Freeview Light on the Luton (Luton, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Luton (Luton, England) transmitter which serves 29,000 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 Luton (Luton, England) transmitter._______
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 Luton (Luton, 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 Luton 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 80W |
 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 80W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 80W |
 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 Luton (Luton, 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 Luton transmitter?
BBC Look East (West) 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Cambridge CB4 0WZ, 56km northeast (43°)
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, 145km northeast (52°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Luton (Luton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| 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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 80W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area
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Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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Mike Dimmick4:18 PM
Roy Mitchell: Adding to what jb38 has said about Oxford, the reason that Arqiva A and B are shown as poor is that they use the same channels as transmissions from the Luton transmitter.
It's not totally clear why SDN is also shown with no prediction from mid-2012. It's possible that the predictor includes a hidden retune to C50 - C62 is now to be released for 4G mobiles, but this change happened too late to integrate into the main switchover programme for the main transmitters at this stage. If so, this channel will also clash with Luton.
The predictor's antenna model has quite a wide acceptance angle and not a lot of front-back or cross-polar rejection. You may well find that a real aerial is better and doesn't pick up enough signal from Luton for it to be a problem. Still, it's rather like trying to listen to someone across a crowded room with someone else shouting in your ear.
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Thursday, 19 April 2012
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Bob1:33 PM
Hi guys, I just had a quick couple of queries and wondered if anyone might know the answers. Firstly, I get my (limited) Freeview services using an 'amplified' indoor aerial, from my local (Luton) transmitter, which I believe is Freeview Light, and is about 1-2km from me. However, when looking at this page, Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice I saw 'ITV3 (CI)' mentioned and wondered if this was something which WAS on this Light transmitter, but has since been removed? Also, are the PSB1, 2 and 3 services, which I recieve the limit of what I would recieve from a 'Light' transmitter in future? Just thought I would ask, as I have a dish sitting idle, and think that getting a basic Freesat HD box may be a far more cost effective way of getting more channels, rather than getting an upgraded roof aerial, and feeds to all the Freeview televisions in the house. Any pointers/thoughts would be much welcomed.
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Bob: The range of channels available from the Luton relay transmitter is not likely to increase. The Commercial broadcasters don't transmit from Luton and nearly 1,100 similar small relays because, evidently, it isn't worth their while (from a cost/benefit point of view). They broadcast from 81 of the largest transmitters (largest by population) and achieve a 90% coverage of the population. Transmitting from all the small relays would roughly double their cost of transmission whilst only adding a further 8.5% of the population to their potential viewer base. They were asked if they wish to increase coverage and they declined. See Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for a fuller explanation.
The mention of "ITV3 (CI)" on the other page means that ITV3 is carried on transmitters on the Channel Islands and this is in lieu of ITV1+1 because there is no +1 feed of ITV1 Channel Television region.
In some cases where one is on a "lite" transmitter, it is possible to receive from another station that carries the Commercial ones. Obviously this will mean a change of roof-top aerial where it faces the local "lite" relay.
If your roof-top aerial points to Luton, then you aren't going to pick up the Commercial channels. Alternatively, if it faces another transmitter, it may perhaps offer the Commercial services.
Or you may be in an area where you can get sufficient signal on the Commercial channels using a set-top aerial. The thing with aerials, and particularly so with set-top ones is positioning. That's why knowing what might be receivable is worth checking on before you set out trying to tune in.
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Bob: Freesat will work with a dish installed previously for a Sky service.
If you wish get a satellite recorder, you will probably need two leads from the dish and dual LNB (the bit on the dish that the cable connects to). This is because in order to watch one channel and record another, there needs to be a single cable for each channel being received.
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Bob3:00 PM
Thanks for your posts Dave. You've covered my queries perfectly, and even included some very important points that I hadn't thought of, such as the sort of LNB setup I might need if I were to go down the route of a Freesat recorder rather than a regular Freesat box. Much appreciated.
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Saturday, 25 April 2020
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Chris.SE2:22 PM
Mr Brian Brackley:
If you mean the Sony Movies Classic channel, Sony changed multiplexes for a lot of it's channels last year and this is one of the ones only transmitted on Local Multiplexes (the one where you have a Local station at LCN7 in your EPG), see Channel listings | Freeview
The Luton transmitter is a "Light" transmitter and only transmits the 3 PSB multiplexes, none of the COM or Local multiplexes if that is the transmitter you receive rather than your "location".
Also note there is an error in the table at the top of the page, UHF45 is the PSB3/BBCB HD mux, not a local one.
If it's not the transmitter you receive, we'd need a full postcode to look at the predicted reception at your location.
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Monday, 1 February 2021
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Brian Brackley2:35 PM
Transmitter engineering: not receiving channel708 on sony recorder. receive ok on tv. why is this?
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Chris.SE7:50 PM
Brian Brackley:
Channel 708 is BBC Radio 4 Extra. Does your Sony recorder get the other BBC Radio stations?
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
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Luton transmitter - Luton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 16 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Luton transmitter - Luton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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