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The symbol shows the location of the Redbrook (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Redbrook (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Redbrook 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)140mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C45 (666.0MHz)140mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C39 (618.0MHz)140mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Redbrook (Monmouthshire, Wales) 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 Redbrook transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 36km south (173°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 38km south (169°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Redbrook (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331 Mar 2018-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves BBCB
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4D3+4
C49tv_offBBCB
C52tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 9W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-6.5dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Redbrook was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 16 November 2012
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Roger
3:18 PM
Coleford

I noted that the title for this page says "Redbrook (Monmouthshire, Wales)"

Redbrook transmitter is in Gloucestershire, England.
It is only about 500 metres from the river Wye, which marks the boundary with Wales, but it is on the English side.

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Tuesday, 1 October 2024
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5:06 AM

REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Oct 02:23. . [BBC]

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2:06 PM

REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Oct 02:23 until 1 Oct 12:35. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 17 October 2024
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5:20 PM

REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Oct 14:06 until 17 Oct 14:17. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 24 November 2024
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2:35 PM

REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 10:31 until 24 Nov 10:34. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 27 November 2024
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5:08 AM

REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 02:47 until 27 Nov 02:50. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 01:21 until 27 Nov 02:29. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 10:31 until 24 Nov 10:34. . [BBC]

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REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 12:20. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 02:47 until 27 Nov 02:50. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 01:21 until 27 Nov 02:29. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 10:31 until 24 Nov 10:34. [BBC]

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REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 12:20 until 27 Nov 21:23. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 02:47 until 27 Nov 02:50. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 01:21 until 27 Nov 02:29. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 10:31 u [BBC]

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Friday, 29 November 2024
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2:21 PM

REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 12:20 until 27 Nov 21:23. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 02:47 until 27 Nov 02:50. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 01:21 until 27 Nov 02:29. . [BBC]

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REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 12:20 until 27 Nov 21:23. . [BBC]

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