Freeview Light on the West Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter
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The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the West Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter.
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The symbol shows the location of the West Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter which serves 600 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.List by multiplex|
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See terrain plotWhich Freeview channels does the West Wycombe transmitter broadcast?
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | Aerial position | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1
BBCA | vertical max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 154m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 6W |
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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 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others 200 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC Radio 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC Radio 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service,
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PSB2
D3+4 | vertical max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 154m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 6W |
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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),
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PSB3
BBCB | vertical max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 154m | 256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4 | 6W |
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101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others 232 The Space,
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Are you trying to watch these 27 Freeview channels?
The
West Wycombe (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, BBC Red Button 2, 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.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the West Wycombe transmitter?
How will the West Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| years | | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-18 | |
| aerial group | | E | E | E | B E K | B E K | B E K | |
| C40 | | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |
| C43 | | ITV | ITV | ITV | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |
| C46 | | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |
| 800 | C67 | | C4 | C4 | C4 | | | | |
| orange background for multiplexes names more | 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 WItalics for
analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 4th April and 18th April 2012.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 28W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 5.6W | |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
| Sep 1955-Jul 1968 | Associated-Rediffusion† |
| Sep 1955-Jul 1968 | Associated TeleVision◊ |
| Jul 1968-Dec 1992 | Thames† |
| Jul 1968-Feb 2004 | London Weekend Television♦ |
| Jan 1993-Feb 2004 | Carlton† |
| Feb 2004-Dec 2014 | ITV plc† |
| Feb 2004-Dec 2014 | ITV plc♦ |
| | Feb 1983-Dec 1992 | TV-am• |
| Jan 1993-Sep 2010 | GMTV• |
| Sep 2010-Dec 2014 | ITV Daybreak• |
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• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. West Wycombe 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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tony smithWednesday 22 August 2007 4:48PM
High Wycombe
Regards
-Tonytony smith: 2012 is the date set for this transmitter, I'm afriad. WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - 5 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:45 today to 12:05 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:45 today to 12:05 today [BBC] 5 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:45 today to 12:05 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:45 today to 12:05 today [BBC] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:45 yesterday to 12:05 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:45 yesterday to 12:05 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:34 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:34 today [BBC] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:34 today to 15:15 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:34 today to 15:15 today [BBC] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:34 yesterday to 15:15 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:34 yesterday to 15:15 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:34 on 07 Jun to 15:15 on 07 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:34 on 07 Jun to 15:15 on 07 Jun [BBC] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:50 today to 14:30 today BBC ONE Off Air from 11:21 today to 12:42 today BBC TWO Off Air from 13:50 today to 14:30 today BBC TWO Off Air from 11:21 today to 12:42 today [BBC] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:50 yesterday to 14:30 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air from 11:21 yesterday to 12:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 13:50 yesterday to 14:30 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 11:21 yesterday to 12:42 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week West Wycombe relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK] D
David ReichenbergSunday 11 December 2011 9:07AM
High Wycombe
All the houses use sky to get free channels at the moment.
My questions are:
1. Will the repeater station be set up to transmit freeview to us poor souls with no direct line of site.
ie how can I found out?
2. Alternative transmitters after switchover could be Hannington, Guildford or Crystal Palace. Is this realistic? If so, how can I tell if I have line of sight to these and the general signal level I'll receive.
I don't mind setting up a high gain group aerial on a tall mast etc.
3. Will I get the full range of freeview programs? Reading your site it seems that Freeview programs vary. I'm looking forward to getting DAVE, YESTERDAY and QUEST after DSO (which you can't get on sky FTA) but maybe I/we won't.
Thanks for your help. WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 10:13 today to 12:48 today BBC ONE Off Air from 13:50 today to 14:45 today BBC TWO Off Air from 13:50 today to 14:45 today BBC TWO Off Air from 10:13 today to 12:48 today [BBC] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:50 today to 14:45 today BBC ONE Off Air from 10:13 today to 12:48 today BBC TWO Off Air from 13:50 today to 14:45 today BBC TWO Off Air from 10:13 today to 12:48 today [BBC] WEST WYCOMBE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:50 on 16 Feb to 14:45 on 16 Feb BBC ONE Off Air from 10:13 on 16 Feb to 12:48 on 16 Feb BBC TWO Off Air from 13:50 on 16 Feb to 14:45 on 16 Feb BBC TWO Off Air from 10:13 on 16 Feb to 12:48 on 16 Feb [BBC] updates
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