Freeview Light on the Chalford Vale (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Chalford Vale (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Chalford Vale (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Chalford Vale (Gloucestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Chalford Vale 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 146m | DTG-3 | 3W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 146m | DTG-3 | 3W |
 3 ITV (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, 25 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV +1 (West), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 146m | DTG-6 | 3W |
 73 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Chalford Vale (Gloucestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Chalford Vale transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 42km southwest (227°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 41km southwest (222°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Chalford Vale (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||||
| E | E | E | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C68 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 | 8W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.3dB) 3W |
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Saturday, 20 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
11:09 PM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 today to 06:31 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:55 on 18 Apr to 23:59 on 18 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 today to 06:31 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 21 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 yesterday to 06:31 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 yesterday to 06:31 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:55 on 18 Apr to 23:59 on 18 Apr. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 yesterday to 06:31 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:55 on 18 Apr to 23:59 on 18 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 yesterday to 06:31 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 22 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 on 20 Apr to 06:31 on 20 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 on 20 Apr to 06:31 on 20 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:55 on 18 Apr to 23:59 on 18 Apr. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 on 20 Apr to 06:31 on 20 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:55 on 18 Apr to 23:59 on 18 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 on 20 Apr to 06:31 on 20 Apr. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 on 20 Apr to 06:31 on 20 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:50 on 20 Apr to 06:31 on 20 Apr. [BBC]
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Monday, 29 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
11:09 PM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:23 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:23 yesterday to 22:39 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:23 on 29 Apr to 22:39 on 29 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:48 yesterday to 01:37 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:48 yesterday to 01:37 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:23 on 29 Apr to 22:39 on 29 Apr. [BBC]
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