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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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
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Mark Fletcher3:05 AM
Halifax
John Ramsbottom.If yer receiving the Thetford relay on vertical polarisation then it is true only three mux's BBCA,D3+4,BBCB (HD) will only ever be transmitted as such.Are there any households in Thetford itself whose antennas are horizontally polarised directly receiving transmissions from Tacolneston itself.Unfortunately i'm off to bed very soon,but i am pleased that in Tacolneston region itself the switchover ran smoothly with few problems as such.Goodnight and happy viewing !
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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John3:08 AM
Thanks mike all sorted except 62hd i need me a nice humax hd now :)
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billy3:51 AM
All muxes working for me now including the HD mux on C62 :)
DRM on the HD is a bit of a chore though if i want to archive recordings for personal viewing
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Tim C7:07 AM
Just done another rescan and we have a full set of channels here in Costessey.
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John Ramsbottom10:27 AM
Yes Mark, yes some Thetford households have been receiving Tacolneston even with the (until now) reduced power of the digtal system. It generally depends on the height of the property above sea level. I'm quite low down but some of my neighbours received it using a high gain aerial on a high pole but even then it was iffy at times. They may as well continue to use Tacolneston as the signal is stronger anyway now and there are the extra muxes. I don't watch much TV so will probably stay on Thetford for the moment. It seems odd and a bit sad not being able to see the Ceefax weather this morning (although I took a photo of Wednesdays day and night forecast page yesterday!!). The digital text is ok but seems take longer to sort itself out than teletext. I also find the tendancy of only using a small part of the page for text on the digital system rather annoying.
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John Ramsbottom11:49 AM
I've done another scan and am surprised find I can now also receive the SDN multiplex fron Tacolneston on C42 with a decent signal level. I'm surprised because my aerial is pointing pretty much the wrong way! The fact that this channel is nearer to my aerial group than the other Tacolneston channels probably helps a lot.
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Tony2:26 PM
Norwich
Am using the Tacolneston transmitter - my post code is NR12 0UR.
Last night from about midnight through to about 4am I lost about 2/3rds of my digital channels. Most of the BBC stuff was available but practically everything else disappeared. Did a proper reset on my Sony digital PVR and Digital TV (freeview) but problem persisted. It finally all retuned at about 4am, but some channels{ie 4+1) were playing now you see me now you dont,every few seconds.Any ideas?
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Tony's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tony: Do you have a signal booster/amplifier fitted? And if so, try removing it?
What is the signal strength like?
Did you get digital TV ok before switchover? How was your analogue reception?
Looking at Google Streetview, it does look like the church could be in the way for some of the houses.
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Adrian 6:22 PM
Woodbridge
Hi , I'm in IP13 7HZ, receiving from Tacolnston, got a C/D aerial and a Philips DTR220/05 box. I got all Freeview channels prior to the first switchover, then I lost BBCA, now after the second I can't get ArqA or B either! The other signals come in ok. I have done the full reset and tried with and without amp, with and without attenuator and turned off every piece of electrical equipment in the house but with no joy. Is it the box? Any ideas?
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Adrian's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Adrian: Try carrying out this procedure:
My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
If that doesn't do the trick, try manually tuning. I found the instructions here:
http://download.p4c.phili….pdf
Page 16 sets out the procedure. For BBC, search for 55.
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