Freeview Light on the Mickleham (Surrey, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Mickleham (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 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.
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Mickleham (Surrey, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Mickleham 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 18W |
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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 18W |
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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 18W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Mickleham (Surrey, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Mickleham transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 31km north-northeast (24°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 32km north-northeast (27°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Mickleham (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C54tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C58tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C61 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 90W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 18W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Saturday, 19 November 2011
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Mike Hotham10:10 PM
Crawley
Digital signal keep suddenly freezing and i stop receiving BBC1, ITV, Channel 4, BBC2 and similar.
My postcode is RH10 7BD - Crawley, West Sussex. This happens around 10-11pm but is back and working in the morning, is there an engineering isssue?
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Mike Hotham: No, please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Saturday, 7 December 2019
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David Light10:16 PM
The tv and radio signal in Westhumble served by the mickleham transmitter has failed. Can someone look into this.
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David Light:
There is engineering work at that transmitter at present, see the post above youyrs. DO NOT RETUNE.
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Sunday, 8 December 2019
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Chris.SE1:32 AM
David Light:
To be precise BBC Engineering has reported - From 2:55pm to 11:25pm on 7th Dec 2019 Off the air due to a fault.
If you did happen to retune whilst you had no signal, it will have cleared memory of your correct tuning and you will need to retune again now (when) the signal is back.
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Thursday, 3 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Mickleham transmitter - Mickleham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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