Freeview Light on the Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmitter. 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 Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Lowestoft 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C32- (561.8MHz) | 51m | DTG- | 400W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C35- (585.8MHz) | 51m | DTG- | 400W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 51m | DTG- | 400W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Lowestoft transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 35km west-northwest (295°)
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, 34km west-northwest (296°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Lowestoft (Suffolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Feb 2018 | |||||
| A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | C/D E T | K T | |||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C35 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C58tv_off | -BBCA | ||||||||
| C60tv_off | -D3+4 |
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 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area
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Thursday, 28 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 on 24 Feb to 00:46 on 25 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:46 on 25 Feb to 07:51 on 25 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 on 24 Feb to 00:46 on 25 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 27 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:59 today to 19:07 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:59 yesterday to 19:07 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:59 on 27 May to 19:07 on 27 May. [BBC]
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Friday, 12 July 2019
J
Janet4:19 AM
Lowestoft
Although I have been re scanning many times, I am not able to receive the true entertainment channel that used to be on 61 or the true movies channel. We enjoyed these channels very much. Postcode nr33 7qh.
Will the service be resuming in my area please?
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MikeP
10:11 AM
10:11 AM
Janet:
True Entertainment is no longer avaailable from the Tacolnston transmitter. It was moved on behal=f of the owners, Sony, to use the local multiplexes where available. There are no local services on the Tacolnston transmitter.
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Friday, 26 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:29 yesterday to 09:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:29 yesterday to 09:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:29 on 25 Jul to 09:12 on 25 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:29 on 25 Jul to 09:12 on 25 Jul. [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:29 on 25 Jul to 09:12 on 25 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:29 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:29 on 25 Jul to 09:12 on 25 Jul. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
LOWESTOFT transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:29 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:29 on 25 Jul to 09:12 on 25 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:29 on 25 Jul to 09:12 on 25 Jul. [BBC]
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