Freeview Light on the Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) transmitter which serves 9,500 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 Aldeburgh (Suffolk, 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 Aldeburgh (Suffolk, 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 Aldeburgh 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 87m | DTG- | 10,000W |
 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 87m | DTG- | 10,000W |
 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 87m | DTG- | 10,000W |
 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 Aldeburgh (Suffolk, 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 Aldeburgh transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 53km north-northwest (337°)
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, 53km north-northwest (337°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C25 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C28 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area
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Thursday, 3 March 2011
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Peter9:22 PM
Can someone confirm that Aldburgh transmitter is really going to switchover this year (2011) as I keep hearing conflicting news. One of them being that its being shutdown completely.
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Friday, 4 March 2011
Peter: Yes, on 9th/23rd November 2011 the details are at the top of the page.
No transmitter anywhere in the UK is being "shutdown completely". Indeed in this region there are several NEW transmitters.
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Peter10:28 PM
Thanks! Thats good news. At least I wont have to adjust the aerial!
Will they be cranking up the power as well?
And where can I find information about these new transmitters as being just down from Lowestoft we seem to be in a TV fringe blackspot.
Also, any ideas when test transmissions will start?
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Saturday, 5 March 2011
Peter: The digital power output from this transmitter will be higher than most, which is the same level as the analogue.
New transmitter are on this map - ITV HTV West map | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
There are no test transmissions. If you look above the digital services use the same frequencies as the analogue one use now.
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Peter10:42 PM
Ah, I get it now. As they share the same transmitter frequency they will obviously need to 'remove' the analogue service first.
Does that mean that provided I get a good strong ananlogue signal I should not find a problem with digital.
I am currently using a roof amp and a 100db indoor amp. Yes, it really is THAT bad!
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Sunday, 6 March 2011
Peter: Yes, thus it being called "switchover".
If you have analogue reception you will get digital reception.
A rooftop aerial is still required for stable, reliable digital reception.
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Sunday, 19 June 2011
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Nick12:05 AM
Woodbridge
Dear Brian,
when Aldeburgh goes digital, are the 'powers that be' open to suggestions to replace rubbish like Rabbit and Gay Rabbit with the far more necessary ITV 3 and ITV 4? People are going to be very annoyed they have the rubbish and not the sensible stuff. Also, I consider A to be a relatively high power relay, covering a large area not covered by main xmitters and therefore it should be required to offer more channels than one of these xmitters the power of a lightbulb.
I am most curious to know why the picture from Sky is smaller, and therefore clearer on a crt when connected via the aerial, tv tuned to a vacant channel, rather than scart
Best wishes,
Nick.
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
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Nick10:22 AM
Woodbridge
Dear Brian, hope all is well.
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Saturday, 25 June 2011
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Jo Drury6:38 PM
Hi
I am trying to understand why Aldeburgh appears to only be getting a limited number of chennels at the freeview switch over. We are currently in cambridge and have about 40 channels - looking on the freeview site it appears that Aldeburgh will only have about 12. Please can you clarify.
Many thanks
Jo
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Monday, 27 June 2011
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nick9:37 AM
Nick: Jo, I have been asking that. It serves a wide area but intends to give us Rabbit and Gay Rabbit instead of ITV4 and 3.
The powers that be need a rocket.
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