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._______
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 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 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- | 2W |
 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) | 54m | DTG- | 2W |
 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) | 54m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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?
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
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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C32 | 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?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
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Sunday, 27 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Sep 21:58 until 26 Sep 05:39. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:03 PM
12:03 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Nov 08:20. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:03 PM
3:03 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Nov 08:20 until 6 Nov 13:17. . [BBC]
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Friday, 10 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
Somersham transmitter - Somersham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/03/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
5:07 AM
Somersham transmitter - Somersham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/03/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 18 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 May 22:09 until 18 May 00:02. . [BBC]
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Friday, 30 June 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 26 Jun 22:24 until 26 Jun 22:31. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:12 PM
8:12 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jul 19:16. . [BBC]
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Friday, 28 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:04 AM
8:04 AM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jul 19:16 until 27 Jul 20:44. . [BBC]
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Monday, 4 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
SOMERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 4 Sep 20:18. . [BBC]
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