Freeview Light on the Findon (West Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Findon (West Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 2,600 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.
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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 Findon (West Sussex, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Findon 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 157m | DTG- | 2,000W |
1 BBC One (SD) South, 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 157m | DTG- | 2,000W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 157m | DTG- | 2,000W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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 Findon (West Sussex, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Findon transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 70km west (275°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 59km west (272°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Findon (West Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C51tv_off | 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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2kW | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-16dB) 50W |
Local transmitter maps
Findon Freeview Findon DAB Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
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Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:31 on 31 Oct to 20:45 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:53 on 01 Nov to 08:08 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:33 on 01 Nov to 21:39 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality f [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:31 on 31 Oct to 20:45 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:33 on 01 Nov to 21:39 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:07 yesterday to 09:19 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality f [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:33 AM
10:33 AM
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:31 on 31 Oct to 20:45 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:33 on 01 Nov to 21:39 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:07 on 02 Nov to 09:19 on 02 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality f [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:31 on 31 Oct to 20:45 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:53 on 01 Nov to 08:08 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:32 on 31 Oct to 20:38 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality f [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:33 on 01 Nov to 21:39 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:07 on 02 Nov to 09:19 on 02 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:53 on 01 Nov to 08:08 on 01 Nov. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:33 on 01 Nov to 21:39 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:53 on 01 Nov to 08:08 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:07 on 02 Nov to 09:19 on 02 Nov. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:53 on 01 Nov to 08:08 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:33 on 01 Nov to 21:39 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:07 on 02 Nov to 09:19 on 02 Nov. [BBC]
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Friday, 6 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:07 on 02 Nov to 09:19 on 02 Nov. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 19 January 2016
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Stuart Newman12:12 PM
Hi, I have just purchased a new sony tv with freeview built in allowing me to dump sky and return to plugging the good old fashioned coax cable back into my wall socket.
It seems to be working well with stunning picture quality but the hd channels do seem to drop out with any slightly un-settled weather conditions and I get a message saying no signal from antenna! I move to regular channels and they can still be problematic but sod it I want HD!
Now my roof top ariel, cabel and socket are all very old so I've purchased a new digi ariel and I will be fixing it to my chimney and running a new cable to a new wall socket at the weekend but my question is concerning where my ariel should point.
I am aware that the ariel should point towards the transmitter on the West side of Findon valley. However I've read that if your not sure you should be looking up at all of the other ariels in your street to see where they are pointing. Here is my problem/debate I think. All the ariels on the rooftops near me point west parallel to the seafront towards Goring and not North West towards Findon Valley.
So are we all wrong? Would pointing my old ariel towards Findon solve the drop out issue? Or is my ariel facing west enough to pick up good signal and that it's the age and condition of my old components that is the problem?
I'm going to fit a my new one in any case because I want nice new modern equipment and it is easily do-able within my skill range. Plus it will be easier than getting further up on to my roof to undo the rusted bolts that will allow me to swivel my current ariel. I will still have the issue of where to point my ariel. Follow the crowd and go west or point it towards Findon?
Any help or experience will be greatly received. Thanks...
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MikeB2:11 PM
Stuart Newman: A postcode would be a huge help....
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