Freeview Light on the Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, 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 Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, 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 Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, 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 Madingley (Cambridge) 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 | C (306.0MHz) | 0m | DTG- | W | |
 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 | C (306.0MHz) | 0m | DTG- | W | |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (West 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 | C (306.0MHz) | 0m | DTG- | W | |
 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 Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, 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 Madingley (Cambridge) transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 97km east-northeast (59°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 97km east-northeast (59°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Jun 2018- | ||||
| VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A K T | A K T | B E K T | B E K T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C34 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C40 | _local | _local |
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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 14 December 2013
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Threeputts9:17 PM
emmawright:
We live in the same area & had problems this week as well. All OK now apart from the HD channels. Is that the same for you?
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emmawright9:36 PM
Cambridge
emmawright:
Thanks for the replies.
It's a block of flats with a communal aerial. Haven't been able to speak to any neighbours yet.
I have tried moving the offending tv into another house in same street and it's working fine there. Have also tried another tv in original location and that works much better but I did see one pixelation issue in 10 mins.
It sounds like there is a general reception issue in the area atm though, just a shame the biggest tv seems to handle it worst. do you think a 4g filter or signal booster might help given the above info ?
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emmawright's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 11 July 2015
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Richard in Norwich5:25 PM
Norwich
Just browsing the Internet this afternoon. I am looking for a printed map of the ITV Anglia region, Brian, to display iin my living room, but it would appear that such a thing cannot be purchased Correct me if you know differently!
I don't have any Freeview reception issues currently, thank you!
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 21 August 2015
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jb388:44 PM
Briantist: Just wondered if any info has been released as yet, with regards to the radiation pattern of the new Madingley Mux?, as I was unable to find any info on it in this respect.
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Wednesday, 2 August 2023
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Chris.SE6:00 AM
Surprising what recent comments elsewhere lead to.
It's beamed eastwards in a rough cardiod pattern. The exact polar diagram can be found in a document called "Comux-Technical-Plan.pdf" (Technical Plan Multiplex L) which should be found on OFCOM's site. I don't have a link handy at present.
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Thursday, 3 August 2023
Brian Butterworth
8:55 AM
Shoreham-by-sea
8:55 AM
Shoreham-by-sea
Chris.SE: Another thing to look at then... It might have to wait a short while as I've got another spine operation on Saturday.
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Brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE11:15 PM
Brian Butterworth:
Hope it all goes well Brian.
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