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There are no longer any television transmissions on the Chelmsford (Essex, England) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Chelmsford (Essex, 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 Chelmsford (Essex, England) transmitter.

This transmitter is no longer being used for TV

In the past, television services were provided from this transmitter. However, these have not been withdrawn.

Please see the table below for details of the historic used of this transmitter location.

How will the Chelmsford (Essex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1331 Mar 2018-
A B C/D E K T VHFC/D EC/D EA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHF
C63C5wavesC5waves

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 Jul 11 and 20 Jul 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-5 1000W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
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. Chelmsford 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

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Wednesday, 2 March 2011
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astley blake
7:45 PM
Chelmsford

why can i view any of my channel ?
every night its the same thing we have to live with very poor or no picture at all????
my post code is cm3 5jn

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Friday, 22 April 2011
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Field
4:32 PM
Billericay

There are no currently no satellite signals at all using the Freeview system

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T Martin
10:32 PM
Wickford

We have lost all ITV channels over the last few days & get the message "No Signal".I have tried reset but made no difference. The aerial is roof mounted. Can you suggest a solution please?

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Saturday, 23 April 2011
Monday, 20 June 2011
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Bill Kett
6:58 PM
Chelmsford

We don't have any digital TV at all in Chelmsford at CM1 2NH on any of our televisions. It's been off for a couple of months now. Checked out the aerial - it's new and it's pointing at London. Tried re-tuning a number of times on all TV's comes up no-signal. When will we get our DTV back?
Regards,
Bill Kett

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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
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Mike Dimmick
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7:30 PM

Bill Kett: The prediction for your postcode isn't great at the moment. It's possible that the level of interference has been steadily climbing as the switchover programme has progressed, both here and abroad, and is now too high for reliable reception.

Still, I'd normally expect break-up rather than complete failure. Check that the aerial is pointing in the correct direction and that all cables are still intact.

You say that the aerial is new. How new? Was there a guarantee? I'd recommend calling out the installer and getting them to remedy it.

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Mike Dimmick
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7:41 PM

David Jackson: Presumably this was a diplexer, combining a Group A aerial pointing at Crystal Palace with a Group B or E pointing to Sudbury? There's no problem diplexing aerials together for digital services. Nothing in the chain is specifically 'digital' or 'analogue' until you get down to the receiver, and usually only the decoder stage rather than the front-end tuner.

Some boxes do get confused with a mixture of 2K and 8K mode transmissions, in the interim period between Sudbury and Crystal Palace switchovers, and it can be difficult to get some boxes to store the services you want at the preferred numbers. Most would likely store Crystal Palace services at the published channel numbers as they are on the lowest frequencies.

CP may be stronger now, but Sudbury shows a slightly higher probability of reliable reception once the switchover programme is completed. Both are ultimately good, though (except Crystal Palace Mux C/Arqiva A drops to 'variable' in 2013, possibly due to changes overseas as the UK programme should be complete by the end of 2012.)

However, you have to wait almost another year for Crystal Palace to switch over, while Sudbury starts in a couple of weeks. That said, only the PSB multiplexes change to final channels and power levels. The COM multiplexes (A/SDN, C/Arqiva A and D/Arqiva B) stay at low power from Sudbury until after Dover switches over in a year's time.

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Friday, 24 June 2011
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Bill Kett
6:13 AM

OK Guys, Thanks for the comments. Looks like it's a roof job. My neighbour has exactly the same ariel & both were replaced about two years ago at the same time. He has digital AOK. I even took one of my small TV's up into the loft and plugged in the ariel direct (before the booster) - same - no digital signal. Man arrives Sat.

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Monday, 27 June 2011
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James Donnelly
12:45 PM
Chelmsford

Hi,

Just moved to Chelmsford and looking for information about what will happen as part of the Anglia switch over next month.

Will the Chelmsford transmitter be defunct following this? Will the signal from Sudbury be the preferred one? My neighbors have their roof aerials pointed SW, so I assume they're all pointed at Crystal Palace.

I would just like to know if it's worth waiting for the switch over, or whether I will have any luck bunging an aerial in the loft (I know, how long is a piece of string)

Thanks

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