Freeview Light on the Backwell (North Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Backwell (North Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 4,600 homes. 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 Backwell (North Somerset, 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 Backwell (North Somerset, 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 Backwell 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 | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 19W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 19W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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 (West), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 125m | DTG- | 19W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 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 Backwell (North Somerset, 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 Backwell transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 8km east-northeast (75°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 11km east (90°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Backwell (North Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 94W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.9dB) 19W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Tuesday, 7 May 2024
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Paul Dursley6:18 PM
Chris.SE:
Hi Chris, thanks for your response.
I understand the issues of water ingress - I am a retired Subsea Oil & Gas Engineer for control systems so I've seen the results of water ingress on both power and communications cables. Generally fatal to the channel suffering the ingress! Interesting to note the affect on signal propagation of water ingress into the coaxial cable though.
I suspect you may be right about water ingress somewhere along the coaxial path however I don't see me getting up on the roof to inspect the installation - too high up and I do like being in one piece!
So right now I am getting the channels I originally had issues with so that in theory answers my original enquiry. That I have lost access to some commercial channels from Wenvoe sounds like it would have happened anyway assuming some water ingress. I think I can stream the programmes that I'm missing on the commercial channels so not the end of the world....
I think I will leave well alone for a while now and see if anything develops further. If I really want access to the full Freeview offering it may well take a new aerial installation to achieve it (that or a Freesat installation).
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Wednesday, 8 May 2024
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Chris.SE2:20 AM
Paul Dursley:
Hi Paul. Yes remaining in one piece is a good idea :)
Just post again if you need any more help or info or just to give us an update whenever it suits you. Regards.
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Sunday, 12 May 2024
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Paul Dursley11:22 AM
Chris.SE:
Morning - just a quick signal quality/strength (out of 10) update FYI
C22 9 / 9
C25 10 / 10
C28 10 / 10
C39 10 / 6
C41 10 / 7
C42 10 / 5
C44 10 / 6
C45 10 / 5
C47 10 / 6
Pretty impressive Wenvoe reception given where my aerial is pointing and its polarisation!
Been rock steady at these figures for the last 3 or 4 days - wonder if it will survive the forecast weather conditions later to day / next week?
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Monday, 13 May 2024
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Chris.SE2:29 AM
Paul Dursley:
We will await with bated breath ;)
I'd guess that the slightly lower figure for C22 is the aerial response starting to tail off.
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Monday, 27 May 2024
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Paul Dursley8:13 PM
Chris.SE:
Hi Chris - just a quick update for you since I last posted.
We've had just about all weather conditions going since my last report (except some snow!) but the TV reception has remained extremely steady at the previously recorded levels on all multiplexes.
So I'm a happy 'Freeviewing' person right now and not inclined to be interfering with the set up for the foreseeable future - if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
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Tuesday, 28 May 2024
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Chris.SE1:07 AM
Paul Dursley: `
Hi Pau. Glad to hear it's all ok at present. Keep us updated if things change.
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