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 13/05/2024 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?
| 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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Monday, 27 February 2012
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Ken Illsley5:43 PM
Bury St. Edmunds
I live in Bury St Edmunds IP32 7DB and for over 5 years I have been getting Freeview from the Tacolneston transmitter. Until last year reception was perfect and reliable.
Then in the run up to switchover I would lose some or all channels for periods of a few hours to a few days. They would always return without my having to retune my set or PVR. I did retune when instructed to at the switchover dates but I continue to lose some or all channels from time to time - I get a blank screen which says "Digital channel strength is low" though the channel identity is shown at the top of the screen.
About three weeks ago I lost the ITV channels for a day or so and over the past weekend I first lost ITV, C4/5 and then at the very end of the Carling Cup final BBC1 pixellated and disappeared along with all the other channels and as of now- Monday 27/2/12 nothing has yet returned.
I cannot understand why this should keep happening. If it was a problem with my roof aeriel surely I would lose all the channels permanently, not just some of them, and why would they return suddenly without my doing anything. It seems to me the transmitter power must keep dropping. It is driving me mad!
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Ken Illsley: You might like to look at the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
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J7:27 PM
Ken
Given the distance between you and Tac I doubt it is signal strength that is the issue. Digital is going to highlight more issues with cabling. Winter will see greater stresses on the aerial (hot/cold expansion) and what was OK with analogue begins to cause problems with digital.
I would suggest a visual inspection and then I think you might have to bite the bullet and get in an expert.
You can get issues that only impact on certain frequencies - it can be an odd situation.
Are you also sure it isn't Sudbury you are using or is your aerial pointing towards Norfolk? If you want to DIY it I would suggest a log periodic aerial (the BBC used them for their relays!) or a Blake DMX-10 wideband. Personally I'd go for a Blake DMX-10 wideband as it can really pull in a signal.
I don't have any affiliation with anyone - I just teach Physics...
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jb389:15 PM
Ken Illsley: Further to what's already been said by J and just to add to this, on the issue of where you are actually receiving your signal from select BBC1 and go into the signal strength / quality checking screen and note the Mux Channel number thats indicated associated with the level seen, if the signal is from Tacolneston it will be Ch55 whereas its Ch44 if from Sudbury, then select ITV1 and carry out a similar test, Tacolneston being Ch59 whereas if Sudbury its Ch41.
Just as a final confirmation check on a non PSB transmitter, select ITV3 and carry out the same procedure as before, Tacolneston SDN being Ch42 whereas its Ch49 from Sudbury, although as its temporarily running on low power you might not receive it anyway.
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Thursday, 1 March 2012
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Doug Puddifoot1:17 PM
For the past couple of weeks I have had no reception of programmes on Tacolneston channel 42 on two older Humax receivers, a TV and PVR. Both stopped receiving channel 42 at the same time. All other receivers in the house receive channel 42 perfectly. I have tried a Humax 9200 PVR and a Humax 8000 PVR side by side using the same aerial. The 9200 receives channel 42, the 8000 does not. They both give signal strength around 85%, but the 9200 has 100% data quality, the 8000, 0% data quality. A retune apparently finds all the missing programmes, but selecting one gives a "No Signal" error My guess is there has been a small change in the transmission standard on channel 42, which the older Humax software cannot cope with. Does anyone know if this is so?
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Friday, 2 March 2012
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Doug Puddifoot8:56 PM
Problem solved. Advice from Humax was to do a default reset instead of just clearing programme list, then re-tune. After that channel 42 re-appeared. Guess the software just did not like the number "42". Maybe the software programmer was a fan of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
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Monday, 5 March 2012
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Cliff Burgess4:28 AM
I have been having trouble with HD channels on Freeview from Tacolneston.Picture pixelates and then loss of signal.
Problem is ongoing since switch over.
I know of at least 3 other people in the immediate area to me who have the same problem,but have been told there is no known problem in the area.
Had new aerail fitted in September to be ready for switch over and have had the contractor out 3 times to check out the aerial.Signal strength,and quality are ok.
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Saturday, 10 March 2012
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michael brooham2:52 PM
i have been up to recently having no problems with my freeview from tacolneston but in the last couple of weeks or so particularly the hd channels have been breaking up.upon checking my box's menu i find i have a 40% signal strength at best.is this normal for lowestoft or is there something that needs looking at(signal quality is 100%)?
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Saturday, 24 March 2012
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Ken Eldridge9:15 PM
Norwich
NR13 5FL
Freeview signal keeps breaking up today 24 march. Making it almost impossible to view.
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gazza10:25 PM
no channels working in watton, we get from the Tacolneston transmitter .... get it fixed .. never had these kind of bad reception drop outs with anolog.. who ever invented digital tv and radio needs stringing up .... bring back propper AM radio , nmt phones and anolog tv .. even when reception was poor u still had some thing to see|hear now the signal just hops and drops out ... ahhhh well will stream radio caroline online while the numpties fix this mess ....
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