Freeview Light on the Bincombe Hill (Dorset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bincombe Hill (Dorset, England) transmitter which serves 3,200 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 Bincombe Hill (Dorset, England) mast?
Bincombe Hill transmitter - Bincombe Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Screen may go black 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bincombe Hill (Dorset, 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 Freeview channels does the Bincombe Hill 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 170m | DTG- | 6W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 170m | DTG- | 6W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 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 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 170m | DTG- | 6W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 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 Bincombe Hill (Dorset, 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 Bincombe Hill transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 123km west-southwest (257°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 116km west-southwest (256°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Bincombe Hill (Dorset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C56tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 32W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 6.4W |
Local transmitter maps
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 10 January 2011
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Bob Smith7:01 PM
Well ........ here we are again. ' No transmission problems ' ....... are you
having a laugh ? Bincombe Hill has nothing
BUT transmission problems. Even BBC admit it's been off air ( for the umpteenth time )
since about 3pm . That's 4hrs now. No
explanation .... no apology (as if ). Do not bother to buy a DAB radio if you live in this area ! Me? I've got three ! Any offers ?
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Bob Smith: That will be because there are no transmission problem.
Reception problems are nearly never caused by transmitter problems.
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Wednesday, 17 May 2017
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Poppy8:10 PM
Bincombe Hill appears to have no TV signal right now (20:00, Wednesday 17th of May 2017).
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Sunday, 17 November 2019
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John Jenkins7:10 PM
My friend gets "Quest" & "Dave" and much more from the Dorset Bincombe transmitter. I cannot! How do they do this and how can I get these channels on Freeview?
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Chris.SE7:29 PM
John Jenkins:
The simple answer is they are not getting them from Bincombe Hill as it's a Freeview Light transmitter which doesn't transmit the multiplexes that those channels are on, it only transmits the 3 PSB multiplexes. For which channels are on which multiplex, see Channel listings | Freeview
So as they are getting them from another transmitter, we'll need your friend's full postcode and yours to look at the predicted reception at your locations to see which transmitters and multiplexes may be receivable.
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Monday, 21 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
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Bincombe Hill transmitter - Bincombe Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM
Bincombe Hill transmitter - Bincombe Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Bincombe Hill transmitter - Bincombe Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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