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Freeview info

Good sites:

Lots of info on how UK Freeview works, how MUXes are structured and which channel is on each, and info on the 700 Mhz clearance programme:
https://www.aerialsandtv.com/knowledge/digital-freeview-tv#700mhz-clearance

TV Signal strength info and advice:
https://otadtv.com/digital_tv/signals.html

UHF Channels and corresponding frequencies :

UHF channel numberFrequency (MHz)
21474
22482
23490
24498
25506
26514
27522
28530
29538
30546
31554
32562
33570
34578
35586
36594
37602
38610
39618
40626
41634
42642
43650
44658
45666
46674
47682
48690
49698
50706
51714
52722
53730
54738
55746
56754
57762
58770
59778
60786
61794
62802
63810
64818
65826
66834
67842
68850

Tacolneston Transmitter frequencies – post 700MHz switchover

I was having trouble with TVheadend not picking up lots of freeview channels. When I looked in to it, I found out there is a big reshuffle of channels and frequencies going on to free up the 700MHz band (694 – 790MHz) for mobile broadband use. TVheadend didn’t seem to pick up these changes even after a full scan. I couldn’t find all the info I needed in one place, so have gone around different sources and gathered this summary together. This should be correct as of 17th July 2018…

These were just added manually to the list of Multiplexes. For each one, I just specified the Frequency in MHz, and left everything else to AUTO.

The BBC B HD Mux failed to scan, until I set the Bandwidth parameter to 8Mhz. I didn’t need to do this on any other Mux.

Mux name UHF channel Frequency (MHz) from digital UK Channels
BBC A 40 626 main BBC channels (non-HD) and radio
D3&4 43 650 ITV, C4, C4+1, C5
BBC B HD 46 674 Main 5 HD channels
SDN 42 642
ARQ A 45 666 Dave, Sony Movie Ch
ARQ B 39 618 Yesterday, 4music, 4seven
COM7 HD 55 746 4seven HD, C4+1 HD
COM8 HD 56 754 BBC Four HD, CBeebies HD
L-NOR 32 562

 

Channels mentioned are not exhaustive list, see this page for full list: http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/channels/channel_listings

This page allows you to see the current channel numbers in use for your region, and which multiplex they relate to: http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/manual_retuning

This page lists, for each UHF channel, the corresponding frequency (see centre frequency column): http://help.digitaluk.co.uk/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=8312