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The symbol shows the location of the Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Wells next the Sea 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
 V max
C57+ (762.2MHz)69mDTG-1,000W
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
 V max
C51+ (714.2MHz)69mDTG-1,000W
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
 V max
C56 (754.0MHz)69mDTG-1,000W
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

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 Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, 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 Wells next the Sea transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 42km southeast (144°)
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, 42km southeast (143°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)

How will the Wells next the Sea (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-136 Jun 2018
B E TB E TB E TC/D E TC/D E T
C43BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C50tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C51tv_off+D3+4D3+4
C56tv_offBBCBBBCB
C57tv_off+BBCABBCA

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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 1000W
Analogue 1-4(-10.5dB) 90W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston 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. Wells next the Sea 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
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jb38
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9:21 PM

Richard Cooper: I am afraid I beg to differ, as you are adding unnecessary complication / expense to a relatively simply job. My reason for saying this being, that the difference in the signal level received from Wells via the wideband aerial presently used for Belmont against what would be obtained using a dedicated group type is likely only to be of a fractional nature when dealing with high end channels in the 51-60 range, especially when receiving a signal from a 1Kw transmitter located at only 4 miles away.

That said, the situation would of course be totally different if we were referring to channels in a much lower group, such as those say in the 21-35 range, as although most wideband aerials are reasonably efficient at the top end of the range, they are not where lower frequencies are concerned, this being where a dedicated group aerial really does score over that of a wideband type.

Another point that has to be remembered, is that the aerial presently used already receives Belmonts C53 and C60, and although the possibility does exist that Belmont's lower end channels "might" be picked up during a retune, the problem is easily rectified by carry out a manual tune on the three multiplexes used by Wells, being 57 / 51 / 56.

As far as the issue of aerial polarity is concerned, I think that I have already explained that.





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11:31 PM

WELLS NEXT THE SEA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:27 today to 08:39 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:49 on 05 Jun to 09:51 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:24 today to 21:36 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:38 on 05 [BBC]

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Wednesday, 8 June 2016
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5:32 AM

WELLS NEXT THE SEA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:27 yesterday to 08:39 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:49 on 05 Jun to 09:51 on 06 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:03 yesterday to 23:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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WELLS NEXT THE SEA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:49 on 05 Jun to 09:51 on 06 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:27 yesterday to 08:39 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:24 yesterday to 21:36 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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2:32 PM

WELLS NEXT THE SEA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:27 yesterday to 08:39 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:49 on 05 Jun to 09:51 on 06 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:24 yesterday to 21:36 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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4:48 PM
Norwich

jb38: Hi, JB38. I must say you have probably hit the nail on the head by saying that my proposal for the viewer in Wells-next-the-sea was unnecessarily complicated /expensive. My problem solutions have been described as such by people in the past. I would like to thank you for correcting me as to the reasons for investing in a grouped aerial for Wells, not making much difference. Feel free to interject in the future if any more of my posts turn out to be technically inaccurate. I must try harder to ensure they are not! Naughty boy, slapped wrist! Richard, Norwich, Weds. 8th. June, 4:45 p.m.

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8:52 PM

Richard Cooper : No problem Richard, all is forgiven!!

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WELLS NEXT THE SEA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:27 yesterday to 08:39 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:49 on 05 Jun to 09:51 on 06 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:06 today to 20:30 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20: [BBC]

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Thursday, 9 June 2016
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5:31 AM

WELLS NEXT THE SEA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:27 on 07 Jun to 08:39 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:49 on 05 Jun to 09:51 on 06 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:52 on 06 Jun to 08:05 on 07 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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WELLS NEXT THE SEA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:27 on 07 Jun to 08:39 on 07 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:49 on 05 Jun to 09:51 on 06 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:24 on 07 Jun to 21:36 on 07 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]

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