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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmitter.

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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 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),
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, 109 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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 Great! Movies Action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 69 HorrorXtra, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 16 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C24 (498.0MHz)	300m	DTG-8	2,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 71 That's 60s, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 70s, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C27 (522.0MHz)	300m	DTG-8	2,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 73 HobbyMaker, 76 That's 80s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 90 Together TV +1, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 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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markb
7:46 PM
Reigate

Have been using for a few years from with no issues. Final happened this morning. Retuned a few times, and then even did factory reset already, but still having 'juddering' issues with all on D3+4 on . Helped Neighbour with retune of 3 devices and they're having similar issues. Anyone know how to report this ? Drawn a blank so far !

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10:30 AM

- BBC TV Off Air; related from 00:23 yesterday to 02:07 yesterday [BBC]

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- BBC TV Off Air; related from 00:23 yesterday to 02:07 yesterday [BBC]

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- BBC TV Off Air; related from 00:23 on 18 Apr to 02:07 on 18 Apr [BBC]

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- BBC TV Off Air; related from 00:23 on 18 Apr to 02:07 on 18 Apr [BBC]

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Mhartes
7:37 AM

After 19th April 2012 and a re-tune (and a new Samsung Freeview telly) , I have lost loads of including BBC1 BBC2 ITV !! What a mess-up. Thank god I have got as a backup ! Mike Redhill, surrey

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Peter
11:30 AM

Since the retunes, I get pixillation on the relevant but only at certain times of day, mainly 7.30 to 10.30 in evening. I may have a faulty lead but the timing bothers me. Does anyone know if the ups its at peak times to meet supply demands. If so, this may overload the signal.

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NICK ADSL UK

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1:23 PM

Peter there is a general muck up across the board for many members of the public at this time so i would hold tight and not rush to get a cowboy to take a look
All genuine contractors that i have spoken to at this time are fully booked for the next 3 weeks at least so would hang fire

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Dave Lindsay

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2:03 PM

Peter: Transmitters don't vary their over the day.

You've said that you're in RH2. Whilst this is a large area, it is where the is. If you have good line of sight to it, your could be suffering from signal overload which at times overwhelms it. Perhaps a bit of attenuation wouldn't go a miss.

See:

Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

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Peter
2:10 PM

Thanks Dave. What is attenuation adn how do I effect that?

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