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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


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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
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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;
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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, 6 July 2011
Lisa
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11:31 AM

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
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

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
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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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Mike Dimmick
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12:50 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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Lisa
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

1:09 PM

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 Wilson
1:10 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 Dimmick
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1:33 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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2:39 PM

SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:09 today to 01:41 today - No problems - [BBC]

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2:39 PM

SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:09 today to 01:41 today - No problems - [BBC]

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Steve Wilson
4:36 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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