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The symbol shows the location of the Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) transmitter. 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 Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Madingley (Cambridge) 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
C (306.0MHz)0mDTG-W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East, 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
C (306.0MHz)0mDTG-W
Channel icons
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
C (306.0MHz)0mDTG-W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Madingley (Cambridge) transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 97km east-northeast (59°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
regional news image
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 97km east-northeast (59°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)

How will the Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-1330 Jun 2018-
VHFA B C/D E K T VHFA K TA K TB E K TB E K T
C2BBCtvwaves
C34C5wavesC5waves
C40_local_local

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 1-5 5kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Madingley (Cambridge) was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Saturday, 14 December 2013
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Threeputts
9:17 PM

emmawright:

We live in the same area & had problems this week as well. All OK now apart from the HD channels. Is that the same for you?

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emmawright
9:36 PM
Cambridge

emmawright:

Thanks for the replies.

It's a block of flats with a communal aerial. Haven't been able to speak to any neighbours yet.

I have tried moving the offending tv into another house in same street and it's working fine there. Have also tried another tv in original location and that works much better but I did see one pixelation issue in 10 mins.

It sounds like there is a general reception issue in the area atm though, just a shame the biggest tv seems to handle it worst. do you think a 4g filter or signal booster might help given the above info ?





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Saturday, 11 July 2015
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Richard in Norwich
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5:25 PM
Norwich

Just browsing the Internet this afternoon. I am looking for a printed map of the ITV Anglia region, Brian, to display iin my living room, but it would appear that such a thing cannot be purchased Correct me if you know differently!
I don't have any Freeview reception issues currently, thank you!

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Friday, 21 August 2015
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jb38
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8:44 PM

Briantist: Just wondered if any info has been released as yet, with regards to the radiation pattern of the new Madingley Mux?, as I was unable to find any info on it in this respect.

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Wednesday, 2 August 2023
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Chris.SE
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6:00 AM

Surprising what recent comments elsewhere lead to.
It's beamed eastwards in a rough cardiod pattern. The exact polar diagram can be found in a document called "Comux-Technical-Plan.pdf" (Technical Plan Multiplex L) which should be found on OFCOM's site. I don't have a link handy at present.

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Thursday, 3 August 2023
Brian Butterworth
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8:55 AM
Shoreham-by-sea

Chris.SE: Another thing to look at then... It might have to wait a short while as I've got another spine operation on Saturday.

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Chris.SE
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:15 PM

Brian Butterworth:

Hope it all goes well Brian.

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