Full Freeview on the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter._______
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 not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Sudbury (Suffolk, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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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Thursday, 17 November 2011
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Dakota9:47 AM
Brian I have already followed the retune instructions. I just took that as a given, but thanks anyway.
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Buckers10:21 AM
Hi All,
I am living in Thorrington, just outside Colchester and I too have lost C63, there is zero signal on it!
Like the previous post, has anyone actually got these channels working and where are you?
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Can I suggest that all those affected fill in Channel 4's complaints form.
Contact Us - Channel 4 - 4viewers (CO62QY)
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Eddie Stacey10:50 PM
Hi everybody
IP5 just east of Ipswich. Only just receiving Channel 63. No surprise taking into account the low power transmission and the 810 MHz frequency. Signal strength is about 5 or 6 and quality about 2. As such, I fully expect future reception & recording problems.
The fun we have. Not!
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Friday, 18 November 2011
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Dakota8:37 AM
Some people are suggesting that they have moved ArqB to the Sudbury B mast. If this turns out to be true I know I have no chance of reception in my location.
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Dale
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
Have just discovered something interesting : I have posted more details here :
www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051928 (IP29XY)
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Dale
10:39 AM
Ipswich
10:39 AM
Ipswich
Sorry : I can never paste links on this site so they work!!
Go to my 18th Nov 10.35 post on the 'Sudbury Arqiva multiplex B changes 16 November - retune required' thread. It details how I got the ArqB channels working again!
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Kevin Hodges1:52 PM
Chelmsford
I live in CM2 and have two STBs and one tv with built-in freeview. They all get their signal via a loft aerial and 4 way booster. Up until the latest channel change I was getting a good signal on all TVs and all MUXs. Since the latest change one of the STBs refuses to find ch63, both the other two TVs are fine. I can only conclude from this that the problem lies within that particular STB, perhaps that's the issue with other contributors?
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Kevin Hodges: You're not alone!
See:
Sudbury Arqiva multiplex B changes 16 November - retune required | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
What I would do if I were you is either take the STB that doesn't find the channel to an aerial outlet that has been used to successfully tune in another receiver.
You could even try taking the 'working' STB or TV to the aerial socket where the one that won't pick it up.
Not all tuners are as sensitive as one another. If the cable from the amplifier to the wall socket is longer for one, then more signal will be lost along its length.
If the booster has a variable control on it, you might be able to adjust it. (DN31NJ)
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