Freeview Light on the Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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 Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Wells next the Sea 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C57+ (762.2MHz) | 69m | DTG- | 1,000W |
 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 | V max | C51+ (714.2MHz) | 69m | DTG- | 1,000W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C56 (754.0MHz) | 69m | DTG- | 1,000W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Wells next the Sea transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 42km southeast (144°)
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, 42km southeast (143°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
| C43 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C51tv_off | +D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C56tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C57tv_off | +BBCA | BBCA |
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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 1000W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-10.5dB) 90W |
Local transmitter maps
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 7 June 2016
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Diana Brown1:55 PM
Wells-next-the-sea
my freeview aerial is currently pointing towards the Belmont mast in Yorkshire. I do not require all the extra channels just BBC 1 BBC 2 ITV and Channel 4. should I have my aerial turned for receipt of our own transmitter? My postcode is NR23 1BX and I want to be able to receive Anglia and Look East news.
thank you for your assistance
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jb384:55 PM
Diana Brown: On having checked your location relative to that of the Wells transmitter I cant see any problem with what you have suggested, as it would indeed enable you to view programmes covering the Anglia East micro region.
On the subject of aerial directions, Belmont is located @ 50 miles / 300 degrees from your area, transmission being on horizontal polarity (elements flat), whereas Wells is at 4 miles / 99 degrees with transmission being on vertical polarity (elements facing up / down), although if you have a look at rooftops in your area you will no doubt see a number of aerials already facing towards Wells, some households having two aerials, the purpose of the second one being to achieve the very thing that you are not bothered about, i.e: extra channels.
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Richard Cooper5:19 PM
Norwich
jb38: Hi. Actually, switching from receiving Belmont to Wells is a little bit more complicated than you would think because the aerial used to receive Belmont is wideband, whereas the aerial you would need to point at the Wells transmitter needs to be a Group C/D or a Group E aerial, which is different from a wideband aerial, so if you do want to make the switch from Belmont to Wells, so as to receive local news relevant to Norfolk rather than Lincolnshire and Humberside, you'll need to invest in a Group C/D or E aerial, which you can get online for 25. Putting it up is feasible on a d-i-y basis as long as you don't mind heights and you carry out a risk assessment first. Don't forget that you'd have to disconnect the aerial lead from the Belmont aerial and connect it into your new Group C/D or E aerial and this would be easiest to do on the ground, after removing the Belmont aerial from its pole. Then, when fitting the Wells aerial to the pole, you must remember to arrange it so its little rod elements are vertical (straight up& down), not horizontal like the Belmont one was. You must obviously also point the new aerial to the Wells transmitter, which is actually between Cockthorpe and Langham, which is East -South-East from Wells town centre. Richard, Norwich.
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jb389:21 PM
Richard Cooper: I am afraid I beg to differ, as you are adding unnecessary complication / expense to a relatively simply job. My reason for saying this being, that the difference in the signal level received from Wells via the wideband aerial presently used for Belmont against what would be obtained using a dedicated group type is likely only to be of a fractional nature when dealing with high end channels in the 51-60 range, especially when receiving a signal from a 1Kw transmitter located at only 4 miles away.
That said, the situation would of course be totally different if we were referring to channels in a much lower group, such as those say in the 21-35 range, as although most wideband aerials are reasonably efficient at the top end of the range, they are not where lower frequencies are concerned, this being where a dedicated group aerial really does score over that of a wideband type.
Another point that has to be remembered, is that the aerial presently used already receives Belmonts C53 and C60, and although the possibility does exist that Belmont's lower end channels "might" be picked up during a retune, the problem is easily rectified by carry out a manual tune on the three multiplexes used by Wells, being 57 / 51 / 56.
As far as the issue of aerial polarity is concerned, I think that I have already explained that.
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Wednesday, 8 June 2016
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Richard Cooper4:48 PM
Norwich
jb38: Hi, JB38. I must say you have probably hit the nail on the head by saying that my proposal for the viewer in Wells-next-the-sea was unnecessarily complicated /expensive. My problem solutions have been described as such by people in the past. I would like to thank you for correcting me as to the reasons for investing in a grouped aerial for Wells, not making much difference. Feel free to interject in the future if any more of my posts turn out to be technically inaccurate. I must try harder to ensure they are not! Naughty boy, slapped wrist! Richard, Norwich, Weds. 8th. June, 4:45 p.m.
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jb388:52 PM
Richard Cooper : No problem Richard, all is forgiven!!
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Monday, 2 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
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Wells Next The Sea transmitter - Wells Next The Sea transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM
Wells Next The Sea transmitter - Wells Next The Sea transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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