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When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C60: ArqA
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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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Sudbury transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C44 (658.0MHz)229m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One East, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C41 (634.0MHz)229m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Anglia (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Anglia east),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C47 (682.0MHz)229m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		100,000W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 horizontal max
C58 (770.0MHz)186m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal max
C60- (785.8MHz)228m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal max
C56 (754.0MHz)228m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others



Regional news from the Sudbury transmitter


BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 77km north-northeast
to BBC East region - 27 masts.

ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 78km north-northeast
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.

Self-help relays

Felixstowe WestTransposer1000 homes +1000 or more homes due to expansion of affected area?
WithamTransposer14 km NE Chelmsford.118 homes

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-18
aerial groupB EB EEEEW
600C31com7
C35C5C5
C37com8
C39B
C41ITVITVITVD3+4D3+4D3+4
C44BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
C47C4C4C4BBCBBBCBBBCB
C48+A
700C49+1
C50+D
C51BBC1BBC1BBC1
C54C
C56ArqBArqBArqB
C58SDNSDNSDN
C60-ArqA-ArqA-ArqA
800C682

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 6th July and 20th July 2011.

  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM7 and COM8 to operate as Sudbury, Tacolneston SFN.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4 250kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, 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

History of Channel 3 in the Sudbury transmitter area

Oct 1959-Dec 2014Anglia Television
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.


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poeter
Thursday 7 July 2011 1:26PM Colchester
I can receive BBC channels but no/very poor ITV, Chan 4 and Chan 5 on my Freeview box. Are signal strengths the same for every TV channel? When during the switchover period will I be able to watch the 5 channels I had before? I live in Colchester and have a loft aerial.
Steve Wilson
Thursday 7 July 2011 1:48PM Bury St. Edmunds
I'm starting to lose the will to live now, I'm in IP31 (on the edge of Tac and Sud) but pointing at Sudbury. My DVR has MUX 2 on channel 68 and showing no signal, my TV has MUX 2 on channel 56 and breaking up in a weak signal. What should I be tuned to here?
Mike Dimmick
Thursday 7 July 2011 2:13PM
Steve Wilson: Unfortunately none the pictures of the masts I've found actually indicate which way is north! C56 is reportedly omni-directional, but low power, while C68 is reportedly restricted to the east of the transmitter.

Digital UK currently predicts no coverage from either frequency at your location. This will change in two weeks at the second stage of switch-over.

It also predicts that you should have a much better chance of reliable reception on all six multiplexes if you use Tacolneston, rather than Sudbury.
Steve Wilson
Thursday 7 July 2011 2:22PM Bury St. Edmunds
Thanks yet again Mike, this all makes me wonder how I have had years of trouble-free digital viewing from Sudbury. Roll on the 20th!
Mike Dimmick
Thursday 7 July 2011 2:36PM
poeter: For the next two weeks, BBC One, ITV1, C4 and C5 are still available on analogue. *So far* only the BBC channels have gone to high-power digital, the other digital channels are still on low power. The other public-service channels will go to high-power on the 20th of July.

There will be some subsequent changes on 16 November, when Multiplex D changes channel so that Tacolneston can start using it the following week, and on 27 June 2012, when the final channels for Multiplex A, C and D are available - they will reach full power on this date.
Dale
Thursday 7 July 2011 3:21PM
Mike : Chsnnel 68 from Sudbury is definitely NOT directed at the East : it is almost non-existent East of Sudbury. Channel 56 from Sudbury B is the only version of Mux 2 that carries to the East. That said, Steve in Bury is to the West of Sudbury so might have a chance of getting CH68.

This is quite a good page :
www.aerialsandtv.com link icon Sudbury Transmitter (IP29XY)
Dale
Thursday 7 July 2011 3:29PM Ipswich
Have just found that Mux 2, on Channel 56 from Sudbury B, while still on very low power, is now using 8K FFT mode : I have no idea what that REALLY means (!!) but I wonder if the change from 2K mode (which was not predicted until DSO 2 on 20th July) is the reason why many people are having problems with Mux 2, on both CH56 and CH68, since yesterday. The signal quality here (IP2), for instance, has gone from 80% down to a fluctuating 50-60% since switchover.
Dale
Thursday 7 July 2011 3:31PM Ipswich
Have just found that Mux 2, on Channel 56 from Sudbury B, while still on very low power, is now using 8K FFT mode : I have no idea what that REALLY means (!!) but I wonder if the change from 2K mode (which was not predicted until DSO 2 on 20th July) is the reason why many people are having problems with Mux 2, on both CH56 and CH68, since yesterday. The signal quality here (IP2), for instance, has gone from 80% down to a fluctuating 50-60% since switchover.
Norman
Thursday 7 July 2011 4:00PM
I seem to have lost the red button services on BBC since the Sudbury changes yesterday. This is on a Phillips television with built in freeview. Have tried removing power from TV then powering on and re-installing all services with no aerial and the with aerial, (the closest thing I can find on the menus to factory reset).

