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Updates made to frequencies for transmitters

Ofcom released a new set of documents recently with changes to the digital transmitter frequency plan.

Ofcom released a new set of documents recently with changes to
published on UK Free TV

Made extensive changes today, a rather dull task as Ofcom produces all this data (Ofcom - Digital Switchover Transmitter Details) as PDF files:

  • Created "direct comparison" (well almost) facility For compaision purposes
  • Updates to UK digital switchover exceptions
  • New "region" Whitehawk Hill (and relay transmitters) map
  • New "region" Hastings (and relay transmitters) map
  • Fixed Waltham (and relay transmitters) map
  • New "region" Tunbridge Wells (and relay transmitters) map
  • Made these changes:
    Aberfoyle PSB2 62 -
    Ardentinny PSB2 41 +
    ARDNADAM PSB1 42
    Ardnadam PSB2 45
    Ardnadam PSB3 49
    Arrochar PSB3 21 +
    Ashford in the Water PSB3 30 -
    AVENING PSB1 41 +
    Balblair Wood PSB1 62 -
    Baltasound PSB1 46 -
    Baltasound PSB2 43 -
    Barrow Town Hall PSB2 41 +
    Belper PSB1 59 +
    Bidston PSB2 41 +
    Blakeney PSB3 21 +
    BLUEBELL HILL COM5 39
    BLUEBELL HILL COM6 54
    BLUEBELL HILL PSB3 40
    Bolehill PSB1 53 -
    Bolehill PSB2 57 -
    Bolehill PSB3 60 -
    Bollington PSB3 21 +
    Bowmore HP PSB2 41 +
    Bowmore VP PSB2 41 +
    Brailes PSB2 21 +
    BRESSAY COM6 21 +
    BRESSAY PSB3 22 +
    Brierley Hill COM4 50
    Brierley Hill COM5 59 -
    Brierley Hill PSB1 60 -
    Brierley Hill PSB2 57 +
    BRINSCALL PSB1 21 +
    Bristol Ilchester Crescent PSB1 41 +
    Bristol Montpelier PSB3 21 +
    Bromsgrove COM4 41 +
    Bromsgrove PSB3 30 -
    Broughton PSB3 21 +
    Burbage PSB2 41 +
    Burgar Hill HP PSB3 21 +
    Burgar Hill VP PSB3 21 +
    Buxton PSB3 21 +
    Calne PSB3 21 +
    Cannongate HP PSB2 62 -
    Cannongate VP PSB2 62 -
    Carhampton PSB3 21 +
    Carie PSB3 21 +
    Carradale PSB2 41 +
    Castlebay PSB3 21 +
    CATHCART PSB1 60
    Cathcart PSB2 57
    Cathcart PSB3 53
    CATRINE PSB1 62 -
    Chaigley PSB3 21 +
    Chalford PSB3 21 +
    Charlbury PSB1 44
    Chiseldon PSB3 21 +
    CLAONAIG PSB1 62 -
    Clearwell PSB2 62 -
    Clettraval PSB2 41 +
    Clun PSB3 62 -
    Congleton PSB2 41 +
    Countisbury PSB2 62 -
    CRAIGKELLY COM6 39
    CUPAR PSB1 41 +
    DERBY PSB1 48
    Derby PSB2 51 -
    Derby PSB3 52
    Dorking HP PSB1 44
    Dorking HP PSB2 41
    Dorking VP PSB1 44
    Dorking VP PSB2 41
    Dover PSB1 50
    DOVER PSB3 51
    Duncraig PSB2 41 +
    Dunkeld PSB1 41 +
    Dunkeld PSB3 44 -
    Dunoon Forest Row PSB3 21 +
    DURRIS COM5 41 +
    Eastwood PSB3 30 -
    Edgbaston PSB2 21 +
    Elton PSB3 21 +
    Ewyas Harold PSB2 41 +
    Exford PSB1 41 +
    FAVERSHAM PSB1 21 +
    Faversham PSB3 27
    Fenton COM5 22 +
    Fenton PSB3 21 +
    Fetlar PSB1 47 +
    Fetlar PSB2 44 +
    Fetlar PSB3 41 +
    Fintry PSB3 21 +
    Fitful Head PSB2 41 +
    Gigha Island PSB1 41 +
    Girvan PSB1 62 -
    GLASGOW WEST CENTRAL PSB1 62 -
    Glen Convinth PSB3 21 +
    Glen Urquhart HP PSB2 41 +
    Glen Urquhart VP PSB2 41 +
    Glengorm PSB2 41 +
    Gorey PSB3 48
    GOURDON PSB1 62 -
    Grantown PSB2 41 +
    GRAVESEND PSB1 59
    Gravesend PSB2 55
    Gravesend PSB3 53
    Guildford COM6 49
    Guildford PSB3 40
    Guiting Power PSB1 44
