Full Freeview on the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.254,-0.200 or 51°15'15"N 0°12'0"W

RH2 9RN

The symbol shows the location of the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 70,000 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 Reigate (Surrey, England) mast?

Reigate transmitter - Reigate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Reigate 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	C23- (489.8MHz)	297m	DTG-	2,000W
	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	C26 (514.0MHz)	297m	DTG-	2,000W
	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	C30 (546.0MHz)	297m	DTG-	2,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	297m	DTG-8	2,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C24 (498.0MHz)	300m	DTG-8	2,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C27 (522.0MHz)	300m	DTG-8	2,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Reigate (Surrey, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Reigate transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 30km north (6°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 31km north (9°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	21 Mar 2018
	C/D E	E	E	W T	A K T
C21				+SDN	SDN
C23					BBCA
C24				ArqA	ArqA
C26					D3+4
C27				ArqB	ArqB
C30					BBCB
C35					_local
C42		C5_waves	C5_waves
C51_{tv_off}				_local
C53_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB
C57_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4
C60_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	-BBCA
C63	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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	10kW
Analogue 5	(-3dB) 5kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B	(-17dB) 200W
Mux C, Mux D	(-20dB) 100W

Local transmitter maps

Reigate Freeview Crystal Palace TV region BBC London London

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992	Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc†

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Reigate 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?

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David
10:09 PM
Redhill

Hi ,
Location: RH1 3LP
I currently get fine Freeview SD from the , however having got a new TV with a , I'm now getting frustrated with having to wait until 2012 for the Reigate HD switch to be flicked! Do you think I'd be able to pick up the transmitter, which is broadcasting HD?

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glenda worthy
2:47 PM

Hi All
Have not received any with my query re excellent but no HD on my Samsung HD LED with built in freeview.
I am in EN11 area which I presume is which is broadcasting HD.
Could it be a fault with the TV which is new? Could my Virgin box create ?
Are my wires crossed? I am female and not a techo so am a bit confused.

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Neil Bell

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5:05 PM

Glenda Just a thought has your Samsung TV got an HD tuner? What model number is it?

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glenda worthy
7:00 PM

Thanks Neil
Well I thought so as it is fully HD not just
Model number UE40C5100

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Briantist

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9:17 AM

glenda worthy: UE40C51003 is "just ", it is not listed as having DVB-T2/. You will need a Freeview HD box for this set.

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Barbara
8:45 PM

Hi
I have a Samsung SyncMaster T260HD (Model LS267DVSUV/EN). All was fine initially but then a couple of weeks ago there was an intermittent fault where the is pixillated and sometimes it freezes. This seems to happen whether I am watching the TV or watching the box (that I have linked to the video) through the tv. The problem usually arises when I am recording something. I live in Redhill so I assume that the is directed towards .

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Barbara
9:59 AM

I should add that I've lost stations too. I can't get Yesterday anymore and sometimes goes and is particularly prone to pixillation. I know those stations have weaker but they were fine before my new tv and yet now even the pre-existing box is unable to get Yesterday.

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10:28 AM

Barbara: Please can you see the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?

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AlexG

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4:39 PM
Redhill

David . You will not get anything from at all, the view is blocked by the North Downs! If you want HD now, get and a .

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David
11:36 AM
Redhill

Pah - curse those North Downs. I guess I'll have to wait, or get a very, very tall ! Thanks for the response, Alex.

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