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 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, 15 June 2011
Dale
7:11 PM
Ipswich
7:11 PM
Ipswich
Nick : We DO use PAL rather than NTSC which is used in USA. An RGB signal keeps the three colours separate and gives a better quality picture, rather than the 3 colour signals all being rolled together: other people on here will give you a MUCH better explanation as to the difference, though!
If your CRT accepts RGB signals (depends on how old it is) it is still worth changing the Sky setting : you should notice an improvement. "Suck it and see" is generally my motto!
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Dale's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Nick11:19 PM
Thanks Dale. My crt actually gives a clearer picture using the aerial connections and putting the tv on a vacant channel. I think that is because however you change the picture settings on the tv and Sky, the picture is a bit smaller than via scart, don't know why. Do you have any comments on that? Best wishes.
crt is widescreen, via aerial sockets, picture still fills screen
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
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Nick1:10 PM
Dear Brian,
Is Sudbury broadcasting any hd channel? Can't see it in the list at the top of this page, nor does anything come up when I tune in my box, even when I receive some channels from every mux.
Kind regards,
Nick
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simon ambrose3:09 PM
Maldon
i am using windows 7 media center and have been able to tune into Freeview for many many years alebit some channels of a weaker strength. i recently bought a Freeview HD tuner for PC but i am still unable to see the HD channels. i accept that my area is not offically Freeview enabled but i'm surprised that the Freeview SD channels are readily available but Freeview HD is not.
any ideas?
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simon's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick3:10 PM
Nick: HD services start at switchover, apart from the few transmitters providing an early, temporary, HD service. These are large population centres where the HD signal could be crammed in, usually at lower power than the other multiplexes. The temporary service is replaced by the permanent service at switchover.
Early HD services are available from:
Lichfield, for Birmingham
Crystal Palace, for London
Black Hill, for Central Scotland
Pontop Pike, for Newcastle
Emley Moor, for Leeds
Winter Hill (for Manchester and the north-west) gained HD services at switchover, as have all transmitters which switched over from March 2010 onwards. Those that switched over before this were gradually upgraded between March and November last year.
No more early HD services are planned. HD services from Sudbury, and its relays, will start on 20 July, a little over a month away.
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Are there any maps available showing what the predicted coverage will be from the Sudbury transmitter after DSO?
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KMJ,Derby6:22 PM
Lisa: The map at the top of the page is the coverage area for the Sudbury transmitter. Note that until mid 2012 the COM muxes will radiate at reduced power, so coverage will be less than that shown until full power is available. If you pop your postcode into the Digital UK postcode checker, (tick the trade box) you can see how reception on each mux will vary over the next year.
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Nick11:17 PM
Dear KMJ,
You have thrown a spanner in the works. So from next month we will not have 75kw as promised at the top of this page, and we may still struggle to receive?
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Friday, 17 June 2011
lisa
7:05 AM
Rayleigh
7:05 AM
Rayleigh
I also thought that there would be a significant power increase at DSO on 20th July?
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lisa's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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