Freeview Light on the St Helier transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the St Helier transmitter which serves 2,000 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 St Helier 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 St Helier 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 St Helier 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 | C59 (778.0MHz) | 75m | DTG- | 40W |
1 BBC One (SD) Channel Islands, 2 BBC Two Channel Islands, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C52 (722.0MHz) | 75m | DTG- | 40W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Channel), 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, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48+ (690.2MHz) | 75m | DTG- | 40W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Channel Islands, 102 BBC Two HD Channel Islands, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The St Helier 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 St Helier transmitter?
BBC Channel Islands News 0.0m homes 0.2%
from St Helier JE2 3PL, 1,454km west-southwest (254°)
to BBC Channel Islands region - 8 masts.
ITV Channel News 0.0m homes 0.2%
from St Helier JE1 3ZD, 1,454km west-southwest (254°)
to ITV Channel region - 8 masts.
How will the St Helier transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
C48 | +BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C52tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C65 | 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 17 Nov 10 and 17 Nov 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 40W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-0.7dB) 34W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Fremont Point transmitter area
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Monday, 8 October 2018
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StevensOnln14:48 PM
Mick Blampied: We need a full postcode to access your predicted coverage, or you could enter it yourself into the the Digital UK checker, tick the detailed view box and it will show you predicted signal strength.
Digital UK - Coverage checker
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Friday, 17 September 2021
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St Helier transmitter - St Helier transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/09/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 20 September 2021
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St Helier transmitter - St Helier transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/09/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 27 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
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St Helier transmitter - St Helier transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/09/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
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St Helier transmitter - St Helier transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 26 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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St Helier transmitter - St Helier transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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St Helier transmitter - St Helier transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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