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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter._______
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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Sunday, 26 February 2012
Monday, 27 February 2012
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Alan12:18 PM
Are there any Freeview HD channels/signals bradcasting off the Guildford transmitter yet?
Or will they only be available from April?
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Alan: Freeview HD starts on Wednesday 18th April 2012.
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Saturday, 17 March 2012
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Mike O'Sullivan3:27 PM
I have Freeview from Guildford (in Chilworth). Although reception is good on our main set, on a second set my wife sometimes used in another part of the house (at the end of quite a long extension cable through the loft), it's patchy, with a lot of breakup. Is this likely to improve after DSO?, and our aerial being quite old I have been considering replacing it. If I do, what challel group should I get?
Sorry for two questions.
Mike
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KMJ,Derby5:03 PM
Mike O'Sullivan: After DSO all muxes will be transmitted at 2kW, so yes you should notice a considerable improvement in signal strength. It is possible that the problems with reception on the second TV are caused by interference picked up by the coax if the screening is not very good. If this is the case, replacing the extension with satellite grade double screened cable would show an improvement. If you do replace the aerial, all frequencies will be within group "B" after 18th April 2012.
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Mike O'Sullivan6:32 PM
Many thanks for the info. I have used "satellite grade" co-ax cable, unbroken length properly terminated with 'F' Connectors, but the length is a factor I'm sure.
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jb387:29 PM
Mike O'Sullivan: Just to add to that already said by KMJ, although its not worth altering anything at this late stage the problem you are experiencing is nearly always found in cases where the aerial has been split without using a two (or more) way powered splitter, as this is the only way of ensuring that the signal received by each device is at roughly at the same level.
This said of course assuming (maybe incorrectly!) that a powered splitter isnt used.
However as KMJ has suggested, come switchover to high powered operation your problems will most likely vanish.
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Saturday, 31 March 2012
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Mike O'Sullivan5:21 PM
Guildford
Thanks for the addition. I do use a good quality splitter, but not a powered one.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb388:49 PM
Mike O'Sullivan: Yes, but the point is though that "all" non-powered splitters reduce the signal no matter what the brand name might be, the test being to temporarily try the TV in the other room on the lead used by the main TV, or even just try by-passing the two way splitter by connecting the aerial straight into the extension lead, this slightly lifting the signal level.
Although neither test really simulates using a powered splitter which is always superior, although as aforementioned, its hardly worth the bother doing anything at this late stage as the situation will (or should!) be rectified on April 18th.
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Wednesday, 4 April 2012
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Adrian12:24 AM
Wokingham
Has DSO started yet?
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Adrian's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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