Freeview Light on the Otford (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Otford (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 1,400 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 Otford (Kent, England) mast?
Otford transmitter - Otford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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.
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 Otford (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 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, YAAAS!, 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, More4 +1, Now 70s, Paramount Network, 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 Otford 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 206m | DTG-3 | 6W |
 1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 206m | DTG-3 | 6W |
 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, 29 E4 +1, 34 ITV +1 (London), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 206m | DTG-6 | 6W |
 72 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 Otford (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 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, YAAAS!, 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, More4 +1, Now 70s, Paramount Network, 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 Otford transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 32km northwest (311°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 31km northwest (315°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Otford (Kent, 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 | A K T | |||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 31W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 6.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Monday, 11 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
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OTFORD transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 11 January 2019
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Sandra Welham3:02 PM
HELP. Since yesterday, 10th Jan 2019, I have no BBC channels, tv or radio. There was un update yesterday for film 4 which I updated and then I was left with no bbc. I have done a factory reset 3 times now and still nothing. The same thing happened in March 2018 but the factory reset worked. What do I do now?
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StevensOnln14:30 PM
Sandra Welham: Firstly check for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV. If you're using the Otford relay you could try manual tuning on UHF channel 29 (if your TV has a manual tuning function).
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Friday, 17 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
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Otford transmitter - Otford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/09/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 20 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
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Otford transmitter - Otford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/09/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 27 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
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Otford transmitter - Otford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/09/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
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Otford transmitter - Otford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 26 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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Otford transmitter - Otford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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