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.
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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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Sunday, 20 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:28 AM
5:28 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 09:00 yesterday to 10:56 yesterday. [BBC]
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Hi. Tacolneston Com8 (C37 - 602Mhz) appears to have gone down. Is this planned or has it moved or been discontinued. Thabnks
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StevensOnln16:08 PM
Andy Coe: COM8 from Tacolneston has moved to UHF channel 56. A retune should restore the missing channels.
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Monday, 21 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 09:00 on 19 May to 10:56 on 19 May. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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steve boyton5:33 AM
com7 and com8 been down since 2am the last two nights in a row, how do I know? Recordings failed so stayed up last night and low and behold both com7 & com8 dropped to 10% at 2am, still down as of now (5:30am)
RETUNE required on 6th June:
PSB1 is going from UHF55- to UHF40
PSB2 is going from UHF39 to UHF43
PSB3 is going from UHF50 to UHF46
COM6 is going from UHF39+ to UHF39
COM7 is going from UHF31 to UHF56
LOC1 is going from UHF 57 to UHF32 (does anyone watch the local Mustard TV?)
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Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:26 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 09:00 on 19 May to 10:56 on 19 May. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:05 PM
12:05 PM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:26 today to 05:41 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 09:00 on 19 May to 10:56 on 19 May. [BBC]
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Thursday, 24 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:42 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:05 AM
9:05 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:42 today to 05:45 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 25 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:42 yesterday to 05:45 yesterday. [BBC]
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