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The symbol shows the location of the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter which serves 14,000 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) mast?

High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the High Wycombe 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
C37 (602.0MHz)212mDTG-100W
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
C31 (554.0MHz)212mDTG-100W
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
C32 (562.0MHz)212mDTG-100W
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?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, 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 High Wycombe transmitter?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 45km east-southeast (106°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 47km east-southeast (104°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1318 Apr 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TA K T
C31D3+4
C32BBCB
C37BBCA
C50tv_offBBCB
C55tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C62BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 500W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100W

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. High Wycombe 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
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
K
k.flood
11:03 AM
Maidenhead

samsung le32b set has lost signals on most itv and freeview, have tried to retune and checked aerial and cable, both only 6 months old, the aerial is a roof aerial,

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Mike Dimmick
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11:25 AM

k.flood: Does your aerial point east to Crystal Palace or west to Hannington?

Hannington does not currently broadcast a significant amount of digital signal to the east. You might get enough signal for it to work sometimes, but not reliably. A professional installer should have known this and advised you accordingly. The analogue signals will be coming in at full strength, because there is no restriction, which means that if you tried to boost the signal (or the aerial has too much gain) you'd probably just overload the amplifiers.

At switchover, digital signals move to the main aerial at the top of the mast (replacing analogue), and you're then expected to have a good chance of reliable reception from Hannington.

The chances of reliable reception from Crystal Palace are excellent both now and after switchover.

After only six months, I'd get the installer back in to correct it free of charge.

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Friday, 8 July 2011
M
M Adania
7:48 AM
High Wycombe

Our aerial is in the loft. As of 7th July we have not been able to get ITV1 on any of our televisions. Our TVs are analogue. Can you advise. There are transmitter engineering works at the transmitter but you do not state that ITV1 is affected in any way.

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M Rose
7:30 PM

We have 3 tv sets one with the signal taken from aroof aerial, and 2 that each have a loft aerial. And we have no ITV. Any thoughts on whats going on.

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Mike Dimmick
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:04 PM

M Rose, M Adania: If you're using digital already, then you aren't using the High Wycombe transmitter. At present, this only transmits analogue signals: BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1 and Channel 4.

There has been engineering work for digital switchover this week, which I would expect to affect all channels, not just BBC One and Two. 'Transmitter Engineering' is just an automated piece of software that scrapes the Digital UK engineering page and the BBC problem reports page. The BBC only publish the status of their channels, not ITV1 and C4.

If you're using the High Wycombe transmitter, and BBC channels are back on but ITV1 is not, try the contact details at Broadcaster complaints details | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Monday, 11 July 2011
J
JANE FRANKLIN
4:22 PM
High Wycombe

We have no bbc2, itv1 channel 4, our postcode is
hp12 4an
this was last week as well can you confirm whats going on please
thanks

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Monday, 8 August 2011
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ronnie space
10:49 PM
High Wycombe

Hi, I have moved to High Wycombe in rented accomodation HP13 5PB just picked up a Hauppauge winTV-nova TD-500 Digital Terrestrial TV receiver for my pc.

I have an aerial point in my room which goes to a roof aerial.

I just installed this device... did a scan... but cannot find ANY channels.

Can anyone help me understand why?

Is High Wycombe an analogue only area at the moment?

Any advice much appreciated.

Rather gutted here :-(

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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:48 AM

ronnie space: Sorry, but you have no access to Freeview until 4th/18th April 2012 when your region switches over. You will then have Freeview Light.

If you want digital TV before then, Freesat (or a DVB-S card for your PC and a dish) is your only option.

See Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice


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ronnie space
8:46 PM
High Wycombe

Hi Brian,

Thanks for your advice - although I am now rather confused.

Checking with the land lady she has a roof top aerial not satellite, which all points are wired to.

She has a Toshiba DVB box and recieves digital TV channels fine with good signal.

However, I'm having no luck myself on my PC.

Ronnie


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