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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Tuesday, 8 January 2019
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hardy6:55 PM
John Clark. I think you should be able to get good reception with a decent aerial and roof mounted amplifier most of the time . Reception strength is about the same in my area and this is the case . THough I agree with Mike that freesat would be a good choice in such an area to virtually guarantee perfect reception.
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Wednesday, 9 January 2019
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john Clark10:37 AM
Hardy,
I've given up getting a HD signal whilst picture break up is not every day it's very annoying especially when programmes have been recorded & drama programmes are interrupted.
I have a new roof aerial & Amp!
But thanks for your input
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MikeP
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
john Clark:
As we've said before, both Hardy and I, you might well do better to have Freesat rather than struggle with poor reception from Tacolnston. It will not get better because of the geography of the area causing very poor signal reception. That will not affect satellite reception though so you will get far better results reliably with Freesat for which there is no subscription.
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Friday, 11 January 2019
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john Clark8:21 PM
Questions please:-
1 Would the poor HD signal be anything to do with the TV? It's an old, 12 years, Sony KDL-V32A?
2 I assume with Freesat I would need a Satellite dish?
3 I have a Saterlite dish which is connected to a old Sky box that they fitted 12 years ago for 10. Could I use this box & still keep the Sky box attached?
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john Clark8:32 PM
Is what I meant about the age of the TV :- Is the Tuner not up to the job being 12 years old?
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MikeP
9:36 PM
9:36 PM
john Clark:
No the tuner is not 'up to the job' as you put it. TVs of 12 years ago did not have a DVB-T2 tuner so it is unable to get the HD broadcasts. The solution to that is to use a set top box that is Freeview HD capable.
As to your other questions:-
1) I doubt it is seeing any HD signals due to the tuner design. According to the spec issued by Sony it does not have any HD capability. You will only get the HD services via a set top box but the TV is not equipped with an HD display according to the spec.
2) Yes, you need to use a suitable dish for Freesat as it is broadcast from satellite in geostationary orbit.
3) The same Dish and LNB could be used for Freesat. Whether you can use the existing LNB depends on how many outputs it provides. Many earlier ones only provided 2 outlets, both neing needed by the Sky box. If it has 4 or more outlets it can be used for a second box at the same time. If it only has 2 outleys you could have it changed to an octal output type to provide more than enough outputs for a number of satellite receivers. Such LNBs are not expensive but have to be fitted and aligned correctly.
You did not give a full post code so we cannot advise you what HD services might be available to you.
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Saturday, 12 January 2019
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john Clark9:31 AM
Strange you say that the TV in question is not HD compatible because looking at the Information Book it states that it is "HDMI" & incorporates HDMI technology, the unit number is KDL-V32A12U. Perhaps it was one of the first produced?
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MikeP
10:43 AM
10:43 AM
john Clark:
The term HDMI is nothing to do with the capability to receive and display HD programmes. It is the name of one of the connectors provided on the back of the TV. It has a number of SCART sockets which cannot carry HD data and it has one HDMI socket which can be used for a range of digital data types. But the TV does not have a DVB-T2 tuner, so it cannot receive HD transmissions. Further, the manufacturer data shows it does not have a true HD display, so it is unable to show true HD images even if they are supplied from a Freeview HD set top box via the HDMI data connection.
Do not confuse the term HDMI with being able to receive HD programmes. Check the meaning of HDMI on Wikipedia - see https://en.wikipedia.org/…DMI.
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john Clark2:14 PM
Now I'm more confused.
The picture that is breaking up, but only on a few occasions is:-
BBC 101, Channel 46, 674000KHz, 8MHz, 1/128 (DVB-T2)
I'm getting this through my Humax HDR -FoxT2 box
I thought this was a HD channel/picture am I wrong?
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MikeP
8:18 PM
8:18 PM
John Clark:
You have misled us by not stating that you use a Humax HD box! Your TV set that you mentioned is not equipped with an HD tuner, but the Humax is. I presume you have that connected via the HDMI sockets and cables?
That shows how important it is to give full and accurate information as we have no idea what equipment you use as we are entirely remote from you.
Programme 101 is indeed an HD DVB-T2 transmission that is being received and decoded by your Humax box. Whether the TV is capable of displaying it in true HD is still questionable from the Sony data available. It is perfectly possible for the equipment to show an HD programme in SD if the TV cannot show the true HD images.
As for the picture pixilating, that may be due to signal issues or possibly the current weather patterns. Whatever happens DO NOT RETUNE.
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