Full Freeview on the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves 58,000 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 Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Malvern (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Malvern 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Malvern (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Malvern transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km northeast (36°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 49km northeast (35°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | |||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
| C53tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C57tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | ||||||||
| C60tv_off | -BBCB | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C66 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Friday, 30 September 2011
Brian G: Can you please follow the BBC - Reception problems link and report the problem to the BBC via that method?
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Brian G2:30 PM
Worcester
Hi Briantist
Thankyou for your tireless efforts to help myself and others here. I am pleased to report that Channel 60 (785.8MHz) is, as of 14:20, now on air from Malvern and I am getting a good signal.
I have wasted most of a day trying to get a signal that I am now pretty confident was not being transmitted. We desperately need _accurate_ real-time information on what each transmitter is doing. Do you know if this is available anywhere?
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Brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick2:48 PM
Brian G: At the link that Briantist provided, the BBC's Reception Problems page. If you're having a problem that isn't shown there, say 'No' to 'Does this answer your question?', click Continue, then keep going through the wizard until you get to the problem report form.
The BBC use a mixture of direct off-air monitoring, reports from a small group of viewers, and reports from the general public. The direct off-air monitoring is typically only at major transmitters.
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Pedro B2:53 PM
Worcester
I fully endorse Brian G's comment. We need a reliable up to date information service on Tansmitter status. I have also wasted time trying to receive a faulty channel.
All the status services I could find were reporting no problems at Malvern. The BBC faq service on reception problems does not include HD serices in the drop down menu on "which channel(s) are affected.
While I agree that Briantist has been attentive to our problems, he did state unreservedly yeterday at 6.42pm "the transmitter is just fine" I assume he has the same problems as the rest of us with the inadequate information services.
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Jon Musselwhite2:58 PM
Worcester
Well I'm glad to say that my HD channels are working again the signal and quality are just fine and I didn't do a thing!!!
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Pedro B3:16 PM
Worcester
Just a quick observation on signal strength and quality levels. They differ between manufacturers and possibly even models. My Humax Fox T2 says Channel 4 has a signal strength of 50%, whereas the TV it feeds says 90%. Quality also differs but by less.
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Sunday, 2 October 2011
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Rich8:03 PM
I have tried the things suggested (thanks!), and still have problems very similar to those of Brian WR5.
It seems to be a Media Center issue, since my TV works fine. I'm planning to switch to Media Portal instead...
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Monday, 3 October 2011
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James12:16 PM
Rich - Can you let me know how you go with that as I'm in a similar position.
What I was wondering was that I am using 2 different brands of DVB tuner and wondered if they were conflicting at all.
The other advice I've had is that I might have TOO MUCH signal, and the booster amplifier is killing COM4 and COM6.
I am still wondering if Microsoft has to do an update on the MC to allow it to be able to find the new MUX channels?
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Graham Booth2:39 PM
Although we live near Kidderminster, I believe that we receive our signal from the Malvern transmitter. This is because we are surrounded on three sides by hills and can only 'see' Malvern.
The reception has not been perfect but mostly watchable. Since retuning after the switch off date, I find that the channels we now receive are -
25 - quality 1,
49 - quality 10,
50 - quality 6,
55 - quality 3,
57 - quality 4
59 - quality 1.
Could you please tell me if these are the channels I should be receiving from Malvern or are they from another transmitter?
Also, why are the quality values generally lower than before the switch off date even thought there is supposed to be more power?
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
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Jim F10:58 AM
Graham Booth: Mavern's PSBs are on 53, 57 & 60, with the COMs on 50, 59 & 55.
Looks like your 49 is from the Kidderminster relay (BBC A), and 25 is from Ridge Hill (D3&4).
You could try manually tuning for all three Kidderminster MUXs: 49 (BBC A), 54 (BBC HD), 58 (D3&4) and keep the COMs from Malvern: 50 (SDN), 59 (ArqA), 55 (ArqB).
Both Malvern and Kidderminster are vertical polarisaton.
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