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The symbol shows the location of the Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) mast?

Norwich Central transmitter - Norwich Central transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Norwich Central 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)53mDTG-7W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Norwich Central transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 2km south-southwest (213°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
regional news image
ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 1km south-southwest (199°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)

How will the Norwich Central (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-136 Jun 2018
B E TW TW TB E TA K T
C23BBCA
C26D3+4
C30BBCB
C33C5wavesC5waves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C43D3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C46BBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C52tv_offBBCB

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 1-5 34W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 6.8W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Norwich Central 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.

Comments
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
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Chris.SE
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7:16 AM

Emma :

As you haven't given a full postcode it's not possible to confirm which transmitter(s) you may be predicted to receive. However, if it is indeed Norwich Central or Tacolneston, neither transmitter appears to have any reported faults.

Have you altered anything in your setup?
I would check that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old).
Also check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them. See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the multiplexes (groups of channels) shown in your TV's tuning section.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. will affect reception.

Also if you retune when you have no signal, it often just clears the correct tuning so you'll need to retune again
once you have signal.

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Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Martyn Bell
11:28 AM
Norwich

Transmitter engineering:
I live at NR7 8RQ My direct tv signal from Tacolneston is blocked by trees. Please can you tell if is it possible for me to receive a freeview signal from the Norwich Central transmitter instead?

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Martyn Bell
11:32 AM
Norwich

Transmitter engineering:
I live at NR7 8RQ My direct TV signal from Tacolneston is blocked by trees. Please can you tell me if it is possible for me to receive a freeview signal from the Norwich Central transmitter instead?

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StevensOnln1
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1:48 PM

Martyn Bell: Norwich Central unfortunately doesn't even appear on the prediction for your postcode. Tacolneston is predicted to be strong on all multiplexes, with the only other prediction being a weak signal on the PSB1/2/3 multiplexes from Belmont. Is there anywhere you could position an aerial so that it looks around or over the trees? Otherwise it looks like Freesat would be the best alternative, which will give you most of the same channels available on Freeview (plus various others) via free to air (FTA) satellite. If your property has an existing Sky dish you may well be able to just plug in a Freesat receiver using the existing dish and cabling.

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Chris.SE
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3:56 PM

Martyn Bell:

Many modern TVs already have a satellite tuner built-in, so you may not need a separate receiver if you try a satellite option as suggested by StevensOnln1.
Can you not get any signal from Tacolneston? Note also that the transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with Possible effect on TV reception "Screen may go black on all or certain channels" which might not be helping reception at present.

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Friday, 27 May 2022
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Martyn Bell
10:48 AM

Thanks for your suggestions StevensOnln1 and Chris.SE
No I don't see any way of getting a signal around the tree. I had my aerial moved to the highest point (gable end) last time we had this problem. Since then the tree has grown taller and is now in full leaf. I have contacted Clarion Housing Association who own the tree, but so far I have heard nothing back from them.
All of our equipment is freeview, 4 TVs a DVD recorder a You View box recorder a Sharpe hard drive recorder and Sony PS3 Play TV. It will be expensive to change all of this to Freesat and no we don't have an existing satellite dish.

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Chris.SE
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11:49 AM

Martyn Bell:

Your best bet is to continue to hassle the Clarion Housing Association about the tree.
Are you the only person affected by this tree or are there others whose reception has been disrupted?
If so, get them to hassle the Clarion Housing Association.

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Monday, 24 October 2022
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Daniel Rutter
9:17 PM
Norwich

Hi I live at NR1 1JA, but currently only use cable tv. I want to get an aerial (which I don't have atm) and move to freeview to save some money. How far am I from the transmitter Norwich central , as I'd like to use an internal aerial if possible.

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StevensOnln1
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10:24 PM

Daniel Rutter : You're only 2km away, but Norwich Central is a low power relay broadcasting at just 20w to provide infill coverage in the city centre. You're predicted to get a stronger signal from Tacolneston, which is a high power 100kw main transmitter 17km away.

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Tuesday, 25 October 2022
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Chris.SE
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11:22 AM

Daniel Rutter :

To add to what StevensOnln1 has said, you may get away with a loft aerial for Tacolneston which should be pointing at a compass bearing of 222 degress - virtually SW, with its rods horizontal. But make sure you use an experienced aerial installer.

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