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Freeview Light on the Caterham (Surrey, England) transmitter

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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C59: BBCA
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

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

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The symbol shows the location of the Caterham (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 2,100 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.


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Caterham transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 vertical max
C59 (778.0MHz)204m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		6W
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

PSB2
D3+4
 vertical max
C55 (746.0MHz)204m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		6W
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 vertical max
C50 (706.0MHz)204m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		6W
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



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The Caterham (Surrey, 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 Caterham transmitter


BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 26km north-northwest
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 27km north
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
700C50BBCBBBCBBBCB
C55BBC1BBC1BBC1D3+4D3+4D3+4
C59ITVITVITVBBCABBCABBCA
800C62BBC2BBC2BBC2
C65C4C4C4

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 30W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 6W

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-Dec 2014London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Dec 2014Carlton†
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Caterham 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 28 February 2011 10:19AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 2 March 2011 9:10AM
CATERHAM transmitter - 2 March 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 Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 2 March 2011 1:17PM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:48 today to 12:17 today [BBC] 2 March 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 Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 2 March 2011 10:10PM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:48 today to 12:17 today [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 3 March 2011 4:18AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:48 yesterday to 12:17 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 7 March 2011 11:14AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:48 yesterday to 12:17 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 16 May 2011 9:38AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Service Shutdowns, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 19 May 2011 7:36AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 05:00 yesterday to 05:30 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 05:00 yesterday to 05:30 today [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Service Shutdowns, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 20 May 2011 4:30AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 05:00 on 18 May to 05:30 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 05:00 on 18 May to 05:30 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Service Shutdowns, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 21 May 2011 4:40AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 05:00 on 18 May to 05:30 on 19 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 05:00 on 18 May to 05:30 on 19 May [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Service Shutdowns, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 23 May 2011 9:43AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 05:00 on 18 May to 05:30 on 19 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 05:00 on 18 May to 05:30 on 19 May [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 9 June 2011 10:37AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 today [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 9 June 2011 6:38PM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 today to 16:08 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 today to 16:08 today [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 10 June 2011 4:37AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 yesterday to 16:08 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 yesterday to 16:08 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 11 June 2011 9:34AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 on 09 Jun to 16:08 on 09 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 on 09 Jun to 16:08 on 09 Jun [BBC] Over the next week Caterham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 13 June 2011 10:34AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 on 09 Jun to 16:08 on 09 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:02 on 09 Jun to 16:08 on 09 Jun [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 10 August 2012 5:00AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 yesterday to 23:19 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 11 August 2012 5:00AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 on 09 Aug to 23:19 on 09 Aug [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 6 October 2012 4:49AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:21 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:21 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 6 October 2012 1:49PM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:21 today to 08:57 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:21 today to 08:57 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 7 October 2012 4:49AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:21 yesterday to 08:57 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:21 yesterday to 08:57 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 8 October 2012 4:49AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:21 on 06 Oct to 08:57 on 06 Oct HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:21 on 06 Oct to 08:57 on 06 Oct [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:58PM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 6 March 2013 7:31PM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:27 today to 16:28 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 7 March 2013 4:31AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:27 yesterday to 16:28 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 10 May 2013 1:31PM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:12 today to 11:47 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:12 today to 11:47 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 11 May 2013 4:32AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:12 yesterday to 11:47 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:12 yesterday to 11:47 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 12 May 2013 4:32AM
CATERHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:12 on 10 May to 11:47 on 10 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:12 on 10 May to 11:47 on 10 May. [BBC]
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