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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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), | |||||
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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-points-west.jpg)
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 21km west-northwest (294°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-west-west.jpg)
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, 21 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
BATH transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:57 on 19 Jul to 05:10 on 19 Jul. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 9 September 2014
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Julian Barnett2:59 PM
Only BBC Channels again on main aeriel and bedroom
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SW3:57 PM
Same problem as JB above: only BBC channels on both TVs - aerial on roof, Freeview. Did the reset as recommended last week.
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P Foden3:57 PM
Nothing else viewable beyond BBC channels. Even tried retuning and that's removed all the non BBC channels ???
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ALL: There is no fault reporting for the PSB2 (D3+4) multiplex.
If your channels are blank PLEASE DON'T RETUNE.
The best thing to do is to keep trying every hour to see if they work again.
If you have retuned already, if the channels are missing from the EPG, they won't just reappear. Wait until they are confirmed as back on air, and retune then.
Thanks.
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Roy Smith8:42 PM
I live in Bath within the bright green area. I retuned on 3 Sep as instructed but the picture still "freezes" as if it is in the Pause mode. It is also not possible to change channels. I switch off and then on again. The picture is OK for a while then freezes again. Sometimes the screen goes blank with the message "No Service". If I go into EPG it initialy comes up with "No available information". Friends of mine are also having the same problems which to me proves it is not a fault at my end.
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Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
BATH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today to 18:33 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BATH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 yesterday to 18:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BATH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 on 08 Oct to 18:33 on 08 Oct. [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today. [BBC]
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