Freeview Light on the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter
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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._______
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 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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, Together TV, 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 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 183m | DTG- | 16W |
 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) | 183m | DTG- | 16W |
 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) | 183m | DTG- | 16W |
 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 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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, Together TV, 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?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 62km west (265°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||||
| W | W | W | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | +BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C24 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C27 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C30 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C34 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C49tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C67 | 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?
| Analogue 1-4 | 19W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-0.7dB) 16W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
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]
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Sunday, 29 December 2019
Sunday, 5 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jul 05:46 until 5 Jul 05:51. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 25 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Jul 09:47 until 24 Jul 10:35. . [BBC]
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Friday, 6 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
12:25 PM
12:25 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Nov 07:46 until 6 Nov 08:22. . [BBC]
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Friday, 12 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
1:35 PM
1:35 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Mar 09:02 until 12 Mar 09:11. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 25 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:50 PM
2:50 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jul 13:39 until 25 Jul 13:42. . [BBC]
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Monday, 26 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:50 AM
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]
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Friday, 30 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:50 PM
2:50 PM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Jul 07:48 until 26 Jul 08:05. . [BBC]
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Friday, 10 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:23 AM
8:23 AM
CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Sep 07:14 until 10 Sep 07:27. . [BBC]
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