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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Monday, 4 July 2011
Stuart O.
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
According to the 'Full list of analogue transmitter shutdown dates': UK digital switchover dates | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice -
The page still shows that some transmitters are still to be confirmed by Digital UK. In green text: 'On or before (projected date) Wednesday 20th July 2011'.
I know obviously I am not affected and that these dates are all confirmed.
Just wondering as to when the heading will change to black text and say: 'On Wednesday 20th July 2011'?
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SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 04:12 on 30 Jun to 04:16 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal; DSO related from 01:53 on 30 Jun to 01:54 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, [BBC]
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SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 04:12 on 30 Jun to 04:16 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal; DSO related from 01:53 on 30 Jun to 01:54 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, [BBC]
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Tim
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
Hi Brian. I hope your recovery is going well. Just a quick question: I believe Sudbury will transmit in 8k mode after DSO (2k at the moment). I have a Goodmans GDB6 box, which I understand can only handle 2k mode. Would it then be obsolete after DSO? Or would a firmware update enable 8k reception?
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SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 03:57 on 30 Jun to 04:01 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 04:12 on 30 Jun to 04:16 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News [BBC]
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SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 03:57 on 30 Jun to 04:01 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 04:12 on 30 Jun to 04:16 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News [BBC]
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SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 01:18 on 30 Jun to 01:49 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal; DSO related from 01:53 on 30 Jun to 01:54 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, [BBC]
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SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 01:18 on 30 Jun to 01:49 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal; DSO related from 01:53 on 30 Jun to 01:54 on 30 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Tim
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
My question re 8k mode seems to have been answered by Brian in his post this morning - Sudbury transmitter group switchover begins | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice My Goodmans box is not on the list, so I guess it will still work. I'll find out tomorrow! (CO148AW)
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Mike Dimmick11:28 PM
Sudbury will be OFF-AIR from shortly after midnight until 6am (officially). Services may come and go during this time. It's recommended that you retune after 6am when all work should be complete. See Digital UK - Relay transmitter switching times for progress reports.
While maximum digital power is lower than maximum analogue power, the reduction is much less than at other sites, and the increase from pre-switchover power levels is substantial. If you had reliable digital reception before switchover started, and you have problems afterward, you could have too much signal. Remove any boosters or amplifiers, and if that doesn't help, add an attenuator.
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