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The symbol shows the location of the Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 74,000 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 Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Hemel Hempstead 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
C40 (626.0MHz)214mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
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
C43 (650.0MHz)214mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)214mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 V max
C37 (602.0MHz)214mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C31 (554.0MHz)230mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)230mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire, 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 Hemel Hempstead transmitter?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 30km southeast (138°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 31km southeast (135°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1318 Apr 2018
B E TB E TB E TE TK T
C29ArqB
C31ArqA
C34_local
C37SDN
C40BBCA
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C42_local
C43D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C46BBCB
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C50tv_offSDN
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C55tv_offArqB
C59tv_offArqA

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?

Analogue 1-4 10kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-14dB) 400W
Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 200W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
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. Hemel Hempstead 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
Saturday, 24 January 2015
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kim
3:03 PM
Milton Keynes

if im in mk2 3mu area of bletchley milton keynes what way do i point the Ariel

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jb38
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5:55 PM

kim: Sandy Heath is indicated as being the station that covers your area, the station being located @ 37 miles away on a bearing of 61 degrees, the aerial being mounted horizontally, i.e: the elements lying flat.

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Saturday, 14 March 2015
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Brian Burgess
1:33 PM

In the last week my picture has started to break up. I have reset my freeview, BBC channels are most effected
Has something changed at the transmitted, has the transmitter a problem or has the signal strength been reduced?
best regards
Brian

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Robert Smith
3:00 PM

Once yesterday (13th March 2015) and many times today the Tx has gone off (signal level goes from high to nil) for a minute or more on all channels, TV, Radio, Data, HD etc. confirmed on two separate decoders. This is still happening at 1500 14/03/2015.

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MikeB
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9:47 PM

Robert Smith: You need to give a postcode, becuase otherwiese we have no idea as too what your signal should be like. However, if its going from 0 to 100, etc, then thats sounds like too much signal. Search for 'too much of a good thing' on this site.

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Wednesday, 29 April 2015
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Gary Briggs
8:23 PM
Hemel Hempstead

Within the last 3 weeks our HD channels have disappeared completely. Up until then they had been great. Also, now the SD channels such as BBC1/2 etc come and go, but most of the time are not watchable. Nothing else has changed here at my end and so I was wondering if anything had changed at the HH transmitter.

I have tried a new Booster and new Antiference device but nothing appears to help. We live in HP3 0LL

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jb38
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9:55 PM

Gary Briggs: Indications suggest that you are receiving Freeview from the Hemel Hempstead Town transmitter located at just over 1 mile away, no faults being listed against the transmitter nor is any engineering work taking place at the station, therefore although you have tried a few measures to overcome the problem such as trying a new booster, your best policy would be to ascertain if the problem is actually associated with your installation or not by checking with some other household in the area to find out if they are also suffering from similar problems with reception.

My reason for suggesting this being two fold, the first being the fact of the signal path from the low powered (8 watts) transmitter being obstructed by dense vegetation in the Felden Lane area, secondly that there is also the possibility of 4G being involved, as the frequencies used by H / Town transmitter are in the range potentially most affected by any 4G transmission tests possibly being conducted in the area.

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Wednesday, 2 September 2015
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Nichola Tully
5:34 AM
Hemel Hempstead

Hi, we live in Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RL

Every night now for around the past year or so, 50% of the Digital channels become unwatchable at 10pm. They are fine during the day with good reception across the board, including my favourite two channels 21 & 30 ( 5* and 5USA )

This fault has been bugging me for a long time, we've tried boosters of various varieties, but nothing helps after the 10pm deadline.

Can anybody shed any light on this mysterious fault??

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:47 AM

Nichola Tully: Can you please have a look at the Freeview intermittent interference page that lists all the things that might cause this?

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Sunday, 20 September 2015
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Matt
5:32 PM

Currently having problems with ITV (channel 3). All other channels are max strength and signal quality but ITV keeps dropping out and the signal strength and quality is very low. Any ideas?


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