Full Freeview on the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 31,000 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 Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) mast?
Salisbury transmitter - Salisbury transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 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 Salisbury (Wiltshire, 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury (Wiltshire, 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 Salisbury transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 32km east-southeast (120°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 44km east-southeast (116°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Salisbury (Wiltshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
| C23 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | _local | ||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | SDN | ||||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C68 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-10dB) 1000W | |
| Mux D* | (-11.9dB) 640W | |
| Mux 2* | (-14.9dB) 320W |
Local transmitter maps
Salisbury Freeview Salisbury DAB Salisbury AM/FM Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
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Thursday, 12 January 2012
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John Randle9:02 PM
Salisbury
I live near Salisbury and, for the last couple of months, can't get ITV. I've reset the tuning but no change. I had a new roof arial fitted with new cable about two years ago. I see the signal is shown as Low in the Effective power level. BBC1 & 2 are fine. Please can you tell me if the transmitter power will improve and if not what other solutions are there. Many thanks.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
John Randle: The multiplex that carries ITV1, C4 and others on Ch56 and Mux D (Ch52) are on lower power than the other multiplexes.
It appears that has always been the case, certainly for four or five years.
Try manually tuning to Ch56.
The power will increase on 21st March when switchover completes. Until then, you will have to keep manually tuning and see if it comes back.
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John Randle: You might find this page useful:
Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Sunday, 22 January 2012
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david9:51 PM
I see problems for many on the salisbury transmitter after switch over if viewers have not got wide band ariel ..Why do ofcom use out of group frequencies?
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david: All frequencies used by Salisbury now and after switchover in March are group C/D ones.
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KMJ,Derby10:20 PM
David: To be fair the current six Freeview muxes will be transmitted from Salisbury on frequencies within the existing C/D aerial group. It is a set of proposed new services that are indicated as using out of group frequencies. It will be up to the viewers to decide if they wish to receive the additional services in the event of them coming on air. In the case of Salisbury and also viewers receiving Freeview light transmitters, a replacement or additional aerial will possibly be required for reliable reception of the new services, as will a new set top box for those not in possession of a receiver able to support DVB-T2 signals. Such is the nature of progress.. The frequencies are the only ones available to Ofcom and will be shared with Rowridge where they are in-group!
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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Mike Vander4:51 AM
Salisbury
What time of day does DSO happen-Salisbury transmitter 7th march. Regards. M Vander
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby8:00 AM
Mike Vander: Analogue BBC2 and Mux1 are switched off permanently at a convenient break in programs between midnight and 1am. Other services are liable to be interrupted temporarily, Analogue BBC1 changes frequency to C63. Mux BBCA comes on air by 6am. On 21st March all remaining analogue services and low power digital services are switched off and replaced by the full power digital transmissions including the HD mux. Services are again expected on air by 6am.
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012
I am told analogue Channel 5 went off air early yesterday is this correct ? If so does anyone know why ?
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
== REMEMBER NO FREEVIEW TONIGHT AND RETUNE AT 6AM === Switchover "completes" for Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ==
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