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The symbol shows the location of the Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 74,000 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 Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Hemel Hempstead 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
C40 (626.0MHz)214mDTG-2,000W
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
C43 (650.0MHz)214mDTG-2,000W
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
C46 (674.0MHz)214mDTG-2,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 V max
C37 (602.0MHz)214mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C31 (554.0MHz)230mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)230mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire, 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 Hemel Hempstead transmitter?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 30km southeast (138°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 31km southeast (135°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

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

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1318 Apr 2018
B E TB E TB E TE TK T
C29ArqB
C31ArqA
C34_local
C37SDN
C40BBCA
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C42_local
C43D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C46BBCB
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C50tv_offSDN
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C55tv_offArqB
C59tv_offArqA

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 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-14dB) 400W
Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 200W

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 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
Friday, 7 January 2011
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Lyndon Bedfiord
9:07 AM

I have had a poor signal since somewhere in November but it has got worse since Christmas time. I don't have exact dates but my PVR recorders had no problem until the last couple of weeks even they are breaking up frequently now making it difficult to watch some programs.
I live in Bovingdon. Has there been a problem? please advise. Lyndon

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Saturday, 8 January 2011
Briantist
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9:45 AM

Lyndon Bedfiord: There are no transmitter problems, please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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Monday, 10 January 2011
B
Brian
2:18 PM
Hemel Hempstead

I live along Box Lane in Hemel Hempstead a couple of miles down the road from Bovingdon .
Looking at the trasmitter maps - it seems like my house will be a black out zone for decent freeview forever. Seem to be on the boarder of Crystal Palacce , Hemel Hempstead, Oxford and Sandy Hill. I think I may as well go cable of FREE sat!!

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Briantist
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2:21 PM

Brian: You reception will be fine late in 2012. If you want digital TV before that, yes, Freesat is the best option for you.

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Monday, 24 January 2011
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Andrew Gardner
10:29 PM
Harpenden

Last night (23/01/2011) Freeview on the Digibox was working fine, particularly on channel 80 the BBC News Channel. This morning the picture appeared stuck and the audio was very occasional, brief and clipped ie. it was unwatchable. I cycled the power on the Digibox but then got no sound or picture and the words "No Signal". I have connected the TV direct to the aerial and get Analog channels 1 - 5 fine. Going back to the original setup and I get nothing. A channel rescan gives no channels found. The digital setup still seems rather flaky so it's just as welll analog still works. I believe that we are receiving signal from the Hemel Hempstead transmitter, but this site says that there are no problems with that transmitter. I don't believe that anything changed our end over night so I conclude that the problem must be in the transmissions of perhaps atmospherics, 'though the weather seems fairly stable.

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Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Sunday, 13 March 2011
R
R Gower
8:15 AM

I can alread receive Freeview HD.I live in Hemel Hempstead.The Pictures are excellent.
Very happy with this but I thought we would not be able to receive HD until 2012??

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Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Briantist
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6:50 AM

R Gower: You will be receiving them from Crystal Palace, not the Hemel Hempstead transmitter.

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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
H
Helena Watson
5:48 PM

Things have gone peculiar on our dvb. We record on dvb on Scart 2, this morning Scart one and two say "no signal", for the one and only time in 3 years. Why

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Saturday, 26 March 2011
LutonFan
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3:23 PM

Helena Watson- Can you be more specific in regards details of your setup please?

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