U.K. and Former R.O.I. Television Reception

Contents List

• Articles
• Good Old 405 Monochrome
• Internet TV on the Old Box
• Metal in the Sky – TV in Oxford
• Metal in the Sky 2 – DTT in Oxford
• Samsung TV Tragedy
• Techie Stuff – Analogue and digital terrestrial TV in Oxford
• Information
• European VHF TV channels
• UK Digital Audio Broadcasting allocations
• UK UHF TV channels
• Reception predictors
• UK UHF digital (by postcode or Ordnance Survey grid reference)
• Television station lists
• UK UHF digital system [154 kb]
• Current DTT channel list
• Former DTT channel list (up until 4 July 2002)
• UK local TV in the digital era
• Former UK UHF analogue system [114 kb] (up until 29 November 2004)
• Former UK VHF system [10 kb]
• Former ROI analogue system [40 kb] (up until 24 October 2012)
• Transmitter coverage maps
• Interpreting the TV coverage maps (please note possible surprises within)
• "Predicted" UK digital TV coverage:
• [50 kb GIF page image, 'clickable']
• [178 kb GIF large image, 'clickable']
• Former "predicted" BBC and ITC analogue TV coverage (up until 29 November 2004):
• [22 kb GIF page image]
• [85 kb GIF large image]
• Former "predicted" C5 and RSL analogue TV coverage (up until 29 November 2004):
• [19 kb GIF page image]
• [70 kb GIF large image]
• Former "predicted" UK digital TV coverage (up until 29 November 2004) (did you see the article in The Observer 18-APR-2004, and the Biz/ed article MAY-2004)?:
• [44 kb GIF page image]
• [151 kb GIF large image]
• Former "predicted" ROI UHF analogue TV coverage (up until 24 October 2012):
• [15 kb GIF page image]
• [55 kb GIF large image]
• Transmitter location maps
• Current UK digital TV stations:
• [22 kb GIF page image, 'clickable']
• [74 kb GIF large image, 'clickable']
• Former BBC and ITC analogue TV stations (up until 29 November 2004):
• [13 kb GIF page image]
• [45 kb GIF large image]
• Former C5 and RSL analogue TV stations (up until 29 November 2004):
• [11 kb GIF page image]
• [37 kb GIF large image]
• Former UK digital TV stations (up until 29 November 2004):
• [10 kb GIF page image]
• [36 kb GIF large image]
• Former UK VHF TV stations:
• [10 kb GIF page image]
• [37 kb GIF large image]
• Former ROI analogue TV stations (up until 24 October 2012):
• [10 kb GIF page image]
• [37 kb GIF large image]
• Other information
• Suppliers' Links – items for UHF/DX reception
• UK TV transmission path predictor (experimental version only. It is much easier to use this via the digital reception predictor)
• Links elsewhere (with apologies for the growing number of dead ones)
• A.T.V Aerials and Television (Sheffield)
• BBC transmitter information – 26-MAY-2007 archived copy
• BBC Reception Advice Factsheets – 24-MAY-2010 archived copy
• Terrestrial Television Reception [pdf file] – essential reading – 3-DEC-2003 archived copy
• BECG: The Broadcast Engineering Conservation Group
• Bilsdale Transmitter Fire: Incident Review (Ofcom)
• BVWS: British Vintage Wireless Society
• 405 Alive
• 405 Alive Issues
• CAI Guidelines for the use of Benchmarked Aerials [pdf file] (Doug Fisher) – 4-APR-2007 archived copy – seems to be unavailable at present
• Channel Five: the Aftermath (Bill Wright) – 4-JUL-2007 archived copy
• Channel 5 Analogue Reception Issues (Phil Reynolds) – 12-FEB-2012 archived copy
• Co-ax cable quality – how much does it matter? (Bill Wright)
• Digital Television (Department of Trade and Industry) – 29-OCT-2015 archived copy
• The Bolton Digital Television Trial – 9-SEP-2011 archived copy
• A Digital Switchover Technical Trial at Ferryside and Llansteffan – 23-SEP-2015 archived copy
• Digital Television Group - DTT Reception Post Code Checker – 18-JUL-2016 archived copy (inoperative application)
• Maps of Free-to-Air Digital TV Coverage – seems to be unavailable at present
• Digital Terrestrial TV Reception (Bill Wright) – 4-JUL-2007 archived copy
• Direct Television from Alexandra Palace (Arthur Dungate)
• Domestic TV Aerial Performance (Ofcom) – 5-OCT-2022 archived copy
• DTT-TX-INFO – 24-MAY-2006 archived copy
• DVB-T – Digital Terrestrial Television Reception in Llandudno (Martin Vernon) – 11-APR-2003 archived copy
• DX General (James Ison) – 2-DEC-2001 archived copy
• Freeview – Check Coverage (postcode check)
• Freeview Help (Radio and Telly) – 9-DEC-2023 archived copy
• Getting set for digital (Digital UK)
• Irish TV (Richard Logue) – 13-JAN-2012 archived copy
• ITC transmitter information – 23-JUN-2003 archived copy
• mb21 ether.net transmitter information (Mike Brown)
• Mikey's Vintage Technology Page
• Using 405 Line Televisions (Mike Bennett)
• My ONdigital Experience (Yad Jaura) – 2-APR-2003 archived copy
• Ofcom Technical Guidance – superseded
• Coverage Maps – superseded
• Digital Switchover Transmitter Details – superseded
• Television Transmitter Location Maps – superseded
• ONdigital Diary (Phil Middleham) – 2-JUN-2003 archived copy
• Published Articles (Phil Middleham) – 24-OCT-2001 archived copy
• Television Transmission in Ireland (Corkradio) – 10-DEC-2005 archived copy
• Terrain Mapping (Telly Aerial) – 10-FEB-2008 archived copy (inoperative application)
• Terrestrial TV around Swindon (Howard Phillips) – 15-DEC-2002 archived copy
• Trees and UHF Reception (Bill Wright)
• UHF TV DX Reception Techniques (Todd Emslie) – 27-OCT-2009 archived copy
• VHF/UHF Tropospheric Ducting Forecast (William Hepburn)
• 1A Aerials (Wirral & Chester) – 26-OCT-2001 archived copy
• And Finally... 
• The Ministry of Aerials (David Laverty) – 3-FEB-2002 archived copy –seems to be unavailable at present
• Robert Custards' TV Page – 15-JAN-2006 archived copy