Bincombe Hill

England · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 50.662746, -2.443644
Grid reference: SY68748488
Nation: England
Ground height: 160 m
Antenna height: 10 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: South West
ITV region: Westcountry
ITV news region: Westcountry
Parent transmitter: Stockland Hill
Ofcom site number: 13226

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SY68748488 from OSGB36 to WGS84 [V]. Ofcom publish no latitude and longitude for television sites. The transform is verified rather than assumed: on the 3,403 radio records that carry both, it reproduces Ofcom's own coordinates to within 0.1 m.

How far it reaches

The share of the UK's 238,895 Census Output Areas where this mast is the strongest signal of its kind. Not the share it reaches at all — most places can receive several transmitters, and only one of them can be the best.

Band	Best signal in
Television	0.01% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
FM radio	0.11% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
DAB radio	0.16% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter

On the map

Where Bincombe Hill is the strongest signal for television, FM radio and DAB radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C30	546 MHz	13 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	13 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	13 W	DVB-T2	BBC

FM radio

FM services. ERP is published separately per polarisation; a dash means nothing is radiated in that plane.
Station	Frequency	ERP (H)	ERP (V)	Height	RDS name	PI code	Pattern
Greatest Hits Radio	97.2 MHz	—	700 W	45 m	GRT_HITS	C4B1	V
BBC Radio Solent (FM)	103.8 MHz	—	700 W	45 m	BBC_Slnt	C914	V

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
SDL National	11A	216.928 MHz	235 W	48 m	Weymouth & Dorchester	C1CE	31
Bournemouth	11B	218.640 MHz	977 W	48 m	South Dorset	C19D	12
D1 National	11D	222.064 MHz	1.6 kW	48 m	South Dorset	C181	30
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	977 W	48 m	South Dorset	CE15	16

SDL National — block 11A

Bournemouth — block 11B

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D1 National — block 11D

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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