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 |
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
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Michael Garfield11:26 AM
Eye
I live in Eye, Suffolk, and the BBC channels have suddenly disappeared today. I have tried retuning, even gone back to shipping condition and retuned from there. Still no BBC channels.
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Sunday, 3 November 2013
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John Read9:19 AM
Michael, I've been struggling with all BBC channels since last week. Firstly on my recorder, then finally last night also on TV. Both tuners are refusing to scan CH55, where all the BBC channels reside. The Tacolnston notice above mention work but says that TV Digital is normal, but there's a notice on the TV saying Childrens BBC is also going to be available on HD soon. Is this a sign that normal TV is going in favour of HD? I'm in Lowestoft.
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John Read12:14 PM
Further to my post above and that of 12th Oct. I've now reinserted the AE amplifier, and can now get BBC on TV but still nothing worth looking at on the recorder. How can Tacolneston say things are normal!
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Saturday, 9 November 2013
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Bob8:07 AM
TO Anyone getting poor freeview reception at the moment, this may be caused by local tree leaves in the TX direction dying & wet, but still hanging onto the trees - once they blow off, things will improve. Yet another weakness of Digital TV.
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Wednesday, 20 November 2013
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Rob Brett 5:12 PM
Norwich
Hi, We live in the NR16 2BA postcode and normally get good digital signal. This last week our TV signal constantly breaks up. I have checked and Tacolneston reports no issues but some engineering. Is there a way to test if our signal has dropped? I am almost sure it is not our TV/Areal at this stage. Any advise would be great!
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MikeP
10:02 PM
10:02 PM
Rob:
Not knowing what equipment you have, I'd suggest looking for the tuning facility - but do not start any scanning. Just select a programme that is giving problems and check whether the signal strength is correct, you do *not* want 100% but it should be better than 50%. Also check the signal quality, that should ideally be 80% or better.
That there are works being conducted at Tacolneston can mean signal interruptions and/or periods of lower power working.
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Saturday, 23 November 2013
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jb3811:33 PM
Bob: As far as I know it should be any time now as the aircraft warning lights have been deactivated.
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Monday, 25 November 2013
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SteveW5:12 PM
Can anyone throw any light on reception in the Ditchingham/Hedenham area just to the north of Bungay?
I get good reception on D3&4 Ch59, and SDN Ch 42, but very poor reception (25% signal strength)on ARQA Ch45, and no reception on BBCA Ch 55.
Any ideas on why this should be and what possible actions I can take to remedy?
I have manually retuned a number of times but always the same problem. Why should channels 59 and 42 be so strong but channel 55 unable to register?
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SteveW:
These muxs are outputted at the same strength so in theory you should receive them all the same, the only time that you would is if there is an something disrupting the path of said transmission.
If this is the case then you should try mounting the aerial in a different location, it is not always the highest point which is the best, for example- imagine a block of flats at the bottom of your garden, how are you going to see past it? you will need to get above it or simply move to the left or right to see past it, the same applied to receiving aerial reception, moving even a few feet from its current location could be all it needs.
regards
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