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 04/11/2024 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?
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| 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, 29 November 2011
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jb388:54 PM
Ann: Its very difficult to assist when your exact location (post code) isn't known, but the problems you mention can be caused by an over powerful signal which can cause blocking on your receiving equipments tuner, the symptoms of this being "exactly" the same as from a weak signal.
A good test to see if this is applying is to try a test on BBC1 / ITV1 etc using a set top aerial, although a more accurate test is by the insertion of a simple attenuator in line with the aerial socket, these costing in the region of £4 or so.
That said, if you come back with your post code then a more precise answer can be given
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Friday, 2 December 2011
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Richard Watson3:51 PM
Fakenham
I have a new Panasonic TV, and the signal goes to this in a loop in, loop out arrangement via my Panasonic HD recorder. The signal quality & strength are at full deflection on the TV, and reception is fine,but both quality and strength vary rapidly and wildly on the HD recorder and they even drop out completely on occasions. What can be the problem as the signal goes from the HD to the TV! My post code is NR21 7NH, transmitter is Tacolneston
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Richard Watson: Do you have a booster/amplifier connected? If so, get rid of it.
See this page:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
It could be too much signal. What sort of aerial do you have?
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Richard Watson: Certainly if you've got a high-gain antenna, I would suggest it could be too higher signal level. If it's not, I'm not sure I'd rule it out.
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Richard Watson7:42 PM
Yes I do have a signal booster - thanks for the suggestion, I will try it without. Too high a signal strength may explain one or two oddities I am seeing on other TVs in the house, e.g. blocking/freezing on BBC channels on my kitchen TV.
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Saturday, 3 December 2011
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Paul Cox12:44 PM
Ely
Dave Pointer
Wrote on Saturday 26 November 2011 10:02PM
Now the DSO is complete can anybody recommend the best channel to use for 'V+ rf out' in the Thorpe st Andrew area. I'm using CH68 at the minute but the picture quality isn't the best!
David: Not sure what V+ rf out means. I guess you refer to an analogue signal from a set top box, Recorder, Sky+/Hd whatever.
Ch68 will be in the domain of G4 mobile phone signals, one day! So try Ch38
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby1:51 PM
Dave Pointer & Paul Cox: a point worth noting is that Mux ArqB from Tacolneston will change frequency to C39+ probably in 2013 if not before. At the same time MuxBBCB will change frequency to C50. Also C37 is penciled in for COM8 from Tacolneston, if this service takes to the air. You could try C21 which is clear in Norfolk, not sure though about which frequencies are in use at high power in Holland which could become a factor. Otherwise try the frequencies over C63 in the 4G block and change again if necessary when you know what is planned in the locality.
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Sunday, 4 December 2011
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D. McDonald11:13 AM
Norwich
Why does my mothers receptoion keeps breaking up and stalling, she lives in NR1 2PX, she has re booted several times and re-tunhjed as well
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D.'s: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
D. McDonald: At just over 9 miles from the transmitter, I think that one possibility is that the signal level going into your mother's TV/box could be too high.
See this page for an explanation:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
If there is a signal booster, then remove it. Consider getting an attentuator (£4 or £5 from eBay and other places).
Is this issue on all channels or on particular channels?
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Monday, 5 December 2011
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Scott9:01 AM
Why are they constantly messing about with the Tac transmitter. It annoys me that this affects the analogue radio signal. What are they actually doing and why is this disrupted so much?
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