EPG working fine, as are subtitles, excellent reception shown on signal quality and no picture breakup problem. Any suggestions welcome.
Chris
Thursday 7 July 2011 8:10PM Colchester
Seem to have very poor signal quality on BBC1 & 2 since switchover. Have done several factory resets and rescans but still the same. This is on one TV with integated tuner and two freeview boxes. CO3 4SS postcode
Liam
Thursday 7 July 2011 9:03PM Ipswich
When will the ARQB multiplex (Yesterday, Film 4, 4Music, VIVA, Ideal World, ITV4)

become stronger for Ipswich/IP45EE ?
Tim
Thursday 7 July 2011 9:40PM Walton On The Naze
Liam: It's my understanding that the COM channels (SDN, ARQ A, ARQ B, and NEW 7 & 8) will go full power from Sudbury on 27th June 2012, but the present muxes should show a small increase in power on 20th July 2011.
John Stone
Friday 8 July 2011 9:41AM Hockley
Hi, I live in south Essex (SS5 4JN) and the signal on ch50 from Sudbury has dissapeared and ch68 is lower than it was before 6/7. I can receive a low signal on ch56. Ch54, ch49 and of cause ch44 are fine.
John
Dave E
Friday 8 July 2011 10:08AM Colchester
John Stone:

For a channel 50 replacement, try ch 55 from Dover. I get that here at usable strength 5mi south of Colchester, although the odd thing is that nothing about ch50 has changed yet. Perhaps there is an inversion in progress.
Tim
Friday 8 July 2011 1:11PM Walton On The Naze
Maybe I'm lucky, but I've just done a rescan on my Freeview DVD recorder, connected to a standard Yagi aerial in the loft, and got 66 TV and radio channels, almost as many as off the hi-gain wideband aerial up on the chimney! And I'm using standard coax cable to a CRT portable TV (the cable's only 2 meters long which helps). I don't know what the signal strength is, as the Toshiba doesn't give that info, but it's excellent quality.
Transmitter engineering
Friday 8 July 2011 1:37PM
SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:09 on 06 Jul to 01:41 on 06 Jul - No problems - [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 8 July 2011 1:37PM
SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:09 on 06 Jul to 01:41 on 06 Jul - No problems - [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 8 July 2011 3:44PM
SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:09 on 06 Jul to 01:41 on 06 Jul [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 8 July 2011 3:44PM
SUDBURY transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:09 on 06 Jul to 01:41 on 06 Jul [BBC]
Dave W
Friday 8 July 2011 4:17PM
I've had mixed results from the 6th July change (obviously nothing major, and it'll likely be sorted on the 20th).

I now have limited signal for MuxC (was fine before) and now have no signal for MuxD (was limited before).

Auto tuning my Freeview box gave me about four versions of the BBC channels, and it seemed to get confused and slow down, but manual tuning has solved that.
Jim D
Saturday 9 July 2011 9:07AM
To Dale, you're right about the 8k FFT. It's some fearsome maths but in practical terms it means that older freeview kit can't receive the new BBCA mux. I had to buy myself a new card for my PC (I watch all my TV on PCs).

Hang on! You said Mux2! Isn't that supposed to be 2k? Also Mux2 is now the one I can't receive.
Will
Saturday 9 July 2011 2:50PM Chester
John Stone / Dave E: Although Ch50 hasn't changed at DSO1, there has been a change at the adjacent Ch49. At DSO1, Mux A moved to Ch49 at an increased ERP of 14kW.

