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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?

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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.

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
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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
Friday, 20 April 2012
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Nick
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10:49 PM

Does anyone know why several of the commercial channels from Sudbury have to ads etc for Meridian rather than Anglia?

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Saturday, 21 April 2012
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Norm De Plume
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9:33 AM
Stowmarket

@Nick,

I am on Sudbury and there are no adverts for Meridian, so you are receiving another different transmitter altogether. It would help if you could say what the channels your box has tuned into are.

I suggest that you manually tune to the Sudbury Channels, see the top of this page. On the Aldeburgh page, it looks like all the channels for Aldeburgh are 28 and under, so it's possible that you have a Band A aerial. You will need a wideband aerial for Sudbury and that would explain why you are having difficulties tuning in.

Also, you didn't mention the orientation , but you must make sure that the elements for the aerial are horizontal and not vertical.

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Norm De Plume
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10:03 AM
Stowmarket

@Nick - Congratulations on building your own aerial, it must be very satisfying. However, I can't see how you can possibly expect to receive channels between 38 and 68 (the current Sudbury spread) without a wideband.

I understand what you mean by 'log in' now - I thought you were referring to intelligent tuners which add extra channels based on what has been received, not just checking a value on a signal strength meter.

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Sunday, 22 April 2012
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russ grooms
9:15 AM

Hi JB38,

My postcode is ME1. Rochester in Kent. I am told that the signal strength coming out of Crystal Palace is 100%.

Thanks

Russ

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Nick
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10:15 PM
Woodbridge

Hi Norm,
I can't see any mux on the high channels according to the table above. At IP12 I have been experimenting and on a good day occasionally get Pick and Challenge, so not doing badly.
I can't see how an aerial designed for channels in the 40-50 range can be much different from a wideband, which also gets the mid channels better than those at the extremes.

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Monday, 23 April 2012
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Norm De Plume
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7:27 AM

Hi Nick - IN the table above under Transmissions Frequencies, look for "After Wednesday 20th July 2011" and that will show you the channels for the muxes, including 3 on C56, C58 and C60 (and the C60 mux is actually on C63 at the moment until late June).

I suspect that your browser may just not be showing you all the information - does your table appear to stop at C47? If so, try a different browser like Firefox or Opera and see if that shows the channel info.

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Norm De Plume
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9:40 AM

Nick, Your reception depends a lot on the bandwidth of the aerial. It is possible that your tuning efforts have been targeted at maximising reception in the range 40-50 and that there is a steep drop off in reception strength outside of that. For example, a group B aerial, one that is optimised for channels 40-50, drops off like a cliff above channel 53. In the graphs I have seen (e.g. Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial their reception strength is about 15db down by the time it gets to channel 60.

If you are buying an new aerial, then go for a log periodic, not a wideband. They have lower overall gain but they have much better characteristics, such as they are less susceptible to impulse noise from badly suppressed ignition systems on cars driving past.

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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Nick
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11:15 PM
Woodbridge

Hi Norm.
I can see channel 54 on the table above. So the wrong browser will leave out info? This is getting very complicated.
Elsewhere it shows arq 4 and 8 on double the power shown here. Do you know which is correct?
My understanding of aerials is that the elements are cut to the correct length for the frequency, therefore all are a compromise as all have to receive on more than one frequency.
A wideband would seem to me to be much the same as an aerial built for the mid frequencies, eg Sudbury. If anyone can explain the difference between these two, I would be grateful.Log periodic would not have enough gain for my location

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Nick
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11:22 PM
Woodbridge

I cannot see anything here which says what will happen re the low power muxes from June.

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jb38
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11:46 PM

Nick: I have to say that the reception predictions for your area do not at any time inspire confidence as far as reliability of reception is concerned, and that applies to all the stations that surrounds your area.

The present power indications are that SDN (Ch49) is 14kw - ArqA (Ch54) at 2.2kw - ArqB (Ch63) being 2.2Kw, although the two latter muxes are indicated as not being possible to receive, and even when all muxes change to 100kw high powered operation on June 27th they still remain with a permanently variable status, and with no signs of this changing at any time.

Your area certainly appears as being one that Freesat was intended to cater for.

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