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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Saturday, 5 February 2011
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Richard Baguley1:16 PM
No, it is NOT the equipment: everyone suffers the same problems and we can measure signal strength.
This winter, as others have said, signal strength has been so low as to render most TV unwatchable. This isn't restricted to a single user, it's many and all over the xmitter area.
I'll accept (just!) atmospherics but not my equipment which is beyond reproach.
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Richard Baguley1:18 PM
Re my last - analog signal strength has been fine all along, it's only digital that is affected.
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Richard Baguley: It's all at the top of the page, if you care to read it.
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Richard Baguley1:27 PM
Sorry to bang on but rereading this page it is clear that Freeview transmission strength will reduce from 100,000w to 75,000.
Am I missing something here?
If not, this means that far more people will be unable to receive Freeview than pre DSO.
Or, was the 250,000w previously seen correct?
BTW, your reply to Anne may be the obvious but I, too, have had Meridian appear instead of Anglia - and no satellite receiver here. I put it down to digit problems of the finger kind!
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Richard Baguley1:36 PM
North Walsham
More.
I've been using your excellent reception map and it clearly shows a large reduction in signal strength post DSO.
Is this really going to happen? Thousands will have no TV reception at all.
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Richard Baguley: Yes, you have missed quite a lot.
The analogue services are 250kW, Freeview is currently 10kW and 5kW.
After switchover Freeview will be 100kW.
Remember that less power is required to provide the same coverage for digital.
Everyone who has analogue before switchover has digital afterwards.
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Richard Baguley1:51 PM
North Walsham
Last one today - sorry!
I did reread and found your quote (amazing how sometimes, no matter how many times you can read something & never spot what you're looking for!):- "Freeview power increases from 6,667W (average) to 100,000W, 14 times stronger."
This sounds like good news but your signal strength map shows a reduction in power as does your statement that power will go from 100,000 to 75,000.
Confusing.
Clarification of which statement is true in terms of perceived signal strength (i.e. susceptability to gligital ditches) would be very helpul given the difficulty, these days, of contacting BBC Engineering.
TIA
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Richard Baguley: Hang on, I'm not sure where that 75kW value comes from.
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Richard Baguley: OK, this is because the value takes into account the NEW7 and NEW8 allocations, which have no power value and are pulling the average down.
I'll have to recode it to ignore the zero values.
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Richard Baguley: Basically
100,000W x 6 / 8 = 75,000W.
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