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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 09/12/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Tacolneston transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C40- (625.8MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C43- (649.8MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C46 (674.0MHz)263mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)263mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)246mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)246mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LNR
 H -10dB
C32 (562.0MHz)263mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
7 Mustard,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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 YarmouthTransposer1 km S town centre30 homes
Lowestoft (2)TransposerRotterdam Rd125 homes

How will the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1717 Jul 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EEE TW TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C31com7com7
C32_local
C37com8com8
C39 +ArqB+ArqBArqB
C40BBCA
C42SDNSDNSDNSDN
C43D3+4
C45ArqAArqAArqAArqA
C46BBCB
C50tv_off BBCBBBCB
C52tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C55tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves-BBCA-BBCA-BBCAcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offLNRLNR
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tacolneston was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Saturday, 15 November 2014
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jb38
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12:17 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 Illsley
4:52 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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colin
9:16 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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colin
9:17 PM

Oops should be itv+1 to last post

Colin

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jb38
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11:18 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
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colin
6:06 AM

Thanks JB38

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Wednesday, 1 April 2015
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Mike
2:04 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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MikeB
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4:01 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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jb38
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7:04 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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MikeB
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10:11 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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