The symbol shows the location of thePorlock (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves800 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong,dark green areas are poorer signals. Thoseparts 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 Porlock (Somerset, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex■ List by channel number■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Porlock transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow thisFreeview 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	Vmax	C24 (498.0MHz)	195m	DTG-	5W
	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 others601 BBC RB 1,700 BBC Radio 1,701 BBC Radio 1Xtra,702 BBC Radio 2,703 BBC Radio 3,704 BBC Radio 4 (FM),705 BBC Radio 5 Live,706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra,707 BBC Radio 6 Music,708 BBC Radio 4 Extra,709 BBC Asian Network,710 BBC World Service,711 BBC Bristol(BBC local radio),713 BBC Wiltshire(BBC local radio),714 BBC Somerset(BBC local radio),715 BBC Solent for Dorset(BBC local radio),716 BBC Gloucestershire(BBC local radio),
PSB2 D3+4	Vmax	C27 (522.0MHz)	195m	DTG-	5W
	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 +1South ads,18 More4,26 ITV4,28 ITVBe,30 E4 +1,35 ITV1 +1 (West),71 That's TV 3,
PSB3 BBCB	Vmax	C21+ (474.2MHz)	195m	DTG-	5W
	46 5SELECT,57 U&Eden,101 BBC One HD West,102 BBC Two HD England,103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton),104 Channel 4 HDSouth ads,105 Channel 5 HD,106 BBC Four HD,107 BBC Three HD,203 CBBC HD,204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others66 TBN UK,

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?

ThePorlock (Somerset, England) mast is apublic service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide thesecommercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, U&Drama 1, U&W.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see thewill there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Porlock transmitter?

BBC Points West 0.9m homes3.4%
fromBristol BS8 2LR, 75km east-northeast (68°)
toBBC West region - 60 masts.

ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes3.4%
fromBristol BS4 3HG, 77km east-northeast (70°)
toITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

How will the Porlock (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2010	2010-13	5 Jun 2019
	BET	BET	BET	AKT	AKT
C21				+BBCB	BBCB
C24				BBCA	BBCA
C27				D3+4	D3+4
C42	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves
C45	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C48	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C52_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 -more
Table shows multiplexes namessee this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes:+ and- denote 166kHz offset;aerial group are shown asABC/DEKWT
_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	25W
BBCA,D3+4,BBCB	(-7dB) 5W

Local transmitter maps

Porlock Freeview Porlock AM/FM Mendip TV region BBC West West

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968	Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Porlock was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Friday, 24 February 2012

Ray Coville
10:03 PM

Please explain why I cannot recieve the samefreeview stations inPorlock,West Somerset, as I can on Hayling Island, Hampshire. For example, noSky News, Film 4 or 5 USA.

Regards

Ray Coville

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Ray Coville: If youraerial is pointing to thePorlock relay transmitter you will only receive the PSB muxes. The COM mux owners declined to extend coverage to further relay sites due to the extra costs that would have been incurred. It is possible to receive the COM muxes from transmitters inWales in some parts of Porlock.Carmel is probably the best one to try.

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Sunday, 26 February 2012

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Ray Coville: Please seeWill there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Tuesday, 6 November 2012

j. davis
2:11 PM
Minehead

when is thedigital signal going to be fixed inporlock, somerset.

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Wednesday, 3 January 2018

P G Bartlett
6:07 PM

We have lost ourfreeview signal inPorlock Somerset

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Monday, 27 June 2022

Ward
10:57 AM
Minehead

Ta24 8nbPorlock antenna. My free Viewreception is often pixelating. Today we have signal level of 92% but bit error level is all over the place, up to 500.Channels 1,2,3,4 all affected. I can see themast from our window and the free view tv is connected to aloft mounted aerial. I do not believe we have anything in the house that would causeinterference. Any ideas? Is thequality of transmitted signal monitored all the time?
Ps. My friend who runs a caravan site at ta24 8qt has terrible reception for the last month.
Regards Keith Ward

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Ward:

Hi. Some basic checks, have you retuned at all recently? If so, check in your TV tuning section you are correctly tuned toPorlock's UHFchannels which areC24,C27,C21 for BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2 and BBCB HD/PSB3.
Other signals can be received in your location and some of the recent weather conditions can cause Tropospheric Ducting/Temperature Inversion which could make such signals quite strong.

Porlock is arelay ofMendip and Mendip has had PlannedEngineering in recent weeks and that may be affecting the signals at Porlock, nothing can be done about that, one has to wait for work to be complete. There are no recently reported faults or engineering at Porlock.

Have you checked youraerial hasn't been inadvertently disturbed, it should be pointing compass bearing 234 degrees (9 degrees W of SW) with the rods vertical, also check you haven't had any vermin chewing cables!

Your friend's caravan site is not in a "predicted"Freeview reception area. That doesn't mean that he wouldn't be able to get any reception as predictions aren't 100% but it does mean reception could be quite variable to poor. Reception may even be from an "out of area"transmitter. Do you know which way his aerial points and which way the rods are?

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Freeview Light on the Porlock (Somerset, England) transmitter

This transmitter has no current reported problems

Which Freeview channels does the Porlock transmitter broadcast?

Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Porlock transmitter?

How will the Porlock (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Local transmitter maps

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?