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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Wednesday, 20 March 2013
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Martyn Bell3:44 PM
Norwich
I have recently moved my aerial to avoid trees which seems to have worked accept for my Playstation 3 Play TV box. I can not get any BBC on it. Other Freeview equipment using same aerial receives 95% signal strength for BBC & works fine. I have tried an amp' but this did not help.I don't think signal is too strong, but that has been a problem before. No manual options for PS3 Play TV. Any help please.
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Saturday, 23 March 2013
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Martyn Bell12:14 PM
Norwich
I have found the cause of my problem with my PS3 Play TV box. It turned out to be a faulty coaxial lead. I can't even begin to understand why it only effected BBC channels but there it is.
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Saturday, 11 May 2013
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Perry1:42 PM
Hi, since May 1st when the Tacolneston Norfolk mast was retuned my freeveiw HD channels are breaking up all the HD channels on the new C50 are the same, signal strength 95 but quality is up and down around the 60% number so its to do with the quality. Freeview HD was all perfect before the retune. I tryed a variable attenuator no difference just lost all channels. I tested the quality on none HD channels it was 100% strength 97. I've done a complete retune many time's. Help please (52.6493,1.3106)
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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David2:28 PM
North Walsham
Have an HD set with built-in box and the aerial is in the loft.
Since the May re-tune we cannot watch a number of channels as they keep breaking up.
Have done two auto re-tunes but still the same problem.
Any ideas anyone?
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David: If your aerial points to the Tacolneston transmitter, have you confirmed that it is indeed tuned to Tacolneston for all channels?
If it is then retuning is a waste of time. If it isn't then carrying the same automatic tuning procedure may well yield the same incorrect result. As Einstein said: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"!
Bring up the signal strength screen on the following services and observe the UHF channel that it is tuned to. The following channels are for Tacolneston:
BBC One = C55
ITV = C59
BBC One HD = C50
ITV3 = C42
Pick TV = C45
Film4 = C39
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Saturday, 18 May 2013
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tim 2:58 PM
Norwich
we live in east harling (tacolneston transmitter) and use bt vision, but since 1 May, when i understand some frequencies changed at tacolneston, we haven't ben able to get a proper picture on UHF channel 39, which now carries all the ARQB channels, including film 4 and sky sports 1 and 2 (prior to 1 May, all was fine). We have no vcr, games console, thus ruling out local band interference, so guess we are going to have to buy a wideband aerial to get the channels back? am i right?what is the likely cost of installation and is it guaranteed to work?
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tim 2:59 PM
Norwich
BTW, signal strength is about 25% on the affected channels, and quailty is 0%
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jb384:04 PM
tim: If you have zero quality then its most unlikely that a new aerial would make any difference, therefore its the best procedure by far to check with a neighbour or someone else nearby for the purpose of find out if others are also being affected, or that the problem is simply confined to your own installation, and should it be, then the problem could be caused by a faulty connection where the coax joins into the aerials termination box, that is if not somewhere within the actual house dependant on where the cable is routed.
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jb384:20 PM
tim : Just to add, that its undeniable that the efficiency of you aerial will be down by ArqB having changed to mux Ch39 "if" you have a group C/D aerial fitted, this identified by a green blanking plug on the front of the horizontal boom that holds the elements, but to get an idea of the levels received in your area you should try a signal check on mux Ch42 (ITV3) noting the level, then try the same check again on mux Ch55 (BBC) and give an update on the result.
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