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: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 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), | |||||
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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 |
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Saturday, 4 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:58 AM
4:58 AM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-30 05:54:50 until 2019-12-30 11:05:14. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 2020-01-01 03:41:23 until 2020-01-01 04:07:22. Weather conditions may be affecting your rece [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:47 PM
4:47 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 30 Dec 05:54 until 30 Dec 11:05. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 1 Jan 03:41 until 1 Jan 04:07. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 30 Dec 08:21 until [BBC]
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Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 19 May 11:28 until 19 May 11:39. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 23 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 22 May 10:10 until 22 May 10:19. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 May 01:57 until 22 May 02:58. Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 19 May [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 22 May 10:10 until 22 May 10:19. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 May 01:57 until 22 May 02:58. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 30 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 29 May 22:37 until 29 May 22:42. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 3 Jun 04:03 until 3 Jun 04:14. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 29 May 22:37 until 29 May 22:42. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 3 Jun 04:03 until 3 Jun 04:14. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 20 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Jun 10:20 until 19 Jun 10:56. . [BBC]
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Friday, 26 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:26 PM
10:26 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 26 Jun 18:24. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 26 Jun 15:57 until 26 Jun 17:36. . [BBC]
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