Prior to DSO1, Mux 1 was on Ch49 at 7kW. Mux D on Ch50 only has an ERP of 1.1kW so I suppose that the increased power on the adjacent channel could be causing the receivers to have difficulty in picking it up. (Ch49 At) (Ch49 At)
Dale
Saturday 9 July 2011 3:09PM Ipswich
Jim D : yes, just checked again. Mux 2 seems to have changed to 8K FFT 2 weeks early. I'm guessing that, combined with its very low power, that might account for some people's problems? I can still get the channels (ITV ; C4 ; C5 etc) but the quality has taken a dive (down at about 50%, previously 80-90%)
Current status of all the muxes according to my TV / PVR here in Ipswich :

CH39 (MUX B) : 16QAM 2K Quality 80%
CH44 (BBCA) : 64QAM 8K Quality 100%
CH49 (MUX A) : 64QAM 2K Quality 100%
CH50 (MUX D) : 16QAM 2K Quality 70-80%
CH54 (MUX C) : 16QAM 2K Quality 70-80%
CH56 (MUX 2) : 64QAM 8K Quality 50% or less
Will
Saturday 9 July 2011 3:58PM
Dale: If, as you say, Mux 2 has already adopted the 8k transmission mode but the actual power remains the same, then this would mean that some people will now struggle to receive this Mux as it's effectively similar to a power reduction.

I guess as annoying as that is, at least there's only about a week and half until it's no longer an issue.
Karl
Saturday 9 July 2011 4:00PM
I saw someone comment about a problem about loosing the BBC Red Button on a Philips TV.
If the TV model number has either 5522 ,5602 ,or 7662 in it then there is a firmware update to fix this.
It's not on the Philips (P4C) or the Servicer website. The local appointed service agent quoted a minimum of 7days to fix it. And Philips said that it had been broadcast and any set that missed it would have to be manually updated. Our service department did eventually get Philips to email the files.
To do this you need a Compact Flash card and an adaptor to convert the card to PCMCIA.
The prceedure is straight forward but you must have the about hardware first and your TV must be one of the models listed above.
I have been given the files by our engineer and can forward them on if needed.

Karl
Dale
Saturday 9 July 2011 4:29PM Ipswich
Will : I think you are confirming my supposition. Cheers.
The only question now is : WHY did they do anything at all to MUX 2 at DSO1, when DSO2 switches it to a different channel(41) on high power. Someone must have gone out of their way to make an early (unhelpful) change when surely it would have been easier (and in line with the plan!) to do it with the other changes on 20th July? Mind you, they've also upped the power on MUX A to 14k, which is a good thing, when that was also not meant to happen until DSO2 according to the Digital UK postcode predictor (though the latest OFCOM document DOES say it happens at DSO1 : just checked!)
MikeH
Saturday 9 July 2011 10:47PM Woodbridge
Since switchover on 6th July I have seen several installations where Mux2 (CH56)will not tune in. I have tried removing aerial and re-scanning but no joy. The signal level seems to be quite low - approximately 36% on my Sharp PVR. Is this likely to improve at the second stage on 20th July?
jb38
Sunday 10 July 2011 8:26AM
MikeH: According to the trade predictor, Ch56 is not showing as being receivable on IP12 post code areas until the 20th of this month when the channel number changes to 41 at switchover stage 2.

Even then only the first three Mux's are shown as having good reception, these being Ch44-Ch41-Ch47, the latter being the HD Mux, the remaining three being classed as variable until June 2012, although MuxD (Ch63) does improve slightly on 16th of November this year.
Dale
Sunday 10 July 2011 11:31AM
MikeH : as I found out and posted a few days ago, at DSO1 they changed Mux 2 on CH56 to 8K FFT mode from 2K : apparently this is the equivalent of a few decibels drop in signal power, meaning that many people have lost those channels. My signal quality has gone down from 90% to 50% but I can still get the Mux here (IP2). It should be ok on 20th July when it moves to CH41 and goes from 1.1kW to 100kW!
More details here : www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview on Sudbury TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice (IP29XY)
jb38
Sunday 10 July 2011 1:39PM
MikeH: If I could just add what I omitted to mention on my original posting, insomuch that a "signal" level of 36% is not usually sufficient to resolve a picture on most digital equipment, this no matter what the transmission mode might be, albeit that what Dale has mentioned would apply to any equipment that wasn't capable of operating on 8K irrespective of how strong the signal might be. (or not!)

Dales post code location (IP2) indicates variable reception on Ch's 56/68, whereas your post code indicates no reception being possible, this because anything received will be under the so called "digital cliff", an effect that I think you are experiencing.
Bob Smith
Sunday 10 July 2011 5:59PM
Hi folks... I live in Chelmsford CM1 area and purchased a new Digital TV to connect to my Anglia aerial (old TV pre SCART era) Reception good to excellent except for Sky News (Ch 82) which was fine for a day or two - then went on the "blink" - came back yesterday (Sat) - but on the "blink" again today with numerous coloured fuzzy lines - no sound. Any problems reported ??
Dale
Sunday 10 July 2011 7:00PM Ipswich
The point I was making is that the signal level (quality) drops significantly on 8K compared to 2K mode : I would guess that MikeH had much more than 36% before 'they' made the odd decision to switch Mux 2 to 8K Mode while still on low power (1.1kW).
MikeH
Tuesday 12 July 2011 8:09PM Woodbridge
Dale & jb38: Thanks for your comments. It is fair to say that the installations I referred in my post had previously received this MUX with no problem prior to switchover. Hopefully that means all will be restored to normal on the 20th !

