Sudbury transmitting station

Sudbury
Sudbury transmitting station (Suffolk)
Mast height 165.8 metres (544 ft) (Mast 1)
103 metres (338 ft) (Mast 2)
Coordinates 52°00′15″N 0°47′09″E / 52.004167°N 0.785833°E / 52.004167; 0.785833Coordinates: 52°00′15″N 0°47′09″E / 52.004167°N 0.785833°E / 52.004167; 0.785833
Grid reference TL913377
Built 1967-1968
BBC region BBC East
ITV region ITV Anglia
Local TV service That's Suffolk

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[1] Operator
222.064 MHz 11D 1 Digital One
225.648 MHz 12B 2.4 BBC National DAB
229.072 MHz 12D 1 NOW Essex

Analogue television

Frequency UHF kW[2] 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

References

  1. ↑ Radio Listeners Guide 2010
  2. ↑ Television Viewers Guide 2009


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