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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
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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
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Briantist
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4:32 PM

Nick: Most boxes and sets have ultra-low-power stand-by modes, but you usually leave them on to allow overnight EPG and firmware upgrades.

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Thursday, 21 April 2011
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Nick
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9:35 AM
Woodbridge

Brian, you are being very good answering all these questions. I hope your answers are useful to others.
I assume you cannot recommend a box, but I have seen nothing other than cheap lately.
Sorry to be dense, but say you switch off the box overnight or even a couple of weeks when on holiday, would it not 'catch up' with the info it requires? After all, when they are in the box at the shop, they are not 'learning' anything.
Kind regards,
Nick

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Mike Dimmick
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3:14 PM

Can't speak for Brian's box, but my Humax PVR-9200T has to be put in standby for it to get firmware updates. We've already seen numerous reports of people running very old firmware on this box because it was never put in standby, and experiencing problems that were fixed a long time ago.

The EPG data is transmitted at a pretty slow rate by the broadcasters - it takes a few minutes to trickle in. They broadcast about 8 days' worth at any time - if they happen to be broadcasting day 2 when you switch the box on, it takes a little while for it to get back round to today. It's like reading a long article on Ceefax.

Newer TVs and boxes, particularly PVRs, save the EPG data to persistent memory so that it's instantly available when you switch back on. (After the most recent update to my Humax, it now saves the EPG data to the hard disk when you put it in standby.) 

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chris stevens
8:06 PM
Woodbridge

Post code IP13 9EL, Pointing at Tachleston, and keep losing ITV1 etc (mux 2) (on channel 60) have to re-tune to get them back. Why is this suddenly happening, as i have been using freeview for about 3 or 4 years now, with no previous issues?

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Friday, 22 April 2011
Briantist
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5:39 AM

chris stevens: You are not predicted to get a multiplex 2 signal from Tacolneston until 23rd November 2011.

To be honest, at your location, you are probably better using Freesat.

You are probably being effected by the recent changes to the digital in France and the Netherlands.

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Tuesday, 26 April 2011
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Nick
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10:38 AM
Woodbridge

Dear Brian,
I am still trying to work out what best to do when Sudbury goes digital in July in a coastal area which might suffer interference from Holland. I have a 'free' Sky box.
If I go for a freeview tv and suffer interference, I can watch on Sky, but for recording, in order to avoid interference, is there any reason I should not be able to record on a freesat box and watch the recordings on a freeview tv which has no freesat tuner? I do not want to have yet another box, ie freesat.
Can the freesat recorder use my Sky dish as well as Sky using it, or is connection difficult? Many thanks, Nick.

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Briantist
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12:59 PM

Nick: As you are not predicted to get Freeview reception of reasonable quality, I would suggest you get a Freesat+HD box.

You can use a Freesat+HD box with any sort of TV you like.

Yes, you can attach Freesat equipment to your existing LNB package.

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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
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Nick
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8:34 AM
Woodbridge

Many thanks yet again Brian. I did not realise we were not even predicted to get decent freeview here. Clearly the Sudbury digital service will not cover fully the area currently served by its analogue service. Those in charge should not be permitted to switch off analogue till they find a way to replace it properly.
I have made enquiries about a freesat recorder, seems like I would need a multiple lnb and 2 more holes in the wall and cables.
I am getting fed up with digital even before it starts!

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Briantist
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8:39 AM

Nick: According to the "system", your analogue transmitter is the one at Aldeburgh, not Sudbury.

At some point Aldeburgh will give you a good service, but this will move to "marginal" in the future.

The analogue, and therefore digital services cover 98.5% of the population.

You are in the 1.5% that won't get a decent terrestrial service, and for you Freesat has been provided.

Freesat boxes start at £30 - Buy Bush BFSAT02SD Freesat SD Digital Box - Black at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Freesat digital set top boxes.
- and you can get a dish fitted from £89 - Buy Single Freesat Installation at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Freesat accessories.
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Freesat HD will provide ALL the channels you will ever get terrestrially, and you can have them today if you want.

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8:56 AM
Woodbridge

Dear Brian,
You are remarkably helpful, thank you.
Please would you explain what you mean by Aldeburgh will move to 'marginal' after a good start. Here at IP12, Aldebugh analogue indeed provides a signal equal to Sudbury but I am reluctant to use it as the digital channels will be few, cannot even be sure ITV3 will be included. Nevertheless, when push comes to shove, will its digital be ok here?
Freesat, have the Sky dish already, seems to require more cables and lnb changes. Why we cannot hook up all these gadgets to one coax from the dish is beyond me.

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