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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter._______
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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Saturday, 15 October 2011
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Mike Dimmick7:32 AM
David Rose: At that postcode, this change probably won't give you any more channels. The multiplex carrying Film4, ITV4, Yesterday (ArqB in the list above) moves to a different channel to get out of the way of Tacolneston's switchover; the power level remains the same. If you already get those channels, you will need to retune to keep them. The higher frequency used travels less well, so it's possible that, if your reception of them is a bit marginal, you could lose them or they become less reliable.
The final move is on 27 June 2012, after which Digital UK offer a prediction of 'good' for the SDN and ArqA multiplexes and 'variable' for ArqB. The final channels cannot be used yet as they are still in use at the Dover and Bluebell Hill transmitters.
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
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mrskaye9:52 PM
Maldon
I live in a small village just outside Maldon,Essex. My external ariel is no good. I have been told to get a Neostar transmitter (inside ariel) Does anyone know if this will work in my area?
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mrskaye's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
mrskaye: If you want reliable digital television, you need to use Freesat. This will supply you with more channels than Freeview Light will provide for you in late June 2012.
Today, you will get no Freeview service at all, do not waste your money on any more aerials.
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Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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DaveP12:30 PM
Rochford
Hi.
I live in the SS4 3RZ postcode about 1 mile from the Rouncefell relay transmitter and have a roof top aerial pointed at Sudbury. I watch the Anglia region programmes.
Prior to the digital switchover in June/July I received all the Freeview channels without any problems.
Since the switchover Skynews has become a problem with one set able to receive it and two others not able.
Will the signal strength for this be increased by any of the future changes or have I got to change my aerial?
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DaveP's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
DaveP: Yes, the signals will improve on 27th June 2012. You do not need to do anything to your aerial.
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Thursday, 10 November 2011
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andyboy4:18 PM
Benfleet
hi andyboy just of late iam geting all channels 100% itv bbc is thant good can you tel please will have retun on the 16th of nov or not got a a hd box on monday i can not see the hd channls iam takeing back toargos soon if i do no joy ps keep up the goodwork to all
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andyboy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
andyboy: I suspect your aerial is not pointing at Sudbury, but another transmitter. If you want Freeview HD today, you need to ensure you are using the correct trasmitter.
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Monday, 14 November 2011
lisa
9:18 AM
9:18 AM
Does anyone know what the re-tune event is for on 16th November? And will it affect me if I am getting my signal from Rouncefall rather than from Sudbury direct?
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lisa: No, it will not affect Rouncefall broadcasts.
Sudbury's retune is because one of the commercial multiplexes is moving frequency: ArqB which carries Film4, ITV4, Yesterday and others.
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick4:35 PM
lisa: It's very hard to say that you're 'on' Sudbury or Rouncefall, both have quite a large area of influence and the overlap area is large. If you do get ArqB on C50 now - the channels that Dave listed - you will lose them on Wednesday and will have to retune to get them back. If you don't get them now, you *might* get them by retuning on Wednesday. However, it remains on lower power, so you're still not predicted to get them (if you're still at the address you were before).
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