Freeview Light on the Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) 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 Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Upper Soudley 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 156m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 156m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C50 (706.0MHz) | 156m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Upper Soudley transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 86km north-northeast (27°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 86km north-northeast (27°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Upper Soudley (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 30 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:43 PM
3:43 PM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jan 13:16. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:50 PM
4:50 PM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jan 13:16 until 30 Jan 13:57. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:51 AM
7:51 AM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Mar 06:12 until 19 Mar 06:24. . [BBC]
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Friday, 24 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Sep 05:36 until 24 Sep 05:53. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:06 AM
9:06 AM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Sep 06:29. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Sep 05:36 until 24 Sep 05:53. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:06 PM
12:06 PM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Sep 06:29 until 24 Sep 10:12. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Sep 05:36 until 24 Sep 05:53. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:49 AM
5:49 AM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Sep 06:29 until 24 Sep 10:12. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 17 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:30 PM
11:30 PM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 17 Oct 22:03. . [BBC]
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Monday, 18 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:29 AM
5:29 AM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 17 Oct 22:03 until 18 Oct 05:51. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
UPPER SOUDLEY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 02:55. . [BBC]
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