Freeview Light on the Redcliff Bay (North Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Redcliff Bay (North Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 900 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 Redcliff Bay (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 Redcliff Bay (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 Redcliff Bay 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 | H max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
 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 | H max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
 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 | H max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 10W |
 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 Redcliff Bay (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 Redcliff Bay transmitter?
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 17km east (101°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Redcliff Bay (North Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C60tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C63 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 50W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 10W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Sunday, 24 August 2014
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Eve11:40 PM
Bristol
We sit slightly downhill from the TV and phone masts. Despite replacement aerial (chimney pole) and cables, the signal from Redcliff has degraded to provide only the occasional BBC1 & 2 (not weather dependent). Is this due to the increasing use of 3 commercial phone transmitters within 200 yards. I believe there are 5 phone masts and the police transmitter within about half a mile? Also is there interference from the Welsh TV masts? We previously received both English and Welsh (Cardiff) analogue channels.
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Eve's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 25 August 2014
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MikeB12:09 AM
Eve: If you were going to have problems with 4G, they should have sent you a filter. If you click on the terrain link and the DigitalUK one, they reckon you can use Mendip with no bother (or Wenvoe), which would give you a full service. Frankly, if your signal is so degraded that you only get occasional reception on BBC1 when your just a km away from a transmitter, there must be something seriously wrong with your system, or you are tuned into a very distant transmitter.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2014
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Eve5:42 PM
Bristol
MikeB: A map with contours might change their mind about Mendip.
If you send a vey large bulldozer or a few tons of dynamite to move some hills, 2 nature reserves, a few hundred people in their homes together with Avon Police Headquarters.
We could receive a variable analogue signal from Cardiff. Perhaps affected by the Severn tides and mudflats? The Redcliff relay station was built after a campaign for those reasons. Our experience is that the signal strength from Wales is not enough for digital - a friend tried 2 aerials. We have been told that the signal is not directed to us in England and that is important for digital. Aerial, cables & booster already all professionally renewed. Satellite it is then?
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Eve's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
8:36 PM
8:36 PM
Eve:
Have a look at your aerial and try to determine the compass bearing it is pointing towards. Then look at the "E's DigitalUK tradeview" alongside your posts and check which transmitter is at that compass bearing from your home. Once you have decided which transmitter it points to, try manually tuning to the channels used by that transmitter. You can find those on this website or by doing a search online.
Mendip may be the nearest 'full service' transmitter but the hills around Portishead and between there and the Mendip mast could be a problem, especially if you're in one of the lower dips.
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jb389:07 PM
Eve: That said in your reply to MikeB rather indicates that reception in your area has a history of being somewhat problematic.
However, if your neighbours are also experiencing similar problems with reception from the Redcliff relay, then irrespective of whether or not you received a filter though the post, the fact of the Mux channel numbers used by the Redcliff relay being in the range that is most susceptible to being affected by any potential 4G transmission, i.e: 60 - 53, I wouldn't do any harm to give AT800 a ring to find out if there are any newly installed 4G transmitters being tested out in your area.
AT800 info desk being contactable on "weekdays only" between 08.00 - 1800 hrs.
0808 13 13 800 (free from landlines) - or alternatively 0333 31 31 800.
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MikeB11:01 PM
Eve: Sorry, but I was going by the terrain plot, which seemed pretty promising, which is much the same story from Wolfsbane: UK digital TV reception predictor Thats the odd thing - you're right on the coast, and the Wenvoe signal pattern Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) Full Freeview transmitter | ukfree.tv - 12 years of independent, free digital TV advice indicates you should be able to pick up that transmitter with no problem, although if you can't, thats the way it is. However, you said 'We have been told that the signal is not directed to us in England and that is important for digital' - the signal pattern says otherwise. I think Dave Lindsay and JB38 have a mystery....
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Wednesday, 27 August 2014
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jb3812:12 AM
MikeB: You are of course quite correct in what you have said, insomuch that Megalithia does "not" indicate that there are any obstructions to the signal path from either the Mendip or Wenvoe transmitters on the P/Code supplied by Eve, and indeed DUK's reception predictor does indicate that good reception should be possible from either transmitter at said location.
But though, post codes are not by any means always precise enough for reception predictors as post codes can in many cases cover quite large areas, not of course that anything concerning airborne RF signals including ERP's are really ever that accurate, but as Eve would appear to reside roughly half way up a hill, it could well be the case that large variations in signal levels are experienced at either end of it, albeit that the top side of the hill is, as expected, where the mass of communication aerials are positioned.
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Monday, 11 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Redcliff Bay transmitter - Redcliff Bay transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Switching Breaks [DUK]
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Sunday, 17 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
REDCLIFF BAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Nov 15:48 until 17 Nov 15:52. . [BBC]
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