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.
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._______
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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Friday, 17 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
1:55 PM
1:55 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 17 Sep 10:05 until 17 Sep 11:03. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 17 Sep 10:05 until 17 Sep 11:03. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 19 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:49 AM
10:49 AM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 09:44 until 19 Sep 11:00. Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 17 Sep 10:05 until 17 Sep 11:03. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 17 Sep 10:05 until 17 Sep 11: [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:49 PM
1:49 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 09:44 until 19 Sep 11:00. Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 17 Sep 10:05 until 17 Sep 11:03. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 09:44 until 19 Sep 11:00. Slightly reduced pow [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:06 PM
12:06 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 09:44 until 19 Sep 11:00. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 09:44 until 19 Sep 11:00. . [BBC]
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Friday, 26 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:17 PM
3:17 PM
Guildford transmitter - Guildford 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
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
Guildford transmitter - Guildford 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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Friday, 3 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
GUILDFORD transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 30 Nov 10:40 until 30 Nov 12:21. . [BBC]
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Friday, 14 January 2022
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Nick Vandervell12:26 PM
Over the last month in the GU10 area we have experienced complete loss or severe pixillation of independent TV signals on most days from the Guildford transmitter. It appears to be due to high pressure weather conditions. Why can't a technical fix be made to stop this. Strangely it doesn't affect BBC which are on a different channel frequency.
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StevensOnln12:46 PM
Nick Vandervell: The problem is that the weather conditions cause the signals to travel further so signals from more distant transmitters which wouldn't usually be receivable start to interfere with signals on the same frequency from the transmitter you are trying to receive. There is nothing that can be done to the transmitters to fix it (increasing the power output will not help as that just increases interference elsewhere) as the transmitters aren't at fault, it's down to the laws of physics.
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Saturday, 15 January 2022
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Chris.SE2:02 AM
Nick Vandervell:
To add to what StevensOnln1 has said, different people will be affected differently depending on their location and which way their aerials are pointing. This will affect the channels that they may get in such conditions. In any event these conditions don't always affect several frequencies and/or at the same time. Problem interference can last seconds, minutes, sometimes hours or longer. The important thing (unless you want to go dxing) is to NOT retune.
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