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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Friday, 26 February 2016
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mr r coates11:34 AM
i do not seem to have signal on itv itv2 itv4 film 4 channel 4 channel 5 ihad itv on yesterday at 17-45 it suddenly went off as though a switch had been turned off can you explain
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Ed11:01 PM
jb38: Thanks jb38 for your info
I went with a UNI-220409 log periodic which is an active antennae with 26-28 dBi gain, just a few hundred yards up the road from my location are at least 3 properties who's aerials are pointing towards Tacolneston one of which is a log periodic and the other two yagi types.
I'm quite confident that with the extra height of the longer mast and the gain on the Unispectra antennae that I'll get a reasonable if not good signal, waiting for the weather to improve before I chance getting up on the roof.
Didn't realise but as I went for WF125 I had to buy larger diameter fplugs as the cable is thicker, might not have been necessary but hopefully the lower loss cable will pull every bit of signal into my free view box & hopefully a worthwhile upgrade over my existing WF100
Will update once I've got it up with my experience.
Regards
Ed
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Saturday, 27 February 2016
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jb384:49 PM
Ed: Well, lets put it this way, I feel that I can say with reasonably high level of confidence, that if you are unable to achieve satisfactory results using the active log, then it's almost guaranteed that you won't by using anything else.
The only point I would like to make is concerning aerial height, insomuch that in situations such as yours don't automatically assume that the general rule of "the higher the better" always applies, as in many cases it doesn't, therefore experiment with the aerial mounted at different heights.
I did however have a somewhat more comprehensive study at your area via Google earth, and although I can't really say that I noticed any aerials pointing towards Tacolneston, (poss dated image!) I did though as far as Belmont is concerned, e.g: a property in Britons Lane facing (approx) towards Robyns Road, and of course Belmont is predicted as providing a higher signal level in your area, i.e: "variable and good" levels predicted across all Muxes, whereas with Tacolneston its "variable and poor", especially so the latter!
Taking the aforementioned into consideration, you might possibly achieve better results by concentrating on getting the best reception of the COM channels from Belmont, and using West Runton for the reception of PSB channels, as you will most likely find that West Runton can be received perfectly OK on the rear (or near anyway) of the aerial facing towards Belmont, meaning that you do not require a separate aerial for Runton. Needless to say, all channels being tuned in manually.
By the way, Belmont is located at 64 miles / 293 degrees, COM channels being : 30 - 53 - 60 - 33 - 35, the two latter being COM 7/8 transmitting on lower power than the rest.
West Runton @ approx 1 mile / 126 degrees, PSB channels being: 26 - 23 - 29. (Vertical polarity)
Tacolneston @ 29 miles / 184 degrees.
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Sunday, 28 February 2016
Sunday, 6 March 2016
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Chris Carver8:06 PM
Fakenham
Hi having problems tonight with BBC Digital reception, Post Code NR21 7AW Gt Ryburgh. Could be atmospherics I suppose. Think we are served by Tacolneston.
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Tuesday, 5 April 2016
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Steve Gee9:52 PM
I have just read that ITV Anglia News is now being broadcast on Freesat in HD, (replacing ITV Meridian HD, although according to reports is is actually only upscaled HD) -
Does anyone know if or when it will come to Freeview HD?
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Friday, 22 April 2016
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Richard Baguley12:22 PM
TacolnestonBBC1 and 2 dropping out; signal strength very low - what is going on?
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Saturday, 23 April 2016
MikeP
11:11 AM
Trowbridge
11:11 AM
Trowbridge
Richard Baguley:
To be able to assist we need a full post code for where you live, or that of a very nearby shop or post office. Then we can look at reception conditions for your location.
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Sunday, 24 April 2016
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peter Leggett4:13 PM
I live in Bungay and am suffering severe interference on my TV channels. The interference is (a0 intermittent and occurs at various times. It is such that it totally wipes out BBC and ITV channels.
I have fitted 4g filters but even they are over whelmed.
The interference is also heard on radio channels.
HELP
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Monday, 25 April 2016
MikeP
10:51 AM
Trowbridge
10:51 AM
Trowbridge
Peter Leggett:
It is likely that your are suffering from the temperature inversion interference that is prevalent in the Eastern areas of the UK at present. There is nothing you can do to prevent this natural phenomenon.
4G filters will not give any benefit in this instance, they are only effective if your reception is affected by mobile signals local 4G transmitting masts. As you have not given a full post code we cannot check to see if there are any such masts in your locality.
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