    Haden Hill PSB1 48
    Haden Hill PSB2 52
    Haden Hill PSB3 56
    Hamstead PSB2 21 +
    HANNINGTON PSB3 39
    Hemel Hempstead COM4 50
    Hereford PSB2 41 +
    High Keil PSB3 41 +
    Holmhead PSB2 41 +
    Hutton PSB2 62 -
    Icomb Hill PSB1 28
    Ilchester Crescent COM4 42 +
    Inverness PSB1 62 -
    Ipstones Edge PSB1 60 -
    Kenilworth PSB1 60 -
    Kensal Town PSB2 56
    KILLEARN PSB1 62 -
    Kilmacolm PSB3 21 +
    KILMELFORD PSB1 62 -
    Kilve PSB2 62 -
    Kimmeragh PSB2 41
    Kington PSB2 41 +
    Kinlochleven PSB3 62 -
    Kinross PSB2 62 -
    Kinver PSB1 48
    Kinver PSB2 56
    KIRKFIELDBANK PSB1 62 -
    Kirkfieldbank PSB2 59
    Kirkfieldbank PSB3 55
    Kylerhea PSB2 41 +
    Lairg PSB2 41 +
    Lancaster COM4 25 +
    Lancaster COM5 28 +
    Lancaster COM6 22 +
    Lancaster PSB3 21 +
    Langley PSB3 21 +
    Lark Stoke PSB3 30 -
    Little Eaton PSB3 30 -
    Littleborough PSB3 21 +
    Malvern COM4 50
    Malvern COM5 59 -
    Malvern PSB3 60 -
    Manchester Hulme PSB2 41 +
    MARGATE PSB1 50
    Margate PSB3 51
    Matlock PSB3 21 +
    Melvich PSB2 41 +
    MENDIP COM4 62 +
    Moss Bank PSB3 21 +
    Muirkirk PSB2 41 +
    Ness of Lewis PSB2 41 +
    Netherton Brae PSB3 21 +
    New Radnor PSB2 41 +
    NEWBATTLE PSB1 62 -
    NEWCHURCH PSB1 21 +
    NORDEN PSB1 53 -
    North Oldham PSB3 21 +
    Nottingham PSB3 21 +
    Oakamoor PSB2 21 +
    Oakenhead PSB2 41 +
    Oban PSB2 41 +
    Over Norton PSB2 56 -
    Ovingdean HP PSB1 55
    Ovingdean HP PSB3 50
    Ovingdean VP PSB1 55
    Ovingdean VP PSB3 50
    OXFORD COM5 59 -
    OXFORD PSB1 53 +
    OXFORD PSB2 60 -
    Parbold PSB2 41 +
    PARKEND PSB1 41 +
    Parwich PSB3 21 +
    Pendle Forest COM5 21 +
    Pendle Forest PSB1 28 +
    Pendle Forest PSB2 25 +
    Pendle Forest PSB3 22 +
    Perth PSB2 42 +
    Perth PSB3 45 +
    PETERHEAD PSB1 62 -
    Poolewe PSB3 41 +
    Porlock PSB3 21 +
    Portbury PSB3 21 +
    Portishead PSB2 62 -
    Ramsey* PSB2 45 -
    Ravenscraig HP PSB3 21 +
    Ravenscraig VP PSB3 21 +
    Repton PSB1 60 -
    Ribblesdale PSB2 41 +
    RIDGE HILL COM4 21 +
    RIDGE HILL PSB3 22 +
    Romiley PSB2 41 +
    Rosehearty PSB2 41 +
    ROSS ON WYE PSB1 62 -
    ROTHESAY TOWN PSB1 62 -
    RUMSTER FOREST COM4 30 -
    RUMSTER FOREST COM6 62 -
    RUMSTER FOREST PSB3 21 +
    Saddleworth COM5 52 +
    Saddleworth PSB2 49 +
    Scalloway PSB1 62 -
    Scoval HP PSB1 62 -
    Scoval VP PSB1 62 -
    Seagry Court PSB1 41 +
    Sheffield COM6 39
    Skriaig PSB3 21 +
    Spean Bridge PSB3 21 +
    St. Fillans PSB2 41 +
    Stanton Moor PSB1 59 +
    Stockport PSB2 21 +
    Strathblane PSB3 21 +
    Strathyre PSB3 21 +
    SUTTON COLDFIELD COM6 39
    SUTTON COLDFIELD PSB3 40
    Sutton HP PSB2 55
    Sutton HP PSB3 62 -
    Sutton VP PSB2 55
    Sutton VP PSB3 62 -
    Swinster PSB1 62 -
    Tarbert PSB2 21 +
    Tarbert PSB3 27
    TAY BRIDGE PSB1 41 +
    TENBURYWELLS PSB1 60 -
    THE WREKIN COM4 41 +
    THE WREKIN PSB3 30 -
    Tintern PSB3 21 +
    Tomich PSB3 21 +
    Torteval PSB3 48
    Tullich PSB1 62 -
    Ubley PSB3 21 +
    Urswick PSB2 41 +
    WALTHAM PSB2 54 -
    Walton Le Dale PSB3 21 +
    Wanlockhead PSB3 41 +
    Washford PSB2 62 -
    West Kilbride PSB2 41 +
    West Kirby PSB3 21 +
    Wester Erchite PSB3 21 +
    Whittingslow PSB1 60 -
    Winshill PSB1 60 -
    Woodcombe PSB2 62 -


