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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) mast?
Pontop Pike transmitter - Pontop Pike transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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?
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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, 6 January 2019
I bought a new tv ready for the digital switch over. The switch over came and that was the start of 7 or 8 years of problems. The picture freezers, pixelates, and the sound goes off and even deletes the radio channels. This happens every day and night for hours at a time nomatter what the weather.
Verious tv technicians have been out and all say the transmission is strong. I've had a filter put on the tv, another filter put on the outside aerial and a new aerial lead but nothing has worked.
I live in a middle flat on the back of the property and the tenant below me has the same problem, the tenant above me is fine. The tenant in the middle flat on the front of the property has the same problems but the ones above and below him don't. All I know is after all these years of not being able to watch a programme all the way through is annoying and frustrating but I still have to pay for a tv licence. I always check that the conections and leads are ok.
My post code is Jesmond NE2 4RL
Hope you can advise
Miss Barbara Hudson
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Barbara's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln16:36 PM
Barbara Hudson: The fact that one of your neighbours in the same building suffers the same problem is a clear indication that there is a fault somewhere in the communal aerial system. This has nothing to do with your TV licence, you need to take it up with whoever is responsible for building maintenance.
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Wednesday, 9 January 2019
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Karl Thomas11:21 PM
How come I can now select either Newcastle or Middlesbrough when I retune?
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StevensOnln111:40 PM
Karl Thomas: Probably because you're picking up signals from two different transmitters in different regions. If you provide a full postcode we can take a look at your predicted coverage and see what you should be able to get.
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Tuesday, 29 January 2019
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Vic Savy12:50 PM
Wylam
Looking at your colour coded map for the Pontop Pike transmitter shows little or no DTT signal at postcode NE41 8JG in Wylam, Newcastle, where I am planning aerial changes for the development where I live in advance of the 700MHz clearance channel changes planned for later this year. This completely conflicts with the prediction on the UK Digital website www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/main/trade/ne41+8jg/NA/0/NA
for the same post code that suggests I should be able to get a good signal from Pontop Pike. Is the data your map accesses current and if so any thoughts on the different prediction.
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Vic's: mapV's Freeview map terrainV's terrain plot wavesV's frequency data V's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln12:03 PM
Vic Savy: This website is independent and the owner doesn't seem to have time available to sort out various problems with the coverage predictions. Digital UK's coverage checker should be fairly reliable as they are the organisation that run Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) in the UK.
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Friday, 30 August 2019
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Jon Douglas9:03 AM
is the changeover on 12 September or 13 November ? Also Lne has not been shown to have a new home clarify please.
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StevensOnln111:27 AM
Jon Douglas: According to Digital UK, Pontop Pike has frequency changes on 12th September (PSB1 moving) and 13th November for the rest. The local mux moves to UHF channel 33 on 13th November.
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Saturday, 14 September 2019
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Ann Hastie11:28 AM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Post code NE5 1TX
We have had no coverage from any of the BBC channels including TV and radio since 12 September and still have none today & counting. We have no problems with Freeview. Has anyone any idea when transmission might be resumed. The aerial is in the loft but a neighbour whose aerial is on the roof has had no coverage either.
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Ann's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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WILLIAM STRACHAN11:37 PM
what happened to channel 87 KEEP IT COUNTRY CAN NOT FIND IT ANY WHERE SINCE CHANGED EVERY THING OVER
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