Sudbury transmitting station

Sudbury

Mast height	165.8 metres (544 ft) (Mast 1) 103 metres (338 ft) (Mast 2)
Coordinates
Grid reference	TL913377
Built	1967-1968
BBC region	BBC East
ITV region	ITV Anglia
Local TV service	Essex Television

The Sudbury transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications and broadcasting transmission at Sudbury, England. It consists of two guyed masts, one, the original, being 165.8 metres (544 ft) high, and a second mast (no longer in service) at 103 metres (338 ft). They have antennas attached at various heights. It is situated 14 miles WSW of Ipswich at a site height of 70m. All 6 Digital TV MUXES are transmitted from Sudbury using an omnidirectional pattern at an ERP of 100 kW. Originally Sudbury was a B group transmitter but in order to accommodate the digital transmissions it is now an E group (or wideband).

Services available from this site

Digital radio

Frequency	Block	kW	Operator
222.064 MHz	11D	1	Digital One

Digital television

Frequency	UHF	kW	Operator	System
634.000 MHz	41	100	Digital 3&4	DVB-T
658.000 MHz	44	100	BBC A	DVB-T
682.000 MHz	47	100	BBC B	DVB-T2
754.000 MHz	56	100	Arqiva B	DVB-T
770.000 MHz	58	100	SDN	DVB-T
785.833 MHz	60-	100	Arqiva A	DVB-T

• Aerial group E is required to receive all channels.

Before switchover

Frequency	UHF	kW	Operator
618.000 MHz	39	7.5	BBC (Mux B)
690.166 MHz	48+	5	SDN (Mux A)
698.166 MHz	49+	7	BBC (Mux 1)
706.166 MHz	50+	1.1	Arqiva (Mux D)
738.000 MHz	54	1.5	Arqiva (Mux C)
754.000 MHz	56	1.1	Digital 3&4 (Mux 2)†
850.000 MHz	68	8.1	Digital 3&4 (Mux 2)

† Low power transmission from Sudbury B.

Analogue television

Frequency	UHF	kW	Service
583.25 MHz	35	50	Channel 5
631.25 MHz	41	250	ITV1
655.25 MHz	44	250	BBC Two
679.25 MHz	47	250	Channel 4
711.25 MHz	51	250	BBC One

• Aerial group: B
• Polarisation: horizontal

See also

• List of masts

External links

• Digital Television Transmitters: Pre-switchover network
• Digital Switchover Transmitter Details: Anglia Region
• Info and pictures of Sudbury Transmitter, including co-receivable transmitters
• Entry at the Transmission Gallery
• Sudbury Transmitter at thebigtower.com
• grid reference TL913377
• http://www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=TL913377