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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Tacolneston transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C40- (625.8MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
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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
 H max
C43- (649.8MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
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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),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C46 (674.0MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)263mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)246mDTG-8100,000W
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11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)246mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LNR
 H -10dB
C32 (562.0MHz)263mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
7 Mustard,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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 YarmouthTransposer1 km S town centre30 homes
Lowestoft (2)TransposerRotterdam Rd125 homes

How will the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1717 Jul 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EEE TW TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C31com7com7
C32_local
C37com8com8
C39 +ArqB+ArqBArqB
C40BBCA
C42SDNSDNSDNSDN
C43D3+4
C45ArqAArqAArqAArqA
C46BBCB
C50tv_off BBCBBBCB
C52tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C55tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves-BBCA-BBCA-BBCAcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offLNRLNR
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tacolneston was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Thursday, 22 February 2018
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hardy
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9:30 PM

Its optimistic to try to get UHF channel 56 from Aldeburgh . Its in a shadow relative to the Tacelston signal. And needs a good horizontally polarised aerial. Probably a group CD group K or high gain wideband. Wheras you should have a strong signal from the local Alderburgh relay transmitter which requires a vertically polarised group A aerial. (of course the relay does not carry com7 or com8 so I can see why you might try for Tacolneston)

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Tuesday, 27 February 2018
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Chris W
9:12 AM
Saxmundham

Thanks for the feedback. I should have clarified that I was talking about getting the Channel 56 signal from Tacolneston from my location which is about halfway between Aldeburgh and Saxmundham. I am currently using a Televes DAT45 aerial which is quite high gain. Annoyingly my Sony Bravia TV will extract a stable signal from Channel 56 but my brand-new BT YouView box won't. I don't know whether a more expensive Humax box would do better?

It seems to me that it's a job not completed if despite all the channel reorganisation some channels will still have only limited reception!

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hardy
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11:47 AM

Chris I get channel 56 on a humax youview box fine with a log aerial plus amplifier at 20 miles from Tacolneston. A DAt45 aerial has a higher gain at 56 so should be ok at your location with an amplifier (30 miles?) Its true that some tvs/boxes are more sensitive than others.
by "amplifier" I mean a proper one mounted next to the aerial not a cheap indoor one.

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Thursday, 8 March 2018
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Stephen
4:51 PM
Great Yarmouth

NR31 9NE. I seem to have lost UHF channel 37 (BT Showcase). Any suggestions

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hardy
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6:21 PM

UHF channel 37 carried COM8 channels . Com 8 was moved to channel 56 at the end of February . A retune should find it . The future plan is to put com7 on 55 and com8 on 56 on (I think) all transmitters that currently transmit com7 and 8 .

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Stephen
7:06 PM

Stephen: I have re-tuned, without aerial and then with. I can receive UHF55 but not UHF56. I am on a communal aerial and don't kniw what type.

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StevensOnln1
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8:35 PM

Stephen: Have you checked if any of your neighbours who use the same communal aerial are successfully receiving COM8? Have you contacted whoever is responsible for maintaining the communal system? They may need to modify it following the frequency changes as many communal aerial distribution systems have filters to block unwanted transmitters, which may now need changing.

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Sunday, 11 March 2018
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hardy
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3:53 PM

StevensOnln1: some modern aerials have lower sensitivity at ch56 in anticipation of a future further reduction of frequencies . They might be ok at the moment for 55 because the power transmitted is much higher than that for com8 on 56. When com 7 moves to channel 55 it also will be on low power.

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Friday, 23 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:08 PM

TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal; DSO related from 11:48 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:32 yesterday to 15:13 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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8:08 PM

TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal; DSO related from 11:48 today to 14:24 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:32 yesterday to 15:13 yesterday. [BBC]

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