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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Wednesday, 24 July 2019
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Chris.SE7:25 PM
david faulkner:
Apologies, one of us should have said try clearing all previous tuning by doing an automatic scan with the aerial unplugged. Then with the aerial plugged in either do an automatic scan if that works ok for your locale, or a manual scan of each multiplexes' UHF channel.
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Thursday, 25 July 2019
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Birt G10:37 AM
Most days a request appears on the screen to update FW for new channels. Is this normal?
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Chris.SE11:42 AM
Birt G:
It's likely it will continue to appear until you do the update.
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Tuesday, 22 October 2019
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carl cutting7:18 PM
NR303AL
Arial is on top of roof on 3 storey house.
I do not recieve bbc channels but I do recieve itv channels I have looked on the freeview Tacloston map transmitter the shaded area does not appear over my area am I too far away from the Tacloston transmitter.
Please help.
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MikeP
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
carl cutting:
Tacolnston is not the best transmitter for you to use in Great Yarmouth. There is a Freeview light transmitter that will give better and more reliable reception - but with a limited range of services. See About us | Freeview for more details.
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Wednesday, 23 October 2019
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Chris.SE12:51 AM
carl cutting:
Whilst MikeP is correct in what he says, you are nevertheless not too far from the Tacolneston transmitter BUT it depends/could depend on the house number for your address. MikeP's search looks at results for no:1 in your road, whereas a general search for prediction reception at your postcode About us | Freeview gives much more optimistic results.
Whilst the predicted results for ITV/C4 channels (D3&4 multiplex) are marginally better than BBC multiplexes, I'm surprised you aren't getting BBC channels.
Your aerial should be pointing roughly slightly W of NW (254deg.) with the rods horizontal. If its and old Group B aerial you may struggle a bit with the COMs 7&8 multiplexes. Ideally you need a Group T /Wideband.
I would check all you coax plugs. connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the multiplexes shown in your TV's tuning section.
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Wednesday, 13 November 2019
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Simon Moss5:42 PM
ITV channels having poor reception in Hempnall, BBC all OK. Thought that it was our old TV box, but newer bedroom TV also having problems with reception.
Can a booster box be selective, or is the weather or leaves wrong at present?
Or has the mast having problems?
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Chris.SE6:55 PM
Simon Moss:
There is Planned Engineering this week at Tacolneston with "Possible weak signal". So this is probably the problem you are seeing.
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Friday, 22 November 2019
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Chris Wright3:26 PM
With a roof aerial, a new smart tv and having retuned, all channels
are fine except Sony channels 48 and 50 which have persistent sound and missed
picture block problems.
Is this an aerial problem?
We are in Great Moulton quite close to Tacolneston.
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MikeP
9:17 PM
9:17 PM
Chris Wright:
Without a full post code we have no idea just how close you might be to the transmitter. If you are quite close, then you may have too much signal and that can cause many problems. So please check what the reported signal strengths are, especially on the channels giving you problems. Ideally you want between 60% and 85%. Less will cause drop outs whilst more will give unreliable reception.If the signal is too strong you can add an attenuator into the aerial cable to reduce the signal.
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