Freeview Light on the Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, 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 Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) transmitter._______
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 Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, 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 Madingley (Cambridge) 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 | C (306.0MHz) | 0m | DTG- | W | |
 1 BBC One (SD) East, 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 | C (306.0MHz) | 0m | DTG- | W | |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | C (306.0MHz) | 0m | DTG- | W | |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, 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 Madingley (Cambridge) transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 97km east-northeast (59°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 97km east-northeast (59°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Madingley (Cambridge) (Cambridgeshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Jun 2018- | ||||
| VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A K T | A K T | B E K T | B E K T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C34 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C40 | _local | _local |
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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Madingley Freeview Madingley DAB Madingley AM/FM Sandy Heath TV region BBC East Anglia (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 13 April 2011
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Ryan6:17 PM
Cambridge
CB25 9PA
The tv signal in my area has been down for over two weeks now and i am unable to pick up any kind of signal. I am in shared accomadation and it is the same for all tennents. The aerial is mounted on the roof of the building. on tuning it pics up limited amount of channels around 24 but then displays weak or no signal.
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Ryan's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Ryan: Please contact the building management company, they will deal with your shared aerial problems.
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011
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Richard8:29 PM
Cambridge
Hi,
We've watched freeview through a Pioneer digital terrestial box successfully for years with the arial in the loft space. However following the first digital switch over date we could no longer receive any BBC channels and then after 13th April no channels at all. On searching for channels none are found, I've also tried down loading an update but this just gives an error message. I've read that the Madingley transmitter no longer broadcasts but also that we should now be served by stronger signals from elsewhere. Have you any advice?
Thanks,
Richard
CB1 3PT
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Richard: Yes, Madingley has closed for TV transmissions.
I would guess your box is on this list - TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Mike Dimmick11:08 PM
Reading
Richard: Freeview in your area has always come from the Sandy Heath transmitter. If you have a booster or amplifier, try removing it now. You're 28km from Sandy Heath, which isn't that far when the power levels are this high.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 25 April 2011
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Pip Jezierski7:04 PM
I'm in a village outside Cambridge. Digital retune worked the first time and for two days after 13th April. The lady on the help line says we won't get some channels until August but they have them over the road and arn't on Freesat or Sky. Pip
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Pip Jezierski: That sounds right, but I can't really say without your full postcode.
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Saturday, 14 December 2013
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emmawright8:34 PM
About a week ago we started having freeview reception problems. Our postcode is CB12PJ. Up to now reception has always been ok. We have no 4G filter or signal booster fitted. Anything known to have changed in that location recently that could explain the problem ? Any suggestions gratefully received. Was planning to try a 4g filter tomorrow, then signal booster if that fails.
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emmawright: I suggest you do nothing as over the last few days at least there have been reports of lost and poor reception over a large portion of the country, from Sussex and Kent in the south up as far as Yorkshire. This has been caused by atmospherics causing signals to travel much further than normal. This resulted in people finding that they couldn't receive from their local transmitter because of interference from a distant one.
If you are using a communal aerial system then any filter should be fitted into it at the aerial end. In many cases filters are fitted anyway.
The question, if a communal aerial system is being used, is one of is the issue with your own equipment (including leads) or is it with the signal coming from the wall socket? If it's the latter then this is beyond your control and is down to the aerial system for which the party responsible should be informed so as to take action. If it's the aerial system, you don't need to decide what the problem is. It isn't your problem, you simply report it as faulty.
It is worth enquiring with neighbours to see if they have an issue. These should be neighbours using the same communal system and using it for Freeview and not satellite such as Freesat or Sky.
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Threeputts9:17 PM
emmawright:
We live in the same area & had problems this week as well. All OK now apart from the HD channels. Is that the same for you?
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