Freeview Light on the Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 6,800 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 Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, 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 Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Hemel Hempstead Town 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) | 154m | DTG- | 8W |
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) | 154m | DTG- | 8W |
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) | 154m | DTG- | 8W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Hemel Hempstead Town transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 34km southeast (136°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 35km southeast (133°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Hemel Hempstead Town (Hertfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C57tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C60tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 20W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 8W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:02 on 06 Nov to 08:43 on 06 Nov. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 today to 11:34 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:55 today to 03:22 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 yesterday to 11:34 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 yesterday to 11:34 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:55 today to 03:22 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 24 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 on 22 Nov to 11:34 on 22 Nov, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:55 yesterday to 03:22 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 25 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 on 22 Nov to 11:34 on 22 Nov, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:55 on 23 Nov to 03:22 on 23 Nov. [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:55 on 23 Nov to 03:22 on 23 Nov, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 on 22 Nov to 11:34 on 22 Nov. [BBC]
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Monday, 27 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:55 on 23 Nov to 03:22 on 23 Nov. [BBC]
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Thursday, 30 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:27 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 today to 13:49 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:27 today to 13:45 today. [BBC]
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