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: 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 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| 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: 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 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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Monday, 27 June 2011
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Wesley7:28 AM
Bath
After following re set instructions I am still only
Receiving pixelated picture for all channels other
Than BBC ones. My tv is brand new with Freeview
HD built in and brand new digital arial only 2 years
Ago I live in the BA1 6JX post code
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Wesley's: mapW's Freeview map terrainW's terrain plot wavesW's frequency data W's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Cris8:46 AM
No channel 4 5 itv1, itv2, channel4+1, more4, e4, itv+1,rabbit ,gay rabbit,Over in Widcombe crescent yesterday morning ot this morning either. Receiving BBC 1,2,cbbc cbeebies,BBC news,BBC parliament.
24 hours plus outage. No information. No place to report or complain... Goodness!
The very limited choice on this transmitter is pathetic but in circumstances Why provide rabbit channels ? And not ones one might use?
This terrestrial service is generally poor when it works. It needs to be improved even before this current failure.
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jb389:04 AM
Wesley: Although the Bath transmitter had problems nearly all day yesterday this was supposedly fixed, but of course maybe the problem has returned.
You should try a signal check on your TV just to ensure that the problem channels are actually being picked up from the Bath transmitter on Ch28 and not from Box on Ch50 which is 5 miles away.
Although if you are receiving Ch28, then you will have no option but to wait until the problem rectifies itself.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
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Hamilton10:37 AM
Bath
Will bath ever upgrade from free view lite? or are we stuck with it?
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Hamilton's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Saturday, 1 October 2011
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Nicholas Willmott3:44 PM
Bath
Circa 2005/ 2006, Bath was on a list of 120 then analogue-only relays that was expected to get all 6 muxes at DSO.
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Nicholas's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Nicholas Willmott: It was only a planning list, the commercial operators never applied for the frequencies.
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Friday, 24 February 2012
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Nicholas Willmott5:48 PM
Any chance of a full list of those 120 relays being posted somewhere on here Briantist?
Anyway oOn Wednesday 28 September 2011, I suddenly started getting SDN (ITV3, QVC, 5*, 5USA, Quest, etc.) on UHF 48, albeit low power (circa 3 to 5 out of 10), but they have generally worked since, with some drop outs that I can live with. This contrasts with what I was already getting from Bath relay: BBCA UHF 25 almost 10 out of 10 strength; D3&4 UHF 28 almost 10 out of 10 strength.
I know SDN is not available on Bath relay, so my conclusion is it must have been coming from Mendip. The rooftop aerial is vertical (wrong polarity for Mendip), about 10 elements (fine for Bath relay, surely inadequate for Mendip at my address), and facing Bath relay (wrong way for Mendip). Also it's almost certainly the wrong group for Mendip, so I'm amazed I was suddenly able to get SDN from Mendip.
Bizarrely, since 28 Sep 2011, my Panasonic DVD recorder has also tried desperately to lock on to UHF 52 (which is Arq B), but not quite succeeded. I shall wait and see whether or not my DVD recorder picks up Arq B when it's boosted to full power at Mendip on 28 March 2012.
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
Nicholas Willmott: It was a speculative list of the next 120 transmitters which was something like:
Londonderry, Kidderminster, Mynydd Machen, Fremont Point, Wrexham Rhos, Luton, Tay Bridge, Poole, Perth, Bath, Hertford, Carnmoney Hill, Beecroft Hill, Whitehaven, Weymouth, Millburn Muir, Exeter St Thomas, Bristol Barton House, Thornhill, Seagry Court, Haslingden, Ebbw Vale, Douglas (IoM), Arfon, Dallington Park, Barnstaple, Les Touillets, Darwen, Wharfedale, Stroud, Strabane, Leek, Leamington Spa, High Wycombe, Rhondda, Sunderland, Glossop, Kendal Fell, Halifax, Winterborne Stickland, West Runton, Skipton, Ramsbottom, Pontypridd, Norwich Central, Newhaven, Llanelli, Newton, Rosehearty, Penicuik, Brighton (Central), Workington, Woolwich, Long Mountain, Conway, Aldeburgh, Margate, Buxton, Larne, Cathcart, Balgownie, Mynydd Bach, Chatham Town, Peterhead, Ipswich Stoke, Skipton Town, Cambret Hill, Thetford, Llanfoist, Kendal, Guisborough, Whitby, Bishops Stortford, Windermere, Merthyr Tydfil, Bretch Hill, Ramsgate, Llangeinor, Llandinam, Glasgow West Central, Bury St Edmunds, Hawick, Folkestone, Tiverton, Sidmouth, Lewes, Hemel Hempstead Town, Camlough, Barskeoch Hill, Seaham, Pennsylvania, Gartley Moor, Chepping Wycombe, Westbourne, Kensal Town, Black Mountain, Bargoed, Stranraer, Belper, Orpington, Calne, Penmaen Rhos, New Barnet, Ivybridge, Rhymney, Hutton, Addingham, Ladder Hill, Faversham, Allesley Park, Port St Mary (IoM), Netherton Braes, Llandrindod Wells, Finchley, Rothesay, Monmouth, Bridport, Wonersh, Wall, Bacup.
Looking at UK TV Frequency map - channel C25 (506.0MHz) before switchover map | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice I would guess you might be getting a stray signal from Pontypool or Aberdare.
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Thursday, 1 March 2012
Liam
3:41 PM
Bath
3:41 PM
Bath
Weather conditions permitting, I can sometimes get a signal from Mendip. I'm hoping it's power up later this month will actually give me more of the full freeview service!
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