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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
Channel icons
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.

Comments
Friday, 25 November 2016
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MikeB
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11:16 PM

Geoff Gaunt: Actually check the signal path. Occam's razor says the the simplest explaination is probably the most likely. It might be the tiles, but its much more likely that you have a leak....

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MikeB's 2,579 posts GB flag
Saturday, 26 November 2016
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Geoff Gaunt
1:21 PM

Geoff Gaunt: Mike - definitely no leak/damp in the loft space. No way any moisture can get into the aerial/connectors/cabling which all run internally.

It's the fact that the degraded signal lasted for a couple of days after the heavy rain event before coming good again which may indicate the (old) tiles are absorbing moisture.

PSB1 signal strength is now showing 54% (sunshine on the roof :-), it was 53% yesterday and 48% when signal was lost)

I guess the ultimate solution is to get the aerial outside if it becomes a regular occurrence.

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MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:33 PM

Geoff Gaunt: What was your signal strength when you put the aerial in? The wet tiles might well be having a dampening effect, but the signal strength loss seems to be only about 6% - so perhaps your on the margin anyway, and the wet tiles are pushing the system under the treshold for a decent signal.

Put your postcode into the site - if you should get a fantastic signal according to the predictors, and your not (OK, so loft aerials are as much magic as science), then its not the wet tiles, but something else.

Yes, a roof mounted aerial would be better, but it might be your setup is fine, but its a little under the weather at the moment.

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MikeB's 2,579 posts GB flag
Thursday, 6 December 2018
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ADRIAN JOHN WEBB
5:56 PM
Bristol

Reception on channel 60 at this location is very poor. All other multiplexes are 100%. My aerial is wideband and on the roof. I have tuned the TV properly. When will this frequency be moved from the 700 series to make way for mobile?

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MikeP
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7:46 PM

ADRIAN JOHN WEBB:

To answer you we need the requested full post code. There are several transmitter around the Bristol area and you may be receiving from one of the others rather than Kings Weston Hill.



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Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 today. [BBC]

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7:30 AM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 today to 05:16 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 today to 05:16 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 28 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 yesterday to 05:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 yesterday to 05:16 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 1 March 2019
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4:32 AM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 on 27 Feb to 05:16 on 27 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 on 27 Feb to 05:16 on 27 Feb. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 1 May 2019
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5:09 AM

BRISTOL KINGS WESTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 today. [BBC]

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