Freeview Light on the Burnham on Crouch (Essex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Burnham on Crouch (Essex, England) transmitter. 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 Burnham on Crouch (Essex, 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 Burnham on Crouch (Essex, 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 Burnham on Crouch 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 | H max | C21 (474.0MHz) | 43m | DTG- | 500W |
 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 43m | DTG- | 500W |
 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 | H max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 43m | DTG- | 500W |
 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 Burnham on Crouch (Essex, 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 Burnham on Crouch transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 116km north-northeast (14°)
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, 116km north-northeast (14°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Burnham on Crouch (Essex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | B E T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C27 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C42 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | D3+4 |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 500W |
Local transmitter maps
Burnham on Crouch Freeview Sudbury TV region BBC East Anglia (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sudbury transmitter area
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Monday, 7 October 2013
Robert Hamilton: The terrain plotter shows that the ground rises up within one mile, in the direction of Sudbury. This might cause you difficulty in reception of it, and particularly its COM channels.
Sudbury broadcasts PSBs and COMs. Rouncefall was a new transmitter introduced at switchover. It carries PSBs only, and they are a Single Frequency Network (SFN) with Sudbury's PSBs, meaning that they use the same channels (same frequencies) and therefore they complement each other. Consequently if you were to direct your aerial to Sudbury you might find that you get excellent PSB reception. Unfortunately Rouncefall won't help you with the COMs, should Sudbury's not be good enough.
If your current aerial is a wideband one it is therefore suitable for Sudbury/Rouncefall. You could spin it round to 11 degrees, to face Sudbury. If you find that you can't pick up Sudbury's COMs, you could restore the aerial back on Crystal Palace and get a second aerial for Rouncefall. Then feed the two into a C38 diplexer to allow you to view Crystal Palace's COMs and Rouncefall's PSBs (and Crystal Palace's PSBs should you so wish).
See:
Online TV Splitters, Amps & Diplexers sales
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
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Monday, 13 January 2014
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Paul Alley1:57 PM
Watford
Hello, you very kindly replied & explained the reasons to me a few weeks ago when I enquired as to why the Watford Hertfordshire area didn't yet have BBC3HD, BBC4HD, BBC NEWS HD & AL JAZAEERA HD as do currently in Southend.
But strangely on my return home to Watford over Christmas I discovered we now have channel 105 BBC3 HD added which is great but also confuses me somewhat as the other BBC HD are missing So what I'm asking is how can we get BBC3 HD without getting the others?
Many Thanks again
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Michael2:16 PM
Paul Alley: Because it's broadcast on the same multiplex, from all transmitters, as the 4 other HD channels you currently have.
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Paul Alley: With analogue there was one signal for each service. So previously transmitters broadcast four analogue signals, or five for those which carried Channel 5.
With digital broadcasts a single signal carries multiple services, it being known as a "multiplex" or "mux".
The mux that carries BBC One HD, BBC Two HD, ITV HD and Channel 4 HD had spare capacity. It was offered to Channel 5 which declined so it fell to the BBC. For that reason BBC Three HD (and CBBC HD which timeshares) is available everywhere that the other BBC channels are available.
BBC Four HD/CBeebies HD, BBC News HD and Al Jazeera HD are carried on a multiplex of their own, COM7, which is to be carried by only 30 transmitters.
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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
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Paul Alley3:08 AM
Watford
Many thanks for the information :)
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Tuesday, 10 June 2014
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Dick Maddock11:28 PM
Rayleigh
When did the Burnham-on-Crouch transmitter begin to send it's Freeview TV signal? As it's only 14.8 Km from my home, which is situated on one of the highest points in Rayleigh, Essex. I currently have a boosted Freeview aerial on my roof connected to our main TV, pointing to Crystal Palace (50.4 Km), and another aerial suspended in my loft pointing to Sudbury (48.2 Km), which gives the option of Anglia news & sport on one of our bedroom TVs. Thanks for any help.
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Dave Lindsay
11:52 PM
11:52 PM
Dick Maddock: At switchover. However, it isn't likely to serve you.
Another new transmitter at switchover was Rouncefall which broadcasts PSBs as Single Frequency Networks with Sudbury, meaning that the signals are on the same channels and complement one another (you get the sum of both). As Rouncefall doesn't carry all channels (no COMs) you may find Crystal Palace better for them if Sudbury's COMs aren't good. You could combine the feed from both aerials using a diplexer so as to have all channels and London and Anglia regions available on all TVs (you will need a distribution amplifier).
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Saturday, 8 February 2020
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Jason Watkins10:50 PM
Benfleet
Hi,
I live in Essex, my postcode is SS7 5UY. Since just before Christmas around 2 months ago my reception has greatly deteriorated. Not had any problems for the last 10 years but now can not get a solid picture for more than a minute on any channel, even the radio is near impossible to tolerate for too long due to the signal dropping out continually.
I have bought a signal booster but it has not made that much difference.
Any idea as to what has happend?
Thanks
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Sunday, 9 February 2020
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StevensOnln111:29 AM
Jason Watkins: You're predicted to get good reception from Crystal Palace, which has not undergone any recent changes. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV and along the route of the cable from the TV, as far as you can safely access back towards the aerial? It's highly likely that you're suffering from some sort of fault in your aerial system or possibly local electrical interference.
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