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.
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._______
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 |
Local transmitter maps
Malvern Freeview Malvern DAB 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
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Wednesday, 13 July 2016
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Richard Cooper8:55 PM
Norwich
Jean Paskell: Hi, Jean. There are no faults on the Malvern transmitter at present and so there must be a fault in your own installation somewhere. It's just a case of finding it! Richard, Norwich.
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 5 August 2016
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MarkDubya3:50 PM
Hello all, I'm afraid I've got myself in a muddle trying to understand multiplexes etc. Just wanted to check - my understanding is that I will NOT be able to receive the extra BBC channels covering the Olympics via the Malvern transmitter - could someone please confirm? Many thanks
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Richard Cooper4:16 PM
MarkDubya: Hi, Mark. You are correct that the Malvern transmitter, whilst classed as 'Full Freeview', does not actually transmit the multiplex called 'COM7', which is the multiplex which carries the additional Freeview HD channels. For a COM7 transmitter, you would need to get Sutton Coldfield, which I'm assuming is not possible from your location, which is why you are on Malvern? Richard, Norwich.
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Thursday, 1 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:31 PM
2:31 PM
MALVERN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:58 today to 10:59 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 2 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MALVERN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:58 yesterday to 10:59 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MALVERN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:58 on 01 Sep to 10:59 on 01 Sep. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 6 September 2016
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Phil Goodall8:20 AM
We are served by Malvern (Worcester)
Channels on PSB2 appear to be off air this morning
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I agree, no ITV sd or ITV4, no signal on both my tv tuner and PC USB tuner, I am 1/2 a mile from the transmitter
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Phil Goodall2:07 PM
Thanks for confirming Paul, I too have two tuners, both the same. Question is will someone who see's these posts be able to provide status on the fix?
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Paul4:53 PM
Good question !!
I can't find any way of directly reporting a fault to the TX operators.
I've just tried the channels again and did briefly receive ITV SD but then it froze so is obviously a very weak signal.
So please, if someone technical sees this can they investigate please.
I use these channels becaust the tuner in my TV is nod HD.
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