Freeview Light on the Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) transmitter which serves 9,500 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 Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Aldeburgh 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 87m | DTG- | 10,000W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 87m | DTG- | 10,000W |
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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 87m | DTG- | 10,000W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Aldeburgh transmitter?

BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 53km north-northwest (337°)
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, 53km north-northwest (337°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C25 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C28 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 10kW |
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Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:44 on 05 Aug to 14:51 on 05 Aug, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:34 yesterday to 13:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:44 on 05 Aug to 14:51 on 05 Aug. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:34 yesterday to 13:58 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:44 on 05 Aug to 14:51 on 05 Aug, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:44 on 05 Aug to 14:51 on 05 Aug. [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:34 on 08 Aug to 13:58 on 08 Aug. [BBC]
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Friday, 6 October 2017
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Maureen acraman9:36 AM
I had no signal at 4 this morning why was that
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MikeP
10:26 AM
10:26 AM
Maureen Acraman:
We have no way of checking as you didn't give a full post code. There are over 1000 transmitters around the UK and we cannot assume that you are using the Aldeburgh transmitter just because you posted here as you posted elsewhere on this site as well.
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Thursday, 9 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:23 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:23 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:23 today to 12:56 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:23 today to 12:56 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:23 yesterday to 12:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:23 yesterday to 12:56 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:23 on 09 Nov to 12:56 on 09 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:23 on 09 Nov to 12:56 on 09 Nov. [BBC]
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Friday, 24 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
ALDEBURGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:58 today to 06:59 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:58 today to 06:59 today. [BBC]
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