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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Chalford Vale (Gloucestershire, 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 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- | 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, plus 17 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 146m | DTG- | 3W |
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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 146m | DTG- | 3W |
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 Chalford Vale (Gloucestershire, 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 Chalford Vale transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-points-west.jpg)
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 42km southwest (228°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-west-west.jpg)
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 / 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 | 8W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.3dB) 3W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Sunday, 10 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:21 PM
8:21 PM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 18:47. Reduced quality due to a fault from 7 Mar 22:21 until 8 Mar 06:12. Reduced quality due to a fault from 6 Mar 07:45 until 6 Mar 11:31. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Mar 03:10 until 6 Mar 03:19 [BBC]
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Monday, 11 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 18:47 until 10 Mar 22:05. Reduced quality due to a fault from 7 Mar 22:21 until 8 Mar 06:12. Reduced quality due to a fault from 6 Mar 07:45 until 6 Mar 11:31. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:05 PM
3:05 PM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 18:47 until 10 Mar 22:05. Reduced quality due to a fault from 7 Mar 22:21 until 8 Mar 06:12. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:21 AM
8:21 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 18:47 until 10 Mar 22:05. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 20 Mar 11:18 until 20 Mar 11:21. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
8:20 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jun 04:48 until 5 Jun 05:23. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:07 AM
8:07 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Aug 06:40. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Aug 06:40 until 17 Aug 08:14. . [BBC]
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