Full Freeview on the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter which serves 25,000 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 Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Bristol Ilchester Crescent 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter?
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 4km east-northeast (65°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | K T | |||
| C30 | LBS | LBS | |||||||
| C37 | _local | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C41 | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | |||||
| C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | SDN | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_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 | 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 200W | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-7dB) 100W | |
| Mux A* | (-11dB) 40W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS | (-14dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Bristol Ilchester Crescent Freeview Bristol Ilchester Crescent AM/FM Mendip TV region BBC West WestWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Friday, 13 December 2013
Jade Smith: It isn't likely to come to more transmitters, but as Mendip isn't on air yet there's no point having your aerial re-orientated.
The licence for the new HD multiplex was granted subject to possible revocation no earlier than the end of 2018. Such revocation would be for the purpose of reorganising frequencies used for TV.
The issue that they've got is there's not many frequencies for these new multiplexes, which is why they have to be reused which in turn is why the transmission power is lower.
Also, the transmission power is lower than the other channels but that doesn't necessarily mean that it is too low to serve you.
If you would like to receive the new local TV channel Made in Bristol then this is available from Ilchester Crescent and Mendip.
Digital UK Coverage Checker implies that, from Mendip, the HD mux will come on air after Made in Bristol. It's much safer to have the aerial changed only when the services are on air. So if you waited until the HD mux come on air from Mendip, Made in Bristol would already be on air, and an installer could therefore tell you whether reception of Made in Bristol from Mendip was possible.
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Jade9:53 PM
Thanks a lot for the advice Dave, if they revoke the licence for the frequencies would that mean that the channels would be withdrawn on other platforms too like freesat, virgin and sky? (51.4127,-2.6071)
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Jade: Revocation of licences doesn't mean that these services (BBC Four HD, BBC News HD etc) will no longer be available on Freeview. The objective would be to replan TV frequencies so as to increase coverage, as well as, no doubt, clear some more in order to sell to mobile operators.
It's a like the situation we had before digital switchover. At switchover frequencies were changed to increase coverage. It's expected that the same thing might happen with these HD channels in the future, no sooner than five years' time.
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Jade10:07 PM
Thanks Dave, i ask because i might invest in a freesat box to get these channels as I'm very interested in getting them. (51.4127,-2.6071)
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Jade: Of course, if you have more than one TV, but only the main TV is HD then there is no benefit to have the new HD channels available in other rooms. So Freesat for the main room might be the way to go.
A satellite dish installed for Sky will work for Freesat because dishes are the same for both platforms.
Made in Bristol isn't likely to be on Freesat due to cost.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2014
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Bob Ford2:17 PM
I'm in North Lansdown, Bath- looking after a block of flats. In the last month (Oct 2014) Freeview has deteriorated. I think my aerial (new) is pointing at Kings Weston relay. When I checked to coverage just now, it says I should be pointing at Ilchester Crescent. I thought it was the other way around.
Has transmitter coverage changed in the last few weeks?
Thanks
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Monday, 27 July 2015
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Tony Parsons10:46 AM
I live in Long Ashton. I have good reception for most freeview programmes most of the time.
However some programmes eg quest, travel channel, cbs reality have periods when the picture breaks up or there is no signal at all.
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Tony Parsons10:48 AM
Bristol
Further to the comment I just sent my postcode is BS41 9AX and the aerial is on the roof.
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Tony's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb389:13 PM
Tony Parsons: Aerials in your area are all seen to be pointing in the direction of the Ilchester Crescent transmitter, and although a p/code terrain check reveals your area as having a clear line of sight with the mast, a reception check using Digital UK's predictor indicates reception of the COM4/6 multiplexes that broadcasts the programmes referred to as only being variable, therefore some other factor such as bias on the mast "might" be coming into the equation, that is apart from the fact of the multiplexes in question transmitting on only 50% of the power of the main PSB muxes. (PSB-200 watts / COM-100 watts)
Have you as yet ascertained if others in your area are also suffering from similar problems with reception? although if they are not, then their aerial systems could well have the edge on yours as far as efficiency is concerned.
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Thursday, 27 August 2015
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Andrew Williams3:03 PM
Bristol
Postcode BS8 4UL (Clifton Wood, Bristol)
Yesterday morning everything was OK, but when I got home last night only these were available:
3 ITV1, 4 Channel Four, 5 Channel Five, 6 ITV2, 13 C4+1, 14 More Four, 15 Film Four, 24 ITV4, 28 E4 33 ITV!+!
Interestingly 10 ITV3 was not there either.
I have re-tuned, but to no avail.
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Andrew's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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