Freeview Light on the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmitter which serves 14,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) mast?
High Wycombe transmitter - High Wycombe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 High Wycombe 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 212m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 212m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 212m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 High Wycombe transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 45km east-southeast (106°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 47km east-southeast (104°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C65 | 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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
High Wycombe Freeview High Wycombe AM/FM Crystal Palace TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
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ronnie space8:46 PM
High Wycombe
Hi Brian,
Thanks for your advice - although I am now rather confused.
Checking with the land lady she has a roof top aerial not satellite, which all points are wired to.
She has a Toshiba DVB box and recieves digital TV channels fine with good signal.
However, I'm having no luck myself on my PC.
Ronnie
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ronnie's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
ronnie space: I really don't know where you can get a Freeview signal from before 4th April 2012. Perhaps she is using Virgin Media?
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
J
Jamie5:31 PM
High Wycombe
Hello Brian,
I'm pointing to High Wycombe (Downley), obviously just receiving analogue. Will this transmitter switch to digital in April and will it be a sudden change? e.g analogue goes off, digital/freeview on ?
thanks for your advice
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Jamie's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Jamie: The first stage of switchover happens on 4 April and the second is on 18 April.
At stage one BBC Two on analogue goes off and is replaced by the digital multiplex that carries BBC channels (exc the HD ones). At stage two the other three analogue channels are turned off and replaced by the digital multiplex for ITV/C4/C5 and for HD channels.
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Thursday, 8 December 2011
Jamie: The information is shown at the top of the page.
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Sunday, 18 December 2011
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aron8:16 PM
Can't believe Wycombe is getting free view light, what a washout.
Currently I can get free view from my roof aerial from another transmitter, I assume that when the Wycombe aerial is turned on it wont "override" the current signal?
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Mike Dimmick10:54 PM
aron: The commercial broadcasters are only required to provide at least as much coverage as they did before switchover started. They have decided not to extend their services to any further transmitters at this stage.
High Wycombe is joint-31st in terms of household coverage, of transmitters that do not carry the commercial multiplexes. There are five transmitters that do, which are predicted to serve fewer households, but - with the exception of Saddleworth - they are all in the Scottish Islands and were considered 'main' transmitters in the analogue network. The coverage statistics are for 'preferred' transmitters, a service from a main transmitter may still be possible.
Most households in High Wycombe are probably covered by the main transmitter at Crystal Palace. This will be getting a significant power boost to increase the digital coverage area to the same as the analogue one, or even a bit larger. Receivers can be desensitised with loud transmissions on adjacent channels, but High Wycombe's broadcasts are right up at the other end of the spectrum from Crystal Palace's.
There are also 'Freeview Lite' relays at West Wycombe, Chepping Wycombe and Micklefield, indicating that this may be a difficult area for reception from Crystal Palace.
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Monday, 19 December 2011
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aron11:29 AM
**but High Wycombe's broadcasts are right up at the other end of the spectrum from Crystal Palace's.**
So does this mean the Wycombe transmitter works on a different frequency and won't override the crystal palace signal I can currently receive?
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Monday, 2 April 2012
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Qwerty3:50 PM
I'm in Downley and have been able to get Freeview for 2-3 years now with a couple of different boxes I've had, some of the channels are a bit iffy and even the sound sometimes briefly cuts out on BBC channels (but more-so with Channel 4 onwards) but it all works reasonably ok. Could be because I'm on top of the hill right near the transmitter?.. or could it be because I'm up high that I can pick up Crystal Palace from here?
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