Freeview Light on the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, 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 High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 212m | DTG- | 100W |
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) | 212m | DTG- | 100W |
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), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 212m | DTG- | 100W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 High Wycombe transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 45km east-southeast (106°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

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?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C32 | BBCB | ||||||||
C37 | BBCA | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C65 | 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 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 |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:22 AM
8:22 AM
HIGH WYCOMBE transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 4 Sep 16:14 until 4 Sep 21:16. Reduced quality due to a fault from 3 Sep 08:27 until 3 Sep 10:27. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
HIGH WYCOMBE transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 4 Sep 16:14 until 4 Sep 21:16. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:44 AM
11:44 AM
HIGH WYCOMBE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Oct 12:11 until 5 Oct 12:14. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:44 PM
2:44 PM
High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/10/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Friday, 8 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:44 PM
2:44 PM
High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:43 AM
5:43 AM
High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 3 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:07 AM
11:07 AM
High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 6 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
5:07 AM
High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
5:07 AM
High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 20 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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