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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Sunday, 2 December 2012
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jb386:11 PM
Tony: Really pleased to hear your good news!! because through sheer comprehensive experience over the time I can say with a reasonable level of confidence that if anyone was unable to get satisfactory reception of digital transmissions using the combination of equipment such as you are using yourself, then they really are residing in a Freesat zone.
The problem with Log aerials is purely peoples perception of them, as most mistakenly equate large pieces of metalwork as being somehow superior.
Many thanks for the update.
Regards / JB
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Thursday, 13 December 2012
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Jason7:51 AM
Just wanted to add my comments about the Log aerials, have recently replaced the older wideband I had with a Log 40 and can honestly say its a quality piece of kit and extremely well made, X-Beams seam to rule the roost in most places but as stated by jb38 the combination of Log and amplifier is a excellent combination.
I would also like to say that having had a look around ATV's website it is both informative and worth a look to anyone who not now needs a new aerial but also for general information about transmitters and signals, I receive my signal from Sudbury and have excellent quality and strength on all channels.
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Nick6:19 PM
JB, Mux on c60 came in 90% on quality and strength the other day, now back to its usual tricks of flickering between 0 and 90%, no signal.
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Monday, 31 December 2012
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Betty Bayliss3:00 PM
I have a Humax recorder which is fine. When I try to record at times the television (which is also fine) I get no signal or scrambled. Put on BBC 1 recording and it is really scrambled. Engineers have come 3 times one told me I was in the area where 2 transmitters are close and it is interfeering with my recorder. Could this be true as it doesn't happen all the time. It seems it has a down on me, because it's my favourite programmes it scramble3s mostly. HELP.
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jb383:53 PM
Betty Bayliss: It would be of considerable help to anyone offering assistance if you had indicated where you are located, this in the form of a post code or one from nearby such as a shop, as only then can access be made to the reception predictor and which also gives information on the transmitters covering your area.
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Kevin Hodges2:47 PM
Chelmsford
I'm now the proud owner of a new TV, which has Freeview HD, and a Blu ray surround system.
Whilst recently scanning the HD channels I caught the end of a test card and 5.1 surround check on the BBC HD preview channel. Does anyone know if this test is broadcast at set times? I've looked on the BBC site but can't find any info. I'm hoping to record this test so I can fiddle with the settings when the boss isn't around!
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Kevin's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Kevin Hodges: Not sure that I can answer your question, but maybe this page might be useful:
BBC High Definition test card | High definition | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Saturday, 26 January 2013
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LandlubberDave12:34 PM
Clacton-on-sea
I contacted you last August regarding five 125mt Turbines which were being erected on Earls Hall Farm, Clacton on Sea CO16,between us and the Sudbury transmitter. jb38 gave me a very informative answer & suggested that they most likely would affect our signal.He was right. They have had problems with them (ha,ha)and so they have only been working (intermittently)for the last week. We have three TVs fed by one aerial, all our pictures are still perfect apart from our newest TV which has full HD which pixelates intermittently on the four HD channels. Why are the Turbines affecting HD only? I would appreciate any answers on this.
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LandlubberDave's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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LandlubberDave12:48 PM
Clacton-on-sea
We live in a bungalow, and have a good quality modern aerial on a tall roof mask, all connections are with W100 cable.Pictures on three sets are really good. Only BBC1 HD, BBC HD, ITV HD and Chan 4 HD on our new Philips set are affected. I have done all your checks,
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LandlubberDave's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
LandlubberDave: Broadly speaking, digital either works or it doesn't. By "works" I am talking the bit that you can see, which is producing a picture.
HD pictures are more susceptible to such interference.
Of course, this is not to say that the standard definition signals aren't being affected, it is just that your receiver is able to resolve them to a picture. It may be that they are "only just" good enough. As you only measure is the picture, you perceive them has having no effect.
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