Freeview Light on the Dursley (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dursley (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Dursley (Gloucestershire, 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 Dursley (Gloucestershire, 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 Dursley 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 290m | DTG- | 11W |
 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 290m | DTG- | 11W |
 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 290m | DTG- | 11W |
 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 Dursley (Gloucestershire, 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 Dursley transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 31km southwest (223°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 31km southwest (216°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Dursley (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | 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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 55W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 11W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013
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John Wheeler7:46 PM
Dursley
We receive west area transmissions from the Dursley transmitter. We do not receive the full set of Freeview channels but, many of those we do receive break up and are unwatchable. We not not wish to use the Ridge Hill transmitter because it covers the Midlands area. Are there any plans to increase the power of the Dursley transmitter? Is there an alternative transmitter for the GL11 area for west transmissions?
Thanks for your advice
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John Wheeler: Dursley, like many other small relays, only carry the Public Service (PSB) channels. This is because the Commercial (COM) networks don't wish to pay for them. See here for an explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
The prediction from Digital UK at your location is only Dursley and Ridge Hill. Ridge Hill carries ITV West, which it relays from Mendip, and this is in addition to ITV Central (South). Unfortunately it carries BBC West Midlands only (so no BBC West).
However, you could have a second aerial installed for Ridge Hill and diplex it (combine) with the Dursley one to give you West regional PSB channels and COM channels from Ridge Hill.
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John Wheeler: As for the issue with the poor reception, which channel(s) break up? (There are only three.)
See:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
If it is PSB2 which carries ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc, then bring up the signal strength screen and check that it is tuned to UHF channel 50 for Dursley and not C29 which is Ridge Hill West. If it is, then having the aerial out for the first 30% of the scan should miss out Ridge Hill West.
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Thursday, 29 May 2014
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David S.11:29 AM
Dursley
We live in Uley and use a rooftop aerial to receive the Dursley transmitter for PSB1 and PSB2. This has worked fine ever since the changeover to digital.
However, in the last couple of weeks the PSB1 channels (i.e. the BBC ones) have been breaking up and are often unwatchable, yet the PSB2 channels (the ITV ones) still work without any problem.
Why is there a difference, given they are all coming from the same mast?
What can be done to rectify this?
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Saturday, 29 October 2016
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Barry7:02 PM
This TV transmitter is supposed to give TV reception from West region for Dursley. However appears to not provide reception for the most populated centre of Dursley!
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Saturday, 5 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
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5:21 PM
DURSLEY transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 5 Oct 13:30. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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8:21 PM
DURSLEY transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 5 Oct 13:30 until 5 Oct 18:23. . [BBC]
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