Full Freeview on the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 31,000 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 Salisbury (Wiltshire, 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 Salisbury (Wiltshire, 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury (Wiltshire, 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 Salisbury transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-south-today.jpg)
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 32km east-southeast (120°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-meridian.jpg)
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 44km east-southeast (116°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
C23 | _local | ||||||||
C29 | SDN | ||||||||
C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C51tv_off | _local | _local | _local | ||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C59tv_off | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
C62 | SDN | ||||||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C68 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-10dB) 1000W | |
Mux D* | (-11.9dB) 640W | |
Mux 2* | (-14.9dB) 320W |
Local transmitter maps
Salisbury Freeview Salisbury DAB Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
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Sunday, 8 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 8 Nov 04:26 until 8 Nov 04:40. . [BBC]
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Monday, 30 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:27 PM
7:27 PM
SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 30 Nov 13:42 until 30 Nov 13:45. . [BBC]
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Friday, 4 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
3:38 PM
3:38 PM
SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 4 Dec 13:01. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 30 Nov 13:42 until 30 Nov 13:45. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 5 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:50 PM
4:50 PM
SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 4 Dec 13:01. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:43 PM
7:43 PM
SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 4 Dec 13:01 until 5 Dec 17:26. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:35 PM
6:35 PM
SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 27 Feb 16:38 until 27 Feb 16:53. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:33 PM
3:33 PM
SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 14 Jun 11:29 until 14 Jun 11:54. Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jun 10:41 until 14 Jun 11:53. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:08 PM
4:08 PM
Salisbury transmitter - Salisbury transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/06/2021 Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Friday, 18 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
Salisbury transmitter - Salisbury transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/06/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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