Freeview Light on the Hertford (Hertford, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hertford (Hertford, England) transmitter which serves 23,000 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 Hertford (Hertford, 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 Hertford (Hertford, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Hertford 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 500W |
 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 500W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 500W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Hertford (Hertford, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Hertford transmitter?
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 32km south (182°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Hertford (Hertford, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 24 Jul 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | 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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 500W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-24dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Monday, 7 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 yesterday to 15:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 on 06 Oct to 15:33 on 06 Oct. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:52 until 10 Mar 01:55. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:46 until 10 Mar 01:50. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:52 until 10 Mar 01:55. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:46 until 10 Mar 01:50. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Apr 07:45 until 19 Apr 14:34. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Oct 15:32 until 6 Oct 15:33. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Apr 05:15 until 20 Apr 07:33. . [BBC]
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Friday, 30 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Oct 17:58 until 29 Oct 17:59. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:43 AM
11:43 AM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 10:31. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:44 PM
2:44 PM
HERTFORD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 10:31 until 8 Oct 11:26. . [BBC]
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