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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C24 (498.0MHz)136mDTG-20W
Channel icons
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)136mDTG-20W
Channel icons
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
C21+ (474.2MHz)136mDTG-20W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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The Calne (Wiltshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, W, Yesterday +1.

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?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 42km west (276°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-135 Jun 2019
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4D3+4
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
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. Calne 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.

Comments
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:31 AM

CALNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:11 on 28 Oct to 12:07 on 28 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:11 on 28 Oct to 12:07 on 28 Oct. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 7 December 2016
G
Gautham
7:11 PM

Hi there, moving to Royal Wootton Bassett in Jan '17. Wonder if Calne will be the nearest TV transmitter that the aerial needs to be tuned into?

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StevensOnln1
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10:44 PM

Gautham: Going by the coverage map at the top of this page, the Calne transmitter wouldn't cover Wootton Bassett. Mendip would likely be the best option but if you enter the postcode of your new property you'll be able to access a prediction of the transmitters available to you.

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Thursday, 8 December 2016
MikeP
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2:14 PM

Gautham:

I used to live near Lineham and Calne transmitter does not coveranything outside of a limited area of Calne. It is mainly an 'in fill' transmitter for those areas of Calne, such as parts of Oxford Road and parts of London Road, that are screened from the main Mendip transmitter by the hills at Sandy Lane and Derry Hill.

Royal Wootton Bassett is admirably covered by the full service Mendip transmitter. Look at Which Freeview channels does the Mendip transmitter broadcast? for details of the transmitter and the channels it uses.



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MikeP's 3,056 posts GB flag
Saturday, 10 December 2016
G
Gautham
8:46 AM

Thanks, Stevens & MikeP.
For reception from Mendis, do you reckon a high gain Yagi type antenna about a metre long installed on the loft will be good enough?

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MikeP
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10:59 PM

Gautham:

You need a log-periodic aerial mounted externally above the roof, they are usually mounted on a chimney stack.

I use one of the type mentioned at Online FM DAB TV Aerial sales = other makes and suppliers are available.



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Friday, 3 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:33 PM

CALNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:32 PM

CALNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 today to 18:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 today to 18:37 today. [BBC]

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Saturday, 4 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

CALNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 yesterday to 18:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 yesterday to 18:37 yesterday. [BBC]

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Sunday, 5 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

CALNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 on 03 Feb to 18:37 on 03 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 on 03 Feb to 18:37 on 03 Feb. [BBC]

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