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 22/04/2024 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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Friday, 23 November 2012
david: Maybe because ITV is on low power, but not BBC.
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Monday, 26 November 2012
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Lexy5:50 PM
Norwich
I'm in Norwich too and having real issues with ITV & Channel 4. Does anyone know when the works are due to be finished and we can expect a normal service?
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Thursday, 29 November 2012
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Rod Cole7:20 PM
Great Yarmouth
Prior to the switch over to full digital we received reasonable signals and on the odd occasions that a signal was not good we could always get an analog signal. Since the switch over our signal during bad weather has deteriorated and over the last few weeks it is doubtful if we get a signal for the main channels (BBC/ITV1&2/CN4&5). We never seem to have any problems getting the junk channels and can usually get Sky News, RT and Al Jazera News programs. Tonight is typical, no BBC or ITV etc. its raining!!
There are never any problems in good weather conditions and they are usually OK during the daytime. PLEASE fix the problem, I am fed up with having to connect the computer to the TV every evening.
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Friday, 7 December 2012
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Alan Dooley12:12 PM
I live 4 miles from Tacolneston and on the 5th between 6.30pm and 8pm I have lost all signal on my freeview TV sets. I have tried resetting them and re-tuning but with no luck. My aerial is in the loft but being this close to the transmitter I have pretty much always had 100% quality and signal. One of my televisions is picking up channels but only with a strength of around 15% so cuts in and out. I was wondering if this weeks works at Tacolneston could have done this or is just coincidence and I need to get my aerial looked at?
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Martin French2:12 PM
Downham Market
jb38
Do you or anyone else know when the engineering works at Tacolneston are likely to be completed.
We are totally frustrated at having been denied virtually all channels for most of the time during the last few months and are seriously considering replacing our Samsung LE32A457 television in our bedroom with a Panasonic Viera TX-L42E5B and then transferring the Samsung TV into the lounge to replace our really ancient and bulky Phillips CRT television used for watching non premium SKY channels on an inherited box. Is there a particular Panasonic TV that has a more robust inbuilt tuner? If there is little likelihood of getting watchable television with this or any other Panasonic TV we will just have to wait patiently until the maintenance works have been completed whenever that may be.
Also do you know what steps are going to be taken to prevent the forthcoming 4G mobile signals from causing problems with our TV bandwidth especially as we can't even get a 3G signal at our home or in many other local areas.
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Friday, 21 December 2012
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Alan Dooley10:13 PM
Oddly enough our signal problem went away after a few days and as of about half 9 tonight it is back. 4 miles from transmitter and nothing. What on earth could be causing this?
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Sunday, 23 December 2012
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T11:23 PM
NT38
Roof
On only 1 tv on the house the bbc and film 4 channels are not receiving properly since Fri
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Thursday, 10 January 2013
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pete8:37 PM
Anyone know what's happened to Com5 ArqA from Tacolneston tonight. All the channels on this Mux report zero signal. All the other Muxes are fine
Pete
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Mike Smith11:41 PM
Norwich
Pete Now looking at Sky News and also just checked Pick TV both are on Com5 and at the present time 11.39 they both look they are on normal strength
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Friday, 11 January 2013
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pete10:38 PM
Thanks Mike, The Mux seems OK now. It must have been a temporary glitch
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