Poole

England · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 50.728508, -1.948942
Grid reference: SZ03709210
Nation: England
Ground height: 61 m
Antenna height: 48 m
Aerial group: Group B — C35–53, the middle
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: South
ITV region: Meridian
ITV news region: Meridian South
Parent transmitter: Rowridge
Ofcom site number: 10804

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SZ03709210 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	0.12% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
FM radio	0.12% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
DAB radio	0.41% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter

On the map

Where Poole 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	C41	634 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C44	658 MHz	35 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C47	682 MHz	39 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	105.8 MHz	125 W	500 W	40 m	GRT_HITS	C5E5	HV

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
SDL National	11A	216.928 MHz	391 W	52 m	Poole	C1CE	31
Bournemouth	11B	218.640 MHz	694 W	52 m	Poole	C19D	12
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	2.0 kW	52 m	Poole	CE15	16

SDL National — block 11A

Bournemouth — block 11B

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BBC National DAB — block 12B

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