Full Freeview on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, 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 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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Monday, 30 January 2012
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David Lipshaw2:06 PM
Spalding
Was there a problem with the transmission of HD Freeview signals (BBC1HD, ITV1HD, CH4HD), on Friday evening of the 27th January 2012 from the Belmont transmitter?
Our TV, a SONY KDL-46HX923 repeatedly showed a black screen for a duration of about 2 seconds, at random time intervals on each of the above HD channels on that evening.
Internet blogs suggested that the same symptoms were seen on many other manufactures TV's, and that it was due to the transmitter streaming the HD signal was switching between 1080p and 1080i repeatedly, also suggested was that some TV's were less prone to this problem.
What is the true cause of the symptoms I viewed on that Friday evening?
Was it a transmitter problem?
The symptoms were only with the HD signals, the standard definition signal on each of the effected channels was fine.
I would be very interested if someone could explain this please.
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Friday, 3 February 2012
David Lipshaw: Please can you see the Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
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Saturday, 4 February 2012
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andrew packer3:52 PM
hi i live in doncaster and receive my signal from from the belmont transmitter but i can only pick up 61 channels including radio.there are quit a few channel missing including itv4 russia today and film4 i am not using a wide band arial can any body help me please.
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andrew packer: ITV4, Russia Today and Film4 are carried on the Arqiva B multiplex which is on channel 60 from Belmont. Try manually tuning to channel 60.
Check that you have ITV3 (carried on SDN) and Pick TV (which is on Arqiva A).
Are you in part of the town which cannot receive from Emley Moor?
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Andrew packer5:49 PM
I am in the dn5 area of doncaster i dont think I can recieve emley moor.I have tried manualy tuning into channel 60 nothing there.
at all I can pick up itv3 but not pick tv.
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Andrew Packer: I think that the answer is likely to be your aerial; you need a wideband one.
Pick TV (and other Arqiva A channels) and Yesterday, ITV4 (and other Arqiva B channels) are at the top of the band.
Belmont was a Group A transmitter which means that it only used channels in the lower third of the band. Consequently aerials that were installed for it were Group A ones. This means that they are much more sensitive at the bottom third of the band and less sensitive higher up.
ITV3 (carried on SDN multiplex) and BBC and ITV1, C4 etc are all in Group A, hence why I believe that you can pick them up.
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Saturday, 10 March 2012
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Mark Fletcher11:19 PM
Halifax
Andrew Packer,Doncaster DN5.One other option to receieve the ArqA (fr 53) and ArqB (fr 60) multiplexes from Belmont is to diplex your aerial.In other words use your current group A (tipped red) aerial for the BBCA (fr 22),D3+4 (fr 25),SDN (fr 30) and if you have it BBCB (HD) (fr 28) multiplexes,and diplex with another antenna,either a group C/D (tipped green),a group E (tipped brown) or a group W wideband (tipped black) aerial.Is your local BBC 1 Look North broadcasting East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire news (Belmont).The problem with Belmont although officially a group W wideband aerial transmitter is that all but two multiplexes are on group A frequencies and group W widebands antennas have an inferior performance on group A frequencies especially on all group A transmitters say Crystal Palace,Durris,Caradon Hill and Rowridge as examples.One further problem with Belmont's ArqB on frequency 60 once 4G starts is the potential for interference on this multiplex especially if frequency 61 is used as such.
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Sunday, 25 March 2012
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Des Collier2:13 PM
Brigg
David Lipshaw:- i've had this problem,but a software upgrade has cured it mainly,occasioally bbc1 hd plays up,rest are perfect.(set is a TOSHIBA 40RV753B)
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Sunday, 15 April 2012
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Martyn10:00 AM
Boston
The change over was last August and I had no problems, this last few months especialy in the evenings, the picture and sound has stuttered or frozen making tv unwatchable!
This is on all chanels and my neighbour has a simmilar problem. I am between Boston and Spalding, what could be the problem and what can be done about it?
Thanks Martyn
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