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 |
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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Wednesday, 2 April 2014
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deadite669:32 PM
Lambo i have a Panasonic TX-L32D28BS and can pick up both new mux's, NR30 area.
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Thursday, 3 April 2014
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Lambo7:15 PM
Hi. Thanks for the reply. NR19 (Dereham) doesn't appear to be within transmission range, yet both a Samsung and a Toshiba just outside town can pick up the channel perfectly. However, two Panasonics on the same street (albeit 200yds apart) cannot. Another TV (Sony) about 3 miles west of Dereham CAN pick it up and one TV (another Panny) in Dereham cannot get it.
This is the only reason why I made an assumption that it could be Panny Tv's with issues. Deadite66 seems to have settled that one though! Mind you, they are within the catchment area. Maybe Panny's aren't very good at probing for weak transmissions. I don't know.
I'll just have to deliver the bad news - no 'Mustard' for the masses of Dereham! LOL!
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Friday, 4 April 2014
Lambo: it's is possible that some devices are not scanning for the transmission mode QSPK 8K 3/4
8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 but it's been in the Blue Book for many a year, perhaps the devices can do a manual scan... Can't think of any boxes I have seen that present QSPK as an option though.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2014
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Lost_Station_Man3:09 PM
Hi,
Over the last couple of days we had lost BBC Four HD and BBC News HD. (They were fine until a couple of days ago or so) So today i did a full system retune. This has now made things ten times worse as i now only have 25 DTV stations and 11 radio stations. So after a retune i have lost well over half my channels that were perfectly fine before i retuned. The only reason i retuned was because i'd lost BBC Four HD and BBC News HD. So why have i lost so many more stations after a retune? We have a brand new ariel that was set up by an expert less than a year ago, and the TV is less than a week old. We're in the PE38 Hilgay area.
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Dave Lindsay
4:57 PM
4:57 PM
Lost_Station_Man: Judging by the prediction of signals at the postcode associated with your previous posting I suggest that you aren't likely to be able to receive stable COM7 (BBC News HD etc) from Tacolneston because it's co-channel with that of Waltham. Perhaps you were either picking it up from Tacolneston or Belmont or Sandy Heath.
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Lost_Station_Man5:31 PM
Hi Dave,
I discovered what the problem was. It was a faulty cable running from the HD box to the back of the TV. (We have the main ariel plugged into an HD freeview recorder box, then a cable from the box to the TV) So i replaced the cable and all is working perfectly again now, we have all freeview and freeview HD stations back. Our signals are reading 90% signal strength, and 100% quality.
Cheers for the help though. =).
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Lost_Station_Man5:35 PM
Hi Dave,
I discoverd what the problem was. It was a faulty cable running from the HD box to the back of the TV. I replaced the cable and we now have all the stations and HD stations back. Our signal quality is back to 90% strength and 100% picture quality on both the HDTV reciever and our HD box reciever. Thanks for the help though.
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Thursday, 12 June 2014
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stuart5:50 PM
I have lost all signal on my tv no freeview at all, I live in NR14NS..
Any idea as Bt can't help me and it's up a frustrating thing, apparently engineering work may be happening but no one can help us or confirm anything
Any help or advice is welcomed
Stuaty
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Dave Lindsay
5:58 PM
5:58 PM
stuart: If you are using a powered amplifier (booster) then this could have failed as it would likely result in no or little signal. The fact that the power light may be on is no indication that it is functioning correctly.
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Dave Lindsay
5:59 PM
5:59 PM
stuart: There is engineering work on at Tacolneston which could mean weak signal, so perhaps the level of the signal is now below that which your TV requires to resolve a picture.
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