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Freeview reception at GU8 6HT


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 1 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of GU86HT (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 4G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception at some point from 2020 when the 5G 700MHz services start.

For actual mobile phone reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 T-Mobile EE Virgin

Predicted Freeview channel list

1BBC One (SD)Guildford LondonPSB1
2BBC TwoGuildford LondonPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Guildford LondonPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Guildford LondonPSB2
5Channel 5Guildford LondonPSB2
 
6ITV 2Guildford LondonPSB2
9BBC FourGuildford LondonPSB1
10ITV3Guildford LondonPSB2
11Sky ArtsGuildford COM5
12QuestGuildford COM6
 
13E4Guildford LondonPSB2
14Film4Guildford LondonPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Guildford LondonPSB2
17ReallyGuildford COM5
18More4Guildford LondonPSB2
 
19DaveGuildford COM5
20DramaGuildford COM4
215USAGuildford COM4
23BBC ThreeGuildford LondonPSB1
25WGuildford COM6
 
26ITV4Guildford LondonPSB2
27YesterdayGuildford COM6
29ITV2 +1Guildford COM4
30E4 +1Guildford LondonPSB2
31E4 ExtraGuildford COM5
 
325STARGuildford COM4
335ActionGuildford COM4
34GREAT! moviesGuildford COM6
35ITV1 +1Guildford LondonPSB2
36pickGuildford COM5
 
39DMAXGuildford COM6
40Quest RedGuildford COM5
41LegendGuildford COM4
42GREAT! movies actionGuildford COM4
43Food NetworkGuildford COM5
 
44HGTVGuildford COM6
46Channel 5 +1Guildford COM4
47Film4 +1Guildford COM5
48ChallengeGuildford COM5
494sevenGuildford COM5
 
565SELECTGuildford PSB3
57Smithsonian ChannelGuildford COM5
58ITVBe +1Guildford COM4
59ITV3 +1Guildford COM4
60Drama +1Guildford COM5
 
64BlazeGuildford COM4
67CBS RealityGuildford COM4
70Quest +1Guildford COM5
71Quest Red +1Guildford COM6
73HobbyMakerGuildford COM6
 
74Dave ja vuGuildford COM4
75Yesterday +1Guildford COM5
78TCCGuildford COM4
81Blaze +1Guildford COM4
82Talking Pictures TVGuildford COM6
 
83Together TVGuildford COM5
84PBS AmericaGuildford COM6
88Classic HitsGuildford COM6
89ITV4 +1Guildford COM4
101BBC One HDGuildford PSB3
 
102BBC Two HDGuildford PSB3
103UTV HDGuildford PSB3
103STV HDGuildford PSB3
103ITV 1 HDGuildford PSB3
104Channel 4 HDGuildford PSB3
 
105Channel 5 HDGuildford PSB3
106BBC Four HDGuildford PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDGuildford PSB3
109BBC Three HDGuildford PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Guildford PSB3
 
201CBBCGuildford LondonPSB1
202CBeebiesGuildford LondonPSB1
203CITVGuildford COM4
204CBBC HDGuildford PSB3
205CBeebies HDGuildford PSB3
 
208Pop PlayerGuildford COM4
209Ketchup TVGuildford COM4
210Ketchup TooGuildford COM4
211YAAAS!Guildford COM4
231BBC NewsGuildford LondonPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentGuildford LondonPSB1
233Sky NewsGuildford COM5
235Al Jazeera EngGuildford COM6
250BBC Red ButtonGuildford LondonPSB1

 

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Comments
Saturday, 31 December 2016
T
Tudor
3:55 PM
Ebbw Vale

Good afternoon,
Can you please tell me if I can use an indoor aerial to receive TV channels from my home at NP23 5QR

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MikeP
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5:09 PM

Tudor:

You are just 3km from the Ebbw Vale transmitter so you might get some signals but indoor aerials of the type stood in the same room as the TV are rarely much use - even people moving in the room or nearby affects reception badly! However, there is a hill in the way so that would make reception very unreliable. The other option is to use Abergavenny but that is almost 7km away so again an indoor aerial is not likely to give reliable reception. Likewise, Baina will be very poor due to the hills.

I would suggest an aerial mounted outside, usualy on the chimney stack or some other convenient strong point, and aimed at the Abergavenny transmitter on a bearing of 82 degrees. You need a Group b or a log-periodic aerial with the cross roads mounted vertically. You should then manually tune to channels 39, 42 and 45. (Automatic tuning may well pick up some signals from Wenvoe which will give very poor reception.)



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MikeP
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5:11 PM

Chris:

Glad to have been of help. Enjoy all 77 channels you now have.



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Tuesday, 3 January 2017
P
P. Riedl
2:19 PM
Romney Marsh

Can I use an indoor aerial at my address at TN29 9NS?

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MikeP
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4:48 PM

P Riedl:

Very, very unlikely. Indoor aerials are not at all sensitive enough for most viewers to get any reliable reception. You are quite some distance from any of the three possible transmitters so you would not get good reception with an indoor aerial.

I strongly recommend you have an aerial fitted externally, typically on a chimney stack or a strong bracket.



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C Watmore
9:23 PM

T V pixelating BBC 1 ITV and other Channels the same, very bad today 2nd Jan2017. Ok on full HD channels been like it for around 10 days

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R
Ricky
10:23 PM

Can I use a loft aerial in my home at
If3 8qp.

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R
Ricky
10:26 PM
Inverness

Sorry wrong code it should have been iv3 8qp

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MikeB
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11:22 PM

C Watmore : We need a postcode, transmitter used, signal strength on both HD and SD channels.

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Wednesday, 4 January 2017
S
Stef Neumann
2:11 PM
Horsham

Hi folks and Happy New Year!

Location: RH13 9BG, Transmitter: Midhurst. Rooftop aerial (C/D). Setup has been working fine for years. Aerial seems to still point the right way, booster amp in loft appears to be working.

We experience Freeview issues since just before Christmas. Reception is good for most channels (incl HD) and fair on ARQB (CH50) and ARQA (CH59), but ... in sunshine only! As soon as it gets dark or even just cloudy, usually strong channels pixellate and have chopped sound and weaker ones show 'no reception or scrambled signal'. My Humax (HDR FOX T2) shows signal strengths around 30% and quality around 10% (watchable threshold is above 40% quality) on channels 50, 54, 55, 56, 58 and 59.
In sunshine, signal strength exceeds 50% & quality is typically above 70%. Similar results seen on Sony and Samsung TVs' internal tuners.

Any/all suggestions for diagnosis or fix welcome.

Many thanks in anticipation.

Stef

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