Freeview Light on the Redbrook (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Redbrook (Monmouthshire, Wales) mast?
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. .
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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 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 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
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) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
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) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
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 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?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 36km south (173°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
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?
1984-97 | 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 | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C49tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C52tv_off | 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 | 9W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.5dB) 2W |
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Friday, 16 November 2012
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Roger3:18 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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REDBROOK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Oct 02:23. . [BBC]
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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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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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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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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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