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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Friday, 20 January 2017
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hardy3:07 PM
I think the reason people keep wrongly assuming the problem is a fault at the transmitter is that interference in the pre digital analogue TV days often made patterns or snow on the picture . Interference on digital will often knock out a tv picture completely !
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Friday, 17 February 2017
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audrey Jenks6:04 PM
I have no reception on any channel when I tuned in this evening at 5pm, it was all working this morning at 9am, Apart from turning Television off the no body has been in the House, the aerial is in the Loft. Is there a fault at the Transmitter.
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audrey Jenks6:07 PM
I have no idea if any channels are working as it just comes up no signal
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audrey Jenks6:09 PM
Bury St. Edmunds
My postcode is IP31 3PD
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audrey's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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audrey Jenks6:10 PM
Don't know what else you need me to do to get an answer.
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MikeP
7:33 PM
7:33 PM
audrey Jenks:
Your TV signals could be coming from either Sudbury or Tacolnston transmitters. There are no reported problems with either stations.
That suggests a fault has occurred in your equipment. You should get a TV engineer to visit and check your system, unless you are able to do those checks yourself.
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Monday, 13 March 2017
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StevensOnln111:08 PM
Trevor Birkbeck: Mux C was one of the commercial multiplexes that existed before digital switchover.
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Saturday, 10 June 2017
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Christopher Webster4:26 AM
I see from next year we have yet another massive overhaul of the spectrum and we will see com7 & com8 removed!
Seriously? Com7 is the best Mux on Freeview, BBC News HD, RT HD, BBC 4 HD, 4seven HD & Channel 4+1 HD.
So we will loose the best mux, probably need a new aerial as we currently have a wide-band.
This whole DSO has been a farce, we have had two new aerials, two new set top boxes (one for the original DSO and one to get HD via DVB-T2)
Now it looks like another aerial will be required, possibly next year and with that the loss of 2 muxes, all for bloody mobile services.
It's almost as if the government are forcing people to subscribe to Sky, or at the very least, push all TV online via streaming so they can use the TX's solely for mobile services.
I thought the satellites dealt with mobile services?
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MikeP
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Christopher Webster:
I'm afraid you've missed the point. The changes planned will mean that COM7 and COM8 will no longer be needed as other multiplexes are transferred to DVB-T2 coding which will provide more channels than currently available. So the COM7&8 services will transfer to new multiplexes and not be 'lost'.
As you already have a wide band aerial, you will not need to change that either as it already covers all the frequencies available for TV broadcasts now and in the foreseeable future.
Satellites cannot provide services to any conventional mobile phones. You need a specialised type of phone to get any signals from the communications satellites. 'Normal' phones use ground based transmitters all around the country and serve most of the populated areas but less so in the more rural areas.
So you will not lose anything and not have to obtain any new equipment if you already have DVB-T2 equipment for Freeview HD. All you will need to do is a proper retune. The cost to you is zero. Then you can enjoy all the available programmes that you currently enjoy and perhaps more as new services start.
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