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 15/04/2024 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?
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| 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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Wednesday, 16 January 2013
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George Grimshaw3:58 PM
At present I receive freeview signals from the local Bury St Edmunds transmitter , with a vertically polarised aerial, which has a restricted number of channels. I should like to receive signals from the Tacolneston transmitter. What type/number of aerial should I use ?
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rujuby11:10 PM
Cheadle
aerial on roof.
also have powered indoor aerial for freeview on the pc.
there has been no freeview signal on any tv or pc regardless of what aerial has been used. is it a transmitter problem? i note with interest that there are no reported problems with winterhill today on the website.
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rujuby's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
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John Nottage8:28 AM
The date of May 1st has been given for the next Tacolneston re-tune because of the 4G phone sell-off. What happened to the filters we were all supposed to need & were being supplied by the phone companies? Are we still expected to pay for their installation?
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John Nottage: A retune will happen May 2013 to clear C62. When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 2 multiplexes in C52-C60 range: C55: PSB1 C59: PSB2
You may or may not need a filter - it's complicated and we don't know yet who will run the 4G - see How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? | 4G mobile | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice .
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Wednesday, 6 February 2013
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M kiddle7:43 AM
Are your eng. works still running? Time 0742. Wed?
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Sunday, 10 February 2013
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Ray Harman8:13 AM
Norwich
Hi
My post code is nr6 7nn and we have sky and are having problems on bbc and itv channels all the time since change over. We also have a tv which has a very good indoor ariel but tis also now has probs with bbc1 but no other channel have spoken to sky what a waste of time will soon be changing to cable if i cant sort out.
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Ray Harman: The first thing I suggest that you check is that your TVs are indeed tuned to Tacolneston for BBC and ITV.
Bring up the signal strength screen on BBC One; it should say that it is tuned to UHF/RF channel 55 (for Tacolneston). Other possibilities may be C46 for Norwich Central or C44 for Sudbury.
For ITV, Tacolneston broadcasts on C59 whereas Norwich Central is on C43 and Sudbury is on C41.
If it turns out that this is the issue, then you will need to wipe the tuner's memory such as by running the automatic tuning scan through with the aerial unplugged. If there is manual tuning, then use it; for Tacolneston the channels to tune to are: 55, 59, 62(HD), 42, 45, 50. (On 1st May this year C62 will change to C50 and C50 will change to C39.)
If there is no manual tuning, then it will be more tricky. On your automatic tuning scan, have the aerial unplugged for channels in the 40s (unplugged until 60%). This should give you BBC and ITV from Tacolneston without COM (Commercial) channels (ITV3, Pick TV, Film4 etc) and this is because those channels broadcast on frequencies close to the unwanted BBC and ITV ones. If there is a function to "add new services", or similar, which carries out another scan whilst not wiping what's already stored, then run it.
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Saturday, 16 March 2013
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phillip10:33 AM
i have jsut lost psb3, com 4 to 6 muxes. they were at max errors so i retuned and now they have gone. no changes made to the connections - just poor reception for no reason i can see. Are you sure there are no problems with the network?
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jb3810:58 AM
phillip: Its most inadvisable to retune any TV or box for any reason other than one officially published such as transmitter channel alterations etc, as all that action does is to wipe out the channels already stored in tuners memory.
What you have reported indicates that the signal being received was on the weak side, and if the situation still applies then any auto-tune carried out is very likely to pass by a weak signal and not capture it.
If your TV or box has a manual tune facility you could try manually tuning in each of the three commercial muxes, however I am unable to provide the channel numbers due to the fact that you have not provided a post code, or at least one from somewhere nearby, such as a post office etc.
If though its Tacolneston then the three involved are: 42 - 45 - 50
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jb3811:13 AM
phillip: By the way I see that you are indeed in the Tacolneston coverage area. I also had a check at the R & TV transmitter fault reporting site and no faults have been reported, as yet anyway! nor according to info are any engineering works taking place.
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