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The symbol shows the location of the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter which serves 440,000 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 Sudbury (Suffolk, England) mast?

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


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Sudbury 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
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)229mDTG-100,000W
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
 H max
C41 (634.0MHz)229mDTG-100,000W
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
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)229mDTG-100,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C29 (538.0MHz)186mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C31- (553.8MHz)228mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C37 (602.0MHz)228mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Sudbury (Suffolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Sudbury transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 77km north-northeast (24°)
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, 78km north-northeast (24°)
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?

Felixstowe WestTransposer1000 homes +1000 or more homes due to expansion of affected area?
WithamTransposer14 km NE Chelmsford.118 homes

How will the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-131 Aug 2018
B E TB E TB E TE TK T
C29SDN
C31ArqA
C35C5wavesC5waves
C37ArqB
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C56tv_offArqB
C58tv_offSDN
C60tv_off-ArqA

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 6 Jul 11 and 20 Jul 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
Analogue 5(-7dB) 50kW
Mux 2*(-14.9dB) 8.1kW
Mux B*(-15.2dB) 7.5kW
Mux 1*(-15.5dB) 7kW
Mux A*(-17dB) 5kW
Mux C*(-22.2dB) 1.5kW
Mux D*(-23.6dB) 1.1kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sudbury 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. Sudbury 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
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
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9:17 AM
Woodbridge

Sorry Brian, a bit more.
The Bush freesat box--does it get HD?
Is it prone to a short life like the freeview boxes recently discussed?
Around Christmas there were some good make tvs with freesat tuner, and a 5 year guarantee. Now there appear to be none with either of these in my desired 32/37 inch preference. Panasonic was the one I looked at earlier as it seems flat tellies by and large have attrocious sound. Any good freesat tvs you know of, really don't want a mountain of boxes!

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9:21 AM

Nick: The reason that your reception from Aldeburgh will change is that the shifting sands of UK and international frequency allocations during the last phase of digital switchover will result in some potential interference occurring to your Freeview Lite reception from Aldeburgh.

As for Freesat, if you already have a dish you just need a quad-LNB fitted to provide more outputs. They are £30 - Buy Quad Output Sky/Sky+ LNB at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Free to air satellite.
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This is because each LNB in the package requires both a power supply and signal to select the appropriate signal polarity.

This does mean there has to be a cable from each receiver (and "+" boxes have two) to the LNB.

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9:23 AM

Nick: The £30 box is SD, the HD ones start at £80 - Buy Bush Freesat HD Digital Box - Black at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Freesat digital set top boxes.
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You can get Freesat HD TVs, but they are perhaps no cheaper than an HD Ready set with a box.

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10:45 AM
Woodbridge

Dear Brian,
I hope I give you time to answer other people's questions !
I think you have covered all, and it seems digital is not going to be easy without a mountain of wires and boxes. I wonder if the elderly here will get all this for their £40.
I am asking these questions on behalf of IP12 and IP15. I still do not appreciate the reason we have to get off to a good start with Aldeburgh and then get interference. Where will this interference come from?
Can I assume that at least in Aldeburgh itself, IP15, the signal will be good all the time, before and after we have to put up with interference at IP12? The digital people really should not be allowed to mess us about like this and expect us to buy piles of boxes and have numerous holes in the wall and coaxes.

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11:00 AM
Woodbridge

Oh, just one other, these freesat boxes, do they last longer than the freeview ones you said last only 2-3 years?

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Thursday, 28 April 2011
Briantist
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8:40 AM

Nick: The Help Scheme will provide additional help to people in areas with no predicted Freeview reception, above the £40 norm.

There are no such things as "IP12" and "IP15" regarding reception. Your exact location determines the services available. Just moving a few hundred meters can change what you get.

I'm sorry, but as you are part of the 1.5% who are outside the official terrestrial coverage area you will need to provide for satellite coverage.

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9:48 AM
Woodbridge

Many thanks again Brian.
If you could just confirm that in general terms reception of the Aldeburgh transmitter should be ok in Aldeburgh itself,even when the interference you referrred to some time after switchover is inflicted on us, I would be grateful. Some indication of why reception will later receive this interference would also assist, ie, where is it coming from?
Are the sat boxes you suggested more reliable than the freeview boxes you said last only 2-3 years?
Kind regards,
Nick.

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5:11 PM

Nick: For the coverage of the Aldeburgh transmitter, see Aldeburgh digital switchover date | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

I would have thought that the incoming signals could come from Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

Generally speaking, I think you will find that the Freesat boxes are usually built quite well and should last several years.

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11:06 PM
Woodbridge

Dear Brian,
You have been extremely good in answering so many questions and I had better let you alone to answer other people's queries. I still do not understand why the Aldeburgh xmitter is to start off well and then later be the subject of interference. Doubtless there will be a lot of complaints when people start off well and then for some reason which we do not understand have to be downgraded to receive interference, by which time it will be too late to demand our analogue back until they fix the problem with the digital. Whether the interference is to be caused by neighbouring transmitters or some reduction in the transmitter power, we will just have to wait and see.
Incidentally, you said herringbone on analogue is caused by other analogue transmitters. Sudbury is currently provideing some herringbone on analogue BBC 1. With Dutch xmitters now digital wonder where it is coming from. Best wishes.

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Friday, 29 April 2011
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6:58 AM

Nick: There will be NO reductions to the transmitter power at Aldeburgh (or anywhere else) as I said above that it will be incoming international signals that cause interference.

I would guess your "herringbone" is being caused by Bluebell Hill, which is directly "behind" your location and uses similar frequencies.

"Dutch" signals are unlikely to cause you problems at your location as they are at 90 degrees to your line of sight.

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