Full Freeview on the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 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.
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?
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 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C51tv_off | _local | ||||||||
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 / 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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
quinto: Assuming that your aerial is directed at Crystal Palace (south east), try manually tuning to Ch31.
The HD multiplex from Crystal Palace is not on the same power as the other digital services and therefore doesn't have as a wide a coverage area. In particular, Sandy Heath also uses the same frequency for one of its services, so you could be suffering from interference from it to boot.
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
quinto rafique: Please also see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ...
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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
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Colin Overall5:21 PM
What has happened to Channel 12 from the Reigate transmitter
thanks
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Margaret7:12 PM
Redhill
We have had no digital TV reception since early this afternoon,(7th March) a retune has managed to get rid of most channels, neighbours have the same problem. Getting fedf up with constant interuptions this way. Please sort this out asap.
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Margaret's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb387:58 PM
Margaret: It has actually been published that there is liable to be interruptions to Reigates Freeview service over the coming week in connection to work being carried out in preparation for switchover taking place between 4th / 18th of April.
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Friday, 9 March 2012
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Chris8:30 PM
Since earlier this week we have had no reception from Mux 1 (BBC1 and BBC2). Has the power been reduce or some other change that would have caused this.
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KMJ,Derby9:59 PM
Chris: There are no changes shown for Mux1, however early on Wednesday morning (7th March 2012) the power of Mux2 and MuxA was increased to 2kW and MuxB to 1kW. This was to counteract possible interference from the new vertically polarised digital transmissions being introduced on the same frequencies at Rowridge for DSO. It is possible that your receiver is now overlooking the weaker signal on Mux1 in the face of these nearby stronger signals.
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Saturday, 10 March 2012
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Ashley1:34 PM
Hi KMJ,
That sounds plausible.
Do you have any recommendations as to how to resolve the issue though? I have also been unable to receive MUX1 in Reigate for the last few days...
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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Claire3:01 PM
Reigate
I've lost many of my freeview TV channels, but predominantly the BBC ones. The other ones that I do still have are saying bad signal....I'm in central Reigate. I haven't been around the last few days but I have noticed my freeview box hasn't been recording programmes for the last 4 days, presumably because the signal was so bad. I've tried re-tuning but that just resulted in more channels being lost. And I've tried changing the aerial cable.
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Claire's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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Chris7:28 PM
KJM - Thanks for that info that you provided. I've now fixed (improved) the issue. I have a masthead amplifier and in order to get the Mux1 channels (BBC1, BBC2, etc.) back, I had to turn down the power on the amplifier (luckily it's a variable amplifier). I turned it down as much as possible and it's much improved. I actually think that I need to remove the amplifier completely to get the best signal. I've noticed some other people on here also experiencing loss of channels in the Reigate / Redhill area so maybe they have the same issue and need to reduce the strength of the signal they are receiving.
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