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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 09/12/2024 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
Sunday, 13 March 2011
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Mike Dimmick
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12:47 AM

mark hawes: the Horizon website has updated data files and firmware for your meter. Go to Horizon HD-TM Plus and click Product Downloads under Resources on the right-hand side for the data files, and 'Upgrades / Utilities / Docs' for the firmware. (RG47SH)

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Saturday, 19 March 2011
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Peter Newlands
5:47 PM

Briantist - a belated thanks for your response and warning.

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Sunday, 3 April 2011
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David Pearce
10:35 AM

Hi - My mother and father in-law's analogue TV has finally given up the ghost after 25 years. They had hoped to wait until after the switchover. So had I as they will find it really difficult to cope with the retuning;etc (one is nearly 90 and the other is well over 90) and since I am 170 miles away I won't be of much help.

They live in North Walsham. Can anyone explain to me why the BBC service is planned to deteriorate in 2013. This seems insane, would they be better going for a Freesat??

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Mike Dimmick
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8:53 PM
Reading

David Pearce: I used the postcode NR28 9JS with Digital UK's postcode checker, trade view. It shows that BBC A, D3+4, and the HD multiplex are expected to get worse in 2012.

The commercial multiplexes at the Dover transmitter will be using these frequencies (C55, C59 and C62). I think this is why the prediction deteriorates - they are north of Tacolneston so the aerial will point in roughly that direction. Yes, Dover is a long way away and signals are blocked by the curvature of the Earth, but in the right (or wrong) weather conditions, signals bounce off the atmosphere and travel further than you'd think. They might experience break-up at night.

It may be possible to reduce the problem by rotating the aerial several degrees clockwise, so it points a bit to the right of Tacolneston, and doesn't pick up as much from Dover.

The Midhurst transmitter will also transmit on C55 but this is even further away and much less powerful. DUK show little impact from this.

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Monday, 4 April 2011
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David Pearce
8:16 PM
Sheffield

Thanks. They've gone and bought a Panasonic Freeview today, so hopefully it'll be OK.

As regards inteference from Dover, if its only at night it shouldn't prove too much of a problem since they go to bed early. We'll just have to wait and see.

They are in NR28 9JQ and that says 2013, so this ia obviously not an exact science!!!. It would be helpful if Digital UK's site gave a bit more detail than just 'Variable reception' which could mean anything, if its only the odd day thats not so bad. If its every other day, thats different all together.

Our reception is from Emley Moor and we can use a wire coathanger as an aerial!!


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Saturday, 9 April 2011
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p.j.williams
8:03 PM
Halesworth

Have lost digital signal on all stations over last two days.Have had to retune to analogue and can now get alimited number of stations.We have a loft ariel but have excellant recption normally. Please help .

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Monday, 11 April 2011
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
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S. Carter
10:36 AM
Norwich

Can get analogue signal ok, but the digital signal on freeview just comes up as 'no signal' for the past two days. Sky dish - no problem.

Any ideas as to what the problem might be? Cannot be my set/aeriel, as analogue is working ok.

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Briantist
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2:37 PM

S. Carter: It could be a fault with your Freeview box, but check your aerial cables.

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Thursday, 14 April 2011
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Bob Green
10:30 AM
Lowestoft

I have three Bush IDLCD27TV006 tvs with built in Freeview, since the South of the Anglia region changed to digital only I find they are freezing/not responding to the r/c on ITV, CH4 and CH5.
I am on the Tacholneston transmitter, done full factory resets etc. All these channels are 64QAM, all the rest on 16QAM still work fine.
Do we know if any changes to the transmission have taken place to cause this or is it a temporary changeover thing as if it isn't it's a disaster as it only seems to affect these tvs!!
Any comments or information would be gratefully received.

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