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.
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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.
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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Thursday, 14 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:20 today. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:40 on 12 Jan to 11:46 on 12 Jan. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:20 today to 04:12 today. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:40 on 12 Jan to 11:46 on 12 Jan. [BBC]
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Barry Dowson7:52 PM
Durham
Hi I live at DH7 9YR having problems with free view, if I change the Aries to receive signal from the booster transmitter which channels do I lose.
Kind Regards
Barry Dowson
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Barry's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb389:41 PM
Barry Dowson: The number of channels lost by switching to your local "Esh" Freeview light transmitter can easily be seen under "Mux", accessed by scrolling upwards to "Which Freeview channels does the Pontop Pike transmitter broadcast?" at the top of this section, everything in the Mux list from COM4/SDN downwards being lost.
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Friday, 15 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:20 yesterday to 04:12 yesterday. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:40 on 12 Jan to 11:46 on 12 Jan. [BBC]
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Saturday, 16 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:20 on 14 Jan to 04:12 on 14 Jan. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:40 on 12 Jan to 11:46 on 12 Jan. [BBC]
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Sunday, 17 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:20 on 14 Jan to 04:12 on 14 Jan. [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:18 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:18 today to 05:10 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:18 yesterday to 05:10 yesterday. [BBC]
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