Full Freeview on the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmitter which serves 70,000 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 Reigate (Surrey, England) mast?
Reigate transmitter - Reigate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Reigate (Surrey, 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 Freeview channels does the Reigate 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Reigate (Surrey, 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 Reigate transmitter?
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 31km north (9°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Reigate (Surrey, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | E | E | W T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C27 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C35 | _local | ||||||||
| C42 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | |
| Analogue 5 | (-3dB) 5kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 200W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 100W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Thursday, 18 July 2013
David Curtis: I can ask you the same question in reverse: Why should you be receiving four (five if it's HD) muxes with excellent signal quality?
As I said, you do not have line-of-sight due to the high ground on which Crowborough sits being in the way. There is also potentially another obstruction at 7.5 miles:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
Signals travel in straight lines. Because you don't have line-of-sight you are relying on diffraction which is the signals bending around the obstruction. Different frequencies bend differently so as a consequence in non-line-of-sight situations it can be found that all signals aren't received at the same level. Indeed in some places one or more signals may be good and others apparently non-existant. The objective is to site the aerial where they are all good.
I should also add that there are also a lot of trees in the way. So "if" it isn't the defraction issue then it could be refraction caused by the trees, such objects often affecting one or two frequencies whilst allowing others through seemingly unscathed.
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Sunday, 28 July 2013
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steve dwyer6:36 PM
Hi, im wondering if someone can help.
We have 3 tvs, two have integrated freeview the other used an HDR-fox T2. All have been working seamlessly.
Yesterday we have a massive thunder clap overhead and since we have had really intermittent quality. the tv upstairs has a few freeview channels and is missing 1-5.
The aerial is in the loft.
Is this just a transmitter at reigate issue and will eventually sort out or something else.
Ive also reset all freeview as suggested.
thanks
steve
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Wednesday, 7 August 2013
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Maggie Stanbrook12:06 PM
Gatwick
sorry i forgot to add postcode RH6 9EQ
also the tv (2 years old) has inbuilt freeview
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Maggie's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
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Mr D Stapleton8:08 PM
My mother lives in Woodhatch, RH27NP, it is a care home. She/they are unable to get BBC1,2 and many other channels on her freeview TV. Also on many channels on her DAB radio, is there a problem.
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Friday, 6 September 2013
Mr D Stapleton: If you are using a "common aerial" for the TV then you will need to take it up the matter with the building management.
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Monday, 23 September 2013
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Charles10:56 PM
Crawley
I live in crawley and get my tv transmission from Reigate transmitter and receive a good strong signal. I am curious as to why the new HD channels coming at the beginning of 2014 are available from only the crystal palace transmitter and not the Reigate relay. I spoke to a CAI approved aerial installer and they said there should be no reason why not as it has enough capacity. Will it happen at any time?
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Charles's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
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Martin Holland3:36 PM
I rescanned my freeview channels on my Panasonic PVR. They were all Quality = 10 except Ch26/27 (Film4 etc) which was Quality = 2. Is there a problem with this channel?
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Saturday, 21 December 2013
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JCS Jackson3:40 PM
Dear Sir/Madam
When, ever, will the Reigate TV Transmitter broadcast COM 7 ; i.e. Freeview BBC4 HD and or COM 8 signals?
Thank you.
JCS Jackson
01342-842070
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Michael4:21 PM
JCS Jackson: Most probably never (or not before the current com7 licence period ends, I think in 2019?).
Also, putting your phone number on the internet is not a good idea...
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Sunday, 26 January 2014
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Charles9:09 PM
Crawley
Despite receiving my signal from the Reigate transmitter in Crawley I managed to manually tune in my TV's to get the additional HD channels broadcast on COM 7 (channel 33 @ 570Mhz). The thing to keep in mind tough is that for me the signal strength goes up and down between 74% and 85% quite a bit where as all Reigate frequencies are 100% all the time.
As I distribute my TV signal downstairs to my TV and to 2 x dual TV tuners for my media center PC I needed to get a TV booster that distributes the signal as using a 3 x splitter was affecting the HD signal strength only interestingly.
Worth keeping mind though that sometimes I do get a broken signal but I would say 90% of the time it is fine for broadcasts on the COM7. It is not perfect but I more than content with it!
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Charles's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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