Full Freeview on the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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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 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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
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 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.
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?
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
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 West | Transposer | 1000 homes +1000 or more homes due to expansion of affected area? | |
| Witham | Transposer | 14 km NE Chelmsford. | 118 homes |
How will the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Aug 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | K T | |||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| 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
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Wednesday, 6 July 2011
How do I know if I am getting my signal from Sudbury or Rouncefall? They are both transmitting on the same channels / frequencies I believe?
thanks
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Dale
12:19 PM
Ipswich
12:19 PM
Ipswich
Thanks Mike : I had researched all of this a lot over last few months, and had spotted some potential 'quirks' in this area which I have endeavoured to pass on to friends/colleagues e.g. unlike most transmitters, Sudbury switchover necessitates a (probable)change of aerial from Group B to Group E or W, particularly come November 2011 and then June 2012 ; but had not picked up on the temporary channel duplication.
Will check that I have the stronger version on Channel 9.
Cheers!
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Dale's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dale
12:23 PM
Ipswich
12:23 PM
Ipswich
Mike : C56 from Sudbury B provides Mux 2 to the east of Sudbury (including those of us in Ipswich) until 20th July. C68 seems to only radiate to the west of Sudbury : we can't pick it up here in the east.
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Dale's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick12:50 PM
Lisa: You are getting BBC A from Sudbury *and* Rouncefall. That's the way it now works. The signal from both transmitters adds together and (hopefully) produces better results than from one transmitter alone.
The exact influence each transmitter has depends on exactly where you are and which way your aerial's pointing. Digital UK's predictor (trade view) shows the prediction only for aiming the aerial directly at one transmitter or the other, but signals from both transmitters, plus the interference from all other transmitters, are taken into account.
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Thanks Mike. I am very pleasantly suprised to be getting 95% to 100% quality and strength from Sudbury region as of today (Channel 44), when I am on the fringe of both Sudbury and Crystal Palace and my aerial is pointing at CP. I did have an aerial installer booked to come and point my aerial to Sudbury on 21st July but I have cancelled him for now as I think I may be okay with it as it is, and that leaves me the option of getting better reception from CP after London DSO from April 2012.
Or, have I overlooked something and all is not quite as rosy as it currently seems?
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Steve Wilson1:10 PM
I have reset and rescanned my digital TV tuner but the BBC signal is so weak it is not registering. It is fine on my DVR. Will BBC signal be boosted soo?. I'm in IP31 which is supposed to be Tacolneston but nearly all the village is on Sudbury.
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Mike Dimmick1:33 PM
Steve Wilson: If your aerial is pointing at Sudbury but the TV can't detect the BBC multiplex, either the TV doesn't support 8K mode or the signal is *too strong*, not too weak.
The new digital signal level for BBC A is over 14 times the previous level for Mux 1.
If you have a booster or other amplifier, remove it or turn it down. If that doesn't help, try adding an attenuator.
If you're connecting the aerial input of the TV to the RF output of the PVR, consider splitting the downlead from the aerial using a splitter, and connect each device to the downlead separately.
There is a partial list of equipment known to have problems with 8K mode at http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/2kequipment .
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Steve Wilson4:36 PM
Hi Mike, thanks for that. When connected direct to the aerial, the BBC channels will tune but they are unwatchable due to breaking up. According to your list my TV is not 8K compatible - I don't remember that being mentioned in the TV campaign! Thanks again for your advice, I was looking for a new telly anyway.
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brian finch4:52 PM
Ipswich
I am getting the bbc channels but not all itv channels especially itv itself or channel 4
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brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Leo Smith5:14 PM
Using a Linux computer and DVB dongle, I couldn't get MUX A
It is in fact on 698.2 MHZ not 6902 MHZ, as specified.
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