Full Freeview on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-look-north-newcastle.jpg)
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.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-tynetees.jpg)
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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Sunday, 10 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:03 today to 16:21 today. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:03 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 11 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:03 yesterday to 16:21 yesterday. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 19:03 yesterday to 19:12 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:03 yesterday to 19:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:03 on 10 Aug to 16:21 on 10 Aug. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 19:03 on 10 Aug to 19:12 on 10 Aug, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:03 on 10 Aug to 19:00 on 10 Aug. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:03 on 10 Aug to 16:21 on 10 Aug. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:03 on 10 Aug to 19:00 on 10 Aug, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 19:03 on 10 Aug to 19:12 on 10 Aug. [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 August 2014
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John Hewett7:59 PM
Why is the power of Radio Newcastle as transmitted from Pontop Pike less than the other radio stations from the same transmitter?
This is the same for FM and DAB.
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MikeP
8:19 PM
8:19 PM
John Hewett:
Not being in that area I have no experience of that service. However, it is usual for such local services to use more directional transmitting aerial patterns as that allows 'targetting' to a selected area and needs less power to give sufficient coverage for the intended audience. That means it is cheaper to operate (less power means less cash needed) and does not interfere so much with other nearby services.
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Dave Lindsay
8:44 PM
8:44 PM
John Hewett: If the "other radio stations" you refer to are the four BBC national ones then that's because they are on higher power so as to serve a much larger area - or to put it another way: they reach parts that they wouldn't had their power been lower.
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Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:44 PM
1:44 PM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:29 today to 10:59 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:29 yesterday to 10:59 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 3 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:29 on 01 Oct to 10:59 on 01 Oct. [BBC]
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