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Freeview Light on the Somersham (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Somersham (Suffolk, England) transmitter which serves less than 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 Somersham (Suffolk, England) transmitter.Which Freeview channels does the Somersham 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) | 54m | DTG-3 | 2W |
1 BBC One East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC RB 1, plus 17 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 54m | DTG-3 | 2W |
3 ITV (Anglia (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 14 More4, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 24 ITV4 +1, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Anglia east), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 54m | DTG-6 | 2W |
45 Film4 +1, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, |
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview channels?
The Somersham (Suffolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Somersham transmitter?

BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 61km north-northeast
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, 61km north-northeast
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Somersham (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
years | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 31st Mar 2018- | ||
aerial group | A K | A K | A K | A K | A K | A K | A B C/D E K VHF | ||
C22 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C25 | ITV | ITV | ITV | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C28 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
600 | C32 | C4 | C4 | C4 |
orange background for multiplexes names more
green background for transmission frequencies
lilac background for power levels in watts
800MHz band: 4G mobile started in 2013
700MHz band: 4G from 30 June 2020more
600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 6th July and 20th July 2011.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sudbury transmitter area
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Monday, 21 November 2011
Transmitter engineering
12:29 PM
12:29 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:15 yesterday to 19:21 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:15 yesterday to 19:21 yesterday [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Transmitter engineering
2:31 PM
2:31 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:15 on 20 Nov to 19:21 on 20 Nov HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:15 on 20 Nov to 19:21 on 20 Nov [BBC]
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011
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chris abrey5:07 PM Ipswich
why on gods green earth, when film 4 is not available from sudbury until the 28th June 2012 in the somersham area are you broadcasting itv 1+ 1 on the somersham transmitter when you could be broadcasting film 4.
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Briantist
5:28 PM
5:28 PM
chris abrey: ITV1+1 is carried on Multiplex PSB2, as it has regional versions. The commercial multiplex that carries Film4 is a national service an cannot carry ITV1+1.
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Friday, 24 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 PM
4:23 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 today to 15:27 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 25 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 yesterday to 15:27 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 on 24 Jan to 15:27 on 24 Jan. [BBC]
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Monday, 4 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today to 09:53 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today to 09:53 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today to 09:53 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:14 today to 14:50 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:32 today to 09:53 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:14 today to 14:50 today. [BBC]
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