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The symbol shows the location of the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 4,300 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Marlborough transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

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
C25 (506.0MHz)242mDTG-20W
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
C28 (530.0MHz)242mDTG-20W
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
C22 (482.0MHz)242mDTG-20W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Marlborough transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 63km west (275°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 60km west (273°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331 Mar 2018-
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C7BBCtvwaves
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4D3+4
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 100W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 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. Marlborough 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
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:32 AM

Maurice: Pay an installer in to check your system.

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Sunday, 1 May 2011
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Darren
9:15 PM

Tv's at work and home have been losing and regaining signal on the BBC channels on the PSB1 multiplex all weekend and last week. All channels on the PSB2 multiplex don't seem to have been affected. Does anyone know why this is? Thanks.

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Darren's 2 posts GB flag
Transmitter engineering
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10:31 PM

MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 today [BBC]

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Monday, 2 May 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:36 AM

MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 today to 23:46 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 today to 23:46 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:34 AM

MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:42 today to 08:59 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 yesterday to 23:46 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 yesterday to 23:46 yesterday [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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1:31 PM

MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:55 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:42 today to 08:59 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 yesterday to 23:46 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 yesterday to 23:46 yesterday [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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3:37 PM

MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:02 today to 14:03 today BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:55 today to 13:46 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:42 today to 08:59 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:05 yesterday to 23:46 yesterday HD Digital TV Off A [BBC]

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Maurice
4:20 PM
Marlborough

Simply because the Marlborough transmitter is not up to it. Across the board, in the catchment area of the Marlborough Transmitter, the service has been dropping in and out. Tales from Great Bedwyn to Mildenhall and more of non-service, particularly on Friday morning for people watching the wedding - and no recompense will be offered.

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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

6:31 AM

MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:02 yesterday to 14:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:55 yesterday to 13:46 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:42 yesterday to 08:59 yesterday [BBC]

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Mike Dimmick
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2:06 PM

Maurice: It appears there were a number of faults at the transmitter at the weekend, but you've complained before this when no issues were reported.

At that distance from the transmitter, too much signal is a possibility. If you have a booster or amplifier, try removing it.

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