Freeview Light on the Clacton (Essex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Clacton (Essex, 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 Clacton (Essex, 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 Clacton (Essex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Clacton 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 | H max | C49 (698.0MHz) | 47m | 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, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C52 (722.0MHz) | 47m | 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 47m | DTG- | 400W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Clacton (Essex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Clacton transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 92km north (2°)
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, 92km north (3°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
How will the Clacton (Essex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 19 Jul 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 | B E T | B E T | |||||
| C40 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C52tv_off | D3+4 | 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 6 Jul 11 and 20 Jul 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 400W |
Local transmitter maps
Clacton Freeview Clacton AM/FM Sudbury TV region BBC East Anglia (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sudbury transmitter area
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Friday, 14 January 2011
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matt5:29 PM
dream100radio,on 100.2fm has now started using the valley road mast, the same that will be used for digital tv
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Friday, 4 February 2011
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Lee Baker5:32 PM
Clacton-on-sea
I live in the little clacton area just outside of Clacton where a new transmitter is being installed/turned on later this year. Will I have to reposition my aerial to get a reception from this transmitter. Currently the aerial is in the loft and to date have no problems with reception from Sudbury. Anyone help?
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Lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Lee Baker: If your aerial is not pointing at the transmitter, you won't get a signal from it.
I would suggest you don't use it, you need to use a rooftop aerial pointing at the Sudbury transmitter.
You might find it easier to use Freesat.
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011
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Rick Marsh6:45 PM
Clacton-on-sea
I was speaking to a local aerial fitter today and he told me that the new Clacton transmitter will have a very limited range of channels. If this is the case, it seems we will need to receive our signal from Sudbury to receive all the available channels after switchover. I can't therefore see the point of this new transmitter if it isn't going to give us the full Freeview channel line-up.
Do you know exactly what channels we will receive from this new transmitter.
Many thanks.
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Rick's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Rick Marsh: I have listed the channels at the top of the page.
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Rick Marsh12:16 PM
Clacton-on-sea
Thanks for that, but when you compare the list of available channels shown on the Freeview website against those shown above for the Clacton transmitter, there are a lot of digital services missing (Yesterday, Sky 3, Dave, Quest, Fiver, Five USA, Sky News, QVC etc etc). Why won't we be able to receive these channels like everyone else?
Thanks
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Rick's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Rick Marsh: Yes, this is a public service transmitter, the commercial multiplex operators do not wish to transmit from here.
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Thursday, 28 April 2011
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martin cox8:43 PM
Again Clacton loses out to weak signal strength even with a new transmitter. Whats the point of digital if its not available because of signal strength.
I have a larg Digital areal which is amplified, but still I have TV's which drop out.
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Friday, 29 April 2011
martin cox: This transmitter is not yet on air, nor has your region switched to high power transmissions.
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
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Matt12:18 AM
Clacton-on-sea
Used to live in CO15 3HS and had all the ITV and 5 channels. Recently moved into CO16 8FP and ITV and 5 have disappeared can anyone help???
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Matt's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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