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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 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
Monday, 6 June 2016
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MikeB
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11:53 PM

Tracey Sparkes: We need a postcode to find out what your problem is, but there is a high pressure system at the moment which is causing problems. And exactly the same thing used to happen to analogue, whatever people might chose to remember.

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Tuesday, 7 June 2016
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davidwf
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12:38 AM
Eye

Tonight again we have intermittently lost the HD channels......sig strength around 40-50% (normally 90) quality also down. IP23 8LP

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Friday, 10 June 2016
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shirley cooper
9:03 AM
Cromer

MikeB: like tracy sparks i too am fed up with having poor or no signal from tacolston mast. blaming the weather iis a very poor excuse and it it is time to do something. i suggest strenghening the signal but i suspect that isn't possible. i live near cromer and numerous complaints have been aired on streetlife. my postcode is NR27 0LB. thoroughly fed up and cannot find a complaint address for tacolston mast.
--------shiley cooper








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Chris Stanforth
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10:01 AM

HIgh pressure weather conditions have always caused this problem for viewers on the east coast from time to time .Nothing to do with the change to digital. The power cannot be increased because that would cause interference to other countries . Now that all the same channels except Dave and Quest are on Freesat the best solution is to get a Freesat system which is not affected by high pressure weather.

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Richard Cooper
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11:23 AM
Norwich

shirley cooper: Hi Shirley. Regretfully, you have been unable to learn from the many excellent comments made on the ukfree.tv website this week concerning weather conditions, all of which have been accurate, factually correct and certainly not 'an excuse' for a 'poor signal' or 'no signal' message on Freeview screens. Tacolneston is already running at a very high power, and, as you surmise in your post, cannot have its power increased any further. The Tacolneston mast is run by a company called Arqiva. Arqiva's telephone number is 01962 823434, should you wish to contact the company. It runs most of the transmitters in the country, but has to abide by Government and international agreements about transmitter powers. Hope this helps, Richard, Norwich.

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Mary Macer
4:32 PM
Bury St. Edmunds

I too was getting interruption of my Freeview signal (Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 2PE) recently and wondered whether it was related to high atmospheric pressure, as I do remember analogue signal problems in the summertime months years ago. However, when I looked at my barometer I didn't think that the reading was all that high, so went slightly into panic mode! When a friend of mind, who lives fairly close-by, reported similar problems I was reassured and things now seem to have improved, but I would agree that it was infuriating when in the middle of "Wallander" the picture disappeared and I "lost the plot". Nowadays many people do have catch-up, and as this happens infrequently I think we should all be glad that we do have a Freeview service which mostly serves us well. I hope the dissatisfied people are now back to happier days.

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Richard Cooper
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5:11 PM
Norwich

Mary Macer: Well said, Mary (in your last post!). I must say I have had picture and sound break-up on PSB 2 (D3+4) multiplex when the pressure was only 1014 millibars, when standard atmospheric pressure is 1013.25 millibars, so the pressure doen't need to be much higher than normal for atmospheric conditions to start affecting tv reception. This surprised me as much as it seems to have surprised you. The pressure here in Norwich is currently 1013 millibars, so hopefully that's decreased enough for us not to experience any more break-up for a while! Richard.

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MikeP
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5:45 PM

Mary (and Richard):

It is not just pressure that is relevant but the temperatures of the several layers of the atmosphere as well - which is why it's often referred to as a temperature inversion effect. The problem occurs at the boundary layer between lower warm air and higher cooler air and causes RF signals used for TV transmission to travel further than usual. That means it becomes possible for a more distant transmitter using the same frquency to interfere with your reception. That used to happen on the south coast when French signals caused problems, but that has largely been reduced by the adjustments made by the French authorities to the transmission patterns they use across northern France.



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MikeB
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10:33 PM

shirley cooper: Talcneston is always problematic, because much of the coastal area has small hills which mask its signal. But looking at that postcode, you can see for yourself that supposed to be getting an excellent signal, and no, the signal strength is constant.

As other have already pointed out, if if you've got problem at the moment, its due to high pressure, which is both perfectly natural and beyond anyone's control. If you've got a problem long term, check your system.

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Saturday, 2 July 2016
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dale
11:58 AM

why can I get talking pictures on my freeview

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