Freeview Light on the Carhampton (Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Carhampton (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Carhampton (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 Carhampton (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 Carhampton 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) | 85m | 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) | 85m | 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) | 85m | 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 Carhampton (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 Carhampton transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 64km east-northeast (61°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 66km east-northeast (64°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Carhampton (Somerset, 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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-4dB) 8W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Sunday, 4 August 2019
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Steve Hill9:58 AM
Chris.SE: That's something worth trying, off on holiday for a few weeks so will get cracking when I get back and report back then.
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Chris.SE10:38 PM
Norman D. Landing:
Based on the currently published information there are no further planned changes at Kilvey Hill or Carhampton come to that. And there doesn't seem to be any predicted reception changes either, which I wouldn't expect now that changes in the West, SouthWest & South Wales have been completed. It's only if there's a lift on might one expect additional reception issues. Thanks for reminding us about using available shielding from things like sidewalls, a trick I've employed, a while in the past.
Steve Hill:
Well I hope you enjoy your break. When you've had a go & hopefully solved some of your customer problems it's probably worth getting everyone you know that's had/having issues to complain to the Freeview Advice line making the specific point that things went awry when Kilvey made its final change on July 17th.
Based on passed experience, it needs multiple complaints for anything to get logged properly, one person complaining even on others behalf has zilch effect. Without multiple complaints Arquiva/OFCOM certainly won't be likely to consider any sensible resolution to the problem. (The easiest being change Carhamptons channels IMHO).
I wouldn't get them to complain before you've done all you can as it's possible The Freeview Advice line might arrange for one of their listed aerial installers to visit people and resolve any aerial issues. Other than that, one other possible solution, especially for those with TV set with a built in satellite tuner is to go for Freesat.
If people have an adequate Broadband connection another rather inelegant solution would be to stream the main channels.
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Chris.SE10:42 PM
PS. I did mean Arqiva/OFCOM rather than the incorrect spelling - must be the time of day!
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Monday, 5 August 2019
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Steve Hill7:02 AM
Chris.SE: Thanks, I will report back in September with any solutions. I had considered Freesat for my customers but that involves quite an outlay for most of them, as it is, I've left them on a very good Carmel signal until I can get back to them.
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Sunday, 30 May 2021
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Chris.SE1:46 PM
Steve Hill:
(Or anyone local!) Whatever happened about the co-channel problems?
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