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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Thursday, 29 August 2013
Saturday, 31 August 2013
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Pip4:42 PM
Hi there
We have been having issues with no signal on all four TVs in our home sine 28/August. We have a booster areal which has been running them all fine for a few years now. Is any one else having issues? We live in Burgh St Peter, near Beccles, and no neighbours have issues.
Cheers
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Tuesday, 10 September 2013
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Roy Warne3:14 PM
I live in Thornham, Norfolk (PE36) about 5 miles East of Hunstanton. ALL roof aerials in the village point to the Yorkshire main transmitter. There is no reception to the village from the Tacolneston (near Norwich, only 30 miles away) main transmitter because of an intervening hillrise. Because of this no one in Thornham can receive local TV news programmes. I know that there is a booster transmitter at Burnham, 4 miles to the East. Can anyone help me? Who do I contact to see if we can have a booster for Thornham? Thank you for any assistance you can give. (PE36 ab)
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Roy Warne: At switchover the Burnham relay had a significant increase in transmission power. You may find that it now serves your area.
Indeed, judging by the Digital UK predictor, taking the Old Coach House as a test, it does.
It only carries Public Service (PSB) channels so you will still have to rely on Belmont for the Commercial (COM) ones as well as the forthcoming HD services.
For a full list of Freeview services - by PSB/COM - see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
In answer to your question though, there are such things as "self-help relays".
Ofcom | Self-help TV Relays and Digital Switchover
Relay transmitters are installed either to provide TV reception where none is otherwise available, or; to provide the "correct" region where an area is served by a transmitter of another region. In your case it is the latter.
A cheaper solution may be for those affected to purchase satellite receivers (e.g. Freesat).
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Roy Warne4:09 PM
Dave Lindsay:
Very many thanks. I'll need a little time to take it all in, but you've pointed me in the right direction. I hope my aerial does the same!
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Tuesday, 1 October 2013
I am trying to convince LG that my tv is playing up. I get 100 percent strength and 98 percent quality from Tac on all muxs bar HD, but TV does not see HD MUX's either from Tac or Lowestoft. I am in Lowestoft. My TV has a hd tuner supposidly, yet LG are fobbing me off with my signal in the area! new aerial i also have.. Grrrrrr
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lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Sharealam5:45 PM
New channel on 39 called the store,retune required
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Michael6:55 PM
lee lewis: What is the model number of the TV?
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M. Reeves11:52 PM
My ITV anglia etc signal has suddenly become unwatchable. Is there a problem with power at the Talconeston transmitter?
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Wednesday, 2 October 2013
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MikeB8:16 PM
M. Reeves - check your signal strength. Although there is a weaker signal because of engineering work, there seems to be a rise in strength after such work, and your signal could be too high.
A postcode would allow us to check where you are, terrain, etc, but the other thing could be that your signal is just about OK normally, but with a weaker signal, it just drops off. North Norfolk is a right pain for reception, so try looking at both too weak and too strong a signal.
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