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    Comments
    Friday, 11 February 2011
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    jo
    9:18 AM

    i live in Hulme,Manchester,what does Manchester Hulme PSB2 41 + mean please?

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    Briantist
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    9:34 AM

    jo: I means that the allocation of PSB2 changed in the Ofcom document from C41 to C41+.

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    Saturday, 12 February 2011
    Ian
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    7:32 PM

    not done a very good job of allocating the frequencies at Waltham!

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    Briantist
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    7:45 PM

    Ian: In what way?

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    Sunday, 13 February 2011
    Ian
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    12:03 AM

    out of group, way out of group

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    Briantist
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    7:44 AM

    Ian: Only COM4/SDN is out of group at Waltham. The frequency plan only ever guarantees the PSB multiplexes "in group". This is why you have been advised to get a wideband aerial for the last decade.

    I thought you meant I had made a transcription error.

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    Ian
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    6:53 PM

    but surly offcom could have done it much better? But then when have they ever done anything well.

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    Briantist
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    7:12 PM

    Ian: I think that is hugely unfair. If you can point to any single flaw in the frequency plan, I would be interested to hear it.

    The planning is like 3D chess. First of all there is the DDR, which is removing loads of allocatable frequencies, and you have to switch transmitters over whilst not taking any other transmitter off air, sometimes for several years.

    The plan has kept almost every transmitter "in group" for the PSB frequencies and minimized the number of retuning events AND has to take into account what is going on in RoI, France, Belgium, Netherlands and so on.

    If you think you have a better plan, I would love to hear it.

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    KMJ,Derby
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    9:33 PM

    Brian: Was there any reference to Black Hill using C40 instead of C50 in the documents?

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    Briantist
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    9:37 PM

    KMJ,Derby: Yes, I thought I had entered that one. I've corrected it. Thanks.

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