Full Freeview on the Guildford (Surrey, England) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Guildford (Surrey, England) mast?
Guildford transmitter - Guildford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 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 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.
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 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | SDN | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | ||||||||
| C52tv_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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Monday, 25 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:50 PM
4:50 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 25 Jan 11:05 until 25 Jan 14:03. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 25 Jan 11:17 until 25 Jan 13:53. . [BBC]
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Monday, 15 February 2021
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roy rippingale3:30 PM
The last two evenings (and day time) freeview - bbc picture is "violently breaking up" . What is cause, what can I do?
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Chris.SE10:36 PM
roy rippingale:
Assuming you normally get your signals from the Guildford transmitter depending on your location (you may get several transmitters including Crystal Palace) then I can't find and reports of faults and the transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering. The Crystal Palace transmitter has had Planned Engineering.
Check in your TV's tuning section that you are correctly tuned to the UHF channels for Guildford - they are -
C41, C44, C47, C37, C31, C32 in the order PSBs 1-3, COMs4-6. Your aerial rods will be vertical for Guildford.
If on the other hand you normally get signals from Crystal Palace, your aerial rods will be horizontal pointing roughly ENE, so the channels will be C23, C26, C30, C25, C22, C28, C55, C35 in the same order but with the addition of COM7 and the Local Multiplex. How well/if you receive the last two will depend on location.
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Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:39 AM
10:39 AM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 10:20. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:37 PM
1:37 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 10:20 until 2 Mar 11:09. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:36 PM
4:36 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 10:20 until 2 Mar 11:09. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 10:17 until 2 Mar 11:05. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 March 2021
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Chris.SE5:28 AM
roy rippingale: et al:
Just to add to my post on Monday, 15 February 2021, I omitted to note the Local Mux from Guildford on UHF C33.
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Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:33 PM
2:33 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 31 Aug 11:30. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:33 PM
5:33 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 31 Aug 11:30 until 31 Aug 12:55. . [BBC]
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Friday, 17 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 17 Sep 10:05 until 17 Sep 11:03. . [BBC]
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