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The symbol shows the location of the Clacton (Essex, England) transmitter. 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 Clacton (Essex, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Clacton 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
C49 (698.0MHz)47mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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
C52 (722.0MHz)47mDTG-400W
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
C42 (642.0MHz)47mDTG-400W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Clacton (Essex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Clacton transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 92km north (2°)
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, 92km north (3°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)

How will the Clacton (Essex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1319 Jul 2018
A B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFB E TB E T
C40SDN
C42BBCBBBCB
C43ArqA
C46ArqB
C49tv_offBBCABBCA
C52tv_offD3+4D3+4

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?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 400W

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. Clacton 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
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:11 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 8 November 2019
Transmitter engineering
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2:12 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 16 November 2019
Transmitter engineering
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2:13 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Sunday, 24 November 2019
Transmitter engineering
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2:08 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Monday, 2 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:13 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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2:13 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
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2:15 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
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2:11 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Thursday, 26 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:09 AM

CLACTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:07 yesterday to 20:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Monday, 30 December 2019
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Mrs Maureen Ranger
10:44 AM

Is there problems in the Clacton, Frinton, Walton areas of Essex. We had hardly anything yesterday and what we did have keept breaking up. Today is even worse. 29th and 30th December. We have retuned etc. but no good.
Many thanks

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