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51.254,-0.200 or 51°15'15"N 0°12'0"W

RH2 9RN

4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

Tests now show that SOME households that use masthead amplifiers (and some communal aerial systems) AND are in poor signal areas AND that are very close to a 4G phone mast MAY have their Freeview service disturbed: C21: SDN, C60: BBCA
See Expecting 4G interference? Tests now show that you have a one in 300 chance.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmitter. Click to recheck

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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

What do the colours on the map mean?

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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Reigate 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	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical max	C60- (785.8MHz)	297m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000W
	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
PSB2 D3+4	vertical max	C57 (762.0MHz)	297m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000W
	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),
PSB3 BBCB	vertical max	C53 (730.0MHz)	297m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	2,000W
	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,
COM4 SDN	vertical max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	297m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000W
	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 21 others
COM5 ArqA	vertical max	C24 (498.0MHz)	300m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000W
	11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	vertical max	C27 (522.0MHz)	300m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2,000W
	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 22 others

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Reigate transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 30km north
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 30km north
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group	C/D E	E	W	W	W	W
	C21			2	+SDN	+SDN	+SDN
	C24			A	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
	C27			B	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
600	C31			1
	C39			+C
	C42		C5	C5
700	C51						local
	C53	C4	C4	C4	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C57	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C60	ITV	ITV	ITV	-BBCA	-BBCA	-BBCA
800	C63	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2
	C66			D

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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 4th April and 18th April 2012.

Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Reigate including parts of Crawley could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Reigate transmitter using C51

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4	10kW
Analogue 5	(-3dB) 5kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B	(-17dB) 200W
Mux C, Mux D	(-20dB) 100W

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•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Reigate 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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