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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Saturday, 22 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
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TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:27 on 20 Sep to 11:34 on 20 Sep. [BBC]
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Sunday, 23 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:27 on 20 Sep to 11:34 on 20 Sep. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 23:16 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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6:07 PM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:27 on 20 Sep to 11:34 on 20 Sep. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 23:16 yesterday to 15:03 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 24 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:27 on 20 Sep to 11:34 on 20 Sep. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 23:16 on 22 Sep to 15:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 October 2018
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James1:55 PM
Hi anyone else having trouble with Talk Sport on Tacolneston, 723, ch45?
Can get all other ch45 ok including RNIB connect which is the only other radio channel on this mux.
TS just comes up 'loading data' and nothing happens, no sound.
Have done full rescan (and will probably spend next 1/2 hour putting my reservation back in... grrr...)
Cricket starts next week and would rather be on freeview for it than medium frequency!
Any ideas anyone?
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Wednesday, 17 October 2018
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hardy11:44 AM
james . maybe they transmit with a method your receiver does not like. Talksport is also available live on satellite and online.
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James9:14 PM
Thanks Hardy. It's working ok now so must have been a temporary issue... unfortunately the cricket's on the online and digital only station!
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Thursday, 1 November 2018
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Mike1:04 PM
Whilst The BBC signal is OK, most other channels are poor, and the screen breaks. Is there a reason for this? Ariel is near the roof. Post code NR47QX
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Hardy9:27 PM
There should be a very strong signal Mike. Sounds like there is an aerial or connection fault. If replacing aerial I would recommend a log type as it covers all present and future channels.
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Sunday, 11 November 2018
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Mardler 12:34 PM
North Walsham
The Tacolneston transmitter is on reduced power.
Com7&8 can't be used and even BBC1HD is unwatchable.
Site: NR28 9PU. Aerial installation top notch. Freeview perfect on all mixes before Nov 5. Engineering work schedule for week commencing Nov 5.
You should make this clear.
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