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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
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
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;
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
Sunday, 29 April 2012
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Norm De Plume
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

8:28 AM

James, this isn't a website run by any authority, it is independently run. However, the answer to your question is that power on Sudbury is increasing again on 27th June. At the same time as the power increase, ArqB (the multiplex with those channels) will move from its temporary frequency of C63 to the final frequency of C56, which also is a lot easier to receive.

In the meantime, if you haven't already done so, replace the leads from the wall to the TV/STB etc with quality replacements. It may sound strange, but the signal lost through bad cables is often equivalent to the signal boost you would get from an aerial amplifier.

You can make cables yourself with nothing more complicated than a penknife, pliers and a small screwdriver. All of the cable and connectors are easily available from suppliers like Screwfix or Maplin. Make sure that you use double screened cable, something like the SLX PF100 which is available in white.

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

8:42 PM

Nick: There was a requirement by Ofcom for the local muxes to be planned in such a way that the signal did not stray out of the intended coverage area! As radio waves do not respect county boundaries this was rather impractical, resulting in under-powered signals in some instances, whilst in others listeners are (fortunately) able to enjoy reception miles outside the target area. The D1 national mux has tended to target the areas of largest population and major roads, whilst the BBC is now trying to give good general coverage in preparation for the suggested FM switch-off. The latest Ofcom plans for local services allow for more comprehensive coverage in unserved areas to match the current FM service areas. I will be interested to see if the coverage of existing local muxes is extended to match the FM service areas of all the BBC local radio stations.

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KMJ,Derby's 1,811 posts GB flag
Monday, 30 April 2012
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Nick
sentiment_satisfiedGold

7:21 AM

Thanks KMJ. I wondered why there were so many DAB transmitter, but not enough, whereas FM uses much higher power with far fewer transmitters. Daft rules again. They will have to get their act together before switching off FM.

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Nick's 425 posts GB flag
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
G
g sawyer
11:21 PM

please can you tell me how a can't get the yesterday channel as stated from you that all channels are on full power i live 6 MILES from you and everybody i have asked they can.t GET the yesterday programe
graham

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Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Dale
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

9:46 PM

g sawyer : assuming you are on Sudbury, over half of the channels are not on full power until June. Yesterday is one of those on ArqB on CH63 which most people cannot pick up properly since its switch from CH50 in November. Digital TV refused to accept this had caused a problem at the time, and eventually most people, like me, got fed up with complaining and are reluctantly sitting tight until June.

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Dale
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

9:49 PM

That should read Digital UK, of course. Or "I see no ships" as I prefer to think of them ...

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Thursday, 3 May 2012
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Norm De Plume
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

6:11 AM

G Sawyer, as Dale says, the channel that is used for Yesterday is operating at around 1/100th of the main channels. Not only that, but it is in a part of the frequency range that is right at the edge of receivability for most people's equipment. This is not a good combination and if you look back through this part of the forum you will see that the majority of recent problems are from people unable to receive Film4, Yesterday etc., all of which are carried on the same channel. This situation will improve in late June when there is a final retune which will move this channel to a better part of the band and will also increase the power to the same level as the others.

You haven't given your location but you said that you live 6 miles from something/someone. If you happen to live 6 miles from the Sudbury transmitter, then you probably have a different problem called desensitisation. In this situation, the high level of signal received from the more powerful stations swamps the smaller signals from channels like ArqB (the Yesterday channel). If that is the case, the solution is typically to successively cut down (or attenuate) the signal until you hopefully reach a sweet-spot and all channels can be received cleanly. Have a look at the page Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for more information.

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Monday, 7 May 2012
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Bob
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

9:22 AM

... http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf

All the details of the 27th June sudbury TX chages

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Bob's 30 posts GB flag
Monday, 14 May 2012
J
John
5:06 PM

Is there a final date for the change from channel 63 to 56 on Sudbury (Suffolk) transmitter other than mid 2012

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:11 PM

John: It's due to happen on 27th June when a retune will be necessary for all Commercial channels as they all change UHF channels.

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