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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Monday, 2 April 2018
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
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hardy10:28 AM
I think that the reduction of UHF channel space will mean that a good service will be available if you live say within 30 miles of a transmitter . I agree that for problem areas freesat is looking like the best solution . Especially as all the same channels as freeview (plus some extra) are now available.
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Wednesday, 4 April 2018
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Pete9:40 PM
I have an odd problem. On my QLED Samsung, When selecting a program on BBC4, it tells me there is a simulcast on BBC4HD ch 106 but then says there is no signal. Just selecting 106 Says no signal
Other HD channels fine
My Panasonic displays BBC 4 HD on 106 perfectly. Both sets recently retuned, both on the same aerial.
Any thoughts
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Friday, 6 April 2018
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hardy9:58 PM
some tvs are less sensitive than others . Now that BBC4 HD including otherCOM8 channels has moved to UHF channel 56 at the present time it is harder to receive . I can get it on a roof top aerial but not on a lower aerial on the conservatory.
Apparently the plan is to move com7 and com 8 to UHF55 and 56 respectively in the next few years .
Ironically because many other transmitters will simultaneously transmit the same signal on 55 and 56 these channels will then become the strongest (At least in the north Norfolk area) !
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Wednesday, 16 May 2018
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Terry3:34 PM
I cannot manually retune my new HumxFVP-4000T to channel 59 but receive all the channels on my TV direct running on the same aerial - why?
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Thursday, 17 May 2018
MikeP
6:37 PM
6:37 PM
Terry:
Check the User Manual for how to manually tune it to the wanted channels. There is no known technical reason why you can't get it tuned to channel 59 as they will tune to everything between 21 and 68 - but there are not signals present on all those channels. Check that you are trying to tune to the correct channels for the transmitter that serves you. Outting your full post code into either this website or Digital UK - Coverage checker will show yopu all the channels available at your location.
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Sunday, 20 May 2018
Hi. Tacolneston Com8 (C37 - 602Mhz) appears to have gone down. Is this planned or has it moved or been discontinued. Thabnks
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StevensOnln16:08 PM
Andy Coe: COM8 from Tacolneston has moved to UHF channel 56. A retune should restore the missing channels.
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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steve boyton5:33 AM
com7 and com8 been down since 2am the last two nights in a row, how do I know? Recordings failed so stayed up last night and low and behold both com7 & com8 dropped to 10% at 2am, still down as of now (5:30am)
RETUNE required on 6th June:
PSB1 is going from UHF55- to UHF40
PSB2 is going from UHF39 to UHF43
PSB3 is going from UHF50 to UHF46
COM6 is going from UHF39+ to UHF39
COM7 is going from UHF31 to UHF56
LOC1 is going from UHF 57 to UHF32 (does anyone watch the local Mustard TV?)
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Monday, 28 May 2018
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DJB8:15 PM
IP4 5H
External aerial. Installed about 6 months ago.
Feeds into Labgear LDA102/S 2-Way VHF / UHF Aerial Amplifier 1 Input 2 Outputs.
Can't pick up anything today at 19:00 on com7 or com8. BBC 4HD etc.
When it was installed those channels were definitely there. I added the amplifier later.
Just been in the loft(sauna today) with a small TV and plugged the aerial directly into it and did a retune. Still couldn't get COM7 or COM8. Eerything else is booming at 100% signal and 100% quality.
Is there anything I can do to pull these in consistently or am I just not close enough to Tacolneston?
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