Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Wednesday, 6 June 2018
I am trying to find out which mux is on which channel at Tacolneston, after today's changes (6th June). The main table above appears not to have been updated (at the time of writing) and the 'how will frequencies change over time' chart is evidently wrong, for example it says that ch42 is BBCB which it isn't here (it also gives the date of the changes as 31st March)! Any suggestions for where to look?
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StevensOnln13:52 PM
Richard Russell: According to Digital UK, Tacolneston now uses the following UHF channels:
40/43/46 (PSB1-3) 42/45/39 (COM4-6) 55/56 (COM7-8) and 57 (local mux due to move to 32 on 17th July)
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Bryan Lorriman4:33 PM
Norwich
6.6.18, 4:35 pm: I have a Panasonic Viera TXL323E30B. The areal is on the roof. When i switched it on this afternoon I got a message saying that this receiver is not receiving a signal or the signal is too weak l. I live in Norwich, NR3 3HG. Is there anything I can do? Many thanks. Bryan Lorriman
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Bryan's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln14:45 PM
Bryan Lorriman: As per other posts above, Tacolneston changed frequencies overnight so you will need to retune.
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Jocelyn 4:47 PM
I still have no signal, so can't reset . What do I need to do.
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StevensOnln15:20 PM
Jocelyn : You need to retune from your TV or box's menu (see the manual or post the make and model if you don't know how).
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Hardy6:22 PM
I checked and the multiplexes are now on the channels as Stevens says above .
To retune on a relatively modern box or tv you usually just need to go into "settings" and click something like "automatic scan of channels" . DON.T click "add new channels". Some boxes and tvs need a more complicated channel reset BEFORE doing the scan. Some methods of doing this are explained via links lower down this page.
re accuracy of this site . The multiplexes are broadly listed correctly "but not necessarily in the right order " as a famous tv sketch said. The point is that the site covers all transmitters and so it must be hard to keep up to date . Especially as there have been several changes in the last couple of years from the original government plan.
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Gareth Thomas10:04 PM
Just tried resetting - twice - to receive the Tacolneston signal from North East Suffolk.. Now receiving (intermittently, and with massive interference) BBC North West. How do these people hang on to their jobs?
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Hardy10:50 PM
Gareth . I think you should get a good signal in north east Suffolk (Bury ?)
Possibly you are tuning into the wrong transmitter.
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Hardy11:05 PM
Depending exactly where you are the strongest signal could be from Tacolneston , Sudbury or Sandy heath .
I would recommend using "tv coverage checker" (see previous posts on this) with your post code to find the best transmitter .
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