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The symbol shows the location of the Rouncefall (new) (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 Rouncefall (new) (Essex, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Rouncefall (new) 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
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)79mDTG-4,000W
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
 H max
C41 (634.0MHz)79mDTG-4,000W
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
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)79mDTG-4,000W
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?

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The Rouncefall (new) (Essex, 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 Rouncefall (new) transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 121km north-northeast (17°)
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, 121km north-northeast (18°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)

How will the Rouncefall (new) (Essex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-131 Aug 2018
A B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFB E K TW T
C29SDN
C31ArqA
C37ArqB
C41D3+4D3+4
C44BBCABBCA
C47BBCBBBCB
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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 4kW

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. Rouncefall (new) 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
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Dave Lindsay
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1:49 PM

John Stone: Rouncefall is not a full service transmitter as it only carried Public Service channels. I see that Sudbury and Rouncefall are only 14 degrees apart from your location and of course Rouncefall broadcasts on the same channels as Sudbury.

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Sunday, 7 October 2012
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Phil
9:56 AM
Maldon

Postcode CM9 6AF. I have an old TV set with digibox giving good reception on all channels and a Sony Bravia (less than 1 yr old) on which I get most channels but lousy BBC1 & BBC2 reception. Aerial, serving both sets, is pointing at Sudbury. Any ideas?

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Dave Lindsay
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11:09 AM

Phil: First off, confirm that BBC One is tuned to UHF channel 44 and not that of another transmitter.

I have made two observations:

1. There is a nearby TETRA base station in or adjacent to the car park which is next to the Adult Community Learning Centre. It is the mast with two vertical antennas on.

This could be the source of interference on one channel.

2. The Digital UK Postcode Checker predicts "no" reception of Sudbury's PSBs (BBC, ITV1, Channel 4, HD etc) whilst "good"/"variable" on its COMs (ITV3, Pick TV, Film4 etc).

Whilst such predictors should always be taken with a pinch of salt as they can in no way be accurate in all circumstances, we can but wonder why that might be.


Rouncefall is a single frequency network with Sudbury's PSBs, meaning that it broadcasts only PSBs and that they are on the same channels as Sudbury, something which the digital system allows.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:27 AM

Phil: Prior to switchover, BBC Two analogue was on C44. How was its picture? Perhaps if it is interference from the TETRA station, then it would have affected the old analogue signal.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:53 AM

Phil: If it is interference from the TETRA station, then a filter will probably alleviate the issue.

Search the internet using terms such as <<tetra tvi>> <<tetra dtt interference>>.

(TVI=TV interference, DTT=digital terrestrial television)

See:


TETRA Filtering - Technical Information - Blake UK

Wright's Aerials

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Monday, 7 January 2013
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brian
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9:07 AM
London

Could I ask a quick question about this mast, why was it built in the first place ?

This area would appear to have decent coverage from Crystal Palace, Bluebell Hill and Dover already.

Is it that it is now definitely in Anglialand and the signal from Sudbury (which to my untrained eye at 100kw seems robust compared to analogue level) is reduced to the south east ?

I guess also interference on Sudbury from Heathfield and Tunbridge Wells?

Apologies for technical nature of question rather than "I can't get pick TV anymore", just curious... Brian



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Dave Lindsay
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11:12 AM

brian: I should imagine that it is because Sudbury's coverage isn't so good.

Sudbury PSB channels and Rouncefall PSB channels form a Single Frequency Network. Rouncefall does not broadcast the COMs.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:23 AM

brian: Looking at the photos of the DTT panels at Rouncefall, I would say that they radiate southwards which suggests that it is intended to serve Southend-on-Sea and surroundings:

mb21 - The Transmission Gallery

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Dave Lindsay
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11:26 AM

brian: Of course, Sudbury is in the same general direction, so those using it (in Southend) may well not realise and not need to adjust their aerials.

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2:49 PM
London

Thanks Dave.
I think you have the right idea. There are plenty of aerials looking at Sudbury around Southend (although from memory more look south). I guess they were just worried the DTV signal from Sudbury would be too puny with a new null built into it to the south east. Probably explains the other new relays too..

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