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Freeview Light on the Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,500 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 Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, England) mast?

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Sep 10:53 until 15 Sep 17:08. . BBC


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Oakeley Mynd 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
C45 (666.0MHz)336mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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
C49 (698.0MHz)336mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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
C42 (642.0MHz)336mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Oakeley Mynd transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 72km east (90°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 72km east (90°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Oakeley Mynd (Shropshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-131 Mar 2018-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4

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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.

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

Analogue 1-4 50W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 10W

Local transmitter maps

Oakeley Mynd Freeview Ridge Hill TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
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. Oakeley Mynd 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?

0db-2db-4db-6db-8db-10db-12db-14db-16db-18db180°170°160°150°140°130°120°110°100°90°80°70°60°50°40°30°20°10°350°340°330°320°310°300°290°280°270°260°250°240°230°220°210°200°190°PSB3PSB2PSB1

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Thursday, 2 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
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10:44 AM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-31 15:18:30 until 2019-12-31 19:32:28. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-30 23:31:23 until 2019-12-31 00:41:13. Weather conditions may be affecting [BBC]

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Saturday, 4 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:47 PM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Dec 15:18 until 31 Dec 19:32. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 30 Dec 23:31 until 31 Dec 00:41. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 30 Dec 1 [BBC]

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Sunday, 5 January 2020
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4:58 AM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Dec 15:18 until 31 Dec 19:32. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 30 Dec 23:31 until 31 Dec 00:41. . [BBC]

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Monday, 6 January 2020
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1:47 PM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 6 Jan 11:17 until 6 Jan 11:35. . [BBC]

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Friday, 7 February 2020
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7:28 AM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 19:48. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 9 February 2020
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4:33 AM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 19:48 until 7 Feb 09:38. . [BBC]

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Friday, 24 April 2020
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4:28 PM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 23 Apr 08:50 until 23 Apr 09:58. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 23 Apr 06:10 until 23 Apr 06:45. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 23 Apr 0 [BBC]

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Tuesday, 19 May 2020
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4:33 AM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 May 01:21 until 18 May 07:29. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 May 00:46 until 18 May 00:53. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 20 May 2020
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10:28 PM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 May 09:17 until 20 May 10:20. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 May 06:29 until 20 May 06:42. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 May 0 [BBC]

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Wednesday, 27 May 2020
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7:28 AM

OAKELEY MYND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 May 09:17 until 20 May 10:20. . [BBC]

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