For interest I'm running with a DAT75 aerial so that is most likely why my setup still works, albeit with low signal level.
Ron Purcell
Wednesday 13 July 2011 4:02PM
I live in Chelmsford, Essex and until the 6/7 I was able to receive BBC1 London on freeview 1 and BBC1 East on freeview 806, both with good reception.

Now after a requested retune by the TV freeview 806 has disappeared completely

I have two wideband ariels, one pointing at Crystal Palace and another pointing at Sudbury.

How can I retune to be able to pick up both BBC1 London and BBC1 East?
Stuart O.
Wednesday 13 July 2011 8:30PM Wrexham
Like I posted on Monday 4th July:
According to the 'Full list of analogue transmitter shutdown dates': UK digital switchover dates | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice -
The page still shows that some transmitters are still to be confirmed by Digital UK. In green text: 'On or before (projected date) Wednesday 20th July 2011'.
I know obviously I am not affected and that these dates are all confirmed.
Just wondering as to when the heading will change to black text and say: 'On Wednesday 20th July 2011'?
Briantist
Thursday 14 July 2011 11:58AM
Stuart O.: There was an incorrect flag in the database to say that the dates were "TBC" for some reason. I have corrected this. Thanks for pointing it out.
Briantist
Thursday 14 July 2011 12:00PM
Ron Purcell: Please see Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Ron Purcell
Thursday 14 July 2011 12:56PM
Briantist, this does not answer my question, in fact it only highlights that what I want should be happening.

Until I did the retune, as requested by the TV, I received BBC1 London, allocated to channel 1, and BBC1 East allocated to channel 806.

Now BBC1 East and channel 806 have disappeared completely. How can I get it back?

Oddly the set still picks up ITV London and ITV Anglia
Dale
Thursday 14 July 2011 2:41PM Ipswich
Discovered my first instance of Sudbury Freeview signal now being too strong : my dad has a plug-in Freeview 'adaptor' (one of those 'all hanging off the SCART plug' gadgets) which had been working perfectly on all channels while on low power, but now the BBC channels consistently break up. Once I finally found my way around the menu system to something resembling a signal meter, CH44 now shows as Signal Strength 99% but Signal Quality 39%! In contrast, the next most powerful Mux (CH49) shows Strength 40% and Quality 75%. His other Freeview TVs/boxes are fine, and they all run off the same newish rooftop aerial. I think when he had the aerial installed a couple of years ago that they did it with a masthead amp and it then splits into 5, to serve 5 rooms in his house. After the 20th July, can he just switch the masthead amp off (I'm assuming it plugs in near his main set) or will that kill the signal completely? The alternative, I guess, is to attenuate the signal to the gadget that is not coping. His postcode is IP2 0QH.
jb38
Thursday 14 July 2011 5:26PM
Dale: Only channels 44 & 54 are presently being shown as having reasonable reception at the code mentioned, Ch49 listed as being variable along with Ch's 68/56 - 50 - 39 until 20th when all of these channels with the exception Ch50 show the same status, transmission ceasing on Ch39.

With regards to switching the mast head amp power supply off, this will likely result in the signal being that weak that its liable to drop under the reception threshold, so your idea of using an attenuator is the best policy "if" actually required, as the signal levels you report on the main high powered Mux aren't that grand, but it would be interesting to know what they show as on one of the other Freeview sets in your Dads house as indications aren't the same on all boxes, even if they are sitting side by side.

On the subject of the scart Freeview adaptor, its interesting that it still works at all as "some" are listed as not being 8K compatible, just out of curiosity what model is it?


