Freeview Light on the Icomb Hill (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Icomb Hill (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 2,100 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 Icomb Hill (Gloucestershire, 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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Icomb Hill (Gloucestershire, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Freeview channels does the Icomb Hill 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 289m | DTG- | 22W |
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 289m | DTG- | 22W |
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 (Central west), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 289m | DTG- | 22W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Icomb Hill (Gloucestershire, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Icomb Hill transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-oxford-today.jpg)
BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 33km east-southeast (113°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-meridian.jpg)
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 119km south-southeast (163°)
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 Icomb Hill (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 27 Feb 2018- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | 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 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 110W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 22W |
Local transmitter maps
Icomb Hill Freeview Oxford TV region BBC South (Oxford) Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Sunday, 2 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:08 AM
9:08 AM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:33 today to 06:50 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:08 PM
12:08 PM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:09 today to 09:34 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:33 today to 06:50 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:37 today to 08:57 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:08 PM
3:08 PM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:33 today to 06:50 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:09 today to 09:34 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:37 today to 08:57 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 3 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:22 AM
6:22 AM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:33 yesterday to 06:50 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:09 yesterday to 09:34 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:37 yesterday to 08:57 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:30 AM
5:30 AM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:33 on 02 Sep to 06:50 on 02 Sep, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:09 on 02 Sep to 09:34 on 02 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:37 on 02 Sep to 08:57 on 02 Sep. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:46 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:05 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:07 PM
6:07 PM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:46 today to 13:00 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:05 today to 13:35 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:46 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:05 yesterday to 13:35 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:23 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:46 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:23 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:05 yesterday to 13:35 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:07 PM
3:07 PM
ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:23 today to 11:07 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:46 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:23 today to 12:24 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:05 yeste [BBC]
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