Full Freeview on the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter which serves 440,000 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 Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Sudbury (Suffolk, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Sudbury 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Sudbury (Suffolk, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Sudbury transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 77km north-northeast (24°)
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, 78km north-northeast (24°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Felixstowe West | Transposer | 1000 homes +1000 or more homes due to expansion of affected area? | |
| Witham | Transposer | 14 km NE Chelmsford. | 118 homes |
How will the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Aug 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | K T | |||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C60tv_off | -ArqA |
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 | 250kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 100kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-7dB) 50kW | |
| Mux 2* | (-14.9dB) 8.1kW | |
| Mux B* | (-15.2dB) 7.5kW | |
| Mux 1* | (-15.5dB) 7kW | |
| Mux A* | (-17dB) 5kW | |
| Mux C* | (-22.2dB) 1.5kW | |
| Mux D* | (-23.6dB) 1.1kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sudbury transmitter area
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Friday, 6 May 2011
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Nick9:31 AM
Woodbridge
Thank you Brian. You knocked me into touch there!
I would like to return to my last question in general terms, though. If I want to look at a freesat channel on my Sky box, where do i find the data I have to put manually into the Sky box to find that channel? I think there may be a mag called 'what sat' still going, but is there an internet site that displays it?
Why does the Sky box only retain these 'extra channels' which I manually input for a few days?
Many thanks.
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Nick: I don't think there are any channels that are not in the EPG already, ITV4+1 aside. You can look though the list here if you want Eurobird 1 & Astra 2A/2B/2D at 28.2°E - LyngSat .
The Sky box deletes the "more channels" if you start the box without a subscription card in the slot.
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Mike Dimmick4:47 PM
Nick: You can find lists of free-to-air satellite services at Eurobird 1 & Astra 2A/2B/2D at 28.2°E - LyngSat and at Astra 2A / Astra 2B / Astra 2D / Eurobird 1 (28.2°E) - All transmissions - frequencies - KingOfSat .
As for why the box only retains the extra channels for a few days, no idea. Perhaps the box needs to remain powered?
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Nick7:02 PM
Woodbridge
Thank you both. I have a 'free' card in there but it is out of date. Even when it was not, the box 'forgot' the extra channels. It is plugged in all the time.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
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Nick7:40 AM
Woodbridge
Dear Brian,
When you watch analogue tv on an old 4 x 3 tv you have a thin black line top and bottom. This is quite acceptable. If you play Sky or freeview through the tv, despite having a choice of picture shapes, you cannot get the same shape picture. If you want to see the whole picture, you have to settle for a thick black line top and bottom. Why is this?
Thanks,
Nick.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Nick: Most, but not all, Freeview boxes offer the 14:9 option, which is what you see on analogue TV.
However, some boxes only offer "centre cut out" 4:3 and the "thin letterbox" 16:9 options.
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Thursday, 12 May 2011
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Nick10:03 AM
Woodbridge
Many thanks Brian.
Is Sky different? I have a 14x9 and two 4x3 settings.
One 4x3 makes the pic too big so I lose the sides and the other gets the whole pic in but with a thick line top and bottom. Do they deliberately make it that we cannot see the free channels on Sky properly on an old tv? I assume there is nothing I can do on an old set to see Sky the same shape and size as the anaalogue pic. Thanks.
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Friday, 13 May 2011
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Nick9:12 AM
Woodbridge
Thanks Brian.
I don't suppose you know of any flat tvs that you can plug speakers into as opposed to amp plus speakers?
Sound on most is not particularly good. It is all very well for them to claim they use less power than crt tvs----not if you then have to use an amp to get the decent sound you got on a big box tv, not to mention the cost of the amp.
Many thanks.
Nick
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