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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)229mDTG-100,000W
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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
 H max
C41 (634.0MHz)229mDTG-100,000W
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
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)229mDTG-100,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C29 (538.0MHz)186mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C31- (553.8MHz)228mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C37 (602.0MHz)228mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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 WestTransposer1000 homes +1000 or more homes due to expansion of affected area?
WithamTransposer14 km NE Chelmsford.118 homes

How will the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-131 Aug 2018
B E TB E TB E TE TK T
C29SDN
C31ArqA
C35C5wavesC5waves
C37ArqB
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C56tv_offArqB
C58tv_offSDN
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

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. Sudbury 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.

Comments
Saturday, 10 February 2018
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TERENCE COOK
9:42 AM

In the east ipswich area signal is very weak and only a roof top Ariel will do, My question is will there be any relay transmitters set up for a stronger signal.

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StevensOnln1
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12:16 PM

TERENCE COOK: The UK transmitter network was always designed to be received with a rooftop aerial. There are no known plans to build any new transmitters to provide new coverage (there are a few being built to replace coverage that will be lost from changes taking place at existing main transmitters, but none are planned for Suffolk).

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MikeP
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10:36 PM

nick horrex:

If you have several weeks to spare, I'll try to explain it for you. Having worked in the TV industry since 1960 until retirement I have had to deal with many types of aerials. The explanation involves complex physics and only as I studied for my Masters Degree did I realise just how complex aerials are.



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Sunday, 11 February 2018
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nick horrex
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7:34 PM

Mike P
they are indeed, but if you get time to explain how extra reflectors on the log periodic are beneficial, at your leisure, it would be appreciated.

It seems to me that freeview is a rather naff setup. I am technically in the Aldeburgh transmitter area, but want more channels. I had a group B aerial which was fine for Sudbury on analogue, including the weak signal then from C5.

This was no use when freeview came along. After much experimenting I built the present aerial. It got me all the muxes, including the worst one on channel 60. I get 90% plus on all muxes, strength and quality. But regularly several get knocked out, though the ones on ch 41 and 44 are the last to disappear. When any/all disappear, the aforementioned figures go down to zero. It seems that anything it does not like, rain, fog, hot sun, Dutchmen, knock it out at the drop of a hat! There are no half measures, it is all or nothing.

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Tuesday, 20 March 2018
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Steve
12:25 PM

Can somebody help, please?

Since the bad weather I have been unable to receive the independnt channels (C4/ITV/C5/etc)

I have retuned, checked the aerial, in fact, done all I can but, nothing but pixelation!

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MikeB
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2:24 PM

Steve: The weather might have caused water to get into the system, etc. Check all connections and cables , and if your signal is still too low (check it), then you might have to call out a professional.

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Monday, 16 April 2018
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Rupert Allen
5:00 PM

My postcode is Co100rj. I regularly get channel drop-outs - usually on ch 37 etc. On Sunday 18th March ch 18,19,22,25,31,35,39,42 and 47 were unwatchable. The next day all worked fine. Often l find that it is a group of commercial or bbc channels that have trouble- multiplex? I have also experienced intermittentnoise? I wondered if a transmitter was nearby?
Any comments?

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StevensOnln1
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7:29 PM

Rupert Allen : You're just 6km from the Sudbury transmitter and should be getting a strong signal, possibly too strong which can overload the tuner. Search for the article titled "Too much of a good thing" on this website and try an attenuator.

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nick horrex
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10:52 PM

I have lost all the hd channels yet the weaker multiplexes which are often a problem are ok. Any ideas please?

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Monday, 23 April 2018
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nick horrex
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7:36 PM

this needs update, ITV 3 has moved multiplex.

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