Freeview Light on the Hertford (Hertford, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hertford (Hertford, England) transmitter which serves 23,000 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 Hertford (Hertford, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Hertford (Hertford, 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 Freeview channels does the Hertford 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 500W |
 1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 500W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 101m | DTG- | 500W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Hertford (Hertford, 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 Hertford transmitter?
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 32km south (182°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Hertford (Hertford, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 24 Jul 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 500W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-24dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Thursday, 15 September 2011
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KkatyP9:47 PM
KatyP: Well sometimes good things do happen... it seems I may have been right that our single frequency interference was caused by our upstairs neighbour's new indoor aerial, as he has now had Cable people round and therefore I assume has now got cable and our problems have disappeared! Hooray!
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Friday, 16 September 2011
KkatyP: I'm very pleased to hear the problem has been resolved.
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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
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bob7:55 PM
hi moved to hertford recently from ware in ware could get numerous freeview digital channels, since moving to hertford cannot pick up a signal ? post code is sg13
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bob: "please provide a full (not partial) postcode" thanks
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
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barry.sullivan2@ntlworld.com3:55 PM
Hertford
Have a large but old aerial in the loft,can not use signal from Bengeo water tower as I have an old Oak tree between aerial and water tower, so use Sandy heath signal but do not get all of freeview channels.
Thanks Barry.
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barry.sullivan2@ntlworld.com's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Barry Sullivan: The transmitter on the Bengeo Water Tower does not carry all the services anyway. For this reason you would probably wish to go with Sandy Heath if possible, even if it weren't for the tree.
I looked at the latest Ofcom document which lists all multiplexes form all transmitters:
http://licensing.ofcom.or….pdf
From Sandy Heath:
SDN is currently on channel 31 at 20kW and will remain so until 9th May when it will move to its final channel number 51 (at full power I assume).
To find out which services are carried on which multiplexes, see this page:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
Are you just missing SDN?
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Barry Sullivan: The document also says that the three PSBs and Arqiva B are using the "transitional S1 antenna" (presumably at the final full power) until 27th June. I guess that this means that the coverage won't be the same as that when it switches to the final antenna.
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Barry Sullivan: The predictor suggests that Crystal Palace might be possible at your location. Obviously this will provide London regional programming rather than Anglia which you get from Sandy Heath. If you could pick up the Hertford relay, you would get London programming as it is a relay of Crystal Palace.
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Paul Brennan3:46 PM
Hertford
Hi I have just completed the retune as requested. I have quite a few channels but some appear to be missing example Dave tv which i was looking forward to recieve. Can you tell me If i should be recieving this from my transmitter, if i am i obviously have or problem with my antenna. If it is not yet transmitted by my transmitter will other channels be added to this transmitter in due course.
Many thanks, Postcode sg13 7Bs
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Paul Brennan: The Hertford transmitter doesn't carry the Commercial channels like Dave and Film 4 and probably never will. Those broadcasters work on a profit basis only. See here for a fuller explanation:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
The predictor suggests that you may be able to receive the full Freeview service directly from Crystal Palace or Sandy Heath.
A look at your road on Google Streetview rather confirms these possibilities as there is a mixture of aerials on Hertford, Crystal Palace and Sandy Heath.
If you wish to retain London programming, then Crystal Palace is best if you can get it.
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