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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Thursday, 14 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick3:18 PM
Bob Green: The Kimpton transmitter, a relay of Sandy Heath near Luton and Stevenage, started using C60 yesterday, but it's extremely low power and using the other polarization. Sudbury won't start using it until 2012 (and doesn't switch over until July). You should be looking at your own reception rather than changes at the transmitters.
Try Freeview Intermittent Interference and Single Frequency Interference for some suggestions.
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Barry Mallett8:05 PM
King's Lynn
I live in post code pe33 9de (Gooderstone) in Norfolk and everything was fine before the switchover. All digital channels I could get via my Sony TV which has an internal digi box. After retuning I can now get 44 digital channels but most are what I don't want. I cannot get the more obvious ones like BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc. The first channel the TV tunes into is ITV3 on its internal channel 10. I do have an external arial which appeared to work fine before the switchover as I recieved lots of digital channels including the ones which are now missing? Appreciate any help you can give me.
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Friday, 15 April 2011
Barry Mallett: I would check your TV isn't on this list - TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - if it is you need to buy a Freeview box.
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Bob Green10:26 AM
Lowestoft
Thanks for the reply Mike, but I'm afraid you don't get the cigar as I've come across a couple of other people with assorted BUSH sets with the same problem!
Ie: Is it a TV set problem or has anything changed in the transmission that's upsetting them?
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Bob Green: The requirement is that the receiver equipments works with the provided broadcasts, that is the way the law works here.
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Bob Green3:36 PM
Lowestoft
Yes, I fully understand that fact!
I was purely wondering whether we knew if the transmission had changed [which it appears to have] and whether it was something temporary/a glitch that was known about, or was it a permanent change that has disabled the sets, as I am sure they will not be updatable?
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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D.C.Hogg4:01 PM
Norwich
We receive signal from Sprowston due to topography adjacent to property {NR85DN] WILL THIS STILL BE IN OPERATION AFTER THE SWITCH OVER
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D.C.Hogg's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Bob Green: Some very old boxes do not support the 8k mode - TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Saturday, 16 April 2011
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Bob Green11:24 AM
Lowestoft
So have we suddenly been switched to 8k mode two weeks ago, is there anywhere I can find out this kind of information? Ie: What is actually coming out of my local transmitter at this time?
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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