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52.518,1.139 or 52°31'6"N 1°8'22"E

NR16 1DW

4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

A retune will happen 01 May 2013 to clear C62: COM6 C50 to C39+ PSB3 C62 to C50. When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C59: D3+4
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

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. Click to recheck

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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.

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Tacolneston transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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.

Mux	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	horizontal max	C55- (745.8MHz)	263m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000W
	1 BBC One East, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	horizontal max	C59- (777.8MHz)	263m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000W
	3 ITV (Anglia (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Anglia east),
PSB3 BBCB	horizontal max	C50 (706.0MHz)	263m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	100,000W
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space,
COM4 SDN	horizontal max	C42 (642.0MHz)	263m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000W
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free*), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others
COM5 ArqA	horizontal max	C45 (666.0MHz)	246m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000W
	11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	horizontal max	C39- (617.8MHz)	246m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000W
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others

Regional news from the Tacolneston transmitter

BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 16km northeast
to BBC East region - 27 masts.

ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 16km northeast
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.

Self-help relays

Gt Yarmouth	Transposer	1 km S town centre	30 homes
Lowestoft (2)	Transposer	Rotterdam Rd	125 homes

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1950s~85	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	1/5/13-	2013-18	2019-
	aerial group	VHF	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	E	E	W	K
	C3	BBCtv
	C22								SDN
	C25								ArqA
	C28								ArqB
600	C31							com7
	C37							com8
	C39						ArqB	ArqB
	C40								BBCB
	C42					SDN	SDN	SDN
	C43								D3+4
	C45					ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
	C46								BBCA
700	C50						BBCB	BBCB
	C52			C5	C5
	C53				+A
	C55		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	-BBCA	-BBCA	-BBCA
	C57							local
	C59		ITV	ITV	ITV	-D3+4	-D3+4	-D3+4
	C60				2
800	C62		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	BBCB
	C63				1
	C64				D
	C65		C4	C4	C4
	C66				-B
	C68				C

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green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 9th November and 23rd November 2011.

Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Norwich could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Tacolneston transmitter using C57
COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM7 and COM8 to operate as Sudbury, Tacolneston SFN.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4	250kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-4dB) 100kW
Mux 1, Mux 2	(-14dB) 10kW
Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-17dB) 5kW
Analogue 5	(-18dB) 4kW

History of Channel 3 in the Tacolneston transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004	Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tacolneston was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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jb38
Saturday 18 May 2013 8:50PM

Peter Kaye: In addition to that said, if the interference is being radiated from some unknown source then use a portable VHF/FM radio with its telescopic aerial fully extended, then as done with the LW radio tune it to a blank space in the band and turn up its volume, because any interference of a non specific frequency being radiated will be heard as a high pitched raspy type noise.

By the way, with this test its not really necessary to place the radio near to a power socket.

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David A
Monday 20 May 2013 8:33AM

We tune to Tacolneston Transmitter (not Aldeburgh). Over the period Saturday 18 May to Monday 20 May 2013 (and even this morning) we have had regular breakdowns in transmission and loss of picture and sound on signal for BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, and BBC4 all on channel 55. Prior to this there were no serious problems of this nature. Nothing obvious has changed in the house or nearby area and the problem is found on different TVs in our house. We have gone through the Freeview reset procedure and checked for Freeview intermittent interference as you suggest.
We live in the Southwold and Reydon area.
1. Is this problem unique to our local geographical area or has this problem been noticed across Norfolk & Suffolk.
2. Have you any explanation as to what the problem might be?

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Kelvin Wilson
Wednesday 22 May 2013 7:46PM

Since the retune , I have been unable to receive any tv stations broadcast on C39 via my loft aerial . I have tuned these stations in using an amplified indoor aerial , but still get nothing from the loft aerial .

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Dave Lindsay
Wednesday 22 May 2013 7:50PM

Kelvin Wilson: If the loft aerial is a Group C/D one - with a green tip - then it might require replacement:

www.aerialsandtv.com link icon

Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial

Or perhaps it is in a dead spot for C39 and requires moving.

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