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 21 Dec 13:29 until 21 Dec 13:33. 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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Saturday, 21 January 2017
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geoff hall9:13 AM
s breakspear: no idea. suggest you ask a local aerial installer.
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MikeP
4:56 PM
4:56 PM
S. Breakspear:
At Upton on Severn it is highly unlikely that Sutton Coldfield signals will be available, far too distant.
If you provide a full post code we can check the reception conditions.
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Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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MichaelW7:20 PM
For a while now I have been able to get perfectly good reception in Worcester of several channels numbered in the 90s including ForcesTV, PBS America and Freesports. Last night I noticed that all these channels still appeared in the programme guide but when I switched to them I got a blank screen. Since they have not reappeared and there are no faults reported with the Malvern transmitter, I decided to retune. After doing this, all of these channels have disappeared completely from the list of channels and the channel guide.
I can still receive channels from every MUX that the Malvern transmitter transmits and I have a decoder that can receive Freeview HD. It is also connected to broadband to enable viewing of some channels delivered via the Internet, although it is not a Freeview Play receiver. Has anyone else noticed this problem and does anyone have any explanation about why these channels should have diappeared?
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StevensOnln111:26 PM
MichaelW: None of those channels have ever been broadcast from Malvern (they're all on the COM8 multiplex which is not available from Malvern) so you were previously picking them up from another transmitter. By retuning you've now deleted them from your channel list. If you provide a full postcode we can access your predicted coverage which should reveal which transmitter they were coming from and if there is anything you can do to get them back.
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Thursday, 1 February 2018
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MichaelW12:01 AM
Worcester
StevensOnln1: When I search my postcode and house number I am just about in range of both Ridge Hill and Mendip. Both have Com8. However, I doubt I am picking up Mendip as I cannot get South West news (although I have picked it up in the past before the digital switch). I am most likely receiving ForcesTV etc. from Ridge Hill (Ledbury) as my Digibox finds both a West Midlands and Gloucestershire variant (both receive Midlands news). I have a second aerial that was installed to receive Channel 5 before the digital switch and I think the aerial installer told me he was picking up the broadcast from Ledbury. Not sure what I can do to get the Com8 channels back. Scanned again tonight and nothing but at the start of the week it was fine.
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MichaelW's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln110:37 AM
MichaelW: If you click the DigitalUK Trade link under your post, it shows that Mendip is predicted to have a fairly strong signal at your postcode for most multiplexes (although not for COM8) although this will improve when COM8 changes frequency at Mendip next year. COM8 from Ridge Hill shows as being even weaker, although it is in almost the same direction as Malvern which probably explains how you managed to pick it up on a previous retune. Unfortunately, the coverage checker shows COM7 & COM8 from Ridge Hill at no signal after they change frequency on 1st March. In short, it looks like the easiest way to get reliable reception of channels such as Forces TV, Freesports, PBS America, BBC Four HD, etc would be via Freesat.
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Wednesday, 7 March 2018
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MichaelW10:59 PM
Curious to know if you have any update on what's happening with Malvern's SDN MUX transmission? Obviously there was a retune required last night (7th March) to receive the five MUX's that were not updated already on 1s March (i.e. Freq. 37 - 5Spike etc.). This seemed to go to plan albeit a little late returning to service. Four of the changed channels are now fine although, using the signal guide on my digibox as an indicator (which I know is aerial and box dependent), there is marginally lower and more variable signal strength than before on some channels. Signal is still good to very good though most of the time. However, new Freq. 29, which is meant to be broadcasing SDN (ITV3, Drama, Quest etc.) is completely dead. Not even a hint of a signal. Is there any reason why this one channel should not be received (e.g. different aerial required etc.)? I note on another page there are complaints that exactly the same MUX is missing from the unrelated Lark Stoke so is it a more widespead MUX problem? Alternatively I also note that Ridge Hill, in a similar directly, is also currently transmitting on Frequ. 29 until 31st March, so could that be producing interference? PS: Will you be updating the frequencies on this page to show the new/latest values?
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StevensOnln111:42 PM
MichaelW: Malvern was previously a Group C/D transmitter so you may well need a new aerial unless you previously had a wideband aerial installed for reception of Freeview prior to digital switchover. If you don't have satellite or cable you should be able to get a free replacement aerial by contacting the Freeview Advice Line. Ridge Hill will continue to use UHF C29 for the PSB2west mux until at least 2020, although this changed broadcast mode and reduced power on 1st March in order to reduce interference with other transmitters. If you provide a full postcode we will be able to see the prediction for your location and offer further advice.
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Thursday, 8 March 2018
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MichaelW10:40 AM
Worcester
StevensOnln1: Thanks foy your reply. My main aerial is pointed at Malvern and is supposed to be a wideband aerial. The reception is good on all other MUX apart from Freq. 29. However, I have a secondary aerial pointing at Ridge Hill which is combined at the aerial mast and was put there to receive an analogue signal for Channel 5 many years ago. I also have an aerial mast amplifier which, if switched off, loses all Channels. Can the receiver sort out the combined signals on the same frequency or would this reult in total signal loss? With regards to my postcode, the prediction is that I can get a full suite of channels from Mendip but then I would only get South West editions of regional programmes and I would want to continue to receive the BBC/ITV Channels from Central, which I can still receive clearly from Malvern. Would I be able to have a dual aerial arrangement so that I can get BBC/ITV from Malvern but the missing channels from Mendip?
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Tuesday, 13 March 2018
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Thomas6:45 PM
Hi,
The Malvern transmitter has changed their broadcast frequencies, please could you update this page to reflect the new frequencies.
Thanks
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