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The symbol shows the location of the Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) 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 Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) mast?

UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 27 Dec 16:10 until 28 Dec 00:46. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 Dec 22:33 until 27 Dec 16:04. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 2 BBC


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Which Freeview channels does the Upper Soudley 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
C46 (674.0MHz)156mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C43 (650.0MHz)156mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C50 (706.0MHz)156mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Upper Soudley (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 Upper Soudley transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 86km north-northeast (27°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 86km north-northeast (27°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-131 Mar 2018-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E T
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent 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. Upper Soudley 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
Saturday, 23 August 2014
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Bernard Hunt
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9:59 PM

Transmitter engineering:
I find it difficult to believe that instead of transmitting as a relay of Ridge Hill {midlands] that a feed from Mendip [west of england ] could not be found ? At the very least why isn't Itv 1 West Country [ which also transmits from Ridge Hill at 20kw on txer channel 29 ] used instead of 'central ' ? As a Tv service engineer in this part of the west of england I can vouch that there is NO interest in 'midlands' amongst the local population. It is the same illogical situation as affects the ST BRIAVELS relay that is even deeper in the west country !
Bernard Hunt [chief engineer Forest Television ]

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Thursday, 17 October 2024
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8:09 AM

UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Oct 06:19. . [BBC]

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5:20 PM

UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Oct 06:19 until 17 Oct 14:53. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 25 December 2024
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8:07 AM

UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 23:10. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 19:04 until 24 Dec 21:36. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 26 December 2024
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11:21 PM

UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 23:10 until 26 Dec 21:44. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 19:04 until 24 Dec 21:36. . [BBC]

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Friday, 27 December 2024
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5:10 AM

UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 Dec 22:33. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 23:10 until 26 Dec 21:44. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 19:04 until 24 Dec 2 [BBC]

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UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 27 Dec 16:10. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 Dec 22:33 until 27 Dec 16:04. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 23:10 until 26 Dec 2 [BBC]

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Saturday, 28 December 2024
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5:09 AM

UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 27 Dec 16:10 until 28 Dec 00:46. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 Dec 22:33 until 27 Dec 16:04. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Dec 2 [BBC]

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