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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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
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Kevin Regan8:41 PM
Chelmsford
Hi I have just fitted a new aerial on a pole on the side of my house to go with my new tv which has Freeview, in the bedroom. The aerial is pointing towards the Sudbury transmitter. I live in the CM2 9JT area, I can only receive about 20 channels. I have tried all the different forms of tunning but still no luck. Should I use a meter to set my aerial up. Hope you can help, many thanks Kevin.
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
Kevin Regan: You are in a very strong signal area, you may have a signal overload.
If you have a booster or amplifier, then remove it.
If you don't, you should try an attenuator (they cost about a fiver) to bring the signal levels down.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
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Steve Priest7:04 PM
Leigh-on-sea
Hi,
Until recentlywe have had a reasonable signal down here in Southend on sea from Bluebell Hill (Meridian) I have a wideband aerial fitted. Today I retuned my TV and now have over 20 more stations although my ITV is now Anglia. Meridian is also available on 801. My question is, should I repoint my aerial towards Sudbury, if so will I get a better signal on Anglia or should I leave it as it is until the change over next July.
Regards
Steve Priest
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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paul6:59 PM
I got my aerial rigger round today to change me from Bluebell to Sudbury mainly because Im fed up with the local news about the south coast. Have retuned my set and recorder but no Film 4 When I check out the Sudbury website they are only using 1100 watts for transmission as opposed to 100,000watts for BBC 1
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Steve Priest7:13 PM
Leigh-on-sea
Cheers Paul,
I am getting film 4 but that is probably from BH i reckon. I am probably going to keep my aerial as it is until the Meridian changeover next year. Thanks for your help mate.
Regards
Steve
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Saturday, 10 September 2011
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Pete11:00 AM
I also live in Southend on Sea SS0 area and have found problems since the Anglia switch over. My Aerial points to Sudbury and prior to switch over I received channel 12 "Yesterday". Since switch over I no longer receive channel 12. I have also checked in the 800 range and it isn't listed there either.
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Heinz
4:17 PM
Colchester
4:17 PM
Colchester
Pete. you're receiver is probably being swamped by signal from the new Relay at Rouncefall (PSB and HD muxes only).
You probably won't get the COM muxes back from Sudbury until 27 June 2012 - when they'll be increased to 100kW TX power too.
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Steve5:51 PM
Hi
I am in Basildon SS13 and was advised to use the Sudbury transmitter.
Well have just managed to get round to putting up the aerial but how do I know where to point to, every aerial round here seems to be pointing in different directions.
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Steve: Put your full postcode into the box at the top right.
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
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mark 6:00 PM
Newmarket
constantly having visual and audio problems according to the menu on the tv we are pointing towards cambs and beds is this correct for our postcode
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