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There are no longer any television transmissions on the Churchdown Hill (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Churchdown Hill (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter. 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 Churchdown Hill (Gloucestershire, England) mast?

CHURCHDOWN HILL transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 11 May 16:01 until 11 May 18:22. . BBC


This transmitter is no longer being used for TV

In the past, television services were provided from this transmitter. However, these have not been withdrawn.

Please see the table below for details of the historic used of this transmitter location.

How will the Churchdown Hill (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-131 Mar 2018-
VHFA B C/D E K T VHFB C/D E K TB C/D E K TA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHF
C1BBCtvwaves
C48C5wavesC5waves

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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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.

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

Analogue 5 1000W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent 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. Churchdown Hill 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Friday, 5 September 2014
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colin
11:03 PM

my reception has been terrible since the end of August, I have checked for 4g work and transmitter interference and the only thing that has changed has been the closure of churchdown transmitter! I have to say my internet has suffered a lot of interference as well though so maybe a new source?

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MikeB
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11:17 PM

colin: The internet and your TV signal have nothing to do with each other. We need a postcode to check your transmitter, signal path etc. However, if your signal has become much weaker, make sure your tuned to the proper transmitter (something that now seems to be a plague), since in your case you really should be using Ridge Hill anyway.

Secondly, check your system. Is there a loose connection, frayed wire, etc?

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Saturday, 6 September 2014
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colin
9:34 AM
Gloucester

Thanks Mike, my post code is GL3 2DG. I have tried returning the youview box with no joy. the internet interference seems to be vastly improved by changing the channel so that seems to be coincidence. Ive just checked the cable and ensure the connection is sound but no real improvement there. the only thing I can think of is the aerial which hasn't moved but it quite old.

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Monday, 22 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
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7:34 AM

CHURCHDOWN HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:43 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 04:43 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 04:43 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 04:43 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air from 04:43 today. [BBC]

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7:33 PM

CHURCHDOWN HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 today to 18:10 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:43 today to 16:04 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 04:43 today to 16:04 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 04:43 today to 16:04 today, Radio 3 FM Off [BBC]

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9:09 PM

CHURCHDOWN HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:43 today to 16:04 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 04:43 today to 16:04 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 04:43 today to 16:04 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 04:43 [BBC]

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Tuesday, 23 September 2014
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4:33 AM

CHURCHDOWN HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 yesterday to 18:10 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:43 yesterday to 16:04 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 04:43 yesterday to 16:04 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 04:43 yesterday to [BBC]

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Wednesday, 24 September 2014
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4:34 AM

CHURCHDOWN HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 on 22 Sep to 18:10 on 22 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:43 on 22 Sep to 16:04 on 22 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 04:43 on 22 Sep to 16:04 on 22 Sep, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 04:43 on 22 Sep to [BBC]

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Thursday, 5 February 2015
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1:32 PM

CHURCHDOWN HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 6 February 2015
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4:31 AM

CHURCHDOWN HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 yesterday to 08:13 yesterday. [BBC]

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