Freeview Light on the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 7,600 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 Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, 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 Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, 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 Bretch Hill 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 196m | DTG- | 87W |
1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 196m | DTG- | 87W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 196m | DTG- | 87W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands 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 Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, 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 Bretch Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 60km northwest (322°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 60km northwest (322°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
C52tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C55tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C56tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C65 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C67 | 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 87W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 7 November 2011
PeckettChap: A look around your street on Google Streetview shows most (all?) aerials pointing at Bretch Hill.
Number 102 has the aerial vertically mounted with the rear reflector fitted horizontally!
Have you checked that the TV is tuned to the correct UHF channels? BBC=C56 ITV/C4/C5=48 HD=52
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
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PeckettChap9:30 PM
Banbury
Briantist: I shall see about getting a 'surge protection' lead for the TV, but I rather doubt the issue is interference from other household appliances, owing to the variable rate at which the picture is viewable or not. Also, there is no interference from a mobile phone as there isn't one here (!).
Dave Lindsay: I believe my aerial is pointing to the Bretch Hill transmitter, and yes, the TV is tuned to C56 for the BBC channels, and C48 for ITV/C4/C5.
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PeckettChap's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 2 December 2011
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:34 on 29 Nov to 12:36 on 29 Nov [BBC]
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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PeckettChap7:39 PM
Banbury
Briantist: I have been trialling use of a surge protector with the TV for the last couple of weeks. It makes no difference to the interference I experience on the ITV/C4/C5/etc. chasnnels. All BBC channels continue to be fine.
This week I have noticed that the signal strength for ITV/etc. has dropped down to around 20-25%, with 10 out of 10 bit error, which unsurprisingly has resulted in no ITV/etc. pictures.
Any ideas at all ?
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PeckettChap's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
PeckettChap: I guess that you have some form of Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - it is just a question of working out where it comes from.
It might be worth getting in a professional as they will have equipment that will be able to track down the source of the problem.
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PeckettChap10:42 PM
Banbury
Briantist: Ok, thanks for your previous suggestions. I'll have a trawl through the phone directories for a tradesperson.
Cheers !
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PeckettChap's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
9:46 AM
9:46 AM
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:52 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:52 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:49 AM
10:49 AM
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:52 today to 08:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:52 today to 08:12 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 21 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:34 AM
1:34 AM
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:52 yesterday to 08:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:52 yesterday to 08:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
3:28 AM
3:28 AM
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:52 on 20 Mar to 08:12 on 20 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:52 on 20 Mar to 08:12 on 20 Mar. [BBC]
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