Freeview Light on the Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Kimpton 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 130m | DTG-3 | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) Cambridge, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 130m | DTG-3 | 2W |
3 ITV (SD) (Anglia (West 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, 25 ITV4, 29 E4 +1, 34 ITV +1 (Anglia east), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 130m | DTG-6 | 2W |
72 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 50 Freeview channels?
The Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Kimpton transmitter?

BBC Look East (West) 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Cambridge CB4 0WZ, 53km northeast (34°)
to BBC Cambridge region - 4 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output

ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 140km northeast (49°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Kimpton (Hertfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
E T | E T | E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C52tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C53tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C56tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C60tv_off | BBCB |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:04 PM
9:04 PM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:21 today to 15:14 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:21 today to 15:14 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:21 yesterday to 15:14 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:21 yesterday to 15:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 8 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:21 on 06 Jun to 15:14 on 06 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:21 on 06 Jun to 15:14 on 06 Jun. [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:03 PM
12:03 PM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:25 today to 09:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:25 today to 09:28 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 13 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:25 yesterday to 09:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:25 yesterday to 09:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 14 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:25 on 12 Jul to 09:28 on 12 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:25 on 12 Jul to 09:28 on 12 Jul. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:12 today to 05:13 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 today to 05:14 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:12 yesterday to 05:13 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 yesterday to 05:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
KIMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:12 on 17 Jul to 05:13 on 17 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 on 17 Jul to 05:14 on 17 Jul. [BBC]
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