menuMENU    UK Free TV logo Freeview

 

 

Click to see updates

Freeview Light on the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter

first published this on - UK Free TV
sa_gmapsGoogle mapsa_bingBing mapsa_gearthGoogle Earthsa_gps51.520,-1.728 or 51°31'10"N 1°43'39"Wsa_postcodeSN4 0NW

 

The symbol shows the location of the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter which serves 800 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 Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
_______

Which Freeview channels does the Chiseldon 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
C27 (522.0MHz)183mDTG-16W
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
C24 (498.0MHz)183mDTG-16W
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)183mDTG-16W
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?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Chiseldon (Swindon, 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 Chiseldon transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 62km west (265°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 59km west (262°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-135 Jun 2019
WWWA K TA K T
C21+BBCBBBCB
C24D3+4D3+4
C27BBCABBCA
C30BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C34ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C49tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 19W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-0.7dB) 16W

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. Chiseldon 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
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:08 AM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:21 on 16 Sep to 12:07 on 16 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:21 on 16 Sep to 12:07 on 16 Sep. [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts xx flag
Sunday, 29 December 2019
M
Mark connor
5:53 PM

No TV signal in Swindon

link to this comment
Mark connor's 1 post GB flag
Sunday, 5 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:28 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jul 05:46 until 5 Jul 05:51. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts xx flag
Saturday, 25 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:28 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Jul 09:47 until 24 Jul 10:35. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts xx flag
Friday, 6 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:25 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Nov 07:46 until 6 Nov 08:22. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts xx flag
Friday, 12 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:35 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Mar 09:02 until 12 Mar 09:11. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts xx flag
Sunday, 25 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:50 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jul 13:39 until 25 Jul 13:42. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts GB flag
Monday, 26 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

8:50 AM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Jul 07:48 until 26 Jul 08:05. Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jul 13:39 until 25 Jul 13:42. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts GB flag
Friday, 30 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:50 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Jul 07:48 until 26 Jul 08:05. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts GB flag
Friday, 10 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

8:23 AM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Sep 07:14 until 10 Sep 07:27. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,799 posts GB flag
Select more comments

Your comment please
Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

If you have no satellite signal, see Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'

If you have other problems, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) and indicate where if aerial is on the roof, in the loft or elsewhere.

UK Free TV is here to help people. If you are rude or disrespectful all of your posts will be deleted and you will be banned.








Privacy policy: UK Free Privacy policy.