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
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Paul Cogger8:00 PM
High Wycombe
My aerial is on the roof attached to the chimney. Its around 10 years old. I have retuned and I am receiving the Freeview lite service from the High Wycombe Transmitter. Is there a way I could receive the full Freeview service from Crystal Palace say by installing a taller pole or do I need a new aerial?
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Qwerty8:17 PM
It could be a coincidence, but I've found during this switchover (both phases) that I've had a constant ringing in my right ear. It could just be tinnitus caused by something else, as I've had it for a few years now, but just recently during this of all times it's suddenly got a lot worse. Is there a high pitched frequency that Freeview uses? and is it possible I can hear it?
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loungelizard8:47 PM
High Wycombe
I have a vertically polarized aerial on my roof that was originally fitted to receive the four analogue channels from the High Wycombe transmitter. I've not used it for a number of years until today when I thought I'd see which channels it could now pick up with a retune, the answer is all of them, from all six mux! How? What other transmitter could I be picking up west of High Wycombe with a C/D or possibly E aerial? Thanks.
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jb389:11 PM
loungelizard: Hannington looks the most likely for your location albeit that the commercial muxes are indicated as poor, carry out a signal test on BBC1 for purposes of noting the channel number seen associated with the indication and if its Hannington Ch45 should be seen, also try this test on ITV3 and is this case mux Ch41 should be indicated.
If neither of the two channels mentioned are seen come back with the numbers you do see and they can be cross checked.
By the way I realise that you have your aerial vertically mounted, but if a signal is strong it will still be picked up no matter what the polarisation might be, especially if not line of sight.
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Qwerty: I would suggest you need to see How digital television works | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - which doesn't include any frequencies at all, but encoded bits.
Far be it from me to suggest medical advice, I am not qualified to do so, but I would see Tinnitus - NHS Choices .
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Friday, 20 April 2012
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loungelizard4:36 PM
High Wycombe
Thanks for your reply jb38, however I'm not sure how to do the signal test you mentioned. Not really necessary now anyway as today I discovered that my TV will display the frequencies found if I go into the manual tuning option. Having found this I reconnected the aerial and did a rescan to find that now it only finds the three mux you'd expect! I think I'm just going to put it down to a switchover day anomaly. I'm now back to using my set-top aerial pointing to Crystal Palace so that I can get all channels including HD.
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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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KMJ,Derby12:41 PM
Gary: This is most unlikely, as when the owners of the COM muxes were asked if they wished to extend coverage to any of the relay transmitters they declined on the basis that the extra cost would not be justified for the small number of viewers that would be added to the service. Your best option for receiving the COM muxes is to see if a signal is available from Crystal Palace or Hannington. Satellite reception would give you ITV3, ITV4, Film4, 5*, 5USA, Sky News and loads of shopping channels, but most of the entertainment channels on the COM muxes are Sky subscription channels on satellite.
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Mark Fletcher6:45 PM
Halifax
Gary.No is the answer !
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Thursday, 3 May 2012
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Gary7:08 PM
Gary: It is a shame that they are not relaying all Freeview. It gives it a bad name and everyone says 'Sat or Sky is better' and this proves them right.
We cannot get Crystal Palace from where we are so yes this is better than before DSO but it is disappointing. Thanks for the info. cheers
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