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Freeview reception at CO7 8HA


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 1 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of CO78HA (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

1BBC One (SD)Sudbury EastPSB1
2BBC TwoSudbury EastPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
5Channel 5Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
9BBC FourSudbury EastPSB1
10ITV3Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
11Sky MixSudbury COM5
12QuestSudbury COM6
 
13E4Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
14Film4Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
17ReallySudbury COM5
18More4Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
 
19DaveSudbury COM5
20DramaSudbury COM4
215USASudbury COM4
23BBC ThreeSudbury EastPSB1
25WSudbury COM6
 
26ITV4Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
27YesterdaySudbury COM6
28ITVBeSudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
29ITV2 +1Sudbury COM4
30E4 +1Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
 
31E4 ExtraSudbury COM5
325STARSudbury COM4
335ActionSudbury COM4
34GREAT! moviesSudbury COM6
35ITV1 +1Sudbury Anglia (East)PSB2
 
36Sky ArtsSudbury COM5
38Channel 5 +1Sudbury COM4
39DMAXSudbury COM6
40Quest RedSudbury COM5
41LegendSudbury COM4
 
42GREAT! actionSudbury COM4
43Food NetworkSudbury COM5
44HGTVSudbury COM6
465SELECTSudbury PSB3
47Film4 +1Sudbury COM5
 
48ChallengeSudbury COM5
494sevenSudbury COM5
52GREAT! romanceSudbury COM6
56That's TV (UK)Sudbury COM6
57Dave ja vuSudbury COM4
 
58ITVBe +1Sudbury COM4
59ITV3 +1Sudbury COM4
60Drama +1Sudbury COM5
61GREAT! movies extraSudbury COM6
63GREAT! romance mixSudbury COM6
 
64BlazeSudbury COM4
65That's TV 2Sudbury COM5
67TRUE CRIMESudbury COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRASudbury COM4
70Quest +1Sudbury COM5
 
71That’s 60sSudbury COM6
73HobbyMakerSudbury COM6
74Yesterday +1Sudbury COM5
75That's 90sSudbury COM5
78TCCSudbury COM4
 
81Blaze +1Sudbury COM4
82Talking Pictures TVSudbury COM6
83Together TVSudbury COM4
84PBS AmericaSudbury COM6
89ITV4 +1Sudbury COM4
 
91WildEarthSudbury COM4
101BBC One HDSudbury PSB3
102BBC Two HDSudbury PSB3
103UTV HDSudbury PSB3
103ITV 1 HDSudbury PSB3
 
103STV HDSudbury PSB3
104Channel 4 HDSudbury PSB3
105Channel 5 HDSudbury PSB3
106BBC Four HDSudbury PSB3
107BBC Three HDSudbury PSB3
 
108BBC Scotland HDSudbury PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Sudbury PSB3
201CBBCSudbury EastPSB1
202CBeebiesSudbury EastPSB1
204CBBC HDSudbury PSB3
 
205CBeebies HDSudbury PSB3
209Ketchup TVSudbury COM4
210Ketchup TooSudbury COM4
211YAAAS!Sudbury COM4
231BBC NewsSudbury EastPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentSudbury EastPSB1
233Sky NewsSudbury COM5
235Al Jazeera EngSudbury COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishSudbury COM4

 

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Comments
Thursday, 27 September 2018
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Les Phillips
9:21 AM
Tiverton

Martin: Loss of signal. Lots of pixilation on all channels.


I believe the aerial is directed at Stockland Hill

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MikeP
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10:34 AM

Chris:

Tacolnston transmitter is working correctly at present and no faults reported.

Please check your aerial system and connections.



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10:36 AM

Les Phillips:

Please check your aerial cables and connections. If there are coaxial plugs/sockets please unplug them and refit. That will clear any corrosion/oxidation of ther contacts, which is a well known cause of the problems you report. DO NOT RETUNE.



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Saturday, 29 September 2018
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Kirk
10:17 PM
Hull

I have an Edison HDMI Modulator for my CCTV system and have tried setting it to various channels, no matter what channel I select, when in use I cannot tune in any bbc / itv etc channels on my TV's.

Any help on channel selection to eliminate signal loss would be appreciated.

Location - Humberside

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Sunday, 30 September 2018
MikeP
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11:19 AM

Kirk:

Assuming you are tuned to the Belmont transmitter, try using a channel between 40 and 49 as they are not used by that transmitter now nor in the future.

However, it could be that the HDMI cables are radiating themselves and disrupting the TV UHF signals carried by the aerial cables- expecially if they are close to each other. So try moving the cables as far apart as is reasonably possible. If that helps then it is worth considering buying better cables with improved screening.



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Monday, 1 October 2018
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Chris
10:50 AM

MikeP

Thanks for the Tacolneston advice. With no equipment changes the Channel 56 signal was off and on for me on Thursday/Friday (varying no signal at all to 90%) but stable since Saturday pm. Maybe there has been some 'tweaking' going on and I am right on the edge.

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Chris
4:24 PM

Hmm,. Channel 56 Tacolneston back to zero signal again, channel 55 (also a low power transmitter) is 95% signal. Something must be going on!

Chris

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Tuesday, 2 October 2018
MikeP
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10:27 AM

Chris:

Have you checked your aerial connections as previously suggested? Poor connection can cause loss or interuption of just one channel. There is no reported work at the transmitter at the time of writing.



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Chris
7:38 PM
Saxmundham

Yes, I have checked these thoroughly and re-terminated a couple I thought might be imperfect - no change. What I can't understand is why COM7 on channel 55 is consistently 90% signal strength, 90% signal quality, whilst COM8 (which I thought had about the same 24kW output at COM7) and is on a bearing of 142 degrees from Tacolneston to me, and therefore not restricted by the radiation pattern (according your polar diagram), is currently zero signal today and yesterday (but was solidly 90% on Saturday and has in previous weeks been absolutely fine). 8MHz higher frequency should not affect reception that much.

Are we sure the wind hasn't blown the COM8 aerial away!? A comparison of channel 55 and 56 signal strengths at your location might be interesting.

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Wednesday, 3 October 2018
MikeP
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11:16 AM

Chris:

The aerial at the transmitter radiates ALL the channels, there is not a separate aerial for any of the multiplexes. They all use a design known as a trapezoid slot aerial where the signals are radiated from different sections of the slot depending on the frequency. So they are all radiated by all the trapezoid slots and not by separate aerials for each multiplex.

An 8 MHz difference in frequency can make a considerable difference to the transmission and reception of the signals.

Looking at the Digital UK Coverage Checker for your location, see Coverage Checker - Detailed View it shows that reception of COM8 is expected to be poor and unreliable, as it is for other multiplexes from Tacolnston.

Where is your arial positioned? If it is possible, it might be worth trying a different position - on the othert end of the roof perhaps? Such a change has given good results in the past in my experience.



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