Freeview Light on the Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Kimpton (Hertfordshire, 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 Kimpton 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) Cambridge, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 2W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (West 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 (Anglia east), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 2W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Cambridge, 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 Kimpton (Hertfordshire, 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 Kimpton transmitter?
BBC Look East (West) 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Cambridge CB4 0WZ, 53km northeast (34°)
to BBC Cambridge region - 4 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 140km northeast (49°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
E T | E T | E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C52tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C53tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C56tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C60tv_off | BBCB |
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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 1 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:30 on 29 Nov to 14:53 on 29 Nov. [BBC]
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Monday, 26 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 today to 13:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 today to 13:58 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 27 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 yesterday to 13:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 yesterday to 13:58 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 on 26 Dec to 13:58 on 26 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 on 26 Dec to 13:58 on 26 Dec. [BBC]
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Monday, 16 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:23 today to 11:49 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:23 today to 11:49 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:23 yesterday to 11:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:23 yesterday to 11:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:23 on 16 Jan to 11:49 on 16 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:23 on 16 Jan to 11:49 on 16 Jan. [BBC]
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Monday, 29 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:56 today to 02:57 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:56 today to 02:57 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:56 yesterday to 02:57 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:56 yesterday to 02:57 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:56 on 29 Jan to 02:57 on 29 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:56 on 29 Jan to 02:57 on 29 Jan. [BBC]
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