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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?

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.

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
Channel icons
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;
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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
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
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nick horrex
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5:53 PM

I sincerely hope the channel changes shown here for March are incorrect. Having invested in a new aerial and a freeview recorder box, it would appear that my aerial which is designed for the former group b and c will not get the main BBC and ITV channels which appear to be moving to a group A aerial.

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nick horrex
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6:05 PM

I think it is a liberty to make people invest in new aerials to receive freeview and then a few years later change the channels used so that yet another aerial is required.
If the latest changes result in viewers being unable to watch their tv's because the broadcasting channels have been moved to a different aerial group, is there a body we can complain to?

In my case a wideband aerial was not good enough, I specifically needed one biased towards the muxes on channels 56, 58 and 60 which were weak. Now they propose to move the channels out of aerial group, to the opposite end of the available frequency bands, around channel 30!

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StevensOnln1
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7:14 PM

nick horrex: Anyone who relies on their aerial for reception (i.e. doesn't have satellite or cable) will be eligible for a free replacement aerial if they loose any of the PSB1-3 or COM4-6 multiplexes as a result of the 700MHz clearance changes (provided the existing aerial is in good condition and not damaged etc). The link below gives details of the Freeview Advice Line who will assist anyone who finds they have channels missing following any frequency changes at their transmitter and will arrange a free of charge engineer visit if the missing channels cannot be restored by talking the viewer through a manual retune.

Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview

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MikeP
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11:49 PM

Michael Firth, Nick Horrex, et al:

That is why many contributors here have been advocating having a log-periodic aerial fitted if you need a change. They cover all the likely channels and predicted changes expected over the next few years. So having a grouped yagi design fitted will, in some cases, become outdated and potentially unable t provide satisfactory reception of all the wanted channels.



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Wednesday, 7 February 2018
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Clive Garnham
2:43 PM

True Tv has not been reinserted into the Ch37 multiplex on the Sudbury transmitter. Was on freq channel 67 but after move from 57 to 36 channel has gone. Holding screen on +1 Ch68 advising to retune or visit website to see if Still available in your area!
Happy days!

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nick horrex
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6:32 PM

StevensO,
thank you

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nick horrex
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6:36 PM

Mike P
thank you, but log periodic is no use to me, not nearly enough gain.

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MikeP
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11:18 PM

Nick Horrex:

You can get log-periodic aerial of up to 56 elements with commensurate higher gain than those with fewer elements. I use a Log36 but my brother uses a Log48 as he is further away from the transmitter than me. Our uncle now uses a Log56 as he is even further away in a different part of the country. I must admit that such aerials a not easy to find though. However, a variable gain amplifier can resolve weaker reception as long as there is no local interference present.



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Thursday, 8 February 2018
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Russ
5:52 PM

Hi
When is Sudbury likely to transmit com8. We would really like to be able to watch free sports and can't get it in chelmsford

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StevensOnln1
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6:25 PM

Russ: Never. COM7 & COM8 are temporary multiplexes which are broadcast from 30 main transmitters covering around 70% of UK households and are expected to close somewhere between Summer 2020 and 2022. FreeSports is available on Freesat, along with almost every channel found on Freeview as well as numerous others.

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