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The symbol shows the location of the Beary Peark (IoM) transmitter which serves 2,500 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Beary Peark (IoM) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Beary Peark (IoM) transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)337mDTG-200W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C43 (650.0MHz)337mDTG-200W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)337mDTG-200W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

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The Beary Peark (IoM) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Beary Peark (IoM) transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 173km east-southeast (119°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 173km east-southeast (119°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Beary Peark (IoM) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1330 Jun 2020-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves BBCB
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB

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 18 Jun 09 and 16 Jul 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 250W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-1dB) 200W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Douglas transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Granada Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Beary Peark (IoM) was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Friday, 24 June 2011
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Tony Mallon
5:09 PM
Newry

Ch50 HD reception has been a problem from day one at this location,and I believe interference from Wales may be the cause.
The aerial is group B/V,line of sight(I can literally see IOM.)SD Ch43 and 46 100% sig.strength and quality.Have moved aerial several times,tried attenuation,mast head amps etc.At present aerial is panned about 5 degrees North west of Tx and no amp in use.
Best results so far,but HD still weak ,and no or little sig quality.
RTE coming in full strength from 3 Rock on Ch 54 DVB-T,and HD.

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Saturday, 2 July 2011
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Jm F
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4:48 PM

Tony Mallon: Newry (as in Armagh?) could be receiving UHF Ch.50 from Presely, but this would be H-pol.
RTE from 3 Rock is also H-pol (though why you'd be using 3 Rock rather than the V-pol Clermont Carn Tx isn't clear).
The SD channels from Presely are also on UHF 43 & 46, so are using the same frequencies as Beary Park, but so are several other relays on the IOM (Port St. Mary, Union Mills, Laxey, Ramsey, Jurby. All V-pol. apart from Ramsey).
Would it be any better if you tried an H-pol aerial pointing at Presely?

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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
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Tony Mallon
7:55 AM
Newry

Thanks JmF for taking an interest.
Postcode for some reason is Newry,actual location is Analong.I am told on Boards.ie that Clarmont Carn will be blocked in a Northerly direction until UK DSO,and I find Ch,53 CD/V quite so.
Any signals from Wales seem to be greatly dependent on prop/trop conditions,and would drive you quite mad.
Have been banging on about the IOM difficulties since S/O back in Oct.I think,and the subject was well discussed on "Help with Freeview across the sea in S.Down.Have tried many interesting suggestions ,but to no avail,some work carried out back in May at the Tx made things worse from this perspective.
Have had no problems with DVB-T from 3 rock or Kippure on Ch 54 c/d /H,seems a more robust system of transmission than UK Freeview HD,with its interference problems?


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Friday, 15 July 2011
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Jm F
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4:19 PM

Hi Tony: Analong (Annalong?) would be a much better location for receiving telly from Beary Peark. The radiation pattern seems to give full power in your direction (the Port St. Mary Tx puts out very little your way).
It does appear that you are exploring the tolerance of transmission formats to co-channel interference. Trouble is that there are a lot of contenders for co-channel signals on 43, 46 and 50:
Chatton (more northerly than Beary Peark),
Emley Moor (slightly south of BP),
Llanddona (on Anglesey, south-east),
and Sutton Coldfield (analogue, almost in line behind Llanddona).
From your comment about getting best results with the aerial pointing slightly north of BP, I'd suspect Emley Moor.
A very directional aerial might improve the situation - probably need to have a narrower beamwidth than a single log periodic by using two horizontally spaced logs and a phase matched combiner (Vision Stealth kind of arrangement).

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Saturday, 6 August 2011
T
Tony Mallon
4:03 PM

Thanks for the info,best IOM HD sig.yet,today C/N 43 ish.Seems to be stable,but we have been here before,only to loose everything just before the credits roll.
RTE 3 Rock or Kippure romping in on Ch.58 with HD and "future" test cards,radio and HD images.No amp required from this location.
Nothing from C/Carn I am told until 2012,alas,although I picked up Cairn Hill RTE HD in Castlewellan.Not reliable but interesting on a Tesco STB for £30.

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Friday, 12 August 2011
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Tony Mallon
2:37 PM

Hi Jm F
Took your advice and a Log periodic has much improved things here.The fact that it comes with a very large deflector seems to improve C/N.Guess the interference on Ch50 is coming from the rear.Thanks.

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Saturday, 13 August 2011
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Jim F
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8:07 PM

Tony: Good point about interference possibly coming from behind the aerial - I've not (yet) got all the details for Irish transmitters to factor that in. I'm trying to think of a log periodic aerial with a large "deflector" though - which one did you get?

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Jim F's 141 posts GB flag
Thursday, 18 August 2011
T
Tony Mallon
12:37 PM

Slightly embarresed to relate I was in Macro in Belfast,and picked up a "One for All?"Think its Log?
Aerial,clamps ,lots of good co-ax,for £20.
Also found two STB at £10 each!
They are similar to the Tesco Tecknica box and work on BBC anfd RTE HD (DVB T and T2)
Am just checking the IOM Ch 50 Sig and it seems to have improved remarkably,but for how long?.I am line of sight almost with RTE Tx at Carlingford,Clarmont Carn Ch 53 V.
But it is, we are told severly nulled to the North until UK DSO.More likely to be interference from Wales?

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Friday, 19 August 2011
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Jim F
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5:21 PM

Tony: Both the "One For All" aerials (SV9352 single boom and SV9355 triple boom) are Yagis not log periodic. Log periodics don't have the large reflectors at the back, so have low wind loading, but also have less gain. The particular advantage of the logs is that they're more directional, and two working together can be arranged to give good rejection of an unwanted transmitter.
Based on your location though, gain will also be important so if the new aerial works then carry on with it.
That does look like a good price for a T2 capable box!

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Friday, 26 August 2011
T
Tony Mallon
12:31 PM

Thank you for putting me right on the Log Periodic front.I have a log band 111 on Dab,works well N and S.
Sig strength at this local,no problem on IOM (can see it out the window.
The Deflectors make a big difference on the 1 for all,best so far ,without going to more expence for the friend who lives here.
Have been at this DVB-T2 ,HD reception interference prob since IOM s/o back in Oct.
Getting there,but no doubt more fun ahead for all in N.Ireland rural areas.Thanks again.

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