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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 Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Tacolneston transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C40- (625.8MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C43- (649.8MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C46 (674.0MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)263mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)246mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)246mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LNR
 H -10dB
C32 (562.0MHz)263mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
7 Mustard,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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 YarmouthTransposer1 km S town centre30 homes
Lowestoft (2)TransposerRotterdam Rd125 homes

How will the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1717 Jul 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EEE TW TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C31com7com7
C32_local
C37com8com8
C39 +ArqB+ArqBArqB
C40BBCA
C42SDNSDNSDNSDN
C43D3+4
C45ArqAArqAArqAArqA
C46BBCB
C50tv_off BBCBBBCB
C52tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C55tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves-BBCA-BBCA-BBCAcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offLNRLNR
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tacolneston was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 13 January 2012
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KMJ,Derby
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6:58 PM

pirat3uk: The signal on C41 is most likely to be Mux D3+4 from the Great Yarmouth relay. This is a Freeview light transmitter (the three PSB muxes only) and is on a bearing of 347 degrees from your location. The signal is transmitted at 400 Watts and uses vertical polarisation.

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pirat3uk
7:00 PM
Great Yarmouth

Really need help!
Just done a bit more testing (wife calls it playing) and further to previous post noticed that I don't get any signal on c59 BUT all the channels on that mux are on the "extra" mux I get on c41.So in a nutshell I get sdn mux on c41 not c59 as I would expect from tacolneston. So I would assume I'm lined up on the wrong Transmitter? BUT no other transmitter in the uk transmits on that frequency line up.
HELP! is the website info incorrect??

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pirat3uk
7:06 PM
Great Yarmouth

Thanx KMJ
That was my initial theory but
It's at right angles (347-258) to my aerial
It's the wrong polarisation
It's got a better signal despite going through end wall and rest of terrace.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm I know it's a black art, but?
see 2nd post for more confusion lol
But thanx for your input!

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KMJ,Derby
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8:41 PM

pirat3uk: The signal could be deflected by the roof or reflected by a nearby hill, building or a water tank. It is not unusual for the polarisation to be skewed in this event. The only other transmitter in Norfolk using C41 is Little Walsingham, which at 11W really has no chance of reaching your location.

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Saturday, 14 January 2012
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pirat3uk
12:03 PM

mmmm all good explanations but, as someone who is dubious of coincidence, doesn't explain the "loss" of c59 which (by coincidence, that word again!) carries the same content as the c41 I get (but shouldn't)
I saw another post on this site make reference to "parts being borrowed from sudbury for the tacolneston transmitter" prior to DSO. It couldn't possibly be that Tacolneston is actually Transmitting D34 on c41 instead of c59 IN ERROR????

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Lee Donaghy
12:16 PM
Great Yarmouth

C41 caused me problems retuning, ended up pulling the ariel lead until it got to C42

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KMJ,Derby
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12:50 PM

pirat3uk: Many receivers, after finding and storing the channels on C41 would overlook C59 as the content is identical to the channels already stored. Others will examine both C41 and C59 and select the stronger of the two signals. A third option, which clearly does not apply in this case, is selecting the last frequency found and rejecting identical content found earlier in the scan.

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pirat3uk
12:55 PM

Hi Lee,
See your in the same locale, i'm in Gorleston.
Can I assume you get ITV1 etc. ok on c59? 'cos I can't. Everything else ok with wideband aerial

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KMJ,Derby
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12:59 PM

pirat3uk: I should have added that the solution is to clear the channel list, then do a manual tune on each of the Tacolneston frequencies to restore reception of the correct transmitter.

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pirat3uk
1:14 PM

Hi KMJ
Can see I've got your grey matter workin overtime!
When I say I've got no signal on c59 I mean on a manual tune looking at reception levels all as expected for Tacolneston except c59 "NO SIGNAL" and good signal (relative) on c41, which is unexpected. Strange thing is I got a good signal on c41 on our previous "non wideband" aerial, but as expected c42 no signal and breakup on c45, others all ok so upgraded the aerial to get c42 ITV3 (for the missus). Tuner is a wharfedale twin tuner pvr but same results on tv's (tecnika) on board tuner.
Got me going, for sure!
The only problem is a nagging doubt that my signal is not coming from tacolneston. Some sites refer to a relay in Gorleston on sea but others such as this do not mention it?

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