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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) mast?
Sudbury transmitter - Sudbury transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 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 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)
The Sudbury (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 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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Wednesday, 16 August 2017
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nicholas11:17 PM
so how come?Dont give the luck nonsence,the copper dipole due to its effincey picked up enough signal at ground level,..you believe what you want to,the facts speak for themself,,apolgies for spelling.n................
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Thursday, 17 August 2017
MikeP
10:36 AM
10:36 AM
Nicholas:
Your assertions about using copper at UHF does not fit the known physics of aerial design.
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Saturday, 19 August 2017
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Hardy9:17 AM
Nick unless you've tried a near identical dipole in aluminium you've havn't the full facts . I can see a lot of your posts give good info based on long experience but you have to be careful what you say if you have not got relevant training in the subject. I'll take up no more space on this subject.
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Sunday, 20 August 2017
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nicholas1:49 AM
Hardy: i have had self training for a long period,i advise people on solutions which they may take up at their entire risk,no responsibility taken or implied,the solutions are what i have tried,and found to have worked,what more can i say.perhaps it would be easier just to recommend freesat.i wonder why i bother sometimes........................
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nicholas1:53 AM
To all,i have found if freezing occurs,switch box on/off,it seems to work on humax,digital stuff can be a right pain sometimes,n............................
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Thursday, 31 August 2017
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John Broad8:49 PM
tou have successfully blotted a number of my channels on a Goodman 32" 10 years old. I am unable to access the menu to make any changes, being both technologically challenged and an O.A.P (87yrs) . Relying only on my state pension I cannot afford a new TV and to call somebody in could be pricey. Where do I go from here? Suggestions please.
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MikeB11:01 PM
Peterborough
John Broad: What do you mean by 'blotted'. If you mean they have vanished, then its more likely that your aerial has a fault. Try checking the connections and see if they come back.
You say you can't access the menu - is that because the remote doesnt work, or because the menu is locked with a PIN number? If you can find the manual, or simply give us the model/make (we could possibly find it for you online), then you might be able to reset it.
If the TV really is beyond help (and I suspect its not), then another decent 32, from a good brand (like the Samsung 32M5500), will cost around 300, and you can get that set up and tuned as well.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Having invested in costly equipment to get Sudbury rather than my local relay so as to get the full list of channels, is that transmitter ever going to live up to its name of a full service and give me the last multiplex so I can see Al Jazeera again?
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Sunday, 10 September 2017
MikeP
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Nick Horrex:
If you mean when will it get COM7 and COM8, the answer is never as those mulitplexes are temporary ones offered only by 30 main transmitters and covering about 70% of the population. The plan is that the channels carried by those multiplexes will be included within the arrangements for when the adjustments to accommodate the loss of the 700MHz band, expected between now and the end of 2019. No definitive dates have been given as yet.
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