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The symbol shows the location of the Crockerton (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,100 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 Crockerton (Wiltshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Crockerton 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
C30 (546.0MHz)200mDTG-11W
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
C31 (554.0MHz)200mDTG-11W
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
C37 (602.0MHz)200mDTG-11W
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 Crockerton (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 Crockerton transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 43km northwest (316°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 39km northwest (318°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

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

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1318 Apr 2018
B E TB E TB E TB E TA K T
C30BBCA
C31D3+4
C37BBCB
C40 
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C43BBCA
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C46D3+4
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C50tv_offBBCB
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 64W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7.6dB) 11W

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. Crockerton 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
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:29 AM

CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:19 yesterday to 14:48 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:19 yesterday to 14:48 yesterday [BBC]

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Briantist
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7:38 AM

E j richmond: It isn't possible to say when an unexpected fault will end...

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Friday, 27 January 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:30 AM

CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:19 on 25 Jan to 14:48 on 25 Jan HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:19 on 25 Jan to 14:48 on 25 Jan [BBC]

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Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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8:27 AM

CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:31 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:31 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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9:29 AM

CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:31 today to 08:18 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:31 today to 08:18 today [BBC]

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Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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5:26 AM

CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:31 yesterday to 08:18 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:31 yesterday to 08:18 yesterday [BBC]

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Thursday, 7 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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10:28 AM

CROCKERTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:31 on 05 Jun to 08:18 on 05 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:31 on 05 Jun to 08:18 on 05 Jun [BBC]

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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
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Sue Medlicott
9:47 PM

We live in Crockerton, within sight of the Crockerton transmitter, which we understand is a relay of Mendip. We seem to have a very limited version of Freeview - for example no Dave or Quest, etc. which is very disappointing. Why is this when Mendip can presumably get a much more comprehensive list of channels. Why are we in Crockerton the poor relations!?

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Dave Lindsay
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10:42 PM

Sue Medlicott: Because the Commercial licensees do not have an obligation to provide a Public Service, unlike the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

See here for an explanation:

Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

Unfortunately the fact that you live at the bottom of a drop would appear to rule out direct reception from Mendip which would give you all the channels. The vegetation on the top of the hill may also make your pretty much non-existant chances even slimmer.

There would appear to be no other full-service transmitters that you may have a shot with. You can, of course, always consult with an installer who knows the area, but it doesn't look promising at all.

Probably your best bet is to look at installing Freesat.

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