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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C33+ (570.2MHz)52mDTG-200W
Channel icons
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
C35 (586.0MHz)52mDTG-200W
Channel icons
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)52mDTG-200W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected 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, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-131 Aug 2018
WWWB E TK T
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C33BBCA
C35D3+4
C42BBCB
C45+BBCA
C51tv_offD3+4
C53tv_offBBCB
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sudbury transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Felixstowe was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
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2:32 PM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:19 yesterday to 06:41 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:42 on 05 Jun to 22:57 on 05 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:18 on 06 Jun to 02:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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Thursday, 9 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
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5:31 AM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:18 on 06 Jun to 02:56 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:19 on 07 Jun to 06:41 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:42 on 05 Jun to 22:57 on 05 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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11:32 AM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:19 on 07 Jun to 06:41 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:42 on 05 Jun to 22:57 on 05 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:18 on 06 Jun to 02:56 on 07 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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2:32 PM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:19 on 07 Jun to 06:41 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:18 on 06 Jun to 02:56 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:42 on 05 Jun to 22:57 on 05 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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Friday, 10 June 2016
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5:32 AM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:18 on 06 Jun to 02:56 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:19 on 07 Jun to 06:41 on 07 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:16 on 06 Jun to 01:19 on 07 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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8:32 AM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:19 on 07 Jun to 06:41 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:18 on 06 Jun to 02:56 on 07 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:21 on 07 Jun to 06:41 on 07 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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Monday, 18 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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9:09 AM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Tuesday, 26 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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12:09 AM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Thursday, 28 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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2:31 PM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:40 today to 10:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:45 today to 11:01 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Friday, 29 July 2016
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5:32 AM

FELIXSTOWE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:40 yesterday to 10:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:45 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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