Dale
Thursday 14 July 2011 7:34PM Ipswich
jb38 : don't forget that the Mux on CH49 has already had its power doubled to 14K at DSO1, even though I think the Digital UK predictor is based on that not happening until DSO2. I didn't check the signal quality on his other boxes but will do next time I'm round there! I know that CH44 is at 100% strength and quality at my house and he has always had a better signal than me where he is, in the past. Will also check what model his gadget is!
jb38
Thursday 14 July 2011 9:43PM
Dale: Yes, quite so! but its still only 14kw in relation to Mux1's 100Kw, and that's why (inc other reasons) its listed as being variable in reception for the given post code. (15mls away)

Equipment receiving lower powered signals is always more vulnerable to suffering from glitches in reception due to varying signal levels, this happening for all sorts of reasons, and if these signal variations cause the level to hover just above the reception threshold then problems start to occur, lower starting levels obviously worse in this respect.

The 40% strength / 75% quality you report for Ch49 isn't in my opinion that terribly much above the cut off threshold on many sets, and because of this these sets being most vulnerable to suffering from glitching of one sort or another, but as you probably will realise forecasting of digital reception in UHF bands is far from being an exact science, as in real life situations local conditions play a big part in what is actually received, rather than what has been worked out "in theory" as being possible.

Anyway, I will look forward to your findings regarding signal / quality levels found on some of the other sets in your Dads household, although a report made after 20th would be of even greater interest.
Tim
Friday 15 July 2011 2:39PM Walton On The Naze
Here in CO14, all muxes showing an average 50-60% signal strength, except Mux 2 which I'm not receiving at the moment. Not really surprising as Mux 2 is right out on the 'edge' at 850MHz, so the switch to Ch41 should make a big difference.
Can anyone tell me what the digital power output was from Sudbury around 3 years ago? Back then I got all channels, some (BBC) at 100% signal strength.
Dale
Saturday 16 July 2011 8:15PM Ipswich
jb38 : checked his DVB TV and PVR today.
The TV gives qualitative ratings rather than quantitative, and all MUXes showed as 'Very Good'. Not very helpful.
The PVR had CH44 (only Mux at 100kW) at 80% quality, with CH56 (at 1.1kW the weakest around here : Mux 2) at 70% and CH49 (14kW)again the best at 85%.
So, pick the bones out of that!
Will re-analyse his boxes after Wednesday, and report again!
Afraid I didn't get the make of the SCART gadget this time, but will do so next time.
jb38
Saturday 16 July 2011 9:35PM
Dale: Thanks for the update, judging by what you report its obvious that local variables exist to what the actual post code predicts, Ch49 being the best example of this.

What you find after the 20th will be interesting, as after then only MuxC (Ch54) & MuxD (Ch50) are indicated as being variable, although on September 11th MuxD changes over to good reception, with MuxC staying as being variable until 27th June 2012 when it also joins the category of "good", that is as well as changing to Ch60.

Ch49 on this same date changing to Ch58 8k operation, reception jumping to 100%.

Pity about the TV having a single scale indication, this not really being any use except for crude indications of what is happening. Regarding the scart gadget, I only asked as I wondered if it was one of the originals as there are a few types about nowadays.
Snail
Monday 18 July 2011 4:39PM
I am receiving all channels from the Sudbury Transmitter but NOT ITV 1 Anyone know why not
Dale
Monday 18 July 2011 7:26PM Ipswich
Snail : are you sure you're still getting C4 and C5? They are all on the same very low power Mux (with others) until Weds morning, and loads of people are not getting them at the moment. If it really IS only ITV1, then that's very odd.
Dave Mills
Monday 18 July 2011 8:10PM Ipswich
Ive never had any problems before getting c4 and the other channels on that mux but for some reason today its off and on like a yoyo does anyone have any answers?? postcode IP77RA
Eddie Stacey
Tuesday 19 July 2011 8:02PM Ipswich
Thanks for your extremely helpful website information and contributors' questions and answers. It has certainly been far more useful than digitaluk and that annoying robot!
Briantist
Tuesday 19 July 2011 10:49PM
Eddie Stacey: Thanks for your complements. There are no robots here!
Ian
Wednesday 20 July 2011 10:02AM Clacton-on-sea
Hi Everyone,

Just checked the Digital UK website for my postcode (we live in Clacton), amazingly they predict that my reception will get better on 16 November this year, then gradually worsen until 2012 when only 10 channels will be 'good'

This seems ludicrous, I've retuned this morning and all seems good signal strength wise from Sudbury and Clacton transmitters, except for the Film Four mux (50), we already use a booster and at least ITV is now coming in strong, but it seems rubbish that according to Digital UK by 2012 the channels that are 'variable' increase to 59 from 45 today.

I thought switchover was supposed to make things better not worse ?

Sorry for the rant, and thanks for this great website, very useful.



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