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Freeview reception at CO15 4UT

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 2 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of CO154UT (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

1	BBC One (SD)	Clacton East	PSB1
2	BBC Two	Clacton East	PSB1
3	ITV 1 (SD)	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
4	Channel 4 (SD)	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
5	Channel 5	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2

6	ITV 2	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
9	BBC Four	Clacton East	PSB1
10	ITV3	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
11	Sky Mix	Sudbury	COM5
12	Quest	Sudbury	COM6

13	E4	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
14	Film4	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
15	Channel 4 +1	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
17	Really	Sudbury	COM5
18	More4	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2

19	Dave	Sudbury	COM5
20	Drama	Sudbury	COM4
21	5USA	Sudbury	COM4
23	BBC Three	Clacton East	PSB1
25	W	Sudbury	COM6

26	ITV4	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
27	Yesterday	Sudbury	COM6
28	ITVBe	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2
29	ITV2 +1	Sudbury	COM4
30	E4 +1	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2

31	E4 Extra	Sudbury	COM5
32	5STAR	Sudbury	COM4
33	5Action	Sudbury	COM4
34	GREAT! movies	Sudbury	COM6
35	ITV1 +1	Clacton Anglia (East)	PSB2

36	Sky Arts	Sudbury	COM5
38	Channel 5 +1	Sudbury	COM4
39	DMAX	Sudbury	COM6
40	Quest Red	Sudbury	COM5
41	Legend	Sudbury	COM4

42	GREAT! action	Sudbury	COM4
43	Food Network	Sudbury	COM5
44	HGTV	Sudbury	COM6
46	5SELECT	Clacton	PSB3
47	Film4 +1	Sudbury	COM5

48	Challenge	Sudbury	COM5
49	4seven	Sudbury	COM5
52	GREAT! romance	Sudbury	COM6
56	That's TV (UK)	Sudbury	COM6
57	Dave ja vu	Sudbury	COM4

58	ITVBe +1	Sudbury	COM4
59	ITV3 +1	Sudbury	COM4
60	Drama +1	Sudbury	COM5
61	GREAT! movies extra	Sudbury	COM6
63	GREAT! romance mix	Sudbury	COM6

64	Blaze	Sudbury	COM4
65	That's TV 2	Sudbury	COM5
67	TRUE CRIME	Sudbury	COM4
68	TRUE CRIME XTRA	Sudbury	COM4
70	Quest +1	Sudbury	COM5

71	That’s 60s	Sudbury	COM6
73	HobbyMaker	Sudbury	COM6
74	Yesterday +1	Sudbury	COM5
75	That's 90s	Sudbury	COM5
78	TCC	Sudbury	COM4

81	Blaze +1	Sudbury	COM4
82	Talking Pictures TV	Sudbury	COM6
83	Together TV	Sudbury	COM4
84	PBS America	Sudbury	COM6
89	ITV4 +1	Sudbury	COM4

91	WildEarth	Sudbury	COM4
101	BBC One HD	Clacton	PSB3
102	BBC Two HD	Clacton	PSB3
103	UTV HD	Clacton	PSB3
103	ITV 1 HD	Clacton	PSB3

103	STV HD	Clacton	PSB3
104	Channel 4 HD	Clacton	PSB3
105	Channel 5 HD	Clacton	PSB3
106	BBC Four HD	Clacton	PSB3
107	BBC Three HD	Clacton	PSB3

108	BBC Scotland HD	Clacton	PSB3
110	Channel 4 HD (Wales)	Clacton	PSB3
201	CBBC	Clacton East	PSB1
202	CBeebies	Clacton East	PSB1
204	CBBC HD	Clacton	PSB3

205	CBeebies HD	Clacton	PSB3
209	Ketchup TV	Sudbury	COM4
210	Ketchup Too	Sudbury	COM4
211	YAAAS!	Sudbury	COM4
231	BBC News	Clacton East	PSB1

232	BBC Parliament	Clacton East	PSB1
233	Sky News	Sudbury	COM5
235	Al Jazeera Eng	Sudbury	COM6
267	Al Jazeera English	Sudbury	COM4

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Comments

Saturday, 24 January 2015

Dave Lindsay

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8:53 PM

Michael: Again, it is all down to commercial operators operating where they see fit. doesn't "block" it's that they're only available on a basis.

Channel 5 was offered the slot on the PSB3 which is nationwide and carries HD streams of BBC One, BBC Two, ITV/STV/ and , but it turned it down which is why BBC Three/CBBC is carried there.

With reference to the example of Dave, it is available free-to-air on one of the Commercial Freeview multiplexes, which serve all but about 8% of the population which can receive signals. What you must remember and which is logical is that it's objective is to maximise revenues so as to turn as big a profit as it can.

It pays to go on the Commercial Freeview multiplex. We must assume that it's better off to make itself available via on a subscription basis (via Sky) than pay to be free-to-air on satellite ( and Sky).

The point is that the cost of paying to be available to most Freeview viewers is obviously worthwhile when set aside the advertising revenue it generates from those viewers.

