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The symbol shows the location of the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter which serves 800 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 Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Chiseldon 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
C27 (522.0MHz)183mDTG-16W
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
C24 (498.0MHz)183mDTG-16W
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
C21+ (474.2MHz)183mDTG-16W
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?

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The Chiseldon (Swindon, 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 Chiseldon transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 62km west (265°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 59km west (262°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Chiseldon (Swindon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-135 Jun 2019
WWWA K TA K T
C21+BBCBBBCB
C24D3+4D3+4
C27BBCABBCA
C30BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C34ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C49tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 19W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-0.7dB) 16W

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. Chiseldon 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
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
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rob
5:43 PM
Swindon

Installing an aerial for digital reception in SN4 0HY.
Using a SLX48DW wideband high gain aerial mounted externally on a chimney stack roughly 10.2 metres above ground height.
Horiz polarity channels from only certain MUXes received
Vert polarity channels from alternate MUXes received
Unsure which transmitter the signal is picked up from, aerial pointed in general direction according to surrounding properties, which all happen to be vert. polarity.
Advice greatly appreciated on how to obtain the best reception, i.e. all channels.

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Briantist
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5:58 PM

rob: Ogbourne St George digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice is your only transmitter option, where you will get three multiplexes from, but this will deteriorate in 2012.

I would suggest you go for Freesat.

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Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

3:40 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:42 today to 12:56 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:42 today to 12:56 today [BBC]

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Thursday, 14 April 2011
R
rob
1:35 AM
Swindon

Update on SN4 OHY aerial install.
Receiving channels on freqs 32,33,34 and 37 - 61 channels in total but did have 105 on one attempt though only a few channels have excellent reception.
This does not seem to be as suggested by referencing to Ogbourne St George Transmission data.
Is it possible I am receiving from Rowridge? as the freqs received would imply.
thanks for help!

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Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:42 yesterday to 12:56 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:42 yesterday to 12:56 yesterday [BBC]

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Monday, 23 May 2011
Transmitter engineering
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2:48 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:27 today to 11:42 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:27 today to 11:42 today [BBC]

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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:33 AM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:27 yesterday to 11:42 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:27 yesterday to 11:42 yesterday [BBC]

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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:33 AM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:27 on 23 May to 11:42 on 23 May HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:27 on 23 May to 11:42 on 23 May [BBC]

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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Transmitter engineering
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1:36 PM

CHISELDON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:33 today [BBC]

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