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The symbol shows the location of the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter which serves 34,000 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 Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) mast?

Fenham transmitter - Fenham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Fenham 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
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)171mDTG-400W
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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
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)171mDTG-400W
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30+ (546.2MHz)171mDTG-400W
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
 V max
C25 (506.0MHz)171mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C22+ (482.2MHz)172mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C28 (530.0MHz)172mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 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)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Fenham transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 3km east-southeast (108°)
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, 2km south-southwest (206°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

How will the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1313 Nov 2019
A K TW TW TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCB
C22+ArqAArqA
C23BBCA
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C25SDNSDN
C26D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C28ArqBArqB
C30_localBBCB
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4wavescom7
C36_local
C37com8
C56tv_offC5wavesC5waves

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 1-5 2kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 400W
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-17dB) 40W
Mux C*, Mux D*(-20dB) 20W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike 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. Fenham 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.

Comments
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
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Carl Kalland
8:23 AM

Dave has dropped out today on channel 12 de ja but still available on channel 84

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Friday, 9 June 2017
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Deborah
1:55 PM

Your site currently states that there is no work on the Fenham transmitter, but on another site there are reported problems breaks in service & engineering works. All our free view channels are breaking up , but not our internet channels. Who is correct. I have tried all cables, switched off the box etc but still unwatchable & signal weak message. Please help p.s. Weather is fine not windy or stormy.

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StevensOnln1
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4:56 PM

Deborah : Which website are you seeing these reports on? The transmitter engineering posts on this site are taken from a feed provided by BBC engineering. What signal strength and quality readings are you seeing?

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Sunday, 25 June 2017
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ANDY KUIPERS
7:22 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne

Hi, been having terrible problems with reception at NE13 9NT. Constant interference, channels not working at all(BBC1+BBC2 eg0. Blocks appear on the screen and freeze the picture, then the whole screen disappears and is black. Message of " wek signal" etc. Been going on for 6 weeks now all of a sudden. Have lived in this house since 2001 and never experienced any of this. CAN YOU HELP PLEASE.

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StevensOnln1
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8:04 PM

ANDY KUIPERS: Your only 6km away from the Fenham transmitter so start by checking behind your TV for any loose/damaged cables or connections. Although further away, Pontop Pike is also predicted to give a good signal at your location so it would be worth checking which you are using and that your TV is tuned to the correct transmitter. For Fenham, your aerial will be pointing roughly south with the little rods in the vertical position (pointing up and down) whereas for Pontop Pike it will be pointing more to the west of south with the little rods horizontal (pointing side to side).

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Monday, 18 December 2017
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Paul McDonnell
3:43 PM

I'm having problem with my Panasonic PVRs (I have three). Certain channels won't record or pause, specifically on HD, 106-113, 115 and 205. Looking at your transmitter info for Fenham, Mux Com 7 looked to be the culprit, so I tested some of the SD channels, and had the same problem. On trying to pause live TV I get a message saying "No signal for operation". On trying to record, the recording never starts. This has been going on for a few weeks now. As far as I am aware, other channels not on Mux Com 7 are all fine.

On advice from Panasonic, I did a "dry" retune. It made no difference. I've lost count of how many times I've reset the unit. My postcode is NE82EE if needed.

Any suggestions what I should do about this?

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MikeB
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9:30 PM

Paul McDonnell: Have you checked the strength/quality of the various muxes?

The machine is telling you that its not getting enough of a signal, so you need to check if you are getting the correct transmitter. My old Sony PVR, which had, like Panasonics, a pretty sensitive tuner, would bring in other transmitters just enough to fool the PVR, but not enough to actually record anything.

If its locked into another transmitter, you can kill the signal a bit. or retune if it s just a one off.

The second possibility is that the transmitter is spot on, but your system is not. If your losing muxes, thats a classic sign of a system problem, perhaps via lose connections, dodgy cable, etc.

Since you have 3 Panasonics (I assume the 7/8 series), it sounds like the latter problem - so I'd start looking at the point where the signal splits.

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Monday, 13 May 2019
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Jim Robson
10:06 AM

I live in Longbenton I have never had more than a small number of HD channels. I am sick of returning my set to try and get more .

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MikeP
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10:16 AM

Jim Robson:

Fenham deos transmitter all the possible multioplexes, including the COM7 and COM8 services which carry several HD channels. Check that you are actually tuned to the Fenham transmitter by putting your posy code and house number into the Digitla UK Coverage Checker at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…er/, selecting the Dey=tailed View option and pressing Go. Then scroll down to the listing for the Fenham transmitter, that will show you the current channel numbers to use for checking.



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Wednesday, 13 November 2019
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C. Hindle
6:58 AM

No signal or weak signal now.. Sandyford area, newcastle

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