Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Tuesday, 3 April 2018
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hardy10:28 AM
I think that the reduction of UHF channel space will mean that a good service will be available if you live say within 30 miles of a transmitter . I agree that for problem areas freesat is looking like the best solution . Especially as all the same channels as freeview (plus some extra) are now available.
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Wednesday, 4 April 2018
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Pete9:40 PM
I have an odd problem. On my QLED Samsung, When selecting a program on BBC4, it tells me there is a simulcast on BBC4HD ch 106 but then says there is no signal. Just selecting 106 Says no signal
Other HD channels fine
My Panasonic displays BBC 4 HD on 106 perfectly. Both sets recently retuned, both on the same aerial.
Any thoughts
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Friday, 6 April 2018
H
hardy9:58 PM
some tvs are less sensitive than others . Now that BBC4 HD including otherCOM8 channels has moved to UHF channel 56 at the present time it is harder to receive . I can get it on a roof top aerial but not on a lower aerial on the conservatory.
Apparently the plan is to move com7 and com 8 to UHF55 and 56 respectively in the next few years .
Ironically because many other transmitters will simultaneously transmit the same signal on 55 and 56 these channels will then become the strongest (At least in the north Norfolk area) !
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Sunday, 22 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:07 PM
9:07 PM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 17:48 today to 19:30 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 23 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 17:48 yesterday to 19:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 17:48 on 22 Apr to 19:30 on 22 Apr. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 16 May 2018
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Terry3:34 PM
I cannot manually retune my new HumxFVP-4000T to channel 59 but receive all the channels on my TV direct running on the same aerial - why?
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Thursday, 17 May 2018
MikeP
6:37 PM
6:37 PM
Terry:
Check the User Manual for how to manually tune it to the wanted channels. There is no known technical reason why you can't get it tuned to channel 59 as they will tune to everything between 21 and 68 - but there are not signals present on all those channels. Check that you are trying to tune to the correct channels for the transmitter that serves you. Outting your full post code into either this website or Digital UK - Coverage checker will show yopu all the channels available at your location.
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Saturday, 19 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:28 AM
9:28 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 09:00 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:28 PM
3:28 PM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 09:00 today to 10:56 today. [BBC]
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