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Wooburn (Buckinghamshire, England) digital TV transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Wooburn transmitter. The Wooburn transmitter covers 3,200 homes.

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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.

Wooburn transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

MuxEffective power level, aerial positionRatingModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 vertical
Maximum64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		20
Channel icons
1 BBC One London, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C48 (690.0MHz) from 142m datum.
PSB2
D3+4
 vertical
Maximum64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		20
Channel icons
3 ITV (London), 4 Channel 4 London ads, 5 Channel 5 London ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 London ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (London),
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C56 (754.0MHz) from 142m datum.
PSB3
BBCB
 vertical
Maximum256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s
DVB-T2 MPEG4		20
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, plus 1 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C52 (722.0MHz) from 142m datum.


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The Wooburn (Buckinghamshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.

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.

Regional news from the Wooburn transmitter


BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 38km east
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 40km east
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-18
aerial groupC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E
C48BBCABBCABBCA
700C49BBC1BBC1BBC1
C52BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCBBBCBBBCB
C56ITVITVITVD3+4D3+4D3+4
800C68C4C4C4

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 4th April and 18th April 2012.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4 100W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20W

History of Channel 3 in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc†
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Wooburn 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.


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Katie Free
Tuesday 12 May 2009 8:39PM
To whom it may concern,
My name is Ms Free. I live at 115 Wycombe lane which is in Wooburn Green near the REBRO on top of the hill which is to the west of my location. I am experiencing severe reception problems. One minute it is fine, the next it either loses it or is very choppy for hours. Please could you look into the problem for me and my neighbours, who are experiencing this problem too.

Yours faithfully,

Ms Katie Free
Mark Delaney
Monday 6 July 2009 5:57PM High Wycombe
Katie,

Assuming your house is on the same side of the road as most Wycombe lane houses .... step outside your front door and look to the right (towards the green and up the hill towards the excellent Pub/Hotel Chequers Inn) you should easily spot transmitter tower with the white thing stuck on the top. Does your aerial point at this?

It only gives out channels 1..4 (ie no Five or freeview) and gives excellent reception.

If your aerial is pointing some other direction then chances are reception will be a bit rubbish (hence why they built us our own personal transmitter for Wooburn Green and Bourne End)

.. if it points East into the hill opposite then it's probably trying to recieve Crystal Palace, if it points towards Bourne End then it's probably aimed at Hannington. I belive in the days before our personal transmitter the large 'H' aerials see see the tops of houses were used to try and get something from Crystal Palace (the main problem being the hill in the way infront of you!)

Given the number of aerials around Wooburn Green all pointing in random directions I suspect lots of people have had varying attempts at picking up the main transmitters ... I dunno how much had any success though as like you and I we all live in the bottom of a valley with no line of sight.

I suspect your perfect reception options are if you want more than just channels 1..4 then your only options are Freesat or Sky. ... (personally I got for the Freesat option)

Mark (who lives on the Green)
Brian Trowse
Thursday 8 July 2010 9:12AM
I live in the Wooburn Moor area using the local transmitter. It has been offline since approx 6pm Wednesday; it is still off now, 9am Thursday. What is the problem? There have been quite a few problems lately.
Christine Geaney
Thursday 8 July 2010 10:29AM
I live in Wooburn Green and the transmitter. has been offline from Wednesday evening and was still off this morning. Is anyone looking into the problem please
Transmitter engineering
Monday 25 October 2010 3:13PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO FAILURE from 14:51 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 25 October 2010 5:43PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO FAILURE from 14:51 today to 14:53 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 26 October 2010 4:13AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO FAILURE from 14:51 yesterday to 14:53 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 11 April 2011 9:37AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Over the next week Wooburn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 12 April 2011 1:39PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:56 today to 11:20 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:56 today to 11:20 today [BBC] Over the next week Wooburn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 13 April 2011 4:38AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:56 yesterday to 11:20 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:56 yesterday to 11:20 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Wooburn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 13 April 2011 6:45PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 today to 11:40 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:56 yesterday to 11:20 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 today to 11:40 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:56 yesterday to 11:20 yeste [BBC] Over the next week Wooburn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 14 April 2011 4:31AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 yesterday to 11:40 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 yesterday to 11:40 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Wooburn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 24 May 2011 2:38PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 today to 11:44 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 today to 11:44 today [BBC] Over the next week Wooburn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 25 May 2011 4:33AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 yesterday to 11:44 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 yesterday to 11:44 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Wooburn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 26 May 2011 4:34AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 on 24 May to 11:44 on 24 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 on 24 May to 11:44 on 24 May [BBC] Over the next week Wooburn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
tony
Friday 6 January 2012 9:55PM
will the wooburn repeater carry dab transmissions?
Dave Lindsay
Saturday 7 January 2012 12:15AM
tony: You're having a laugh!

It doesn't carry FM and is only a low power TV relay. I should expect that if you're going to receive DAB, then it will be from elsewhere, in much the same way as BBC national FM comes from elsewhere.
Mike Dimmick
Friday 23 March 2012 9:03PM
Here's one for the confusion stakes: according to Digital UK's final Installer Newsletter, on 4 April, ITV1 will move to BBC Two's frequency, and BBC One will move to ITV1's.

This is because BBC A will use the channel below BBC One analogue, and therefore BBC One has to move out of the way. With ITV1 already being displaced at Crystal Palace (because BBC Two uses C33, being released), doing this double-bounce means that only the ITV1 transmitter's input needs retuning, rather than having to retune the ITV1 transmitter to C33 and the BBC Two transmitter to C26.

