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.
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 27/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Saturday, 27 April 2019
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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Monday, 13 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:41 today to 15:22 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:41 yesterday to 15:22 yesterday. [BBC]
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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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Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:41 yesterday to 15:22 yesterday. FM: Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:56 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:41 yesterday to 15:22 yesterday. FM: Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:56 today to 12:24 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:41 on 13 May to 15:22 on 13 May. FM: Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:56 yesterday to 12:24 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 16 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:41 on 13 May to 15:22 on 13 May. FM: Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:56 on 14 May to 12:24 on 14 May. [BBC]
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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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