Freeview Light on the Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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 Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire, 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 Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Great Missenden 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 226m | DTG- | 17W |
 1 BBC One (SD) London, 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 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 226m | DTG- | 17W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 226m | DTG- | 17W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Great Missenden transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 43km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 44km east-southeast (114°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 85W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 17W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Monday, 22 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
Great Missenden transmitter - Great Missenden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Wednesday, 7 December 2022
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James Smith5:10 PM
Good afternoon
It appears that the red air navigation beacon at the top of Great Missenden mast is not working...
I thought you had better be aware of this
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Chris.SE7:31 PM
James Smith:
Thanks, but not our responsibility I'm afraid as this is a free independent technical help-site. Try contacting Arqiva
https://www.arqiva.com/me…sion
https://www.arqiva.com/co…ndex
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Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Friday, 28 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:04 AM
8:04 AM
GREAT MISSENDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jul 20:44 until 27 Jul 22:38. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 5 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:19 AM
8:19 AM
GREAT MISSENDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Aug 05:53 until 5 Aug 06:23. . [BBC]
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Friday, 1 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
Great Missenden transmitter - Great Missenden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Great Missenden transmitter - Great Missenden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/09/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Great Missenden transmitter - Great Missenden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/09/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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