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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Saturday, 7 January 2012
Adele Dodgson: Good to hear that you have sorted it.
Is this other TV a really old one? By fuzzy noise I am wondering if you are referring to white noise. For the last couple of decades analogue TVs have muted the sound of such noise, so you must have an old TV.
When you put your hand next to the screen, can you feel static?
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manni10:51 PM
King's Lynn
PE32 postcode and I can't get Film 4 or any of the group 5 channels? I have tried to manually retune my TV this channel and frequency with no success. Btw, signal strength is not even registering when I start the search having selected ch50. I have good reception of all other channels. Any ideas?
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manni: Is whatever you are tuning (e.g. a set-top box or TV) connected directly to the aerial, i.e. the aerial doesn't go via another box?
If it's not, then connect it directly to the aerial and try again.
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Monday, 9 January 2012
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Adele8:42 PM
Norwich
Hi Dave,
Apologies for slow response.
There doesn't seem to be any static and the fuzzy noise is intermittent eg on for 2 seconds, then off for 2 seconds. The aerial lead is plugged into the back of the tv but I haven't connected a set-top box because with screen being blank I wouldn't be able to install it. It's a Panasonic Quintix, not sure of the model number but I do think it's fairly old.
Many Thanks
Adele
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Adele9:22 PM
Norwich
PS just realised that the model number is on the back of the tv(!), it's a TX-21MD3.
Adele
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
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Mark Cameron1:53 PM
Does anyone on this site know whether Tacolneston is transmitting Skysports and if so, whether it reaches Lowestoft (NR33) please?
I am thinking about subscribing to the BT Vision TV service so that I can get SKY Sports cheaply (via my digital aerial). BT THINK I can receive it but their postcode checker says not...thought I'd ask the community
Thanks! (NR33 pl)
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Mark Cameron: If you can receive directly from Tacolneston, then you should be able to pick up the multiplex that carries Sky Sports.
See the list of Freeview channels here:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
You will see that Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 are carried on COM6 multiplex, Arqiva B. If you can receive Yesterday, Film4 or any other service on that multiplex, then you can get Sky Sports because it's all carried on the same signal.
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Adele: You don't like throwing things away that still work; you're a girl after my own heart!
Treat yourself to a new telly as the old one is gone!
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