Freeview Light on the Porlock (Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Porlock (Somerset, 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 Porlock (Somerset, England) transmitter._______
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 Porlock (Somerset, 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 Porlock 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 195m | DTG- | 5W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 195m | DTG- | 5W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 195m | DTG- | 5W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Porlock (Somerset, 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 Porlock transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 75km east-northeast (68°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 77km east-northeast (70°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Porlock (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | +BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C24 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C27 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C48 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C52tv_off | 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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 25W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 5W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Friday, 24 February 2012
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Ray Coville10:03 PM
Please explain why I cannot recieve the same freeview stations in Porlock, West Somerset, as I can on Hayling Island, Hampshire. For example, no Sky News, Film 4 or 5 USA.
Regards
Ray Coville
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KMJ,Derby10:24 PM
Ray Coville: If your aerial is pointing to the Porlock relay transmitter you will only receive the PSB muxes. The COM mux owners declined to extend coverage to further relay sites due to the extra costs that would have been incurred. It is possible to receive the COM muxes from transmitters in Wales in some parts of Porlock. Carmel is probably the best one to try.
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
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j. davis2:11 PM
Minehead
when is the digital signal going to be fixed in porlock, somerset.
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j.'s: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
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P G Bartlett6:07 PM
We have lost our freeview signal in Porlock Somerset
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Monday, 27 June 2022
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Ward10:57 AM
Minehead
Ta24 8nb Porlock antenna. My free View reception is often pixelating. Today we have signal level of 92% but bit error level is all over the place, up to 500. Channels 1,2,3,4 all affected. I can see the mast from our window and the free view tv is connected to a loft mounted aerial. I do not believe we have anything in the house that would cause interference. Any ideas? Is the quality of transmitted signal monitored all the time?
Ps. My friend who runs a caravan site at ta24 8qt has terrible reception for the last month.
Regards Keith Ward
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Chris.SE1:22 PM
Ward:
Hi. Some basic checks, have you retuned at all recently? If so, check in your TV tuning section you are correctly tuned to Porlock's UHF channels which are C24, C27, C21 for BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2 and BBCB HD/PSB3.
Other signals can be received in your location and some of the recent weather conditions can cause Tropospheric Ducting/Temperature Inversion which could make such signals quite strong.
Porlock is a relay of Mendip and Mendip has had Planned Engineering in recent weeks and that may be affecting the signals at Porlock, nothing can be done about that, one has to wait for work to be complete. There are no recently reported faults or engineering at Porlock.
Have you checked your aerial hasn't been inadvertently disturbed, it should be pointing compass bearing 234 degrees (9 degrees W of SW) with the rods vertical, also check you haven't had any vermin chewing cables!
Your friend's caravan site is not in a "predicted" Freeview reception area. That doesn't mean that he wouldn't be able to get any reception as predictions aren't 100% but it does mean reception could be quite variable to poor. Reception may even be from an "out of area" transmitter. Do you know which way his aerial points and which way the rods are?
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