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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
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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
Monday, 14 May 2012
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Richard Owen
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8:38 PM
Halstead

After not being able to receive channel 54 since November ,except during strong winds ,or high pressure it suddenly returns ,I think as soon as the leafs came on the trees ! I live near Halstead 8nm from Tx at Sudbury ,CO9 1RB! is my answer correct ? Wideband outside arial.

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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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Norm De Plume
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7:24 AM

Richard Owen - you are likely to be suffering from too much signal. If you check out the post 2 above yours that situation is covered at the bottom.

It should get a lot better on 27th June when all the signals will be broadcast at the same level.

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Sunday, 20 May 2012
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jill
9:31 PM

IN the last 2 weeks we have pretty much lost the ITV4/Yesterday/film 4 group with total breakup of the picture. Up to this time we have had no problem at all. Based in Coggeshall we receive from the Sudbury transmitter. Any enlightenment on why this has happened all of a sudden. As I understood it the last work was back in November and things were fine after that. I have done several retunes to no avail.

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Monday, 21 May 2012
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Norm De Plume
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7:32 AM

@Jill - its surprisingly straightforward, there haven't been enough leaves on the trees since November to affect the signal. However, in the last couple of weeks, the sap has risen and the leaves have sprouted. Up until now, your signal has been borderline, but the effect of the water in the trees and the leaves has been to push the signal down just that little further and your signal is now at too low a level to receive the weakest signals, i.e. ITV4 etc.

The good news is that the signal will be massively boosted on 27th June as a result of the last stage of the digital switchover for Sudbury, and you should then have the same quality of signal as you do for BBC1.

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JimF
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11:57 AM

jill: It could be trees, but it could also be a dodgy flylead (from wall socket to TV - try a different lead), or possibly water in the coax cable from the aerial (Arq B MUX would be affected first since that's the highest frequency - until 27th June when Arq A MUX will be the highest frequency).

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Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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Norm De Plume
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7:17 AM

Jill - thanks for the reply, you'd be amazed how many people pop in, ask a question and are never heard from again, so your reply is appreciated :)

With only a month to go to the power increase, there's not a lot of point looking at more complicated checks, but JimF's suggestion about the cable is well worth considering - replacing a low quality cable from the wall to the TV with a good quality one can make all the difference in your situation.

If you haven't got a good spare cable, I would advise against buying the typical DIY store rubbish. Instead, have a chat with a friendly aerial installer and ask them to make you up a lead with some decent quality double screened cable. Alternatively, satcure stock them - Coaxial WF100 digitalSatellite cable Sky and Freeview extension leads double screened

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Richard
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8:26 PM
Halstead

Yes ,thanks Norm , its without doubt the leaves,the PSB multiplex signals ,strength & quality are down, allowing the tv & recorder receivers to re-sensitisation so I can now get Sky News again ! Yippee ! Since I got a wideband aeriel in 2006 not had any probs until they buggered about with the tx ,for some reason in late Nov .Rich Halstead

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Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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jill
12:33 PM

Tx guys, the aerial system and cables were all set up last year by Bennets a very reputable aerial specialist in Colchester so Im guessing we just have to hang fire for the power upgrade in June. It is just literally the last few weeks where its all gone on those specific channels. I have recordings from March from the channels where everything was fine! #drums fingers and sighs deeply#

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