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 25/11/2024 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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Saturday, 15 November 2014
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jb3812:17 PM
Richard: Southwold is well outside of the coverage of Tacolnestons local LNR transmitter, its transmission pattern resembling that of a thistle, with the top of spanning from Great Yarmouth around the coastline to Cromer. and with the limits of its bulbous bottom section touching on Diss, Harleston and Loddon.
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Ken Illsley4:52 PM
Thanks Mike. I managed to work out how to do a manual scan and found some of the auto tuned channels were down in the 20's which I think were on the Sandyheath transmitter.
I cleared everything and manually scanned on the Tacolneston channels listed above and all now seems fine.
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Wednesday, 28 January 2015
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colin9:16 PM
Norwich
Hi
When I watch itv I get central when I watch itv 1 I get anglia.
My post code is nr12 0sx which I have put into the Manthatten reciever.
is there a way of getting itv from anglia all the time?
Thanks
Colin
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jb3811:18 PM
Ipswich
colin: If you are referring to a Manhatten "Freesat" receiver, try carrying out a new (first time) installation but enter a post code of PE6 7XZ into the box, this code covering the Anglia West area, or should you wish the Anglia East region use IP1 3BB.
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Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
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Mike2:04 PM
Seems 4G interference has started, I am getting serious picture break-up intermittently over all muxes but especially com7 and BBCA and it is worse from about 8am - 10pm
Let me guess, I now have to buy yet more hardware...
This whole DSO has been a complete joke
1st a company installed a digital aerial which worked fine with the original DVB-T muxes when Tacolneston started transmitting DTV, then it had to be replaced to a wideband at more cost to get the DVB-T2 mux because it was 'out of range' (and of course a new set-top box that supported DVB-T2) and now it looks like I will have to buy more hardware to stop 4G interference.
Seriously, I may just bin the bloody TV, save myself £150 tax to the BBC and just watch stuff online on catch-up
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MikeB4:01 PM
Mike: You havn't given a postcode, so we have no idea of your location. However, unless your in a very isolated area, with a booster and very close to a 4G station, you very unlikely to have a 4G problem.
On the other hand, Talcneston is in Norfolk, and much of that area is a right pain as far as Freeview is concerned. Lots of little hills, a curving coastline which blocks off many people's line of sight from the transmitter, etc. Its why my parents in law watch via Belmont and have Freesat for local news.
Remember that Com 7 is on much lower power than the rest of the mux's, so thats why you were out of area. Once we have a location, the signal guru's (not me) can have a look. However, check your signal strength, and of course make sure your actually tuned to Talcneston. Your signal could be just too poor to get those muxs, or it could be too good (happens a lot more than you might think), or you might have a problem with your system - perhaps a loose/frayed cable, moisture in a connection, or interference from an external source.
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jb387:04 PM
Mike: The transmission frequencies used by Tacolneston "are" in the range most likely to affected by 4G
, that is should any 4G transmitters exist near to your particular location. You can easily find this out by contacting a company called AT800 using the undermentioned link, if your location (they will request your post code) is deemed by them as possibly being affect by this mode of transmission they will supply you with a filter free of charge, the filter being inserted in line with the TV's (or boxes) aerial input socket.
If though you are using a mast head amplifier? the filter really has to be inserted between the aerial and the input to the amplifier.
Contact us | Advice or general enquiries | at800
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MikeB10:11 PM
jb38: True, the frequencies are possibly prone to 4G interference, but looking back at all the people who say they have 4G problems, and then look at the number of people who actually have had 4G problems, the actual number is really very small.
So its certainly a possibility, and A800 should be able to say, but is it likely? On the other hand, there are various explainations for picture breakup, especially in a possibly marginal area.
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