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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Tuesday, 11 December 2018
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StevensOnln112:11 PM
Mardler : You seem to have missed my point that no one on this website can investigate a transmitter fault as none of us work for or have any connection with Arqiva (the company which operates the transmitter) or any broadcaster and therefore we cannot confirm or deny a fault as we can only see the same information on this page that you can and I have certainly not flatly denied that any fault exists. It is simple logic that a complete loss of service on a main transmitter would have been noticed by far more than one person which makes it far more likely that the problem not at the transmitter. Many people post on this website stating that the transmitter must be off air, despite having nothing further to go on than a sudden loss of signal which could have any number of potential causes.
I also can't tell from your reply whether you have actually checked that you have no local faults or interference or are just assuming this to be the case. To repeat my earlier question, have you checked whether any neighbours have experienced the same loss of signal?
I post on this website in attempt to help people, but will not be replying to you again if you continue to post personal attacks.
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MikeP
5:38 PM
5:38 PM
Mardler:
Look at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…rks, which is the official site for the operators of the Freeview services, being a combined activity with Arqiva and the broadcasters. That shows there may be weak signals this week from the Tacolnston transmitter, found in the section covering Anglia. That information is more reliable that most other potential sources.
Note that we contributors to this website do so out of our desire to use the technical knowledge and experience gained over many years in the industry to assist others who are having reception problems. We advise only - it is up to you whether you accept our advice or not.
It is my experience after 50 years in the industry that many blame 'the transmitter' for having 'faults' where in fact most problems occur in the home or local area only. Bear in mind that the Tacolnston transmitter serves hundreds of thousands of homes and it would be expected that if there is a fault occuring then a great many will comment about it publicly. I would suggest you do not believe whatever appears on any social media platform. If there is suspected to be a fault, your first action should be to ask your immediate neighbours who are also using Freeview (so as to eliminate those using Sky or Freesat and those using streaming such as BT TV or Virgin TV) whether they are experiencing exactly the issues. If they are not then that indicates there could well be a problem with the aerial system or the equipment in the affected home.
In that case, we would advise checking the aerial system and the receiving equipment. Which is what a television service engineer would do every time.
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Tuesday, 25 December 2018
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Hilary Woodward7:59 PM
For years I have had problems with days without television (in NR19 - mid Norfolk), usually accompanied by a message about "no or bad signal". It happened just after I paid my 155 for a new licence and I resolved I was not going to put up with the situation any longer. I contacted Freeview and after going through the usual re-tunings etc. they sent a couple of chaps from miles away in Northampton. They conducted signal testing and ascertained that a G4? mast about half a mile away was interfering with my TV signal. They fitted some gadget in the loft, tested the signal again (which had doubled in strength) and I haven't had any problems since. It was all free of charge. I wish I had insisted Freeview had done something about my poor signal years ago. My mother, in a different part of the country had a new aerial fitted free of charge. I gather quite a high proportion of people's TVs are affected by G4 phone mast signal interference and the huge amount of money the government made selling the bandwidths? compensates for anything they have to spend out rectifying the TV problems they have caused.
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StevensOnln111:04 PM
Hilary Woodward: The amount of viewers affected by 4G mobile interference is actually quite small according to recent figures (only 260,000 households) and is easily resolved by fitting a filter, which is what the device fitted in your loft most likely is. Your mother's new aerial will have been required due to a change in frequencies used by the transmitter serving her home, which is why it would have been provided free of charge. This work is paid for by the mobile phone networks who have gained much needed radio spectrum to provide mobile broadband services which are in ever increasing demand, it is not funded by government or from the TV licence. See the article linked below.
Mobile interference support open until end of 2020 - a516digital
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Friday, 4 January 2019
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John Clark9:48 AM
Halesworth
03/01/2019:- Live in area IP19 9BN, currently having picture distortion problems on BBC 101 Channel 46 from Tacolneston.
Have had a new aerial fitted, fixed to roof, & it's an extra long one, but still we get picture lose & distortion.
The aerial is connection is direct into a "Humax -Fox - T2" recorder.
What is best way to proceed to clear the problem?
Is this a known problem area?
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MikeP
10:11 AM
10:11 AM
John Clark:
Looking at the Digital UK Coverage Checker, at Coverage Checker - Detailed View it shows you are in a very difficult location for terrestrial TV signal. Hence it is not unexpected that you get significant reception problems.
The best solution is to use Freesat instead of Freeview.
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Monday, 7 January 2019
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c1:02 AM
Do you have regional advertising for sub regions such as meridian east or is advertising region wide?
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Robert Hodger5:41 AM
Could not receive LBC (DAB) on my freeview tv today - is there a transmitter problem or is it no longer being transmitted to freeview.
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MikeP
11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Robert Hodger:
Just look at the post below yours!
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MikeP
11:11 AM
11:11 AM
c:
This wbsite does not carry any advertising and has no influence of on what advertising is carried by broadcasters.
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