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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Thursday, 8 August 2013
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jb3811:30 PM
Rachel: If whilst viewing Film4 the message comes on informing you that Film4 is moving then its not being viewed from its new position on the PSB2 (ITV1) transmitter, as that message is only being sent out on the transmitter associated with Film4's old slot on COM6.
Should this be the case then remove the aerial and carry out an auto-tune whilst its removed to blank out the channels already stored, once completed reconnect the aerial and check that nothing is being indicated in the programme guide list (which it shouldn't be!) if not then carry out a final auto- tune to reload the programmes back into your TV or box.
If though you are only complaining about the message then just delete it, or dependant on the brand of the TV or box being used go into the set up menu and disable channel update messages, if whatever you are using allows!
Further advice can only be given when accompanied by a post code or one from nearby, e.g: a shop / post office, plus the model number of the device being used for reception.
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Monday, 12 August 2013
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Rachel12:05 PM
Took your advice to get Film4 sorted. Completely wiped all the TV channels. Initially it did seem to update. But this morning its back to its usual self again. There is no channel 45 and Film4 has that silly message again.
My location is Holbeach, Lincs. Any ideas what is going on?
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Rachel1:52 PM
Latest: Tried to update and the same happened again. Only this time I looked at the install list to see if Film4 was listed. Indeed it was.....but twice!
I then turned the TV off...waited a while....and on again. And we were back to the usual 'retune' message.
I wonder if we're getting 2 signals and when the TV is turned back on again it is picking the 'old' signal and not the new one.
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Thursday, 15 August 2013
Rachel: One possibility is that it might right itself when the 'old' Film4 (the one with the message) is removed. We don't know when that might be, but changes like that happen on Wednesdays.
The point is, as explained by jb38 in response to one of your previous postings, Film4 is in the process of moving from COM6 multiplex to PSB2 multiplex:
Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
It is broadcast simulataneously on both, albeit that COM6's has the retuning message overlayed. Evidently the new Film4 on PSB2 isn't displacing the old one on logical channel number (LCN) 15 when you retune.
Perhaps the issue is perculiar to your model of TV so workarounds will have to be tried.
Try tuning in PSB2 but not COM6. Fortunately with Belmont the former is on a low channel/frequency and COM6 is on a high one. So run the automatic tuning scan and unplug the aerial at 30% or once it gets past UHF channel 31. This should give you PSB1 (BBC One etc), PSB2 (ITV, Film4 etc), PSB3 (HD services if applicable) and COM4 (ITV3 etc).
Then check to see if the new Film4 is on LCN15 - this being the one which doesn't have the retune message overlayed and which the signal strength screen will tell you is being received on UHF channel (frequency) 25 or 506MHz.
Now power down whatever you do that results in it going back to the old Film4 on LCN15 (probably power off and then on). See if the new Film4 is retained on LCN15.
If it is then go to the manual tune function, if there is one, and add UHF channel 53 (COM5 - Pick TV etc) and UHF channel 60 (COM6 - 4Music etc).
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Tuesday, 27 August 2013
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will snell9:10 PM
Bridlington
Anybody else getting loss of signal on bbc 1 tonight, mine started going off during holby and trying to watch new tricks and it isnt there half the time :(
I'm in bridlington yo16 6fh.
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Rachel9:59 PM
Well seeing what happens when Film4 permanently moves hasn't helped. It does tune in, but once the TV is turned off it then goes back to the way it was.
Have followed all the suggestions so far and so far no luck.
So reset it to factory settings (wiped everything including any software updates to the tv)....literally right back to the start. First thing that scared us slightly was when it managed to find 5 analogue channels (how exactly? lol)
To end a very long story......it worked. The new Film4 channel settings has held.
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jb3811:57 PM
Rachel: The reason for your TV having lost Film4 when switched off was simply due to the TV's tuner having picked up more channels than its memory store system could hold, excess channels being held in a temporary but volatile memory store but which is fully reliant on a permanent power source, needless to say this permanent power source being lost when you switched the set off hence the reason for the channels being lost
By the way, the "factory reset" procedure wipes everything stored in the tuners memory, "factory reset" also being known as "default setting" or "first time installation" dependant on brand.
As far as analogue channels are concerned, as this mode is no longer used in the UK then you may possibly be picking up the RF output from a Sky + boxes modulator.
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
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della betley3:53 PM
I have been on too bt for the past week where i have complained about not reciving any off my freeveiw channel and all they keep saying is that there is work being done in the lincolnshire area please could u tell me when all this will be complete thanks
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jb386:00 PM
della betley: Queries of this nature should "always" be accompanied with a post code as Freeview reception in the Lincolnshire area is possible from more than one transmitting station, however "if" you are referring to the Belmont transmitter then even although engineering works are taking place at this station any possible effects of will only be evident on its FM radio transmissions and not the TV services as the work is not involved with the Freeview transmitters.
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