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Freeview reception at PA16 8SB


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 9 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of PA168SB (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

1BBC One (SD)Black Hill ScotlandPSB1
2BBC TwoBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
3STV (SD)Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
5Channel 5Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
7BBC Alba HDBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
8STV GlasgowBlack Hill LG
10ITV3Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
11Sky MixBlack Hill COM5
 
12QuestBlack Hill COM6
13E4Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
14Film4Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
17ReallyBlack Hill COM5
 
18More4Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
19U&DaveBlack Hill COM5
20U&DramaBlack Hill COM4
215USABlack Hill COM4
23BBC ThreeBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
 
24BBC Four (Scotland SD)Black Hill ScotlandPSB1
25U&WBlack Hill COM6
26ITV4Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
27U&YesterdayBlack Hill COM6
28ITVBeBlack Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
 
29ITV2 +1Black Hill COM4
30E4 +1Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
31E4 ExtraBlack Hill COM5
325STARBlack Hill COM4
335ActionBlack Hill COM4
 
34GREAT! moviesBlack Hill COM6
35STV+1Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
35ITV1 +1Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
36Sky ArtsBlack Hill COM5
38Channel 5 +1Black Hill COM4
 
39DMAXBlack Hill COM6
40Quest RedBlack Hill COM5
41LegendBlack Hill COM4
42GREAT! actionBlack Hill COM4
43Food NetworkBlack Hill COM5
 
44HGTVBlack Hill COM6
465SELECTBlack Hill PSB3
47Film4 +1Black Hill COM5
48ChallengeBlack Hill COM5
494sevenBlack Hill COM5
 
52GREAT! christmasBlack Hill COM6
56That's TV (UK)Black Hill COM6
57U&Dave ja vuBlack Hill COM4
58ITV3 +1Black Hill COM4
59ITV4 +1Black Hill COM4
 
60U&Drama +1Black Hill COM5
63GREAT! romance mixBlack Hill COM6
64BlazeBlack Hill COM4
65That's TV 2Black Hill COM5
67TRUE CRIMEBlack Hill COM4
 
68TRUE CRIME XTRABlack Hill COM4
70Quest +1Black Hill COM5
71That’s 60sBlack Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
73HobbyMakerBlack Hill COM6
74&UYesterday +1Black Hill COM5
 
75That's 90sBlack Hill COM6
76That's TV 2 MCRBlack Hill COM5
81Blaze +1Black Hill COM4
82Talking Pictures TVBlack Hill COM6
83Together TVBlack Hill COM4
 
84PBS AmericaBlack Hill COM6
91WildEarthBlack Hill COM4
93ITVBe +1Black Hill COM4
101BBC One HDBlack Hill PSB3
102BBC Two HDBlack Hill PSB3
 
103STV HDBlack Hill PSB3
103UTV HDBlack Hill PSB3
103ITV 1 HDBlack Hill PSB3
104Channel 4 HDBlack Hill PSB3
105Channel 5 HDBlack Hill PSB3
 
106BBC Four HDBlack Hill PSB3
107BBC Three HDBlack Hill PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDBlack Hill PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Black Hill PSB3
201CBBCBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
 
202CBeebiesBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
204CBBC HDBlack Hill PSB3
205CBeebies HDBlack Hill PSB3
209Ketchup TVBlack Hill COM4
210Ketchup TooBlack Hill COM4
 
211YAAAS!Black Hill COM4
231BBC NewsBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
232BBC ParliamentBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
233Sky NewsBlack Hill COM5
235Al Jazeera EngBlack Hill COM6
 
251Al Jazeera EnglishBlack Hill COM4
255FRANCE 24 (in English)Black Hill COM4
265Rok Sky +1Black Hill COM4

 

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Comments
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
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Charlotte
6:54 PM
St. Ives

I live in St Ives, Cornwall and receive my signal from Caradon Hill transmitter. Myself and others in this area have hardly had any channels for the last 3 days, it is worse in the evening. It says that there is no fault with the transmitter. Please help/advise.

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

8:44 PM

Pete Green: At one point, there was an option to see traces to other transmitters, but I removed it because it simply caused confusion.

If you would find it useful it could be a possible "advanced option".

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emma
9:13 PM
Sheffield

have completely lost signal in s3, first bbc channels disappeared, have tried retuning and tried different cable and tv! live in the city centre in block of flats, is this a fault? everywhere i have looked to check doesnt seem to update!!!

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:35 PM

emma: If you reside in a block of flats then the obvious question would be if you as yet have checked with any of your neighbours to find out if they are also experiencing problems, because no faults are seen listed on the transmitter engineering page.


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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
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Barry
7:24 AM
Bristol

Still having problems in BS35 2YH with signal mostly lost but have it for either half an hour or an hour a day, starting and finishing on the half hours. Any advice?


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Steveeboy
12:26 PM
Nottingham

Would it be possible to receive signals from a horizontal main transmitter even if you are located in a vertical area using a Wideband aerial with suitable range? I mean, are there certain areas where pointing at a vertical transmitter is the only option? In Nottingham we have the Nottingham transmitter which is vertical and Waltham which is horizontal but because Waltham is so powerful I don't understand why the Nottingham transmitter is required. How much of the country now relies on these vertical transmitters?

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

12:45 PM

Steveeboy: The reason why Nottingham is required is probably because there are areas where Waltham isn't. This is likely to be due to the terrain, which blocks reception from Waltham.

As with any transmitter, there are places of overlap. Study the coverage maps on this site for the two transmitters. You will probably find that the gaps correspond to drops in the terrain.

The main, high power transmitters are horizontally polarised, except for Rowridge which, since switchover, uses mixed polarisation. The majority of relays are vertically polarised.

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Pete Green
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

2:44 PM
Weston-super-mare

Briantist. I would find it handy but I'm the odd one out.



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Steveeboy
3:27 PM
Alfreton

Thanks Dave. So, my next question is regarding the need to have an aerial which can be positioned horizontally and vertically for instance when touring in a caravan? Most seem to only have the aerial set to horizontal in all sorts of different locations.

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