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 11/11/2024 Screen may go black 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, 17 November 2019
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Chris.SE9:39 PM
Ian Carrick:
Yes those transponders would be out of date as the first numbers appear to be the UHF Channel in kHz.
What the V,6900 mean I've no idea, nor have I any idea how to edit the entries.
The numbers you want for each are as follows -
618000, 642000, 666000, 562000, 578000, 586000, 746000, 754000, 570000
Those are in the order PSBs 1-3, COMs 4-8, Local.
I don't know if this DVBLink requires them in increasing number value of if that order will do.
FYI, the UHF channels in the same order are 39, 42, 45, 32, 34, 35, 55, 56, 33.
I assume you know of the website dvblogic.com - Tvmosaic player/">dvblogic.com - Player but on the homepage dvblogic.com - Tvmosaic they say it's being replaced. Also found this DvbLink TV Server, Version 6, on Synology NAS - YouTube don't know if it'll help with any setup, didn't watch more than a few seconds.
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Chris.SE9:47 PM
KarlR:
According to the Youview Support page you're supposed to be able to choose the transmitter when you receive more than one, also during setup it asks for a postcode. I'd guess that a postcode for the wrong region will confuse it, whether you can reset it by turning it off and on (holding the on/off button on the front for 8 seconds) I don't know.
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Monday, 18 November 2019
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KarlR8:18 AM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Chris.SE
Thanks for your tips. I've taken the YouView box out of the equation and done a manual retune with the TV only - all SD channels appear to be back, so I'll just replace the YouView box with an HD recorder, I'm leaving TalkTalk anyway so they can have their useless tech back.
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KarlR's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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John jackson12:28 PM
Since changes I now have no signal? To the TV ? So I can't retune !
Will I need to change direction of my aerial?
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StevensOnln12:27 PM
John jackson: The transmitter is still in the same place so the direction your aerial points to won't need to change unless you're trying to receive a different transmitter (or it has been moved by the wind). Most TVs have a retune option in the menu which should be accessible even if you have no signal on any channel (have you checked the manual?). If you give the Freeview Advice Line a call they should be able to talk you through manual tuning, or failing that send someone out who will fit a new wideband aerial if required (free of charge if you don't have satellite or cable).
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Nigel7:30 PM
John jackson:
I had problems with my youview box did not want to pick up olivers mount Yorkshire TV weak signal as Bilsdale TT TV was very strong Shorted on TV by manual tune but was hard to tune You view box as would not even pick up Yorkshire channels as duplicates
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Chris.SE7:47 PM
Nigel:
It was KarlR who was having the Youview box problem. Anyway, did you manage to get yours tuned to Bilsdale, if so how did you manage it, it could be useful info for others?
The Youview support pages imply you can choose the transmitter during tuning if you receive more than one, but it's unclear when in the process, also initially you enter your postcode. What it doesn't make clear is can you reset your postcode at anytime - does restarting the box by holding the button on the front for 8 seconds do a virtual reset?
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Tuesday, 19 November 2019
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Nigel8:05 PM
Chris.SE: It was the YTV from Olivers Mount that was the problem as they are weak as compared to Bilsdale Now got YTV but missing COM 7& 8 as these at only from Bilsdale
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Friday, 22 November 2019
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Alan Tye1:54 PM
Com78 National has now dropped signal twice, is this the transmitter or signal from the source.
Thanks
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Saturday, 23 November 2019
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Chris.SE12:06 AM
Alan Tye:
Pontop Pike is listed as having Planned Engineering with "Possible service interruptions" at present.
Over what period is it that the signal has dropped, just today, this week or longer?
If the problem is persisting please post back with a full postcode so we can check what Freeview is predicting for your reception of COMs 7&8.
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