Having a digital channel one below an analogue one requires the analogue channel to be more tightly filtered, and presumably adapting the BBC One transmitter isn't worth doing for just two weeks!
Andy
Sunday 1 April 2012 10:44AM London
When I first heard thst the Wooburn relay would only provide a minimal number of Freeview channels, I decided to get Freesat.
Now we are only days away from DSO, and there is still no hint of anything more than the basic PSB channels, I'm wondering if there is ANY hope of ever getting more channels than we will have on April 18th ?
I suspect there are going to be a lot of disappointed viewers of relay transmitters when they realise in a few days time that they are not getting all the channels that Crystal Palace viewers receive. Will they ever ?
Dave Lindsay
Sunday 1 April 2012 11:36AM
Andy: I to think that the "Freeview Lite" transmitters will be one of the biggest let-downs for a silent minority.

The new Freeview advert does not make clear that not all services are available in all areas.

Due to the way in which things are done these days, private commercial interests are allowed when decisions as far as coverage are being made. For an explanation of why the Commercial multiplexes won't broadcast from 1000 or so relays like Wooburn, see here:

www.ukfree.tv link icon Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

In some cases, reception may be possible from another transmitter that does carry these services, but this will of course, require a new aerial. Indeed, in some cases (with some transmitters), because of frequency planning, new aerials will be necessary to receive the Commercial multiplexes (but not the PSBs).
Andy
Sunday 1 April 2012 12:41PM High Wycombe
Dave: Thanks for your reply, and the link. Very informative.
I do think it's a pity that the third MUX (the ITV one) could not be better populated. It seems such a waste to give "relay viewers" those +1 channels, when they could have been given, say, ITV3 and ITV4. I have no problem with +1 channels when the platform has sufficient spare capacity, but that situation doesn't exist on Freeview.
Makes me glad that I went Freesat, and didn't wait for Freeview Lite !
J Baxter
Sunday 1 April 2012 1:12PM
My Sharp Aquos 46" tv has Qvc and Bid tv missing from the channel line up it was fine until two days ago could i do a manual add?
please advise.
Dave Lindsay
Sunday 1 April 2012 2:27PM
Andy: The broadcasters that rely on revenue from advertising are likely to base their decisions on what they consider to be maximising those revenue streams.

Evidently, one assumes, showing ITV1 an hour later (in Freeview Lite areas) is seen a better earner than ITV3.
Dave Lindsay
Sunday 1 April 2012 2:28PM
J Baxter: Please provide your location (preferrably in the form of post code) and we should be able to assist with the channel you need to manually tune to. Also, the direction your aerial may be useful, particularly if there are a number of possibilities.
tony
Sunday 20 May 2012 6:20PM
So we have just 4 of the 6 multiplex.what a con..if the tv companies said BEFORE we all bought the boxes instalation etc, then i would have kept sky!if we all complain to offcom..or if its a matter of cost,then why not ask all the residence the LIGHT repeater supplies,depending on cost, to pay a one off fee to install the required equipment?
KMJ,Derby
Sunday 20 May 2012 7:09PM
tony: Are you sure that you are out of range for reception of the full Freeview service from Crystal Palace? You would, of course require the correct aerial to receive it reliably, just as you did in the analogue days if you wanted Channel Five from Croydon. To be fair, you do expect to receive more channels with a subscription to Sky or V.M., but it is a fair point that advertisements for Freeview and DAB radio do need to make it clearer that provision of all services is not universal. Similarly it needs better information on "HD ready" equipment with regards to inability to receive Freeview HD (or Saorview in Ireland). Your idea for a one off contribution to cover the cost of installing the extra muxes on relay transmitters is interesting, but at this stage when Ofcom is looking at selling as much spectrum as possible for 4G, would be unlikely to be considered due to frequency shortage even if funding was available.
Andy
Wednesday 23 May 2012 9:50AM High Wycombe
tony: I cancelled Sky and got Freesat when it started because I had read about the Lite service on the relays. I have no regrets !
Having said that, one of my neighbours in Wooburn Manor Park gets a fair signal from Crystal Palace from his chimney-level aerial and is considering getting a better one installed. Wooburn is quite variable in it's CP reception, but there ARE locations where it works reasonably well.
So, if you can get ANY sort of signal from CP, you might want to consider an aerial upgrade.
Otherwise, since you already have a Sky dish, you could consider Freesat.
Compare the full Freeview channel list with Freesat's and see what you think.
Hope this helps.
And YES, the Freeview adverts don't make it clear that Lite relays offer a very limited channel line-up !
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 28 July 2012 11:00PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:16 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:16 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 29 July 2012 4:58AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:16 today to 22:02 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:16 today to 22:02 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 29 July 2012 8:00AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:16 yesterday to 22:02 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:16 yesterday to 22:02 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 30 July 2012 5:00AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:16 on 28 Jul to 22:02 on 28 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:16 on 28 Jul to 22:02 on 28 Jul [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 10 August 2012 5:00AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 yesterday to 23:19 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 11 August 2012 5:00AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 on 09 Aug to 23:19 on 09 Aug [BBC]
tony
Tuesday 18 September 2012 8:22PM High Wycombe
thanks for all your comments.yes i do have freesat as well as freeview albiet limited.my location is at the bottom of the road by the stream.not a good location..
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 6 March 2013 7:31PM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:27 today to 16:28 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 7 March 2013 4:31AM
WOOBURN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:27 yesterday to 16:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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