Freeview Light on the St Albans (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the St Albans (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 4,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the St Albans (Hertfordshire, 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 St Albans (Hertfordshire, 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 St Albans 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 | C57 (762.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 22W |
 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 | C53 (730.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 22W |
 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 | C60 (786.0MHz) | 127m | DTG- | 22W |
 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 St Albans (Hertfordshire, 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 St Albans transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 30km south-southeast (148°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 30km southeast (144°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the St Albans (Hertfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C53tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C57tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C60tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C67 | 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, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 22W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Saturday, 8 June 2013
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Alex Fuller4:12 PM
St. Albans
Hello,
I seem to get a lot of interference for BBC 1 and BBC 2 and the others on the same channel and no interference on any other channel. I have searched the website but can't figure out why.
I'm on the St Albans transmitter.
Any advice would be great!
Thanks!
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Alex's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Alex Fuller: Have you checked that BBC One is tuned to UHF channel 57 and not 23 which is Crystal Palace?
If it is then interference from one of the other high-power transmitters on C57, maybe:
C57 (762.0MHz) after switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Perhaps Waltham or Oxford, maybe carrying due to lift conditions (owing to the weather).
The Digital UK prediction for St Albans at your location isn't great at all, but it is for Crystal Palace. Perhaps you can receive all channels from Crystal Palace. That said, I note there are quite a few tall buildings and trees in the area that may make reception from particular transmitters difficult.
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Monday, 13 October 2014
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Guy Murphy2:21 PM
Following the recent retune of Freeview Digital channels we cannot access any of the HD channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 etc). I have tried retuning all of the equipment (TV and digital recorder) but all to no avail.
Any suggestions please as to why these have "suddenly" disappeared and how I can restore them?
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Sunday, 7 January 2018
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gtibb11:43 AM
Advance warning (700Mhz Clearance):
The latest details for this relay is that, along with the Hemel Hempstead Town relay, this will become a single frequency network with Hemel Hempstead (Bedmond) from March 2018 utilising channels 41, 44 & 47. Anyone using legacy analogue aerials will require them changing to wideband to continue using the relay effectively. (Information from the latest Television Viewers Guide).
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Sunday, 4 February 2018
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gtibb5:17 PM
700 Mhz Clearance.
Retune date 18th April 2018:
New channel allocation in brackets:
BBC A: 60 (41)
BBC B: 53 (47)
D 3+4 : 57 (44)
Aerial Group changes from C/D to B, although wideband aerials are recommended.
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gtibb5:19 PM
700 Mhz Clearance.
Retune date 18th April 2018:
New channel allocation in brackets:
BBC A: 60 (41)
BBC B: 53 (47)
D 3+4 : 57 (44)
Info from Digital UK
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