Full Freeview on the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter which serves 34,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) mast?
Fenham transmitter - Fenham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Fenham 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Fenham transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 3km east-southeast (108°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 2km south-southwest (206°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
| A K T | W T | W T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C30 | _local | BBCB | |||||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C36 | _local | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves |
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 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 40W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Fenham Freeview Fenham DAB Fenham AM/FM Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
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Saturday, 1 January 2011
We have to use Fenham instead of Pontop Pike because we live just north of a large hill (NE8 3J), so we get a weak Freeview signal. Would you expect us to be able to get reliable Freeview HD from October 2012?
Thanks for any info.
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Thursday, 6 January 2011
Saturday, 26 March 2011
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Vin Richley12:01 AM
Does Freeview intend to add more HD channels over and above the four it already transmits? Also, is it intended to transmit the HD channels on Fenham and Newton transmitters after digital switchover?
Thanks!
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Mike Dimmick3:43 PM
Reading
Vin Richley: The BBC hope that by the end of 2012, new encoders will allow them to squeeze five channels into one multiplex - currently, they carry four channels. I believe they have to offer Channel 5 first refusal on this space.
As the HD multiplex carries Public Service Broadcasting channels, it will be available on all transmitters, including Fenham and Newton. It's called BBCB above.
Fenham currently carries all six multiplexes and will continue to do so after switchover. Newton will be a 'Freeview Light' transmitter carrying only three multiplexes, as the commercial multiplex operators have refused the option to extend their coverage to the relays. The coverage areas of the main transmitters are generally increasing, so it may be possible to get the commercial multiplexes from one of the main transmitters after switchover.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 7 August 2011
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Richrd10:22 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Hi,
I'm having trouble Picking up any HD channels on my new free view HD box. Could anyone suggest why? I'm in ne2 area and am picking up all the other channels listed above just not the HD ones, does anyone know what frequency channel they are on so I could try and so this manually?
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Richrd's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 8 August 2011
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KMJ,Derby1:33 AM
Richrd: The only transmitter in the Tyne-Tees region with a Freeview HD service is Pontop Pike. The frequency is C63 (810.0MHz) and requires a group C/D receiving aerial set for horizontal polarisation. The Digital UK postcode checker predicts good reception for this mux at your location. If you are using the Fenham transmitter the Freeview HD service will be added at DSO stage 2 in the latter part of 2012, precise dates are yet to be announced by Ofcom.
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Richard9:42 AM
Hi KMJ,
Thanks for the info, i'll try that channel and see if this works, I think I will be on the Fenham transmitter as this is the closest to me, according to this site the next nearest is 47 miles away.
I only bought a HD set top box as checked the site below and it stated I could receive the HD channels:
Freeview
/ Home
/ HD
Any way of choosing to receive from Pontop Pike? (NE22PJ)
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Richard9:53 AM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
*EDIT* Pontop Pike is also very close (didnt show up on my initial search)
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick11:28 AM
Richard: Your aerial might be intended for Fenham, that is, it might be a Group A aerial and aimed at and oriented for Fenham. If so, you probably won't pick up enough of the signal from Pontop Pike even though the predicted coverage is actually better.
An aerial for Fenham would have the elements going up-and-down rather than side-to-side, and it will point west-south-west. For Pontop Pike the elements should go side-to-side and it should point south-west.
Checking the group is harder. The elements of a Group A aerial are larger, and spaced further apart, than a Group C/D or wideband. Often, a group A had a red plastic cap at one end, a group C/D would be green and a wideband black.
If you have a Group A aerial, you'd need a new aerial to use Pontop Pike, as it is designed *not* to pick up signals outside its group. It may be worth getting a wideband in case the broadcasters do win the auction for channels 31 to 38 and launch new services there. Given the prediction - 99-100% across the board - I'd go with a small-to-medium sized Log-Periodic aerial.
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Dave Stobbs1:45 PM
Just further to this, we have a Samsung TV with inbuilt freeview digital TV. We live in South Shields and for the last 6 yrs plus have had no problems at all. Recently I noted a poor signal on some of the channels, esp ITV1, the picture pixelating. Now, it won't even pick these channels (itv1, channel 4, channel 5 up at all and when I scan it can't find them. I've reset to factory settings but still no joy.Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
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