There are no longer any television transmissions on the Chelmsford (Essex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Chelmsford (Essex, England) transmitter. 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 Chelmsford (Essex, England) transmitter.This transmitter is no longer being used for TV
In the past, television services were provided from this transmitter. However, these have not been withdrawn.Please see the table below for details of the historic used of this transmitter location.
How will the Chelmsford (Essex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A B C/D E K T VHF | C/D E | C/D E | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | |||||
| C63 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 6 Jul 11 and 20 Jul 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 1000W |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 27 June 2011
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James Donnelly12:45 PM
Chelmsford
Hi,
Just moved to Chelmsford and looking for information about what will happen as part of the Anglia switch over next month.
Will the Chelmsford transmitter be defunct following this? Will the signal from Sudbury be the preferred one? My neighbors have their roof aerials pointed SW, so I assume they're all pointed at Crystal Palace.
I would just like to know if it's worth waiting for the switch over, or whether I will have any luck bunging an aerial in the loft (I know, how long is a piece of string)
Thanks
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Mike Dimmick4:48 PM
James Donnelly: The Chelmsford transmitter has only ever provided analogue Channel 5. Your other analogue signals, and any digital signals, will be coming from somewhere else.
I believe Chelmsford UHF TV transmissions will be switched off completely when Sudbury is switched over, despite Chelmsford technically being a relay of Croydon. I'm not sure what purpose the Chelmsford C5 transmitter serves - possibly the fact that Sudbury's C5 transmitter was one-fifth the power of the other four channels meant that another transmitter was needed to serve this area, if the aerial was pointed to Sudbury.
Croydon's transmission power for C5 is the same as the analogue power level for the other four channels from Crystal Palace.
The prediction for your postcode from Sudbury is for reliable results on the PSB muxes (Mux 1/BBC A, Mux 2/D3&4, and Mux B/BBC B/HD) and Mux A/SDN, but variable, poor, or no prediction for Mux C/ArqA and Mux D/ArqB, immediately after switchover. This will continue until after Dover and Bluebell Hill switch over next June, when the Sudbury COM muxes move to final channels and power levels.
From Crystal Palace, all multiplexes are good *now* except for Mux 2 and the early HD service, which are both shown as variable. At switchover in April, everything goes up to good, over 95% probability.
The ultimate predictions are about the same from both transmitters.
If you're currently using Crystal Palace, don't bother retuning in July. Nothing changes for you. CP will get to its final configuration slightly sooner as well. Look out for adverts for the London TV region switchover, rather than Anglia.
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Mike Dimmick4:49 PM
Briantist: I believe the switch-off date for Chelmsford should be 20 July 2011, not April 2012, based on Ofcom's latest Digital Switchover Timetable at http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/tv/sup_dso/dso-timetable-v2.pdf .
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Wednesday, 6 July 2011
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ewan fenn8:07 PM
Chelmsford
We looking at Sudbury with high gain w/b on roof.Prior to today we have had poor ITV C4 &C5 especially early morning but ok later in the day. Have retuned this morning and again this evening - no ITV1 C4 or C5. Set stores nothing for these progs.Will this improve after 20th July. Will try a manual tune if I can find the new channel Nos
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Thursday, 7 July 2011
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John Vincent5:26 PM
Chelmsford
HELP! I have a digital t.v. already with built in hardrive. I currently get my signal through a rooftop ariel, albeit I live in a bungalow, from Crystal Palace.
Is this my best option?
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Friday, 8 July 2011
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Sue9:06 PM
Chelmsford
CM1 7PG no satellite signal is being received this evening. I have switched the box off at the mains several times and taken the SKY card out etc. Any suggestions?
ManySu thanks.
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Friday, 15 July 2011
John Vincent: You will get the best service in the long run from Sudbury, as your reception from Crystal Palace will always be "marginal". However, you will have to wait for 27th June 2012 to receive all the commercial multiplexes from Sudbury, whereas you will get some - but not reliable - reception of these from Crystal Palace now.
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