Full Freeview on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 53.335,-0.172 or 53°20'7"N 0°10'20"W | LN8 6JT |
The symbol shows the location of the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter which serves 710,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Belmont transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Belmont transmitter?
BBC Look North (Hull) 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Hull HU1 3RH, 47km north-northwest (346°)
to BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region - 4 masts.
ITV Calendar 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 106km west-northwest (299°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Belmont) region - 4 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Emley Moor region
How will the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | ||||
VHF | A K T | W T | W T | W T | W T | ||||
C7 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C13 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C23 | ArqA | ||||||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C26 | ArqB | ||||||||
C27 | LDN | ||||||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C30 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | _local | |||||
C33 | com7 | ||||||||
C35 | com8 | ||||||||
C53tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | COM8tv_off | ||||||
C60tv_off | -ArqB |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 3 Aug 11 and 17 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.2dB) 150kW | |
ARQA, ARQB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
Analogue 5, SDN | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com8 | (-10.9dB) 40.9kW | |
com7 | (-11.3dB) 37.1kW | |
Mux 2* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
LDN | (-20dB) 5kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 4kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Belmont transmitter area
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Tuesday, 1 February 2022
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Chris.SE1:48 PM
Brian topley :
I'm very tempted to ask where did you think you lost it? You should find it at LCN35 in your EPG.
If it's been missing since the retune, have you looked in the 800s?
If it's up there, along with a number of other channels, HOWEVER Belmont is currently listed for Planned Engineering, so signals and reception may not be normal.
As you haven't given a full postcode we can't comment on how good a signal you might have, so if the channels are in the 800s, make sure they all have a signal BEFORE unplugging the aerial and then carry out a full automatic retune which should clear all existing tuning.
Plug the aerial back in and repeat the retune which will hopefully restore all channels correctly.
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Tuesday, 8 February 2022
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Brian Lofthouse9:03 AM
Good morning, when we all changed to digital in 2009 I can remember feeling a little disappointed. The reason why was, I had been given a demo at my local TV shop, I was absoluted gob smacked by the picture quality I watched that day. I imagined my Full HD TV would be the same after the tune up but it wasn't ! I quickly went back to the shop and was told that transmission was 1080i and I had watched 1080p !! Could you please clarify if that is the case ! Over the years the only way to watch anything up that standard was with a blu-ray disc ! I am hoping to buy a 4K TV soon, again I have been told there are limited 4K sources but hopefully a dramatic improvement !!
regards Brian
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StevensOnln111:34 AM
Brian Lofthouse: HD channels broadcast on Sky and Freesat are all 1080i, HD channels on Freeview can be a mix of 1080i and 1080p but as there is only limited capacity available they are all broadcast at a much lower bit rate than typically used on BluRay discs, resulting in a lower picture quality. Most 4K/UHD content is delivered over the internet, so the bit rate used will partly depend on your broadband connection being fast enough to stream the film or program and not just the video file being played from the server. It's difficult to tell what it will be like watching at home as there are so many variables, but you could ask the shop to play a UHD programme from iPlayer to give you an idea of how real world content is displayed, rather than just watching something played from a demonstration disc (or more likely hard drive/USB stick).
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Brian Lofthouse12:10 PM
Brian Lofthouse:
Thank you the info and well explained.
Much appreciated
Brian
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Wednesday, 9 February 2022
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Chris.SE2:34 AM
Brian Lofthouse:
I've also seen it change between 1080i and 1080p during some BBC HD programmes, this may be related to the source of the material at the time rather than the available bit rate capacity at the time which can change dynamically.
I don't know where you'd find the info on your set, it may be on the detailed EPG, or the Guide or using an Info button?
But if you can find it, on BBC 1 & 2 it should tell you its HD, 16:9, 1080p (or i), HE-ACC and whether it's HbbTV, MHEG, and content type (eg. News and Factual).
It's surprising what material/programmes including ITV, Ch.4 and Ch.5 are in 1080p
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Wednesday, 4 May 2022
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Tony DENNIS3:22 PM
Immingham
Hi,
I cannot pick up any BBC channels unless they are on Freeview, and also would my Roki effect the signal.
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StevensOnln14:33 PM
Tony DENNIS: All the BBC's terrestrial channels are on Freeview, can you be more specific about which ones aren't working and if any other channels are missing? Roku sticks/boxes and similar won't affect Freeview signals themselves but if you have a HDMI cable running close to the aerial lead it can cause interference as many cheap HDMI leads don't have proper screening braid around the inner cables, so it's best to keep HDMI and coax aerial leads as separate as possible.
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Sunday, 25 September 2022
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Carl Draper2:58 AM
sky arts transmission channel 23, film 4 +1,transmission channel 30 not working from belmont transmitter
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