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, 5 April 2019
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Hardy7:45 PM
Lee Donaghy: Yes c36 is wrong . I believe that the channel plan was changed at the last minute . This website covers all of uk so there has not been time to bring it upto date. You can find the channels on the coverage checker website .32 39 42 43 45 46 55 56
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Saturday, 27 April 2019
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Teresa Marshall8:13 AM
We are getting intermittent interference on 3 TVs in our house early morning and evening time ,we receive our signal through a digital Ariel on the roof which has been checked and no fault found ,it has a booster which is fine also , the TVs has built in digital channels ,we have retuned but the picture pixelates and we lose pictures and signals and all channels on all TVs . Our postcode is NR66LZ we live on Cromer road. Our catch up TVs is fine ,as are Netflix etc . Can you give us any advice.
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MikeP
10:06 AM
10:06 AM
Teresa Marshall:
The Digital UK Coverage Checker, at Coverage Checker - Detailed View shows that you are only 18 km from the Tacolnston transmitter and that you should have excellent reception. At that distance it is unlikely that you actually need an aerial amplifier so you may have too much signal. Your first step should be to check all the aerial cables and connections, unplugging all the coaxial plugs/sockets and refitting them. Then you should check that you are tuned to the correct channels, shown on the linked page above, and look at the received signal strength. It needs to be between 60% and 85%, any lower or higher will cause the pixilation your are experiencing. If the signa strength is higher than 85% then remove the amplifier and check again.
Incidentally, there is no such thing as a 'digital' aerial, all aerials designed for UHF TV reception are suitable for both analogue and digital reception, the nature of the modulation does not affect the reception in any way.
The other factor to check is whether the problem occurs at a set time of day, in which case it could well be some device operating on a clock/timer system. Also check whether there are any taxi operators nearby, their communications are often the source of interference.
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Sunday, 28 April 2019
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Hardy9:40 PM
Teresa .you Don't need a booster . But you do need a good splitter to drive 3 tvs from one aerial. Or is this what you're calling a 'booster' ?
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Tuesday, 14 May 2019
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John Morgan10:18 AM
TV went down about 22.20 last night (Mon 13 May) with message No signal. Please check your antennae connection. This morning my YouView service' still not working, showing same message, but now apparently (only) offering weird range of just seven new channels eg Pop Max, That's TV, Tiny Pop, Movies for Men etc
Can you help please?
I live in Cromer, North Norfolk, and have a Sony Bravia 55 set, about two years old
Thank you
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Saturday, 18 May 2019
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Hardy7:37 PM
John Morgan ....pop max is on a relatively weak channel so I think your aerial system is probably ok. I would try a full retune .
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Friday, 28 June 2019
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dale12:11 AM
Norwich
is pick +1 still on freeview
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dale's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln111:17 AM
dale: Pick +1 is still on LCN 92 on COM7, which is broadcast on UHF channel 55 from Tacolneston.
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Sunday, 30 June 2019
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Carl7:11 AM
On your list for Tacolneston transmitter you show Ch36 as being in use, I think it is actually Ch 46.
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MikeP
10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Carl:
The owner of this site has not yet been able to update all the lsitings for the over 1100 transmitters. For the latest channel allocations, look at the Digital UK Coverage Checker (at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…r/), put in your full post code and house number, select the Detailed View option and press Go. Scroll down the resulting listings to find the transmitter you are using. That will show the current channel usage as well as any future planned changes.
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