And, if it were to make itself available on free-to-air satellite then it would be worse off than it is now because it would have to pay to be on there and wouldn't get any revenue from Sky (if indeed revenue flows to it).

It's all a case of cost-benefit analysis, as it always is in business. We must assume that the status quo is the best for it, and the above explanations would seem to be the reasoning behind what may appear to be a bizarre situation (Freeview users getting it free-to-air but satellite ones having to pay).

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Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Mark Heselden

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6:43 PM

Most devices (TVs, Freeview boxes, Recorders, etc.) can display strength and . Signal strength is obvious, but what contributes to the quality level? Depending on the equipment being used the quality level displayed can vary widely between receiving devices despite them deriving their signal from the SAME aerial.

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Mark Heselden's 21 posts GB flag

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MikeP

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9:33 PM

Mark Heselden:

The 'measure' of signal is a very subjective matter dependent entirely on how the software used in the particular TV/STB has been written. They all vary, even within the same make but different models.

It is meant to give some indication of how well, or otherwise, the decoder system is sorting out the actual data carried within the signal for the programme that you are watching/'measuring'.

I have a TV with a DVB-T2 tuner/decoder built in and a STB that is DVB-T only. If I check the signal quality of the same programme, I used BBC1 SD from for my check just now, the quality is shown as 90% on the TV and 75% on the STB, both being fed from the same log-periodic through an active splitter. Swapping the feeds round so the STB had the input that was originally to the TV (so eliminating any variance due to cabling, etc) gave exactly the same figures. That shows the software design and implimentation is the variable factor.

All you can deduce from the quality indication is whether the signal is able to be decoded or not. Elsewhere on this site is a discussion about what happens when you have too much signal, usually shown by a 100% strength reading. In some cases the TV/STB shows a message suggesting there is when in reality it has too much signal and it can't decode it so the quality is shown as 0, hence the 'No Signal' message that is actually incorrect. A similar situation occurs when there is too little signal though most receivers will show some programmes but not others, the weaker ones not being decoded. In that scenario the strength is usually well below 40% but I've seen quality as much as 60% even though it is having problems decoding!

So, to summarise, it's only an approximate hint but can be misleading. All you do know is that if it shows a very low quality you could have problems viewing some programmes. You also know that if the signal is too strong then that could lead to problems as well.

that helps?

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Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Mark Heselden

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

7:15 PM

Mike P

Thanks very much Mike. That does shed some light on it. I had been puzzling over the level issue for a while.

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Mark Heselden's 21 posts GB flag

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Friday, 13 February 2015

marilyn feaveryear
10:34 PM
Norwich

my signal went of at 7.30am today along with my neighbours and a few others in my area,we have tried to reset are t,v but stillhave ,are aerials are on the , you can resolve this a.s.a.p as my neighbour is elderly and needs her t,v for company

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jb38

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11:36 PM

marilyn feaveryear: As no faults are indicated (as yet) on either the or , nor is any work taking place at either , then this is inclined to point to something having happened to the system, is the aerial system or the cables from, communal in any way?

The other point being, that if you have tried resetting the TV's, (your neighbours and yours) then this will have deleted the already stored in the tuners, this then requiring frequent retunes in an attempt to recover them, whereas the signal would have returned of its own accord if the receiving devices (TV or box) had not been retuned.

Its never advisable to try resetting a TV nor carrying out a retune when a message is seen, as the reason for the problem is very seldom ever connected with the actual TV or box.

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jb38's 7,179 posts GB flag

Saturday, 14 February 2015

annoyed
3:49 PM

Everytime I enter a post code etc. regardless of where in the UK this shows me that my is the one. Well I've got news for you - it isn't! I certainly do not receive signals from London in Shetland, Aberdeen or near the South Coast of England. Get it sorted please.

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Sunday, 15 February 2015

Paul Murphy
8:11 PM
Bourne End

Similarly Bourne End in Bucks mostly gets from the Freeview Lite of and NOT the relay. If you look at the map generated by putting in my postcode, in fact most of Bourne End is showing as having no reception at all from the High Wycombe transmitter! Please look into it (or advise who does). An explanation of what's gone wrong would also as if it's just one person responsible for this tools accuracy when there are more than 1000 transmitters to be taken into account, that's a little different to if it's a large corporation responsible for feeding the information and accuracy checking.

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Monday, 16 February 2015

Colin Swan
7:01 PM
Carrbridge

I entered my postcode PH23 3NA and you gave me the Light coverage from the - however I note some houses in the area do have aerials pointing to (horizontally polarised) which will give them the FULL Freeview service.
Can you tell me what type of would be needed for Full Freeview at PH23 3NA (Lochanhully Woodland Club, Carrbridge)?
Thank you.

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Tuesday, 17 February 2015

jb38

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

12:07 AM
Dundee

Colin Swan: I have already replied to a similar query made by you on Sunday 8th Feb @ 9.37pm, my reply fully explaining the situation having been made on Mon 9th Feb @ 09.21pm

Knockmore (Moray, Scotland) Full Freeview transmitter

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