Full Freeview on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 700,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter._______
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 Pontop Pike 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 Pontop Pike transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 15km northeast (42°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 12km north-northeast (29°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
Are there any self-help relays?
Kieldor Dam | Active deflector | 6 homes Holiday complex | |
Low Haber | Active deflector | West Allen Dale, 18 kn SW Hexham | caravan site |
North Hartlepool | Transposer | 84 homes |
How will the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | ||||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C32 | SDN | ||||||||
C33 | com7 | ||||||||
C34 | com8 | ||||||||
C35 | ArqB | ||||||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C55tv_off | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||||
C56tv_off | LNE | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C59tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 1-4 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com8 | (-11.6dB) 34.6kW | |
com7 | (-11.7dB) 33.8kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
LNE | (-20dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Pontop Pike Freeview 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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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:39 yesterday to 16:41 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:13 yesterday to 17:14 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 October 2011
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:13 on 18 Oct to 17:14 on 18 Oct HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:39 on 18 Oct to 16:41 on 18 Oct [BBC]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:13 on 18 Oct to 17:14 on 18 Oct HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:39 on 18 Oct to 16:41 on 18 Oct [BBC]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:39 on 18 Oct to 16:41 on 18 Oct HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:13 on 18 Oct to 17:14 on 18 Oct [BBC]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:39 on 18 Oct to 16:41 on 18 Oct HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:13 on 18 Oct to 17:14 on 18 Oct [BBC]
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Friday, 28 October 2011
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Iain3:15 PM
Chester Le Street
Hi Brian
Just noticed that you have ITV1 HD as the Granada region from Pontop Pike on CH63, we actually get ITV1 HD London, I think as at 6pm on a weekday the local news is London Tonight.
Will this change to ITV1 HD Granada when Pontop Pike goes through digital switchover in September next year or will it stay as London?
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Iain's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick7:17 PM
Iain: The licensed combinations for ITV1 HD on satellite are:
Central
Granada + Border
London
Meridian + Anglia
Wales + West (+ Westcountry)
Yorkshire + Tyne Tees
That matches the ITV1 +1 regions licensed on satellite and Freeview. They also match ITV1's macro advertising regions. ITV are more interested in getting you the right ads than the right programmes.
However, so far, only Central, London, Granada, and Meridian/Anglia have launched on satellite and Freeview.
To get started quickly, I believe all 'early' Freeview HD services carried London, but they're switching to their own services as switchover happens. You might find that Yorkshire Tyne Tees (Emley Moor news) starts once the London region has switched over in April.
ITV might invest in more variants - including launching the two that they have licences for already - now that more capacity is available on the Astra 1N satellite.
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Monday, 7 November 2011
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, no analogue radio. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:20 today to 10:21 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:21 today to 10:22 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:21 today to 10:22 today [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, no analogue radio. [DUK]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:20 today to 10:21 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:21 today to 10:22 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:21 today to 10:22 today [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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