Freeview Light on the Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmitter which serves 3,200 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 Ludlow (Shropshire, 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 Ludlow (Shropshire, 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 Freeview channels does the Ludlow 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 5W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 5W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 5W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands 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 Ludlow (Shropshire, 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 Ludlow transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 58km east-northeast (77°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 58km east-northeast (77°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 25W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 5W |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 27 December 2023
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Jon Reardon Smith11:19 AM
Hi I have lost
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west)
I have retuned, reset and unplugged and retuned and deleted all channels and retuned and cannot get them back- we lost them just before Christmas on Friday 22nd December and have failed to get them back
My post code is SY84JX just off the Sheet in Ludlow
Thanks for your help
Jon
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Steve Donaldson1:57 PM
Ludlow
Jon Reardon Smith: Carry out a manual tuning scan of UHF channel 42.
According to the posting above yours, DAB and FM from Ludlow were off-air between 05:50 to 06:20 on 22nd December. This was sourced from BBC Reception [bbc.co.uk/reception]. No indication is given above that TV was off-air, although I should say that this doesn't necessarily mean the BBC page didn't say it. The above postings from 'Transmitter engineering' are taken from the BBC page, so it's possible that the BBC page said something that the bot on this site didn't get.
A common reason for different types of broadcasts (e.g. FM, TV, DAB) to go off air at relay sites such as this is a power outage. Unlike the high power main transmitters, they don't have a generator for back-up power.
Having checked the BBC Reception page, it's worth checking the power-cut map of the electricity distribution network operator for the transmission site, which is National Grid Electricity Distribution (formerly Western Power Distribution): https://powercuts.nationalgrid.co.uk/
The postcode for the transmitter site for use on the power-cut map is SY8 2HD, which is shown at the top of this UK Free TV page. Power cuts may not be shown once they have been restored.
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Chris.SE1:59 PM
Jon Reardon Smith:
That is certainly very odd especially as it would seem to coincide with a fault on DAB and FM earlier in the day, but as of a few moments ago, I can't find any fault reports. However because of the Chrsitmas break I'm suspecting such reports could be delayed.
Do check the obvious things such as your aerial looking intact and still pointing correctly.
Have a look in your 800 channel numbers in case they've appeared up there for some reason.
Are you still getting the HD channels 101-107?
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Saturday, 28 December 2024
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Graham C8:37 PM
This repeater has been playing up for at least 4 days from about 24-12 to the 28-12 [ I was working some of the time]. This is starting to become a habit at Xmas as in previous years, and presumably gets fixed after a holiday. Sometimes rolling drop outs of many channels, by 28-12 it was just mux channel 45 missing. Well done anonymous owners, messing up Xmas again
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Sunday, 29 December 2024
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Chris.SE1:19 AM
Graham C:
It's not the repeater playing up, there are no reported faults for the transmitter, unfortunately it's current weather conditions. The BBC and Freeview have got current warnings -
High pressure currently affecting TV & Radio services across parts of the UK - 24 December | Help receiving TV and radio
High pressure could affect reception across the UK this week | Freeview
In fact the BBC issued some specific reports for their multiplexes on the transmitter -
Weather conditions may be affecting your reception -
For the BBCB HD multiplex -
From 12:49am to 7:50pm on 25th Dec 2024, From 7:50am on 26th Dec 2024 to 4:11am on 27th Dec 2024, From 9:55am to 10:23am on 27th Dec 2024, From 11:11am to 12:39pm on 27th Dec 2024, From 11:08pm on 27th Dec 2024 to 7:11am on 28th Dec 2024
For the BBCA multiplex -
From 8:13pm to 9:53pm on 24th Dec 2024, From 12:08am to 1:05pm on 25th Dec 2024, From 9:20pm on 26th Dec 2024 to 3:46am on 27th Dec 2024, From 11:08pm on 27th Dec 2024 to 7:11am on 28th Dec 2024.
Those may have covered many of the periods that you had problems. I'm afraid there's not a lot that can be done with current weather conditions or current sunspot activity.
Radio reception has also been affected in a number of locations.
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