Freeview Light on the Burnham (Norfolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Burnham (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 900 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 Burnham (Norfolk, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Burnham (Norfolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Burnham 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 400W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 400W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Burnham (Norfolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Burnham transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 55km southeast (128°)
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, 56km southeast (127°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Burnham (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
| B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | A K T | |||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C46 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C47 | D3+4 |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 400W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-7.2dB) 77W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 4 February 2012
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George Potter9:02 AM
Hunstanton
I have retuned digibox, after turning aerial towards Burnham transmitter, because we would like to receive BBC East.
Retuning still picks up Belmont transmitter (BBC North).
Can I do anything to solve this problem.
We prefer Look East!!
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George's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
George Potter: Run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged for the first 25% so it misses out Belmont.
Note that Burnham only provides the Public Service Broadcaster channels (BBC TV & radio, ITV1, ITV2, C4, E4, More4, C5, HD and a few others). Thus, if you get the commercial channels which includes ITV3, Pick TV and Yesterday then you must be getting them from somewhere else such Belmont.
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Monday, 6 February 2012
George Potter: Please see Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Sunday, 20 April 2014
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Colin Campbell10:50 AM
Hunstanton
We have bought a house in Holme Next The Sea and wonder in which direction we should place our free view Ariel . Most that can be seen seem to point towards what I understand is the Belmont transmitter , yet there are smaller transmitters at Lynn and Burnham . Wouldn't these be more appropriate for receiving news etc for Norfolk?
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Colin's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Colin Campbell: You should do exactly as you suggest: use Belmont to get the "Full Freeview" service and then use the local transmitters to supply the correct versions of the BBC and ITV channels.
You will need to use two aerials - with a " diplexer" to connect them together, and you will also need to use a Freeview box that understands how to change the regions.
For your location, this is the standard arrangement.
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MikeB12:52 PM
Colin Campbell: My parents-in-law actually live Burnham Market, and they have been using Belmont for Freeview for many years, and as Brianist points out, that will be a full service, although you could have both local and belmont services by using the advice above.
However, because of the slightly strange nature of Norfolk's reception pattern (Talcneston is often masked by the small hills which run through the area, and the coastline is convex), a lot of people use a satellite system. My parents-in-law have a Panasonic TV with a Freesat tuner, and my father-in-law recently put up a dish. Freesat allows you to chose your local regional news, so they get Anglian news as well.
Your TV might have a Freesat tuner built in, or a generic tuner (have a look on the back), or you can buy a Manhatten reciever for less than £50. Satcure has a very good guide on how to put one up, and you can buy a kit from them. My personal suggestion is to install a quad LNB if you do - the extra cost is marginal, but if you ever want to add more equipment, all you need to do in run extra cables. If you want one put up, £79 for a single LNB dish is a decent average price.
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Tuesday, 29 April 2014
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Colin Campbell3:21 PM
Hunstanton
Thank you very much both of you for your advice , it all becomes clear now except when the picture pixallates.
Another question , is it worth getting a signal booster if I went down the Freeview/Belmont route to prevent picture break up?
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Colin c
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Colin's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB4:12 PM
Colin Campbell: Its possibly worth checking your signal strength first - my parents-in-law complained that their Freeview signal occasionally broke up a little. I had a look a their signal strength - the Panasonic was reading 100%! Even though the signal was coming all the way from Yorkshire, they had the problem (only occasionally) of too strong a signal!
It might be that you have the same problem - too strong, not too weak. Boosters might help, but I'd check out general strength first, and if you supply your TV's make and model, it might be that it has a sat. tuner in it as well, which might be a better solution for the long term.
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Wednesday, 7 May 2014
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Colin Campbell4:57 PM
Hunstanton
Thanks , will try all options.
Regards
Colin c
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Colin's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 23 November 2014
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Colin Campbell11:03 AM
I'm in Holme Next the sea on the main road , is it possible to get reception from the Burrnham transmitter by simply pointing an Ariel in the right direction and connecting the cable to the TV . It seems the signal should be strong enough having looked at the green signal strength map. Also is there a specific type of Ariel required or will a normal " high gain" one suffice?
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