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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
Thursday, 31 August 2017
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MikeB
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11:01 PM
Peterborough

John Broad: What do you mean by 'blotted'. If you mean they have vanished, then its more likely that your aerial has a fault. Try checking the connections and see if they come back.

You say you can't access the menu - is that because the remote doesnt work, or because the menu is locked with a PIN number? If you can find the manual, or simply give us the model/make (we could possibly find it for you online), then you might be able to reset it.

If the TV really is beyond help (and I suspect its not), then another decent 32, from a good brand (like the Samsung 32M5500), will cost around 300, and you can get that set up and tuned as well.


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Saturday, 9 September 2017
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nick horrex
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7:39 PM

Having invested in costly equipment to get Sudbury rather than my local relay so as to get the full list of channels, is that transmitter ever going to live up to its name of a full service and give me the last multiplex so I can see Al Jazeera again?

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Sunday, 10 September 2017
MikeP
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10:48 AM

Nick Horrex:

If you mean when will it get COM7 and COM8, the answer is never as those mulitplexes are temporary ones offered only by 30 main transmitters and covering about 70% of the population. The plan is that the channels carried by those multiplexes will be included within the arrangements for when the adjustments to accommodate the loss of the 700MHz band, expected between now and the end of 2019. No definitive dates have been given as yet.



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Julian Fasler
11:33 PM

The list of Freeview transmitter changes 2017-20 Upcoming Freeview transmitter changes 2017 to 2019 states that PSB1, 2, and 3 will remain on their current channels after next year. The table above indicates that they will move. Which is correct?

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Tuesday, 10 October 2017
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nick horrex
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7:17 AM

thanks, Mike P.
There seem to be several empty channels. It is a shame Al Jazeera does not use one.

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Sunday, 22 October 2017
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Mr Paul Bradley
1:43 PM

I think I have checked everything . My question is why am I receiving Meridian Local news on 103 HD from the Sudbury transmitter ?

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MikeP
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1:48 PM

Mr Paul Bradley:

The HD services are not currently available with regionalised news services, so the broadcasters are using a 'general' setting so there are not any blank screens. Local regional services are available on the SD versions, on channel 3 for example instead of channel 103.

It is expected that when the forthcoming alterations to transmission arrangements take effect then the broadcasters have the opportunity to 'regionalise' their HD offerings.



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Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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David Thorne
1:23 PM

postcode CO168DD
I have a high gain triple boom aerial on a pole attached to the rear of my property approx 20ft above the ground pointing to the Sudbury transmitter..
All channels work except for the bbc channels which keep breaking up. if i point the aerial to the local transmitter they work fine but of course i cannot get all the other channels.
I have a 4G filter fitted and have tried all the reseting and retuning options available to me without success.
I suspect my aerial is picking up both signals from both transmitters but have no idea how to overcome it if that is the case. I have searched the net without result except some suggestions that this may be the case.
Hope you can advise.
many thanks

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StevensOnln1
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2:29 PM

David Thorne: Firstly, have you checked that your TV is tuned to Sudbury on UHF 44 for BBC channels rather than Clacton on UHF 49? Also, what signal strength and quality readings do you get? According to the Digital UK checker, from next summer the Clacton relay will be gaining the COM4/5/6 multiplexes so in the long run you would probably be better off turning your aerial around, particularly as reception of Sudbury appears to be getting worse at your location from 2019.

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Tuesday, 6 February 2018
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Michael Firth
9:58 AM

Hi,

I think your table for "How will the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time" is incorrect for the right hand column.

It shows all muxes changing on 31st March, which seems to contradict the Digital UK and Ofcom information.

Ofcom shows that the channel allocations will eventually become:

PSB1 - 44
PSB2 - 41
PSB3 - 47
COM4 - 29
COM5 - 31
COM6 -37

(from https://www.ofcom.org.uk/…lsx)

But doesn't give any dates for the change(s)

The DigitalUK site says that the only currently definite change is tomorrow (7th February), not the 31st March, and that it is only COM6 that is changing at this stage:

http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf

It is probably worth updating your page to prevent alarming people that all the PSB muxes will be moving to frequencies not receivable with an old "Group B" aerial!

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