Freeview Light on the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 24,000 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 Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) mast?
Bath transmitter - Bath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 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 Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, 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 Bath 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 | C21 (474.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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 (West), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 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 Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, 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 Bath transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 21km west-northwest (294°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 17km west-northwest (291°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Claverton | Active deflector | 4.5 km E Bath | 40 homes |
How will the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C6 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C24 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C27 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C32 | 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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Thursday, 30 August 2012
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M Chant10:32 AM
Bath
Same at BA2 1HF (10.30, Aug 30th) - No signal despite no known problem with local ariel connection. Just hope things return to normal soon before obliged to seek external help!
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Hannah10:56 AM
No signal in BA18BE Larkhall despite retune for radio and TV. Has been same all morning...
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Based on the three reports, the Bath transmitter would appear to be off the air.
Philip Dent and Hannah, you've shot yourselves in the foot by retuning as you have wiped the memory of your receivers. You now have too issues: 1. The transmitter is giving no signal 2. Your receiver isn't tuned to its frequencies.
Therefore you will have to repeatedly retune, but only once the transmitter is back on will you get anything. This is because you can't tune to something that isn't there and you won't know it's there until you've tuned.
Those who resisted the temptation to retune will simply be able to keep switching on their sets and seeing if the channels have returned.
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In a flap11:06 AM
Bath
it seems the transmitter is down today. I hope it gets fixed before prime time
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is there any resolution time for this problem
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its back now
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Saturday, 8 September 2012
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Chris8:32 AM
Bath
Can anyone tell why Bath West does not have channel 20, really, available? We have just moved to BA1 6PB and can't get the same amount of channels we had in the north west.
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Chris: This is because the UK now has a two-tier terrestrial televsion transmitter network. There are over 1,000 small "filler-in" relay transmitters that carry only the Public Service channels. This is because the Commercial broadcasters (those that aren't available from the Bath transmitter) don't wish to pay to transmit from those sites. Those transmitters serve about 8.5% of the population and the full-service transmitters serve about 90% of the population. The cost of running the the 1,000+ sites is about the same as that of 81 full-service transmitters. As the Commercial broadcasters operate solely to generate profit, they decided that an extra 10% potential viewer-bases was not worthy of double the cost.
I guess that the difficulty you have (as far as receiving the full service from a main station such as Mendip) is that you're in a valley.
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Chris12:38 PM
Thanks Dave. So I presume there is no plan to change this in the near future. We have a great little freeview recorder, just like sky+ but the main programs we used to record are now not available. They're not on freesat as sky has them as subscriber channels and sky is just too expensive for us. What a shame.
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Chris: That is correct; it is likely to stay as it is.
The only thing I can suggest is that you keep your eyes peeled for Mendip-facing aerials. It is extremely doubful, but never say never. Obviously it is likely that where there is a Mendip aerial (in locations where reception from Bath is much easier) that it has been installed to get the full complement of channels.
Mendip is at 226° from your location and aerials will be horizontal (elements flat) rather than vertical for Bath.
In situations such as yours where it is quite a way off line-of-sight, reception may vary in just a short space, so even if a neighbour can get it (just!), you may not be able to. Similarly, greater height doesn't always mean better reception. So if you do see a Mendip aerial, don't let it get your hopes up too high. It is, of course, always a possibility that reception from Mendip may vary over time. For this reason, it may be wise to retain the Bath aerial as a back-up should you find that you can pick-up from Mendip.
I suggest seeing if there are any Mendip aerials because it is about the only thing you can do. I can't over-emphasise how much of a long shot it might be!
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