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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C28 (530.0MHz)54mDTG-2W
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
C25 (506.0MHz)54mDTG-2W
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
C22 (482.0MHz)54mDTG-2W
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 Somersham (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 Somersham transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 61km north-northeast (13°)
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, 61km north-northeast (13°)
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?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1331 Mar 2018-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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?

Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 2W

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. Somersham 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.

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Thursday, 14 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:24 yesterday to 05:51 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:24 yesterday to 05:51 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 15 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:24 on 13 Sep to 05:51 on 13 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:24 on 13 Sep to 05:51 on 13 Sep. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 25 July 2018
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9:08 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:55 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 26 July 2018
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3:08 PM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:32 today to 10:39 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 27 July 2018
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6:08 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:32 yesterday to 10:39 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 28 July 2018
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6:08 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:32 on 26 Jul to 10:39 on 26 Jul. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 1 August 2018
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6:08 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today to 04:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today to 04:30 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 2 August 2018
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6:08 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 04:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 04:30 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 3 August 2018
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6:08 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 on 01 Aug to 04:30 on 01 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 on 01 Aug to 04:30 on 01 Aug. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 22 August 2018
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11:32 AM

SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 08:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 08:30 today. [BBC]

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