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?
| 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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Friday, 13 January 2012
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KMJ,Derby6:58 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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pirat3uk7:00 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's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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pirat3uk7:06 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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pirat3uk's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby8:41 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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pirat3uk12:03 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 Donaghy12:16 PM
Great Yarmouth
C41 caused me problems retuning, ended up pulling the ariel lead until it got to C42
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Lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby12:50 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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pirat3uk12:55 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,Derby12:59 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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pirat3uk1:14 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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