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Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

52.518,1.139 or 52°31'6"N 1°8'22"E

NR16 1DW

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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C40- (625.8MHz)	263m	DTG-	100,000W
	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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C43- (649.8MHz)	263m	DTG-	100,000W
	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),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C46 (674.0MHz)	263m	DTG-	100,000W
	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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C42 (642.0MHz)	263m	DTG-8	100,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 Great! Movies Action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 69 HorrorXtra, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 16 others
COM5 ArqA	H max	C45 (666.0MHz)	246m	DTG-8	100,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 71 That's 60s, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 70s, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H max	C39+ (618.2MHz)	246m	DTG-8	100,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 73 HobbyMaker, 76 That's 80s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 90 Together TV +1, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others
LNR	H -10dB	C32 (562.0MHz)	263m	DTG-12	10,000W
	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?

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	BBCtv_waves
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
C50_{tv_off}						BBCB	BBCB
C52_{tv_off}			C5_waves	C5_waves
C55_{tv_off}		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	-BBCA	-BBCA	-BBCA	com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}								COM8_{tv_off}
C57_{tv_off}							LNR	LNR
C59_{tv_off}		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	-D3+4	-D3+4	-D3+4
C62		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB
C65		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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

Oct 1959-Feb 2004	Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Wednesday, 30 July 2014

MikeB

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7:31 PM

Fiona Unick-Wagg: OK, I'm assuming that you have a TV, but your not getting a TV (if you want a TV, then come and see me!).

You havn't given your postcode (you can put into the site when you post), so I can't say why you cannot get a signal, but and the surrounding area is problematic. In fact the whole of North Norfolk is a bit odd (in so many ways...), with poor due to various factors (my parents in law live on the coast, and we have lots of customers from the area).

The area tends to be surprising hilly, and so reception is often difficult from Tacolneston or , and since most people live on the coast, which curves, headland, etc can also block the signal. For this reason, many people tend to tune into Belmost in Yorkshire, which is often a clearer signal. / is the other option, since the geography makes little difference. If we had your postcode, Google Earth etc would enable people to see where most aerials point in your area.

Also remember that you might have a problem with your own system. A corroded joint, a split or worn (which lets in water), and old about to fall apart, or even just a duff aerial lead from the socket to the TV can all have an effect.

And of course a weak signal, caused by work can plunge a marginal but working system into not getting a signal at all.

If you supply a postcode, we can rather more, but at least you have something to start with.

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Thursday, 31 July 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:33 AM

- Freeview: HD TV Weak from 01:32 yesterday to 00:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:28 today to 03:23 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:44 on 29 Jul to 09:20 on 29 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced from 01:14 on 29 Jul to 01:44 [BBC]

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5:09 AM

- Freeview: HD TV Weak from 01:32 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:44 on 29 Jul to 09:20 on 29 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:28 today, HD Digital TV Reduced from 01:14 on 29 Jul to 01:44 on 29 Jul. FM: Radio 2 FM Soun [BBC]

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Basil Magson
10:32 AM

During the last week, I have had problems with 3 (ITV) programmes.
The problem is variable but last night I couldn't get ITV at all. I tried the automatic retuning and as a result deleted ITYV completely as there was I did manage to retune ITV late at night and succeeded but the signal was not strong enough to give me a . The only time I have had a problem before was when there was a gale force wind. Can you

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Transmitter engineering

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1:37 PM

- Freeview: HD TV Weak from 01:32 yesterday to 00:28 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:44 on 29 Jul to 09:20 on 29 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:28 today to 03:23 today, HD Digital TV Reduced from 01:14 on 29 Jul to 01:44 [BBC]

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MikeP

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9:42 PM

Bill Magson

The page this entry is being shown on also gives details of work being carried out on the Tacolnston , which includes some periods of reduced . That is likely to affect , especially if your previous signal reception was close to the lower margins of 'acceptable' for your equipment. A retune in these circumstances means you have lost at least one service.
Check this site over the coming days for when the maintenance work has been completed, indicated by no newer entries for such. Then, and only then, should you try another retune.

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Friday, 1 August 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:32 AM

- Freeview: HD TV Weak from 01:32 on 30 Jul to 00:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:28 yesterday to 03:23 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:44 on 29 Jul to 09:20 on 29 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced from 01:14 on 29 J [BBC]

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Saturday, 2 August 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:33 AM

- Freeview: HD TV Off Air from 00:28 on 31 Jul to 03:23 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak from 01:32 on 30 Jul to 00:28 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:44 on 29 Jul to 09:20 on 29 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced from 01:14 on 29 J [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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7:38 AM

- Freeview: HD TV Reduced from 01:14 on 29 Jul to 01:44 on 29 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:44 on 29 Jul to 09:20 on 29 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:32 on 30 Jul to 00:28 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:28 on 31 J [BBC]

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1:31 PM

- Freeview: HD TV Weak from 01:32 on 30 Jul to 00:28 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:28 on 31 Jul to 03:23 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced from 01:14 on 29 Jul to 01:44 on 29 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:44 on 29 J [BBC]

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