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, 28 July 2011
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Jane Hore1:49 PM
Dear Mike.
This is turning into a saga.
The Freeview is within the television set. I do not have a box or a scart lead to fiddle with. I do not have central heating and my mobile is invariably in the car.
My computer modem lives in one place and does not move around the room.
I am currently doing a re-tune and I will do a log of the signal loss over the next 24 hrs.
Speak tomorrow
Jane
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Friday, 29 July 2011
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Jane Hore1:24 PM
Another tedious update from OB.
Yesterday's re-tune seemed to have cured the problem albeit with sound cut-out of a few seconds, which was bearable as I could pretend all the speakers were stutterers.
That was yesterday!
Today I have reverted to the 'no signal' scenario - at 9.40am, 11am and 11.40am.
I know you said this should not occur on analogue but it is!
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jb386:33 PM
Lowestoft
Jane Hore: Looking at the trade reception predictor indicates to me that you are obviously if a very iffy area for reception, as none of the indications seen for your post code would fill me with confidence, Mux1 (Ch63) BBC1 etc being about the best, Ch's 61 & 58 (Mux C & B) also being in the green although not as good as Ch63, however the other unfortunate aspect is that the main ITV1 Mux2 transmitter (Ch60) is shown as giving variable reception, this along with MuxA Ch53 & MuxD Ch64.
The reason I say not filling me with confidence is because conditions do vary quite considerably over relatively short distances where you are located, to give a few examples, Oulton Broad library @ NR32 3LR shows reception of only one Mux (Ch63) as possible, with it being poor, Lowestoft Library @ NR32 1DR shows the possibility of three Mux's (Ch63-61-58) but with all being poor, and even although your post code does give better indications in practical terms I would consider these as only slight, and as such not reliable, so to me what you report would not be entirely unexpected, as in my experience these predictors are inclined to err on the side of the fanciful!
You will have to wait until the 23rd of November before the situation is liable to change for the better, that being what is indicated on the predictor anyway!
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Saturday, 30 July 2011
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jane hore12:19 PM
@jb38
Whilst I know a 'lux' is a measurement of light emitted by a lamp I have no idea what a 'Mux' is. However as I can see Oulton Broad library, 200m across Lake Lothing, I guess I have to put up with its one Mux reading.
I await November 23 with heightened anticipation!
Thank you
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jb382:46 PM
jane hore: Sorry about having caused you confusion on that!
RF channels transmitted on a Digital transmitter are called Multiplexes or Mux for short, as each Multiplex channel contains a variety of programme channels, this unlike analogue where one RF transmitter channel = one programme, and in your case there are six Digital Mux channels.
People located in areas of bad reception usually always receive some Mux channels much better than others (or some not at all!) and its these individual transmitter channels I was meaning when I mentioned the various Mux channels and what their reception possibilities are shown as being.
November 23rd does indicate a better situation existing "on the trade predictor" for your location, but as I previously mentioned predictors of any sort can never really cater properly for local conditions, and indeed its quite impossible for anyone to accurately predict in cases like that as nothing beats a site visit.
However come the end of November and you still have problems then I cant really see anything other than Freesat rectifying the situation, as the situation seen at the end of November carries on into 2013 at the end of the chart.
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Monday, 1 August 2011
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Jm F1:33 PM
jame hore: many of the failures like yours are caused by a dodgy coax cable from the wall socket to the TV set (especially if the TV is wall mounted and the coax cable has a tight bend close to the connector).
Try a different coax cable and see if that helps.
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
jane hore: "mux" = multiplex. See How digital television works | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice (part 5).
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:47 today to 14:49 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:11 today to 14:19 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:03 today [BBC] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:47 today to 14:49 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:11 today to 14:19 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:03 today [BBC] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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TACOLNESTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:11 today to 14:19 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:47 today to 14:49 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:03 today [BBC] Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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