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51.056,-1.807 or 51°3'21"N 1°48'26"W

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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

A retune will happen 15 May 2013 to clear C62: COM4 C62 to C50. When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 2 multiplexes in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C59: ArqA, C60: D3+4
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

Transmitter fauls and engineering works

SALISBURY transmitter - Over the next week Salisbury main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally.

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The symbol shows the location of the Salisbury transmitter which serves 31,000 homes.

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Meridian (South Coast micro region)

Radiation patterns

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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.

Salisbury 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.

Mux	Effective power level, aerial position	Rating	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000
	1 BBC One South, 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 C57 (762.0MHz) from 153m datum.
PSB2 D3+4	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000
	3 ITV (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast), • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C60 (786.0MHz) from 153m datum.
PSB3 BBCB	vertical	Maximum	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	2,000
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C53 (730.0MHz) from 153m datum.
COM4 SDN	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free*), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C50 (706.0MHz) from 153m datum.
COM5 ArqA	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000
	TV News, TV Stars, 11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C59 (778.0MHz) from 152m datum.
COM6 ArqB	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C55 (746.0MHz) from 152m datum.

Regional news from the Salisbury transmitter

BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 32km east-southeast
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 44km east-southeast
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 36 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	15/5/13-	2013-18
	aerial group	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E
700	C50					SDN	SDN
	C51						local
	C52			-D
	C53	C4	C4	C4	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C55			-1	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C56			-2
	C57	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C59			-A	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
	C60	ITV	ITV	ITV	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
800	C62			-B	SDN
	C63	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2
	C65			C
	C68		C5	C5

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green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz 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 7th March and 21st March 2012.

Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Salisbury could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Salisbury transmitter using C51

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4	10kW
Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 1, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C	(-10dB) 1000W
Mux D*	(-11.9dB) 640W
Mux 2*	(-14.9dB) 320W

History of Channel 3 in the Rowridge transmitter area

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Salisbury 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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Transmitter engineering
Monday 15 April 2013 1:31PM

SALISBURY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:16 on 13 Apr to 09:24 on 13 Apr, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:18 today to 09:26 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 18:27 on 13 Apr to 18:35 on 13 Apr. [BBC]

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