Freeview Light on the Felixstowe (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Felixstowe (Suffolk, England) transmitter which serves 4,800 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 Felixstowe (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 Felixstowe (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 Felixstowe 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 | C33+ (570.2MHz) | 52m | DTG- | 200W |
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 | C35 (586.0MHz) | 52m | DTG- | 200W |
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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 52m | DTG- | 200W |
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 Felixstowe (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 Felixstowe transmitter?

BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 74km north (355°)
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, 74km north (355°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Felixstowe (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Aug 2018 | |||||
W | W | W | B E T | K T | |||||
C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C35 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C42 | BBCB | ||||||||
C45 | +BBCA | ||||||||
C51tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C53tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 200W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-16dB) 5W |
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Friday, 2 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 23:17 until 20 Sep 23:32. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 22:28 until 20 Sep 22:33. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 2 [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Nov 09:29. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:26 PM
10:26 PM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Nov 09:29 until 12 Nov 09:52. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:50 AM
10:50 AM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 Nov 09:45. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 Nov 09:45 until 18 Nov 10:09. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Nov 17:38 until 24 Nov 18:37. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Nov 16:31 until 24 Nov 16:37. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 AM
10:27 AM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 27 Nov 12:52 until 27 Nov 13:06. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Nov 17:38 until 24 Nov 18:37. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Nov 1 [BBC]
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Monday, 30 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:27 PM
1:27 PM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 27 Nov 12:52 until 27 Nov 13:06. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Feb 22:55 until 22 Feb 23:02. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:46 AM
8:46 AM
FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 29 Jun 07:04 until 29 Jun 07:18. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 29 Jun 06:19 until 29 Jun 06:28. . [BBC]
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