Full Freeview on the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves 58,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) mast?
MALVERN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Dec 22:44 until 18 Dec 22:47. . 
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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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Malvern (Worcestershire, 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 Malvern 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Malvern (Worcestershire, 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 Malvern transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km northeast (36°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 49km northeast (35°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | |||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
| C53tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C57tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | ||||||||
| C60tv_off | -BBCB | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C66 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C68 | 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Wednesday, 30 July 2014
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Phil7:33 PM
No Freeview HD from Malvern tonight, or is my set-top HD box playing up?
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jb389:41 PM
Phil: Nothing is seen listed as yet as far as any failure of Malvern's HD transmitter is concerned, if its not possible to check with a neighbour to find out if they are also being similarly affected, then try disconnecting your box from the mains for about 60 seconds or so before reconnecting it again.
However, should it subsequently be found that the situation remains the same, then carry out a manufacturers reset on the box, this also known as "first time installation".
By the way, what brand / model of box is being referred to?
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Thursday, 9 October 2014
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Trevor7:18 PM
My humax finds no HD channels on 60. Never has. Does Malvern do HD or not?
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Michael7:23 PM
Trevor: Every single transmitter has had HD channels from the switchover. Either there's something stopping your box receiving UHF channel 60, or the box is not a FreeviewHD box - have you tried manual tuning in DVB-T2 mode?
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Tuesday, 28 October 2014
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steve7:55 PM
Worcester
hello im steve just wondering will malvern ever get the extra hd channels on freeview i get 6 at moment and get good pictures ect i understand malvern is not 1 of the full hd towns but maybe it might happen in time any ideas thank you
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Dave Lindsay
10:10 PM
10:10 PM
steve: No, not before the end of 2017 (IIRC).
The plan was drawn up to offer these services from 30 transmitters. This will incentivise purchase of equipment with Freeview HD (DVB-T2) tuners in-built. In four or five years time things may change and the services currently with limited coverage (BBC News HD etc) may become more widely available.
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Thursday, 30 October 2014
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steve4:39 PM
Worcester
Dave Lindsay: thank you dave for your answer just have to wait never mind happy with freeview
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Monday, 31 August 2015
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John Brown7:28 AM
We are experiencing breakup on all channels 11 through 132. Has been occurring for about a week. Have reset/retuned - no change. Is there a problem with com5 ArqA.? We live in WR49XQ.
Currently channels unwatchable.
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jb389:55 AM
John Brown: Aerials seen in your area would appear to be pointing in a number of directions, as reception in the location given is indicated as being possible from Malvern, Sutton Coldfield and Ridge Hill, aerials pointing towards Malvern being identified by the fact of them being vertically mounted, whereas horizontal on the other two stations.
Carry out a signal strength check on ArqA for the purpose of checking the Mux channel number its being received on, Mux59 Malvern / Mux 45 Sutton Coldfield / Mux24 Ridge Hill.
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jb3811:53 AM
John Brown: Did also mean to include, that the reason for checking which Mux channel ArqA is being received on is down to the fact of the Ridge Hill transmitter being received on a bearing of 224 degrees whereas Malvern is on 220, and although the polarity of the transmissions are different between the two stations, its still possible to pick up and store the incorrect channel.
If you are unsure where you are receiving from, check your ArqA channel number against BBC1, Malvern's BBC1 Mux53 whereas Ridge Hills BBC1 is on Mux28, and although not likely to apply, but Sutton Coldfields BBC1 is on Mux43.
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