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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Thursday, 14 March 2019
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Jos12:03 PM
MikeP and Hardy, thanks very much for your recommendations. I think we will go with a wideband high gain aerial and replace the cables and splitters/taps for this year to see how it goes through the summer, especially after June when the transmitter is changed again. Could we have 2 aerials (an extra one for the West Runton relay) and wire them both into the same cables to the caravans, to improve the reliability of the main TV channels?
If we still have problems we will have to look into Freesat. We currently have NowTV boxes as backup for the main TV channels but WiFi into caravans (metal boxes) is difficult so internet TV is probably not a long term solution, unless we hard wire the caravans.
I know very little about Freesat. Can the same cables and splitters/taps be used? I guess we would have to buy a set-top-box or replace the TVs in each caravan?
Sorry for so many questions!
Thanks,
Jos
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Jos12:10 PM
Hi Hardy,
Have just seen your new post. I'll look into grid aerials.
Thanks,
Jos
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hardy10:49 PM
At present it is possible to use a combiner to add a West Runton and Tacolneston aerial on one cable .
Which splits at UHF channel 38 . But not sure if the West Runton signal is good enough to make it worth while . I can receive it at Mundesley without an amplifier wheras an amplifier is essential for Tacolneston..
Distributing freesat is more expensive . I suppose for a very small site one dish could have a head (LNB) with eight outputs and eight freesat receivers . There are professional systems like hotels use but not cheap!
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MikeP
11:39 PM
11:39 PM
hardy and Jos:
Octo LNBs are readily available and can be used with a single dish, they are not terribly expensive, see for exam0le Octo LNBs. Primesat octo LNB, Sky octo LNB. Satellite Superstore UK octo LNBs. Low prices. (other sellers are also available). The costly issue is the amount of quality satellite quality coaxial cables, at least CT100 standard but there are better cables that are more expensive. You will need to think about where the cables will have to run to reach all the rooms you want to used to watch satellite TV.
Incidentally do not buy one that is for use with SkyQ as that uses a completely different control system to a that of a Freesat LNB.
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Friday, 15 March 2019
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hardy9:35 AM
perhaps if two caravans had octo dishes then upto 16 caravans could be connected. As Mike says its the cost of quality cable and sat/fresat receivers that has to be considered.
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Saturday, 30 March 2019
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Jos7:26 PM
Just a quick update. We installed a wideband tri-boom aerial, replaced any poor quality or old cable, and all of the splitters/taps. We also replaced the masthead amplifier, but re-used the Fringe distribution amp with 4G filter. As a result the signal strength went from 47dB to 80dB+ in the caravan at the end of the line. The TVs also report that the channel signals are 95-100% strength and 100% quality (except for 45 at 83-95% and 42 at 95%).
So now we will see how it goes through the summer before deciding if we need to switch to Freesat.
Thanks again for your advice - I've saved the Freesat info. in case we need it!
Jos
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Hardy8:53 PM
Jos. Sounds good . It could be worth trying the aerial on its side .vertical polarisation. pointed at west runton without a mast amp to test if west runton is a viable backup.
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Thursday, 4 April 2019
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Lee Donaghy9:06 PM
Is BBCB on C36 wrong, digitaluk detailed coverage checker says C46
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MikeP
9:41 PM
9:41 PM
Lee Donaghy:
Use the details given by the Digital UK Coverage Checker. That is run by the transmitter operator so is the most accurate source.
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Friday, 5 April 2019
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Lee Donaghy6:02 AM
wasted nearly an hour trying to sort out a channel problem on mythtv trying to manually tune to C36 sigh.
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