Full Freeview on the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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52.116,-2.331 or 52°6'56"N 2°19'53"W

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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C41 (634.0MHz)	204m	DTG-	400W
	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	C44 (658.0MHz)	204m	DTG-	400W
	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),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C47- (681.8MHz)	204m	DTG-	400W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C29 (538.0MHz)	204m	DTG-8	400W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C31- (553.8MHz)	203m	DTG-8	400W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C37 (602.0MHz)	204m	DTG-8	400W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others

DTG-8 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
C50_{tv_off}				SDN
C51_{tv_off}				_local	_local
C53_{tv_off}				BBCA
C55_{tv_off}				ArqB
C56_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C57_{tv_off}				D3+4
C59_{tv_off}				-ArqA
C60_{tv_off}				-BBCB
C62	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C66	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves
C68	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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

Local transmitter maps

Malvern Freeview Malvern DAB Malvern AM/FM Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Malvern was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Glenn
2:41 PM
Worcester

Hi

I live in Worcester WR2 4PB area (18 element on at TX) and have noticed that Mux A (Ch 38 etc) has been breaking down (blocking) over the last 3-4 days. I re-tune regularly.

The other Muxs appear ok?

Appreciate any thoughts?

Regards

Glenn

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4:41 PM

Glenn: Can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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Keith Woodbridge
5:20 PM
Droitwich

Hi,
I live in and similar to Glen's comment, Mux A has been breaking down and still was last night (9th June).
Regularly retuning but problem still persists.
Using a three arm (Screwfix) on a 12 foot pole fitted to the end gable of the house.
Any comments would be appreciated.

Regards,

Keith

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Keith : Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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matt
7:23 PM
Worcester

hi i'm on the , i've had a whole new system installed & for a week since installed everything been fine recieved every channel @ 100% & 100% signal strength but for past few days bbc 1 2 3 & a few others the signal quality keeps on dropping & it is impoosible to watch any bbc channel all other including itv & channel 5 still recieving all att 100% on signal strength and quality, ilive in st johns worcester any 1 getting same problem or know why this happening

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1:35 PM

- BBC TWO Weak from 12:34 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:52 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:19 today to 11:13 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:11 today to 10:12 today [BBC]

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- BBC TWO Weak from 12:34 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:52 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:19 today to 11:13 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:11 today to 10:12 today [BBC]

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- BBC TWO Weak from 10:19 today to 11:13 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:34 today to 12:45 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:52 today to 12:16 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:11 today to 10:12 today [BBC]

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- BBC TWO Weak from 10:19 today to 11:13 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:34 today to 12:45 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:52 today to 12:16 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:11 today to 10:12 today [BBC]

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- BBC TWO Weak from 12:34 today to 12:45 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:52 today to 12:16 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:19 today to 11:13 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:11 today to 10:12 today [BBC]

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