Full Freeview on the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 31,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) mast?
Salisbury transmitter - Salisbury transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Salisbury (Wiltshire, 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 Salisbury 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Salisbury (Wiltshire, 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 Salisbury transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 32km east-southeast (120°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 44km east-southeast (116°)
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 Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
| C23 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | _local | ||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | SDN | ||||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C68 | C5waves | C5waves |
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?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-10dB) 1000W | |
| Mux D* | (-11.9dB) 640W | |
| Mux 2* | (-14.9dB) 320W |
Local transmitter maps
Salisbury Freeview Salisbury DAB Salisbury AM/FM 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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Saturday, 2 July 2016
Is it a coincidence that I've just had a card pushed through my door from a crowd called "at800" claiming to fix TV interference problems? They say they're set up "under government direction", whatever that may mean. Are they legit?
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MikeP
1:23 PM
1:23 PM
Peter Toye:
They are entirely legitimate and were set up under the authority of an agency run on behalf of the UK Government. They have been mentioned several times on several of the pages on this website in answer to posts about possible 4G signals causing problems. Take a look at at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz and you will see that at800 are responsible for helping TV viewers and others who do or may suffer from intereference due to the changed usage of the frequency spectrum from around 800 MHz and above that was used for TV services on Channels 60-69. These are now allocated for use as 4G services. But as some TV transmitters broadcast digital TV signals up to channel 60 then some viewers may suffer interference if and/or when a new 4G service is started.
That you have received their card suggests that there may well be plans for a new 4G service in your area and that may affect your Freeview TV reception. If that is the case, as seems likely, you should accept the offer from them aof a free 4G filter to insert in your aerial cable. The best way is to buy another coaxial flylead, they are cheap, and fitting that into the back of the TV where the aerial feed is currwently and connect the other end to the filter outlet. The current aerial cable being fitted to the filter input socket. That makes sure that the weight of the filter does not damage your TV set's input socket.
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Thanks Mike,
Good to know that not all stuff pushed trough the letterbox is total spam. But I'm in a rented house and moving out soon, so it's a bit irrelevant.
It's a bit odd, as Salisbury's not on the at800 website (which I found later) as anywhere near the 800 MHz 4G transmission, which seems to be in major urban areas, mostly in the south-east (what a surprise).
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MikeB7:35 PM
Peter Toye: at800 are know to be fairly cautious - a couple of years back I got a card, even though the possibility of having a problem was very remote. So its more an automatic thing, just in case. However, if people do have a problem, they can always get a filter free.
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Sunday, 3 July 2016
Thanks Mike. As I said, I'm not doing anything about it until after I've moved - and then only if I have any problems.
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Friday, 28 October 2016
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Terry Cull12:49 PM
Have there been any instances of interference caused by the Salisbury transmitter to CCTV (coax connected) installations in Salisbury please?
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Saturday, 29 October 2016
MikeP
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
Terry Cull:
None have been reported here nor in the local Wiltshire press. If such is being experienced then it will almost certainly be a problem with the CCTV installation itself and not the Freeview transmitter.
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017
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RichardH5:42 PM
When will we know which channels Salisbury will be broadcasting on post-2018? I need to carry out some repair work on my aerial system and don't want to have to do it twice!
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StevensOnln17:28 PM
RichardH: What sort of repair work are you doing? If you're changing the aerial, just fit a wideband type and it will be fine regardless of what frequencies the transmitter uses in future.
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Friday, 16 June 2017
MikeP
10:37 AM
10:37 AM
Richard H:
Further to that said by StevensOnln1, it would be wise for you to fit a log-periodic aerial if you need to change your current one. They will be suitable for reception of all current and foreseeable future TV transmissions. They are readily available and not expensive.
Depending on your signal levels, which relates to how near you are to the transmitter which is just off Old Blandford Road at Harnham Hill, you could use one such as the Log-36 offered here: Online FM DAB TV Aerial sales Note that other suppliers are available. If that aerial has too much gain you could use a lower gain type or add an attenuator. All will cover the wanted channels.
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