problems with Tacolneston HD transmissions?
Since yesterdays storms BBC HD is either very intermittent or missing altogether - again.
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Sunday, 18 September 2016
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Richard Cooper9:44 AM
Richard: Hi, Richard. No-one has reported any problems wit the Tacolneston transmitter, so I think that you should check with a neighbour who uses Tacolneston Freeview HD. Make sure the neighbour watches the HD transmissions though. SD transmissions from Tacolneston are 'near perfect' this morning. Richard in Norwich (Sunday, 18th September at 09:45).
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Richard Baguley 2:23 PM
SD was fine, just HD.
During the storm (not here, btw) several channels disappeared with no signal.
Our aerial installation was thoroughly checked and repaired as necessary two years ago but similar problems persisted: heavy rain always results in loss of signal.
Next time I'll check with a neighbour and no harm in asking now.
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Richard7:12 PM
Update
HD still u/s. SD fine.
BBC1 HD (101, Ch50) shows good s/s at c.75% but quality very poor to non existent..
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Monday, 19 September 2016
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Richard Cooper8:17 AM
Richard Baguley : Hi, again, Richard. Heavy rain over a longish period of time caused water ingress down into my father's masthead amplifier on the mast of his aerial a few miles North of Lowestoft. The water collected inside the plastic case of the amplifier caused the electronics to fail, resulting in no signal. Don't forget that such a technical issue wit your own system can cause the loss of one multiplex (or 'group of channels'), such as either the PSB HD multiplex or one, the other or both of the COM 7 or COM 8 multiplexes. So even though your aerial system was thoroughly checked a couple of years ago, water ingress over a period of time could have occurred since. By all means, check with neighbours who have and use the HD transmissions before investigating your own installation again. Richard, Norwich.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2016
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Richard6:52 PM
May have found the solution and it's very odd.
The aerial plug/socket connection to the TV is iffy. Just moving it gently caused a total dropout. Took the plug out, unscrewed it slightly, tightened it up and inserted it - signal quality 10/10, strength 8.5/10.
The odd bit is that this has never been touched since I installed the TV with a carefully clipped cable loom. And I thought the wall socket plug would be the problem!
If anything useful crops up I'll post again but fingers x'd for now.
Thanks for the input, folks.
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Thursday, 22 September 2016
MikeP
10:19 AM
10:19 AM
Richard:
That's a well known oddity that all television engineers will check on every service visit. We always checked the RF connection between the aerial and TV/VCR/etc as they are known to cause strange effects if the connections are not perfect. A common cause is the slight degree of moisture in the indoor atmosphere that causes gradual surface corrosion that has a frequency selective effect - hence some services work fine but others don't.
The advice often given on these pages is to check the connections first! If in doubt about the plugs, either replace them or replace the whole flylead (they're very cheap) and make sure the plugs and sockets are firm and not loose.
So there is nothing particularly 'odd' about your connection problems causing reception difficulties.
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