News

Freeview

Freesat

Maps

Radio

Help!

Archive (2002-)

Click to see updates

Full Freeview on the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

Google map

Bing map

Google Earth

51.228,-0.605 or 51°13'42"N 0°36'18"W

GU2 7RW

The symbol shows the location of the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 48,000 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 Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

_______

Which Freeview channels does the Guildford 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	C41 (634.0MHz)	192m	DTG-	2,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C44 (658.0MHz)	192m	DTG-	2,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C47 (682.0MHz)	192m	DTG-	2,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C37 (602.0MHz)	192m	DTG-8	2,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C31 (554.0MHz)	191m	DTG-8	2,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C32 (562.0MHz)	191m	DTG-8	2,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?

The Guildford (Surrey, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Guildford transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 45km northeast (43°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 47km northeast (44°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	18 Apr 2018
	B E T	B E T	B E T	B E T	K T
C31					ArqA
C32					ArqB
C33					_local
C37					SDN
C40	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB
C41					BBCA
C43	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA
C44					D3+4
C46	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	D3+4
C47					BBCB
C48				SDN
C49_{tv_off}				ArqB
C50_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves
C51_{tv_off}				_local
C52_{tv_off}				ArqA

_{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
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B*	(-17dB) 200W
Mux 1, Mux C, Mux D*	(-20dB) 100W

Local transmitter maps

Guildford Freeview Guildford DAB Crystal Palace TV region BBC London London

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992	Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc†

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Guildford was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Mrs C McAuliffe
9:34 AM

Postcode GU10 1FA
We are not receiving any on COM5. & COM6
ArqA. ArqB
This is since Sunday 29th January 2017
Please advise on solution
We have followed your instructions given

link to this comment

Mrs C McAuliffe's 1 post

Thursday, 23 February 2017

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

1:33 PM

- Freeview: BBC TV Very Weak from 10:26 today to 10:38 today, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:27 today to 10:39 today. [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Friday, 24 February 2017

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

4:32 AM

- Freeview: BBC TV Very Weak from 10:26 to 10:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:27 yesterday to 10:39 yesterday. [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Saturday, 25 February 2017

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

4:32 AM

- Freeview: BBC TV Very Weak from 10:26 on 23 Feb to 10:38 on 23 Feb, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:27 on 23 Feb to 10:39 on 23 Feb. [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Monday, 10 April 2017

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

2:33 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:47 today to 11:50 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak from 11:41 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 today. [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

5:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:08 today to 14:12 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak from 11:41 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 today. [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

8:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:08 today to 14:12 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak from 11:41 today to 13:26 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 today to 13:26 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 today to 13:26 today, Radio 4 FM Wea [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

5:32 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:08 to 14:12 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak from 11:41 yesterday to 13:26 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 yesterday to 13:26 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 yesterday to [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

5:31 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:08 on 10 Apr to 14:12 on 10 Apr. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak from 11:41 on 10 Apr to 13:26 on 10 Apr, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 on 10 Apr to 13:26 on 10 Apr, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:41 on 10 Apr to [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Wednesday, 14 June 2017

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

11:32 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:18 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:06 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:06 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:06 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:06 today. [BBC]

link to this comment

Transmitter engineering's 139,672 posts

Select more comments

Page 51

Your comment please

Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

If you have no satellite signal, see Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'

If you have other problems, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) and indicate where if aerial is on the roof, in the loft or elsewhere.

UK Free TV is here to help people. If you are rude or disrespectful all of your posts will be deleted and you will be banned.
Your comments
Your name
Your email
Your site or @twitter
Email me updates
Save my details

Privacy policy: UK Free Privacy policy.