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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter._______
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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Sunday, 13 March 2011
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Mike Dimmick12:47 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 Newlands5:47 PM
Briantist - a belated thanks for your response and warning.
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Sunday, 3 April 2011
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David Pearce10:35 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 Dimmick8:53 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 Pearce8:16 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.williams8:03 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. Carter10:36 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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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 Green10:30 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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