Freeview Light on the Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,500 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, England) mast?
OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Oct 15:41 until 31 Oct 16:48. . 
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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 Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, 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 Oakeley Mynd 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 336m | DTG- | 10W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C49 (698.0MHz) | 336m | DTG- | 10W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 336m | DTG- | 10W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands 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 Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, 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 Oakeley Mynd transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 72km east (90°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 72km east (90°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | 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 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 50W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
Oakeley Mynd Freeview Ridge Hill TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area
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Thursday, 13 March 2014
MikeP
9:06 PM
9:06 PM
Chris Vowles:
At only 3/4 mile from the transmitting aerial you should not need a booster at all. It could be that your signal is too strong rather than too weak. When the problem occurs, try removing the booster and coupling the two coaxial plugs together with a proper coax coupler, making sure that it is the amplifier you are temorarily taking out of circuit and not just a power unit feeding to a masthead amplifier.
Then let us know what the result is, please?
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Tuesday, 5 December 2017
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bridget winterton9:07 PM
My mothers TV is not picking up a signa from the mast at Oakley mynd. Is there an issue with it at present?
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Wednesday, 6 December 2017
MikeP
10:05 PM
10:05 PM
Bridget Winterton:
There are no reported problems at the Oakley Mynd transmitter. There was work done on Sunday but hat has been completed.
Check all your aerial connections and make sure you are tuned to the correct transmitter - but do *not* retune as yet.
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Saturday, 28 December 2019
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Vicky7:15 PM
Seriously intermittent signal since most recent retune involving film 4 film4 plus 1 and more 4. Now cannot recieve film 4 plus 1 and all stations including radio are very weak and often not available.
We pay the same licence fee as everynone else. Why dont we even get the full range, let alone a good signal?
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StevensOnln111:24 PM
Vicky: Your TV licence only funds the BBC and S4C, it is not a subscription and does not entitle you to receive any particular channels. You haven't said which transmitter you're using so we can't check for any known faults, but if it's been going on for more than a few days it's highly likely to be something wrong at your end (start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV etc).
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Monday, 30 December 2019
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Chris.SE3:45 AM
Vicky:
In addition to what StevensOnln1 has said there is also interference currently.
There are unusually high levels of "Tropospheric propagation" at present, often associated with High Pressure weather systems.
These levels of propagation are unusual at this time of year - they cause signals from more distant transmitters to travel a lot further than normal. It is currently affecting different parts of the country by varying degrees and signals can change by the second or remain stable for much longer periods.
In the old "analogue" days there was a lot of talk about "continental" interference often in the summer months, but the interference can come from transmitters anywhere in the UK or Europe and even further afield. At the moment some people are getting DAB radio from the Netherlands and FM Radio from France as well as the interference to DTV.
It is predicted to continue for a couple more days, and you are advise NOT to retune as you will likely lose the correct tuning that you had. The "propagation" can be very frequency dependent, and it can only affected one frequency or several, but it can/will be different for others.
People will however have noticed the unusually mild weather which the Met office is referring to as a "Foehn effect" but it's not helpful that it seems none of the major broadcasters are making any reference to the interference being caused to TV and Radio reception! So it's no surprise that people wonder what is going on and think there is a transmitter problem.
For those that have retuned and lost correct tuning, you will have to try again and it could be hit and miss whilst the unusual propagation continues. If you are able to do a manual tune for the correct UHF channels, you may still receive interference or the wrong programmes.
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Thursday, 31 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Oct 15:41. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:21 PM
8:21 PM
OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Oct 15:41 until 31 Oct 16:48. . [BBC]
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