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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Friday, 18 May 2012
MIKE B: You would be best advised to point your aerial at the Crystal Palace transmitter if you want the best possible signals.
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013
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quitequick6:40 PM
I just installed a loft aerial in GU27 pointing at the Guildford transmitter, connected it to a new Technika TV and did an auto-tune. I am getting a good signal (89%) from all MUXes except from COM5 ArqA which is pretty much 0%. I'm a bit confused why this one MUX would be so weak when the others are so strong.
Any ideas?
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quitequick: Could it be the co-channel signal from Heathfield? If so, could you re-site the aerial where it picks up the interfering signal less?
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Sunday, 12 May 2013
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Roger Huxtable3:52 PM
Cranleigh
Last May I fitted a 12dB High Gain Aerial on
my roof, it seemed ok but just lately the
reception is bad, sometimes no signal at all.
Do I need a 48 element aerial?
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Roger's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Roger Huxtable3:59 PM
Cranleigh
I have changed my digi box as my digital
recorder could not cope with the interference.
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Roger's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb387:30 PM
Roger Huxtable: Your location is indicated as being able (in theory) to receive about the same level of signal from either the Guildford transmitter (@ 6 miles / 316 degrees) with aerial mounted vertically or Midhurst (@ 13 miles / 218 degrees) with the aerial being mounted horizontally? would you know which of the two applies?
The way to check being to carry out a signal test on BBC1 and note the mux channel number shown along with the strength / quality indication, Guildford being Ch43 whereas Midhurst is Ch55.
However irrespective of which of the two you are receiving from its noticed that the signal path from both sources is being obstructed by reasonably dense trees, these not just being in the immediate vicinity but at various points along the way and which could well be responsible for your problems by intermittently blocking the signal, should this be the case then a so called higher gain aerial is very likely to make the situation worse by the fact that high gain aerials are only that because they effectively focus on the signal, but if this is being obstructed / scattered by being reflected from the trees then a wider pick up aerial such as a Log type used in conjunction with a high gain variable booster is more likely to improve the situation, albeit that it will never be perfect.
Further advice dependant on reply.
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Sunday, 16 June 2013
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Sam12:59 AM
I used to get good digital signal but suddenly from last two-three days i completely lost digital TV and radio signals.
I am based in Guildford, York road. did any one facing this problem??
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Sam: I'm about 25 miles south from you in a village called Thakeham. I lost everything sometime early Saturday AM. 3 TVs all have the same issues, so it's signal related. 2 of them will find channels, but my Toshiba can't find anything.
I've checked all that I can (cables, booster, connections in the loft, factory resets, turning my Wi-Fi off etc) but unable to check the roof aerial as I'm lacking a tall ladder. Probably have to get someone out to check things over.
Bl**dy annoying as the signal has been fine for years and the digital aerial I've got is not 2 years old yet!
J.
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Jason's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb3810:49 AM
Jason Wright: In addition to the checks you have already made you should eliminate the possibility of the booster having developed a fault by connecting the down lead from the aerial directly into one of the room feeds, in other words bypass the booster.
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jb38: Hi. Thanks for the advice.
I did take the booster out of the equation yesterday, no difference, but have not tried connecting the download lead direct to a room feed. To be honest it's a connection in the loft that looks a bit 'pro' to me to be fiddled with.
My Mum who lives 7 miles away in Billinghurst has now lost all her channels too. Coincidence?
J.
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