Freeview Light on the Orpington (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Orpington (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 6,400 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 Orpington (Greater London, 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 Orpington (Greater London, 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 Orpington 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 6W |
 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) | 117m | DTG- | 6W |
 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 6W |
 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 Orpington (Greater London, 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 Orpington transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 24km northwest (315°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 23km northwest (319°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Orpington (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C66 | 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 | 20W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.2dB) 6W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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Dino Barletta11:20 AM
Until recently I have been enjoying the free HD Channels Ie BBCHD ITVHD CHANNEL4HD
Last week all the HD channels stopped working. A message has come up saying weak or no signal. Do you know why this has happened ? all other channels are fine.
We are in Orpington BR6 post code. Aerial on the Roof.
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Dino Barletta: Please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
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Alan Ruel6:16 PM
Why does the analogue have to be switched off?
Analogue is far superior to digital which keeps breaking up.
I don't know anyone who likes digital.
Why oh why can't we have a choice.
Who gets the money that will be made by selling our airways?
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Alan Ruel: Digital does not "keep breaking up" - if you have such a problem you should fix it, rather than blaming "digital".
There are about 26 million homes in the UK using the digital TV channels and every report ever done shows they love the choice and quality.
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