Freeview Light on the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 24,000 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 Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, 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 Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Bath 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 | C21 (474.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 1 BBC One (SD) 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD 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 Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Bath transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 21km west-northwest (294°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 17km west-northwest (291°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Claverton | Active deflector | 4.5 km E Bath | 40 homes |
How will the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C6 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C24 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C27 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C32 | 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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Sunday, 21 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:20 AM
10:20 AM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 May 10:40 until 21 May 10:43. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Aug 13:45. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Aug 13:45 until 29 Aug 15:05. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Aug 13:45 until 29 Aug 15:05. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Aug 13:46 until 29 Aug 14:22. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Oct 11:22 until 10 Oct 11:33. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Oct 11:22 until 10 Oct 11:33. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Oct 11:22 until 10 Oct 11:33. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Oct 11:22 until 10 Oct 11:33. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Oct 11:22 until 10 Oct 11:33. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 November 2023
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John Taylor9:22 PM
Transmitter engineering:
I live in Bathford and have had no Freeview BBC channels for about 2 weeks. When will they return?
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Chris.SE10:42 PM
John Taylor:
Without a full postcode we can't check your predicted reception and which transmitter you should be receiving.
Which way is your aerial pointing (approx. compass bearing)? Are its rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal or vertical?
The BBC channels haven't stopped transmitting.
Which ones are you having a problem with? It it the SD ones at LCNs 1, 2, 9, 23, 231 etc & Radio 700-710 or/and is it HD ones 101, 102, 106, 107. If the latter are you getting ITV HD, Ch4 HD, Ch5 HD on 103, 104, 105? (Is your set HD with a DVB-T2 tuner?).
Do check some obvious things such as is your aerial looking intact and still pointing as it was, is the coax secure and not flapping in the wind? Check all accessible coax connections and ensure there's no corrosion or water. Sometimes these sort of problems can affect one multiplex without an observable effect on the others.
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