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Freeview reception at BS4 1PL


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 16 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of BS41PL (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

E4 (Wales)Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
1BBC One (SD)Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB1
2BBC TwoBristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
 
5Channel 5Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
6ITV 2Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
7Made in BristolBristol Ilchester Crescent LBS
8Made in CardiffWenvoe LCF
9BBC FourBristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB1
 
10ITV3Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
11Sky MixBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
12QuestBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
13E4Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
14Film4Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
 
15Channel 4 +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
17ReallyBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
18More4Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
19DaveBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
20DramaBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
 
215USABristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
23BBC ThreeBristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB1
25WBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
26ITV4Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
27YesterdayBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
 
28ITVBeBristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
29ITV2 +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
30E4 +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
31E4 ExtraBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
325STARBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
 
335ActionBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
34GREAT! moviesBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
35ITV1 +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB2
36Sky ArtsBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
38Channel 5 +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
 
39DMAXBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
40Quest RedBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
41LegendBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
42GREAT! actionBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
43Food NetworkBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
 
44HGTVBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
465SELECTBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
47Film4 +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
48ChallengeBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
494sevenBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
 
52GREAT! romanceBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
56That's TV (UK)Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
57Dave ja vuBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
58ITVBe +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
59ITV3 +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
 
60Drama +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
61GREAT! movies extraBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
63GREAT! romance mixBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
64BlazeBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
65That's TV 2Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
 
67TRUE CRIMEBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRABristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
70Quest +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
71That’s 60sBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
73HobbyMakerBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
 
74Yesterday +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
75That's 90sBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
78TCCBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
81Blaze +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
82Talking Pictures TVBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
 
83Together TVBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
84PBS AmericaBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
89ITV4 +1Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
91WildEarthBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
101BBC One HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
 
102BBC Two HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
103ITV 1 HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
103UTV HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
103STV HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
104Channel 4 HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
 
105Channel 5 HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
106BBC Four HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
107BBC Three HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Bristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
 
201CBBCBristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB1
202CBeebiesBristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB1
204CBBC HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
205CBeebies HDBristol Ilchester Crescent PSB3
209Ketchup TVBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
 
210Ketchup TooBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
211YAAAS!Bristol Ilchester Crescent COM4
231BBC NewsBristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB1
232BBC ParliamentBristol Ilchester Crescent WestPSB1
233Sky NewsBristol Ilchester Crescent COM5
 
235Al Jazeera EngBristol Ilchester Crescent COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishBristol Ilchester Crescent COM4

 

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Comments
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
Stuart Swaine
2:22 PM

MikeB: When my aerial engineer installed my aerial on the roof he pointed it towards the Idle transmitter but it also will pick up North East too on the Bilsdale transmitter .
Now when I retune my Freeview channels it gives me a choice of either Yorkshire or North East. I choose Yorkshire because I want the local BBC and ITV news.
You just have to accept the Best signal quality or the regional settings on my TV.


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MikeB
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9:58 PM

Stuart Swaine: Idle and Bilsdale are almost on the same bearing, with Idle's first mux being just before Bilsdale. Idle is Yorkshire, so thats your local news, with Bilsdale apparently being Tyne Tees. But Bilsdale gets you extra HD muxes, so take your choice. Most TV's will allow you to manually tune as well as an automatic function.

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Sunday, 12 June 2016
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Alex curran
2:57 PM

On my postcode checker it tells me which channels I can receive on freeview but I don't receive them all could you tell me why this is please

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Richard Cooper
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3:36 PM
Norwich

Alex curran: Hi, Alex. If you give us your postcode, we can suggest the reason for your not being able to receive all of the channels. One obvious reason is that you might have a STANDARD DEFINITION (SD) receiver and this is not able to decode the signals from HIGH DEFINITION (HD) channels and render them into a visible tv picture! To be able to watch HD channels, you need an HD TV set or an HD-ready TV set and an HD set-top-box with an HDMI lead connection. Other reasons are likely to be dependent upon the transmitter you are using, hence my request for your postcode, so that we can ascertain your transmitter. Hear from you later, hopefully, Richard, Norwich, Sunday 12th. June, 3:30 p.m.

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Monday, 13 June 2016
MikeP
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2:48 PM

Alex:

Further to that said by Richard, not that an HD0Ready TV set alone does not have an HD tuner, so you would need, as Richard suggests, the HD Ready TV plus an HD capable set top box. Or have a Full HD TV set.



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Pat Caulton
9:32 PM
Fareham

My aerial is in the loft. Before I installed a new fibre talktalk modem I was able to receive some 78 channels. I have now lost ITV, Channels 4, 5, 6, 9 as well as 19, 20 and 21 and many others. Is this because my aerial is not strong enough?

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MikeB
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10:23 PM

Pat Caulton: Your 19km from your transmitter, so you should get a full set. The modem in theory shouldn't make any difference, but check that it (particularly the power supply) isn't giving out any interference. There was a case a year or two back where someones TV was effected by next doors dodgy Virgin box.

However, its more likely to be a coincidence. Your losing channels, so its more likely that there is a fault somewhere in your system. Start by tracing back the signal path from the back of the TV - it could be nothing more than a damaged aerial lead, which is to swap out. If its closer to the aerial, it could be a frayed cable, loose connection or water getting into the cable.

Let us know how you get on.

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Tuesday, 14 June 2016
S Riley
9:12 AM
Stansted

Picture failed on BBC London ITV and several other chaNNELS AT 23:00 ON TWO NIGHTS last week
We are fringe for London and Sudbury

Should I get a satellite dish

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Richard Cooper
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11:57 AM
Norwich

S Riley: Hi, S Riley. In order to help you we need to know whether your tv aerial is pointing South/South-West towards Crystal Palace or East-North-East towards Sudbury, in order to ascertain which of the two you should really be using. We cannot advise whether you should get a sat dish until we have investigated Freeview tv through an aerial issues. Please reply and then we can provide some assistance, Richard, Norwich, Tuesday 14th. June at 11: 30 a.m.

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Margaret Holmes
8:08 PM

Why can't we get free view channel87 In Lancaster have retuned to but can't get it

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