Full Freeview on the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter which serves 25,000 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 Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, 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 Freeview channels does the Bristol Ilchester Crescent 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, 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 Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter?
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 4km east-northeast (65°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Bristol Ilchester Crescent (City of Bristol, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | K T | |||
| C30 | LBS | LBS | |||||||
| C37 | _local | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C41 | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | |||||
| C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | SDN | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 200W | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-7dB) 100W | |
| Mux A* | (-11dB) 40W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS | (-14dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Bristol Ilchester Crescent Freeview Bristol Ilchester Crescent AM/FM Mendip TV region BBC West WestWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Wednesday, 27 September 2023
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Claire McNeil11:22 AM
I don't have reception problems but the mast itself is howling in any breeze and has recently got so much worse with the installation of more equipment. It is so close to residential homes and the noise is not acceptable. It is particularly noticeable a night, when during hot weather you need your windows open and all you can hear is the constant whistling from the tower.
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StevensOnln112:09 PM
Claire McNeil: You could try contacting Arqiva who are the company that operate the transmitter. The contact page on their website (see link below) suggests that emailing community.relations@arqiva.com might be the best option for this kind of issue (although I'm not sure what can be done about the wind blowing through the structure).
https://arqiva.com/contact/
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Thursday, 28 September 2023
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Steve Donaldson1:05 PM
Claire McNeil: Noise nuisance is a matter for the local authority. However, you could raise this with Arqiva without going to the local authority, in the expectation they will take your report seriously and take action accordingly. Should nothing come of that, then you should contact the local authority.
The contact number for Arqiva, as printed on the sign at the site is 01924 843625, as per the photograph here, dated October 2015:
mb21 - The Transmission Gallery
This telephone number is given on signs for at many transmitter sites, so you will have to identify which transmitter it is which you are calling in relation to. Illchester Crescent is site number 11008.
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Sunday, 12 November 2023
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Chris.SE11:09 PM
Luke:
Without some more detail about exactly what you are experiencing on which channels or multiplexes, and a full postcode, I can only draw your attention to the post before yours.
It'll probably be wise for you to check some obvious things such as is your aerial looking intact and still pointing as it was, is the coax secure and not flapping in the wind? Check all accessible coax connections and ensure there's no corrosion or water. Sometimes these sort of problems can affect one multiplex without an observable effect on the others.
Have you received a postcard from https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/ ?
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Monday, 7 October 2024
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Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter - Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 October 2024
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Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter - Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter - Bristol Ilchester Crescent transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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