Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Thursday, 14 June 2012
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david10:51 PM
OK so now there doesn't appear to be any ongoing transmitter work.....but we are still experiencing exactly the same level of errors on all channels on mux group A. All the others are OK with no reported errors *. Up until this started we could receive all channels with no errors *
* as reported by the TV and freeview indicators
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Monday, 18 June 2012
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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TACOLNESTON transmitter - Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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TACOLNESTON transmitter - Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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Thursday, 21 June 2012
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Malcolm Campbell11:12 AM
Harleston
During the last 4-6 weeks I have no reception for Multiplex C channels. Yesterday went through the suggested sequence (disconnect power-disconnect aerial, reconnect power, complete search etc, but still came up with nothing on Multiplex C. Pls advz other possible solutions. Thank you.
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Saturday, 23 June 2012
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D.A. Howell3:42 PM
Over the last 4 weeks we have periodically had no signal or poor signal for BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4 even after several times running the setup from scratch there has been no improvement the loss of signal mostly is mainly from 20.00 to Midnight this is in the Southwold area.
Thank you
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Sunday, 24 June 2012
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Norman12:08 PM
I have just purchased a new Toshiba LCD TV with a built in Freeview tuner. On the first installation it acquired some but not all of the channels that I previously received on my old TV via a separate Freeview Box. The missing ones are Yesterday, Film 4 etc, all on the COM6/ARQ MUX I believe. However, I can still receive these channels on another TV using a separate digi box with the same aerial and signal amplifier. Any suggestions of how to proceed would be welcome.
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Monday, 2 July 2012
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david12:46 AM
Norman,
Fly lead between wall & TV OK ?
I proved black was blue a while ago after purchasing some so called "digital" gold plated blue sheathing fly leads and "lost" several channels .....no, I didn't believe it either but replacement with leads made up with CTT100 cable made an immediate and somewhat un-believable improvement !
I think the problem was that rather than being faulty, the cheap leads allowed some interference in which was swamping the signal and causing the loss.
Might be worth a try.......I was so impressed I re-cabled the whole house in CTT100 cable, from aerial to outlet to TV and now don't get any interference or drop outs at all :)
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