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The symbol shows the location of the Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 6,800 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 Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Hemel Hempstead Town 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C41 (634.0MHz)154mDTG-8W
Channel icons
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, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C44 (658.0MHz)154mDTG-8W
Channel icons
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)154mDTG-8W
Channel icons
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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Hemel Hempstead Town transmitter?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 34km southeast (136°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 35km southeast (133°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1318 Apr 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C47BBCB
C53tv_offBBCB
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C57tv_offD3+4
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C60tv_offBBCA
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 20W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 8W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc†
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Hemel Hempstead Town was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Sunday, 18 September 2011
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Lee Beckwith
8:38 PM
Hemel Hempstead

Our tv reception has got worse since 14th September when we had to retune our tv. We get pixels and the signal cuts out. Do you have any comments?

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:50 PM

Lee Beckwith: You should carry out a signal check on BBC1 to make sure you see Hemel Hempsteads Mux Ch56 indicated and not Sandy's Mux Ch27, as the predictor indicates Sandy as also being a possibility for reception on your post code.

Hemels ITV1 being Mux Ch55 whereas Sandy's is Mux Ch24.

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Sunday, 4 December 2011
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Pete Stears
10:36 AM
Berkhamsted

Please can anyone give some advise as to how well Berkhamsted (Dudswell HP4 3TH)will be served after the digital switchover DSO. I have 2 aerials and over the years I have long periods of using Bedmond, or Crystal palace. currently using Crystal P. with mast amplifier new aerial installation 2 years ago. However,is there any likelyhood that either or at least one transmitter will be boosted in power at the time of DSO, or some time there abouts. Analogue is always grainy but watchable when digital is unbearable (5% of the time). Many thanks for any information/ knowledge that may give some ray of hope. peter.stears@2e2.com

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

11:34 AM

Pete Stears: The Digital UK postcode checker predicts good reception to be available on all six muxes from Crystal Palace after switchover on 18th April 2012. Prediction is for good reception 99% of the time in 91% of locations in your postcode area (or better, depending on mux). The power of Crystal Palace increases tenfold to 200kW on each mux. Although the Hemel Hempstead full service transmitter also has a power increase the frequencies allocated will also be in use at Hannington and Oxford, resulting in a prediction of variable or poor reception at your location.

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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
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Tim Hayward
12:59 AM
St. Albans

Hi, I'm at AL3 5RU and tuned to Hemel Hempstead, reception fine on 41 and 44 at 70% level, 98% quality, but constant picture break up and only short bursts of sound on 55 and 59, 60% signal 85% quality. I've tried re-tuning and swithching off mobile and appliances with motors. Can you advise?
Many thanks, Tim

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

1:16 AM

Tim Hayward: Have you had your Group B aerial replaced with a wideband one?

COM channels, which are those you're having difficulty with, are on C/D channels from Hemel Hempstead.

See:

Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial

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Sunday, 7 January 2018
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gtibb
11:41 AM

Advance warning (700Mhz Clearance):

The latest details for this relay is that, along with the St. Albans relay, this will become a single frequency network with Hemel Hempstead (Bedmond) from March 2018 utilising channels 41, 44 & 47. Anyone using legacy analogue aerials will require them changing to wideband to continue using the relay effectively. (Information from the latest Television Viewers Guide).

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