Freeview Light on the Old Coulsdon (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Old Coulsdon (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 800 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 Old Coulsdon (Greater London, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Old Coulsdon (Greater London, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Old Coulsdon 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 | H max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 175m | DTG-3 | 2W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 175m | DTG-3 | 2W |
 3 ITV (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, 25 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV +1 (London), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 175m | DTG-6 | 2W |
 73 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Old Coulsdon (Greater London, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Old Coulsdon transmitter?
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 23km north (359°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Old Coulsdon (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
| E | E | E | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C44 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C45 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C48 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C66 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
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Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
OLD COULSDON 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
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
OLD COULSDON 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
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
OLD COULSDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 yesterday to 23:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 21 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
OLD COULSDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 on 19 Dec to 23:18 on 19 Dec. [BBC]
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Sunday, 6 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
OLD COULSDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 today to 15:33 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 7 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
OLD COULSDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 yesterday to 15:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
OLD COULSDON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 on 06 Oct to 15:33 on 06 Oct. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
OLD COULSDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:52 until 10 Mar 01:55. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:46 until 10 Mar 01:50. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
OLD COULSDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Oct 15:32 until 6 Oct 15:33. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 29 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 PM
10:27 PM
OLD COULSDON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Oct 17:58 until 29 Oct 17:59. . [BBC]
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