View towards the Tacolneston Transmitting Station
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View towards the Tacolneston Transmitting Station
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 24 Jul 2009
The current mast is 221 metres high and presently owned and operated by National Grid Wireless. Before privatising their transmission department in 1997 it was owned by the BBC. National Grid Wireless plan to replace the current with a higher mast in order to ensure good digital TV reception across East Anglia after digital switchover, which is planned to take place in the area in Jun 2011. See also http://www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=TM131958. Update: Power to the 505ft mast and its four analogue transmitters, which have provided analogue pictures to homes across the region since 1956, was switched off at midnight on 22 Nov 2011, as Norfolk and Suffolk TVs went digital.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.518027
Longitude
1.139685