Full Freeview on the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 48,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Guildford (Surrey, England) mast?
Guildford transmitter - Guildford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Guildford (Surrey, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Guildford 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Guildford (Surrey, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Guildford transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 46km northeast (43°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 47km northeast (44°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | K T | |||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C32 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C33 | _local | ||||||||
| C37 | SDN | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | SDN | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA |
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 | 10kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 200W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 100W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Monday, 14 March 2011
GUILDFORD transmitter - Over the next week Guildford relay: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011
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timbo11:52 PM
I live in GU1 area. Used Freeview for years, had a new aerial fitted 5 yrs ago to improve reception, and no major dramas since. Bought a HUmax HD receiver today - awful reception of BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, and no HD channels at all. Old On Digital box has better picture on those channels, and LED TV with built in Freeview also has a good picture. Is it the Humax box which is rubbish, or an issue with HD transmissions in the area please? Thanks
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Thursday, 7 April 2011
timbo: It is hard to say without an actual postcode, but there are no HD transmissions in your area until 2012.
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Monday, 11 April 2011
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Timbo9:09 PM
Thanks Briantist, but now I'm confused. Freeview says we should be getting HD, and an aerial engineer came round and said the same. We apparently have the right aerial (high gain pointed at the GU transmitter), so either its a rubbish product, or you are right. I've returned it anyway, as it couldn't pick up the normal freeview channels. Think I might try freesat instead. What a pain.
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Mike Dimmick10:56 PM
Reading
Timbo: You might be able to get HD from Crystal Palace, but you won't get it from Guildford until next April.
I looked at Digital UK's trade postcode checker using the postcode GU1 2NZ. Reception of Crystal Palace looks pretty good now, but HD signals will suffer badly from August when Sandy Heath SDN multiplex moves to C31.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 15 April 2011
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Tim8:36 PM
Basingstoke
Hi
I live in at RG21 in Basingstoke and am trying to set up my freeview TV, I can easily pick up the analogue channels and the IT3 digital band but cant pick up any of the others even when I try to manually store. Is there a problem with my aerial or is this due to trees etc. ?
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Tim's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby10:33 PM
Tim: According to the Digital UK postcode checker you have a choice of either Hannington which delivers four muxes with good reception until 29th June 2011 when MuxC and MuxD will have a power increase giving all six muxes. Alternatively Crystal Palace gives good reception on Mux1,A and B;variable reception on Mux2 and poor reception on muxes C,D and HD.....For Hannington use a group B aerial with rods horizontal pointing at 288degrees. For Crystal Palace use a group A aerial set for horizontal polarisation at 75 degrees.
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
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Pedro dd9:28 PM
Marlborough
Based on previous posts, Guildford is actually a comparatively powerful relay. You get ones like dorking that pump out some 7w.
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Pedro's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 7 May 2011
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kieran r10:03 AM
Basingstoke
how comes i cant use Guildford tv transmitter i point my aerial and rescan and 12 channales appear this tv transmitter is pointless pleas comment if u think that to
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kieran's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
kieran r: Use the Hannington transmitter, not Guildford at your location, you are not predicted to get any signal from the Guildford transmitter.
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