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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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: That is correct, you won't get reasonable Multiplex 2 (D3+4) until switchover on the 20th July 2011 from the new Clacton transmitter at your new postcode.
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Saturday, 28 May 2011
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Corinne Bradd5:46 PM
Clacton-on-sea
Hi Briantist, is this why I can rarely get anything other than BBC channels now. Problem started a few weeks ago with things breaking up on E4, but in the last couple of days I've got no signal for the vast majority of the channels I used to get even with a relatively new digital aerial and a retune?
Do you think this will go on until July?
thanks
Corinne
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Monday, 30 May 2011
Corinne Bradd: Yes, this is much as you might expect until the Clacton transmitter comes on next month. Then you will get the HD transmissions and the 3+4 multiplex, but you will not be able to receive any more channels, without using Freesat.
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Wednesday, 6 July 2011
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Lee6:40 PM
I have a samsung dvd recorder with freeview but due to an inherent fault that samsung refuse to aknowledge I am unable to retune properly as it thinks the unit is in Austria.
I can manually retune but need the frequencies of channels and bandwidth. Ive found the channels needed via the switchover site but hope that inputting these may allow me to get freeview back working.
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Thursday, 7 July 2011
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matt3:39 PM
Clacton-on-sea
can report the clacton transmitter started on channel 48at around midday on 6july , live around 2miles from it and pick it up on 1st floor on a bit of wire, also sudbury channel 44 nice and strong now
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Friday, 22 July 2011
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Kevin8:55 PM
I live in Dovercourt.For best reception on Freesat should my aerial be pointing to the new Clacton transmitter or should i leave it where it is pointing to Sudbury.
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Sunday, 24 July 2011
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Chris2:05 PM
Clacton-on-sea
Hi Kevin, I'd give Clacton a try, it's much stronger than Sudbury where I am in Thorpe and you should get line of sight if you are on the seafront side of Dovercourt
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