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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Monday, 25 February 2019
MikeP
12:56 PM
12:56 PM
E.D. Gooderham:
It is due to the high pressure across the country currently. It is affecting large areas of the UK. Do not retune and just be patient until the weather p[attern changes. There is no known cure for this natural phenomenon.
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Tuesday, 26 February 2019
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John Clark8:58 PM
We live in IP19 area, having total problem, no reception at all for 2 days.
You say it's the weather but is there any e mail address I can complain to?
Me thinks it's more than the weather!
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John Clark9:01 PM
Can't get any reception from this Transmitter & it's been like it for 2 days, more than the weather?
Location is IP19
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MikeP
10:17 PM
10:17 PM
John Clark:
It IS the weather so please be patient. You are not the only person affected as the high pressure is affecting much of the UK and causing reception problems for many people. There is no known fault at the Tacolmston transmitter.
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Steve10:24 PM
For the past week I have been loosing signal on all channels around 9.30 pm this happens far to often and in good weather conditions
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Friday, 1 March 2019
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John Clark8:27 AM
Strange problem this?
I can't get any signal for BBC1 or ITV1 via the aerial on main TV.
All other channels are OK & no problems on other TV in kitchen.
But:-
If I turn on Humax box I do get BBC1 & ITV1
Should I just retune TV?
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StevensOnln110:06 AM
John Clark: First check that your TV is tuned to the correct UHF channels (C40 for BBC1 & C43 for ITV). You should not attempt to retune if the TV is already tuned to the correct frequency as this will just delete all of your tuning data before searching for the channels again, which will make the problem worse if those channels are not being received. Are the Humax box and kitchen TV connected to the same aerial as the main TV?
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hardy10:15 AM
john Clark . Normallly in the Ipswich area reception is good from the Sudbury transmitter . You maybe in an awkward spot where you get better signals from Tacolneston . So you could be getting signals from Sudbury , Tacolneston and a local relay! its possible that different tvs in your house are tuned to different transmitters! We really need a full postcode to help further .
Note that bad reception areas are susceptible to interference from local transmitters and high pressure effects.
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John Clark10:32 AM
Halesworth
Thanks, my full Post Code is IP19 9BN.
I have I think always been latched onto the Tacolneston transmitter.
As I stated it is only the BBC1 & ITV1 channels that we can't get, & this has only just occured last night.
All other channels have good signal
We can also get BBC1 & ITV 1 when signal is through Humax box
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MikeP
10:42 AM
10:42 AM
John Clark:
Looking at the Digital UK Coverage Checker for your location, see Coverage Checker - Detailed View it appears that reception of any transmitter is likely to be variable at best or sometime poor.
Please check ths aerial cables and connections (a poor connection can affect just one channel!) and then check the signal strengths for all the multiplexes and what channel they are on. The channels for each possible transmitter are shown on the page mentioned above. Ideally you would like to have a strength of between 60% and 85% on all multiplexes.
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