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The symbol shows the location of the Chatton (Northumberland, England) transmitter which serves 29,000 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 Chatton (Northumberland, England) mast?

Chatton transmitter - Chatton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Chatton 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
 H max
C41 (634.0MHz)349mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)349mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 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 (Tyne Tees),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47+ (682.2MHz)349mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)349mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)349mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C37 (602.0MHz)349mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Chatton (Northumberland, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Chatton transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 64km south-southeast (167°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
regional news image
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 64km south (170°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

How will the Chatton (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1313 Nov 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E K TK T
C29SDN
C31ArqA
C37ArqB
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCB
C41SDNBBCA
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C44ArqAD3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C47ArqBBBCB
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves

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 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-12.2dB) 6kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 2kW

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

Jan 1959-Feb 2004Tyne Tees 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. Chatton 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

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Friday, 22 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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10:30 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:08 on 20 Jun to 05:42 on 20 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 05:32 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 on 20 Jun to 05:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 on 20 Jun to 05:49 on 20 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 yesterday to 05:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:51 on 20 Jun to 06:4 [BBC] tton Transmitter works 20 and 21 June 2012: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown [DUK] Over the next week Chatton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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12:28 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:08 on 20 Jun to 05:42 on 20 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 05:32 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 on 20 Jun to 05:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 on 20 Jun to 05:49 on 20 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 yesterday to 05:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:51 on 20 Jun to 06:4 [BBC] Over the next week Chatton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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12:28 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:08 on 20 Jun to 05:42 on 20 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 05:32 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 on 20 Jun to 05:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 on 20 Jun to 05:49 on 20 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 yesterday to 05:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:51 on 20 Jun to 06:4 [BBC] Over the next week Chatton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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3:28 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 05:32 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:08 on 20 Jun to 05:42 on 20 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 on 20 Jun to 05:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 on 20 Jun to 05:49 on 20 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 yesterday to 05:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:51 on 20 Jun to 06:4 [BBC] Over the next week Chatton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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3:28 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 05:32 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:08 on 20 Jun to 05:42 on 20 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 on 20 Jun to 05:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 on 20 Jun to 05:49 on 20 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 yesterday to 05:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:51 on 20 Jun to 06:4 [BBC] Over the next week Chatton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Monday, 25 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

11:29 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 05:32 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:08 on 20 Jun to 05:42 on 20 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 on 20 Jun to 05:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 on 20 Jun to 05:49 on 20 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 yesterday to 05:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:51 on 20 Jun to 06:4 [BBC]

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11:29 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 05:32 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:08 on 20 Jun to 05:42 on 20 Jun BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 on 20 Jun to 05:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 on 20 Jun to 05:49 on 20 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 yesterday to 05:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:51 on 20 Jun to 06:4 [BBC]

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Tuesday, 3 July 2012
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jthompson
5:35 PM

no digitialsignalonyesterday,itv4,film4

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Wednesday, 11 July 2012
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H
9:20 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne

I can no longer receive a good quality signal from Pontop as the trees adjacent to my property are blocking all reception from the the south when they are in leaf, (they also make my satellite receiver useless for 6 months of the year). My post code is NE3 2UY. I have a high gain roof mounted aerial.
Catton looks a much better proposition but it's much further away than Pontop. Is it worth re aligning my aerial to Chatton or would I be wasting my time (and money)?

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jb38
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11:55 PM

H: Although you are predicted as being able to receive signals from Chatton I doubt very much if in reality that you would as far as reliability is concerned, although in situations such as yours anything is worth a try, Chatton being located at 36 miles away on a bearing of 350 degrees and with no HD being possible until September 26th.

I will also say that you are not really doing yourself any favours by using a high gain aerial facing towards some trees, as high gain aerials are designed to have a sharper pick up and that's the last thing you want when the signal received is being obstructed, and so a more normal aerial such as a log periodic type is liable to give better results and with this being boosted if necessary and with a link for the type of aerials referred to below, the DM version being ideal for your particular situation.

ATV`s Choice Of Aerials for digital TV


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