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The symbol shows the location of the Marlow Bottom (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,700 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 Marlow Bottom (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Marlow Bottom 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C49 (698.0MHz)120mDTG-11W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C58 (770.0MHz)120mDTG-11W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C54 (738.0MHz)120mDTG-11W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Marlow Bottom (Buckinghamshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Marlow Bottom transmitter?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 45km east (98°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 47km east (97°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Marlow Bottom (Buckinghamshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1330 Mar 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E T
C49tv_offBBCABBCA
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 13W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-0.7dB) 11W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc†
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Marlow Bottom 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.

Comments
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
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Alan
2:37 PM

I live in Goodwood Rise, Marlow Bottom, SL73QE
Will a good indoor aerial receive free view
Thank you for your help
Alan

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StevensOnln1
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3:55 PM

Alan: You might be able to pick up the PSB channels (BBC/ITV/C4/C5 etc) but probably not a lot more.

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MikeP
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6:14 PM

Alan:

Looking at the predicted coverage maps (using Route /extras/404/prediction) failed, sorry. for both Crystal Palace and Hannington, your location is shown as not being covered by either transmitter. So it is highly unlikely that you will get anything useful with an indoor aerial. You will need at least an external aerial on the roof/chimney stack but you should consult a local aerial contractor who has good knowledge of signal reception in that area.

Alternatively, consider having a dish installed and buying a Freesat Set Top Box.



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Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:07 PM

MARLOW BOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:01 today to 14:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:01 today to 14:51 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 19 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:07 AM

MARLOW BOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:01 yesterday to 14:51 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:01 yesterday to 14:51 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 20 April 2018
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6:07 AM

MARLOW BOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:01 on 18 Apr to 14:51 on 18 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:01 on 18 Apr to 14:51 on 18 Apr. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 9 October 2018
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12:06 PM

MARLOW BOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 today to 08:26 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 today to 08:26 today. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 10 October 2018
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6:06 AM

MARLOW BOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 yesterday to 08:26 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 yesterday to 08:26 yesterday. [BBC]

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Thursday, 11 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:06 AM

MARLOW BOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 on 09 Oct to 08:26 on 09 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 on 09 Oct to 08:26 on 09 Oct. [BBC]

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Thursday, 20 December 2018
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5:09 AM

MARLOW BOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 yesterday to 23:18 yesterday. [BBC]

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