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The symbol shows the location of the Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) transmitter which serves 18,000 homes. 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) mast?

Bristol Kings Weston transmitter - Bristol Kings Weston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Bristol Kings Weston 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C43 (650.0MHz)138mDTG-200W
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1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)138mDTG-200W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)138mDTG-200W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 V max
C22 (482.0MHz)138mDTG-8200W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C25 (506.0MHz)138mDTG-8200W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C28- (529.8MHz)138mDTG-8200W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LBS
 V -10dB
C31 (554.0MHz)138mDTG-1220W
Channel icons
from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Bristol,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Bristol Kings Weston transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 5km southeast (140°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 9km southeast (133°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1730 Mar 2018
B E TB E TB E TE TE TW TK T
C22SDN
C25ArqA
C28ArqB
C30LBSLBS
C31_local
C40 D3+4D3+4D3+4
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C43BBCABBCABBCABBCA
C45BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C46BBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C48BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C50tv_offD3+4
C52tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C53tv_offSDNSDNSDN
C57tv_offArqAArqAArqA
C60tv_off -ArqB-ArqB

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.

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

Analogue 1-4 1000W
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 200W
Mux C*, Mux D*(-10dB) 100W
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, LBS(-17dB) 20W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Bristol Kings Weston 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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Saturday, 1 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
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3:31 PM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 yesterday to 02:01 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 29 Sep to 16:29 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 29 Sep to 16:29 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 yesterday to 02:01 ye [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Sunday, 2 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
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5:31 AM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 29 Sep to 16:29 on 29 Sep, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 on 30 Sep to 02:01 on 30 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 29 Sep to 16:29 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 on 30 Sep to 02:01 on [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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6:09 PM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 29 Sep to 16:29 on 29 Sep, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 on 30 Sep to 02:01 on 30 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 29 Sep to 16:29 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 on 30 Sep to 02:01 on [BBC]

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Monday, 3 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:32 AM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 on 30 Sep to 02:01 on 30 Sep, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 29 Sep to 16:29 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 on 30 Sep to 02:01 on 30 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 29 Sep to 16:29 on [BBC]

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Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:32 AM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 on 30 Sep to 02:01 on 30 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:11 on 30 Sep to 02:01 on 30 Sep. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 22 November 2016
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Geoff Gaunt
11:10 PM

StevensOnln1: Hi - I am experiencing serious dropout on the PSB1/BBCA Mux from the Bristol KingsWeston transmitter.

Wierd thing is that this is in the middle of the Mux frequencies and I don't have problems with the lower & higher frequencies. In fact the lowest frequency is apparently output at 20W but I have a signal strength of 69% but the BBC Mux outputs at 200W but I only have a signal strength of
48%

These are the signal strength readings I am currently seeing

Mux , Channel, MHz, Power, Strength, Quality
LBS, 30, 546.0, 20W, 69%, 100%
PSB2/D3+4, 40, 626.0, 200W, 70%, 100%
PSB1/BBCA, 43, 650.0, 200W, 48%, 100%
PSB3/BBCB, 46, 674.0, 200W, 66%, 100%
C0M4/SDN, 53, 730.0, 200W, 70%, 100%
COM5/ArqA, 57, 762.0, 200W, 50%, 100%
C0M6/ArqB, 60, 785.8, 200W, 55%, 100%

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Thursday, 24 November 2016
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Geoff Gaunt
6:34 PM

Seems to be weather related, with the big rain-storms we had over the past few days ???

PSB1 is now registering strength of 53% which my receiver seems able to cope with. Not brilliant (Aerial is in the loft, so possibly this degrades the signal) but no breakup of signal so happy again

PSB1/BBCA, 43, 650.0, 200W, 53%, 100%

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Friday, 25 November 2016
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MikeB
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9:36 AM

Geoff Gaunt: Check your system - a frayed wire etc could be the cause of that mux being low (it doesn't always follow that the weakest mux goes first). And the fact that you had lots of rain when the problem occured points to a possible problem with moisture in the system. Even in a loft, rain can get in, etc.

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Geoff Gaunt
8:48 PM

Thanks Mike - cable is fairly new and double-screened (ie copper braid + foil) satellite cable - all internal so has never been exposed to the weather.

This has happened once before - same issue for a couple of days with the SD-BBC channels on PSB1, and that was during a period of extreme weather.

I appreciate that there could be signal attenuation due to the roof, but according to Loft and indoor aerial installations for TV, FM and DAB the attenuation is higher the higher the frequency, so it's strange that the lower freq. PSB1 @ 650MHz is worse than COM4 @ 730MHz

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Geoff Gaunt
9:02 PM

Hmmm - I wonder if this could be the issue!!! <quote>Some types of roofing material are semi porous and the attenuation level can rise if they get wet,</quote>

The signal took a couple of days after the rain to come back to normal: the roof tiles are 70yr old terracotta (hopefully soon to be be replaced) so could well be absorbing moisture and causing the probs.

Seems feasible.....

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