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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter._______
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, 25 June 2011
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Darius2:54 PM
Norwich
I live in Norwich and have been having regular trouble with our reception, both analogue and digital. We have an aerial in our loft rather than on our roof and I am starting to wonder if changing that is the only way we can get consistently good reception. On some days it will be absolutely fine and we can watch programmes without interruption, although we still can not get channels such as Five USA which I see are rated as low reception from this receiver anyway. On other days it is incredibly intermittent; the picture will vary from being perfectly clear to saying 'signal lost', even on BBC 1 and 2 which are usually our best received channels. I have tried replacing all cables with gold-plated ones, using a booster and removing all other electrical equipment from the immediate vicinity of the aerial cables, but this inconsistency persists. If it was consistently bad I would put this down to the aerial being poorly aligned or not the right type, but this is not the case. Is my best option to change my aerial or is there anything else I should try?
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Monday, 27 June 2011
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david11:32 PM
Darius,
Yep, Aerial needs to go outside on the roof....for every approx 6 ft increase in height your signal will nearly double....likewise increase by moving it outside.....of course you could hang on until November when the Tacolneston changeover happens and they wind the wick up on the transmitter power......you'll probably be able to receive it with a bit of wire then ! :)
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
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David Maxwell3:11 AM
I am currently receiving NO BBC1, BBC2 or ITV only getting CH4
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Mike Dimmick5:27 PM
David Maxwell:
Tacolneston Transmitter group works on 13 and 14 July 2011
Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs.
TV services that will be disrupted:
Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.
Digital services - Not affected.
from
Digital UK - Planned Engineering Works .
It's likely that they're performing high-power digital tests - BBC Two will be replaced by BBC B, ITV1 by D3&4, and BBC One by BBC A at switchover, while Channel 4's frequency will be released, so it doesn't need to be turned off for the test. The commercial multiplexes will get new frequencies, not replacing any existing services.
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
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Pete Barnby11:06 AM
Since Saturday 9th Jul we have been experiencing no Digital service from Tacolneston except for Parliament, CBBC?, BBC4 and BBC Radio 1 to 4 during the mornings, approx 6:30 to 10:30.
There is meant to be no service affecting works anyone else having these outages?
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K Wells4:08 PM
Dear Sir,
In the last month my digital signal has got worse, with picture freezing and the no signal caption, I called an aerial engineer
who made slight adjustments, but still no good
The signal is worse on windy days, but signal is akay at after 11am.
Can you explain.
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Bob6:33 PM
Brandon
This past year have been receiving all digital channels on a amplified log 40 (periodic)with very good results at 30'height with just occaisional freezes. Annalogue a little grainy. Well pleased with this. Don't anticipate any probs with switchover.
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Bob6:37 PM
Brandon
Bob: Forgot to say; We are at Brandon IP27
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Gavin11:56 PM
Thetford
Hi,
First I'd just like to say what a great site this is - I've learned stacks and this will be my first port of call for any problems in the future...
Right, brown-nosing over: we're on the Tacolneston transmitter, but only just (with a booster aerial and signal amplifier). The signal strength on the multiplex with ITV and C4 seems to have dropped markedly over the past few days. Any idea why or what I can do? You report engineering work, but not on the digital side. I've just updated the software on my Humax box, but have reset channels and so on, so I'm sure there's nothing I've done wrong there. Could the software upgrade reduce signal quality? Any ideas gratefully received....
Also - can I assume that the signal will improve a lot after the switchover in November?
Thanks very much,
Gavin
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
K Wells: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice if you still have problems.
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