Freeview Light on the Kings Lynn (Norfolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kings Lynn (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 3,300 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 Kings Lynn (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 Kings Lynn (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 Kings Lynn 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 100m | DTG- | 300W |
 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 100m | DTG- | 300W |
 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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 100m | DTG- | 300W |
 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 Kings Lynn (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 Kings Lynn transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 59km east-southeast (109°)
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, 59km east-southeast (109°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Kings Lynn (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C40 | |||||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C43 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | +BBCA | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 339W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-0.5dB) 300W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area
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Friday, 11 March 2011
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Steve10:21 AM
King's Lynn
Are you sure the switchover dates here are correct? According to Digital UK's site King's Lynn is switching in Novemeber the same as Tacolneston Digital UK - Postcode checker - Results for Economy Carpets, 30, Tower Street, King's Lynn, PE30 1EJ would make sense, but then I know that Digital UK's site is not the most accurate sometimes. (PE129YT)
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Steve: No, the dates were incorrect. I have no idea why, the database was updated for the whole region, for some reason this transmitter had the wrong information.
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Monday, 14 March 2011
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Steve1:00 PM
Spalding
Thanks for the reply.
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
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Dick Rudd8:18 PM
King's Lynn
Retuned my t.v.@ South Wootton Kings Lynn, @6pm tonight ,and found Very good signal from Kings Lynn relay @ Wolverton. have watched BBC1 Look East East for the first time in many years,fabulous picture even tho aerial points to Belmont. What i.d.transmission numbers should i look for to confirm it is Kings Lynn/wolverton transmitter Thanks Dick Rudd.
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Sunday, 1 January 2012
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barry beales11:22 AM
King's Lynn
Am I supposed to be able to receive Dave from the King's Lynn transmitter?
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KMJ,Derby1:33 PM
barry beales: No, but you are supposed to be able to receive it from either Belmont or Waltham, using a suitable aerial. Historically the Kings Lynn transmitter was provided when Belmont, which used to provide Anglia TV to the area was switched to Yorkshire TV leaving viewers with incorrect local news. It provided BBC1 East and Anglia TV only, with viewers using Belmont or Waltham for BBC2, C4 and C5. At switchover therefore, only the 3 PSB muxes were provided from Kings Lynn.
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barry beales: No, King's Lynn relays only the three Public Service Broadcaster multiplexes (groups of programme channels).
You can receive from Belmont which does carry these services.
Before switchover King's Lynn only broadcast BBC1 and ITV1 analogue so as to allow viewers in the area to get the correct regional programming. An aerial was needed for Belmont to get BBC2 and C4.
Now King's Lynn broadcast these channels (because digital signals carry multiple programme channels, i.e. BBC1 comers along with BBC2 etc), but not the commcercial channels.
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KMJ,Derby1:43 PM
barry beales: I should have added that viewers who have two aerials diplexed together will find that due to the spread of frequencies now used at both Waltham and Belmont they are likely to find some muxes are missing. Belmont + Kings Lynn leaves out ArqA and ArqB from Belmont. Waltham + Kings Lynn leaves out SDN from Waltham.
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KMJ,Derby: How could this be made to work in practice?
Back in the days of four channel analogue, those in the King's Lynn area could have a Belmont aerial and King's Lynn aerial. They could be diplexed together, say 21 to 35 and 37 to 69 respectively. This would allow BBC2 and C4 from Belmont to be watched and BBC1 and Anglia from King's Lynn to be viewed.
Channel 5 analogue from Belmont was on Ch56 which meant that people with this setup could not receive it, for the same reason as they won't be able to get Arq A and Arq B (Ch53 and Ch60) because they are on channels above those of King's Lynn. The same was true of all but one digital multiplex prior to switchover.
So what would the professional solution be?
Is the answer to install a second aerial on Belmont for its services that are above those of King's Lynn? Could this be diplexed with the current King's Lynn aerial where the split is something like 21 to 50 (KL aerial) and 52 to 69 (second Belmont aerial)?
Of course, the reason for two Belmont aerials is because SDN is on Ch30 whereas the other two COMs are on 53 and 60.
Why is this? Why aren't they all in the same group?
From what I can see, the likely answer is because Ch31 to Ch35 (those at the top end of Group A) have been cleared so as to sell them off for the exclusive use of a new licencee or licencees. Had these channels still been available, then I guess that Belmont wouldn't be using two channels that are out of its analogue (exc Channel 5) group.
Surely a bit of forward planning would mean that new services could be fitted in, but by utilising different channels in different areas, just as all other services do.
The fact that this has not happened means that people like Barry now suffer unnecessary inconvenience and expense.
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