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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Friday, 1 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 yesterday to 13:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:27 yesterday to 13:45 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 2 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 30 Nov to 13:49 on 30 Nov, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:27 on 30 Nov to 13:45 on 30 Nov. [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:27 today to 10:49 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 8 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:27 yesterday to 10:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 9 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:27 on 07 Dec to 10:49 on 07 Dec. [BBC]
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Monday, 11 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:10 yesterday to 12:48 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:27 on 07 Dec to 10:49 on 07 Dec. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:27 on 07 Dec to 10:49 on 07 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:10 yesterday to 12:48 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:10 on 10 Dec to 12:48 on 10 Dec. [BBC]
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Sunday, 7 January 2018
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gtibb11:41 AM
Advance warning (700Mhz Clearance):
The latest details for this relay is that, along with the St. Albans relay, this will become a single frequency network with Hemel Hempstead (Bedmond) from March 2018 utilising channels 41, 44 & 47. Anyone using legacy analogue aerials will require them changing to wideband to continue using the relay effectively. (Information from the latest Television Viewers Guide).
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Thursday, 25 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 PM
4:29 PM
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:58 on 22 Jan to 12:02 today. [BBC]
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