Full Freeview on the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 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.
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?
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
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 West | Transposer | 1000 homes +1000 or more homes due to expansion of affected area? | |
Witham | Transposer | 14 km NE Chelmsford. | 118 homes |
How will the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Aug 2018 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | K T | |||||
C29 | SDN | ||||||||
C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C56tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
C58tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
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
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Friday, 4 March 2011
Tony Jarvis: There nature is that there they don't exist. They can't, as they would have to take the analogue channels that use the frequencies off air.
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Monday, 14 March 2011
SUDBURY transmitter - Over the next week Sudbury main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUDBURY transmitter - Over the next week Sudbury main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011
SUDBURY transmitter - bury Transmitter group works on 16 and 17 March 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs on 16 and 17 March 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. Digital services - Mux2 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. [DUK] Over the next week Sudbury main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUDBURY transmitter - bury Transmitter group works on 16 and 17 March 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs on 16 and 17 March 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. Digital services - Mux2 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. [DUK] Over the next week Sudbury main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 16 March 2011
SUDBURY transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:21 today [BBC] bury Transmitter group works on 16 and 17 March 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs on 16 and 17 March 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. Digital services - Mux2 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. [DUK] Over the next week Sudbury main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUDBURY transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:21 today [BBC] bury Transmitter group works on 16 and 17 March 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs on 16 and 17 March 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. Digital services - Mux2 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. [DUK] Over the next week Sudbury main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Thursday, 17 March 2011
J
John5:29 PM
Colchester
My reception is on-existent at CO2 7HH
except for BBC channels. I'm happy to wait until switchover, unless you tell me that my aerial in the loft will be insufficient.
Is it worth getting an external aerial now?
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
SUDBURY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 04:03 yesterday to 05:46 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:46 yesterday to 06:24 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:21 yesterday to 05:48 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:48 yesterday to 06:22 yesterd [BBC] Over the next week Sudbury main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUDBURY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 04:03 yesterday to 05:46 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:46 yesterday to 06:24 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:21 yesterday to 05:48 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:48 yesterday to 06:22 yesterd [BBC] Over the next week Sudbury main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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