Freeview Light on the Hemdean (Reading, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hemdean (Reading, England) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Hemdean (Reading, 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 Hemdean (Reading, 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, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Hemdean 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 H -6dB | C33 (570.0MHz) | 91m | DTG- | 32W 8W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South, 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 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max H -6dB | C36 (594.0MHz) | 91m | DTG- | 32W 8W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max H -6dB | C48 (690.0MHz) | 91m | DTG- | 32W 8W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Hemdean (Reading, 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, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Hemdean transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 70km south-southwest (205°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 69km south-southwest (195°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Hemdean (Reading, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||||
| C/D E T | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C52tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C56tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C59tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 8 Feb 12 and 22 Feb 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | 32W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-2dB) 20W | |
| PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-6dB) 8W |
Local transmitter maps
Hemdean Freeview Hannington TV region BBC South Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hannington transmitter area
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Thursday, 27 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
HEMDEAN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Aug 10:37 until 27 Aug 14:59. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
HEMDEAN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
HEMDEAN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:50 PM
8:50 PM
HEMDEAN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Sep 19:10 until 28 Sep 19:19. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
HEMDEAN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jul 09:40 until 25 Jul 10:26. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMDEAN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Aug 10:38 until 28 Aug 13:23. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMDEAN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Sep 20:13 until 20 Sep 20:23. . [BBC]
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