Freeview Light on the Calne (Wiltshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Calne (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 6,400 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 Calne (Wiltshire, 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 Calne (Wiltshire, 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 Calne 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 136m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 136m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 136m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 Calne (Wiltshire, 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 Calne transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 42km west (276°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 39km west (273°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Calne (Wiltshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C31 | 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 | 50W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Friday, 18 March 2011
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Mark Knighton7:38 PM
No signal again from about 6:40pm tonight.
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Monday, 21 March 2011
Monday, 2 May 2011
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l townsend6:11 PM
sn118ah roof top aerial
No channels on any number since about 5.30pm
today 2.5.11
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
l townsend: There was a fault, see the Transmitter engineering comments.
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
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Uzume1:22 PM
Calne service is rubbish!! The rest of the country gets so many more channels. I have spoken to people who know about these things and they have said there is no reason Calne transmitter can't transmit Film 4, dave etc. Once again, Calne residents are short changed compared to the rest of the country!!! I could get more channels on my recent trip to rural Cornwall!
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Uzume: The commercial multiplex operators do not regard it as profitable to broadcast from this transmitter. If you want more channels, use Freesat. See Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Friday, 1 November 2013
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Lee2:42 PM
Calne
Are there any chances of an extended selection of channels being broadcast from the calne transmitter?
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Lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Michael2:53 PM
Lee: The chances are extremely slim to none.
But according to the Digital UK tradeview link to the right of your post, you may be able to pick them up from Mendip.
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Lee: Practically non-existant.
The reason is because the Commercial broadcasters (those that don't transmit from Calne and over 1,000 or similar small transmitting stations) don't consider the investment worth the return. They serve 90% of the population and the cost to broadcast from these other transmitters would be roughly equal to what they pay now on 81 of the largest transmitters. It would, however, only add 9% of the population to their potential viewer bases.
See here for a further explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
As Michael says, Digital UK suggests you might be in a location where the full-service from Mendip can be received. Have a look around to see if neighbours have gone for this option.
Calne aerials are vertical (elements up/down) and Mendip ones are horizontal (elements flat) and 44 degrees anti-clockwise of those facing Calne.
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MikeP
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
Lee:
I live 3 miles from Calne and know the transmitter there, near John Bentley School. There is no chance of it ever getting any of the commercial services as the coverage area has too few customers, so there is little potential for sufficient advertising income being generated.
Depending on where in Calne you live you just may be able to get signals from Mendip, but many parts of Calne are hidden from that by the hills. Oxford Road, New Road and some parts of Quemerford can't use Mendip, partly because of the hill in Castlefields Park. Best to look at where your neighbours aerials are pointing and which way the small elements across the main arm are positioned. If they are vertical and the aerial points in the general direction of John Bentley then they are using the 'relay'. If the aerial points south west and the elements are horizontal, then they are using Mendip. The most useful indicators are your immediate neighbours aerials.
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