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Freeview reception at KA13 6SA


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 7 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of KA136SA (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)Darvel ScotlandPSB1
2BBC TwoDarvel ScotlandPSB1
3STV (SD)Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
5Channel 5Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
7BBC Alba HDDarvel ScotlandPSB1
10ITV3Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
11Sky MixDarvel COM5
12QuestDarvel COM6
 
13E4Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
14Film4Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
17ReallyDarvel COM5
18More4Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
 
19U&DaveDarvel COM5
20U&DramaDarvel COM4
215USADarvel COM4
23BBC ThreeDarvel ScotlandPSB1
24BBC Four (Scotland SD)Darvel ScotlandPSB1
 
25U&WDarvel COM6
26ITV4Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
27U&YesterdayDarvel COM6
28ITVBeDarvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
29ITV2 +1Darvel COM4
 
30E4 +1Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
31E4 ExtraDarvel COM5
325STARDarvel COM4
335ActionDarvel COM4
34GREAT! moviesDarvel COM6
 
35ITV1 +1Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
35STV+1Darvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
36Sky ArtsDarvel COM5
38Channel 5 +1Darvel COM4
39DMAXDarvel COM6
 
40Quest RedDarvel COM5
41LegendDarvel COM4
42GREAT! actionDarvel COM4
43Food NetworkDarvel COM5
44HGTVDarvel COM6
 
465SELECTDarvel PSB3
47Film4 +1Darvel COM5
48ChallengeDarvel COM5
494sevenDarvel COM5
52GREAT! christmasDarvel COM6
 
56That's TV (UK)Darvel COM6
57U&Dave ja vuDarvel COM4
58ITV3 +1Darvel COM4
59ITV4 +1Darvel COM4
60U&Drama +1Darvel COM5
 
63GREAT! romance mixDarvel COM6
64BlazeDarvel COM4
65That's TV 2Darvel COM5
67TRUE CRIMEDarvel COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRADarvel COM4
 
70Quest +1Darvel COM5
71That’s 60sDarvel STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
73HobbyMakerDarvel COM6
74&UYesterday +1Darvel COM5
75That's 90sDarvel COM6
 
76That's TV 2 MCRDarvel COM5
81Blaze +1Darvel COM4
82Talking Pictures TVDarvel COM6
83Together TVDarvel COM4
84PBS AmericaDarvel COM6
 
91WildEarthDarvel COM4
93ITVBe +1Darvel COM4
101BBC One HDDarvel PSB3
102BBC Two HDDarvel PSB3
103UTV HDDarvel PSB3
 
103STV HDDarvel PSB3
103ITV 1 HDDarvel PSB3
104Channel 4 HDDarvel PSB3
105Channel 5 HDDarvel PSB3
106BBC Four HDDarvel PSB3
 
107BBC Three HDDarvel PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDDarvel PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Darvel PSB3
201CBBCDarvel ScotlandPSB1
202CBeebiesDarvel ScotlandPSB1
 
204CBBC HDDarvel PSB3
205CBeebies HDDarvel PSB3
209Ketchup TVDarvel COM4
210Ketchup TooDarvel COM4
211YAAAS!Darvel COM4
 
231BBC NewsDarvel ScotlandPSB1
232BBC ParliamentDarvel ScotlandPSB1
233Sky NewsDarvel COM5
235Al Jazeera EngDarvel COM6
251Al Jazeera EnglishDarvel COM4
 
255FRANCE 24 (in English)Darvel COM4
265Rok Sky +1Darvel COM4

 

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Sunday, 31 May 2015
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MikeB
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1:10 PM

Nigel: You havn't supplied a postcode, which is vital, but in the meantime search for 'too much of a good thing' on this website.

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Nigel
6:35 PM
Barnsley

MikeB: my postcode is s71 3bb also to add i have a second tv running off the same roof mounted aerial but on a separate cable and that one is fine

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MikeB
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8:37 PM

Nigel: Your 13km from the transmitter, so an overload is not a total surprise. Different TV's have different tuners, and they can all act in a slightly different way - Sony tends to be sensitive but robust, whilst Humax and Panasonic tend to be sensitive full stop. So its perfectly possible for your other TV to be OK (just about), whilst the LG breaking up. Add to that a feed to your other TV which might not be as good, etc, and that could explain the mismatch.

As they say in Jaws, your going to need a bigger boat.I'm 46km from my transmitter, and in order to get the strength down enough so that the PVR didn't get confused, I've put a 12db attenuator on that feed. Best suggestion is to get a couple of fixed ones in series (6 + 12 + 8, etc), until you've got a level thats OK. The fixed ones are less than two quid each on Amazon, and they fit into each other, so you can make a 'stick'. Get another aerial lead, so you dont have the attenuators sticking out of anything - because the weight of them will damage the sockets.

Be interesting at what level of attentuation your signal will need to come in at around 75%!

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Nigel
8:56 PM

MikeB: Hello Mike thank you for all your help.
In the end its looking like the Lg is at fault (well i think its tuner/or aerial socket as packed in,tonight it's not tuning to anything now!.
I've swapped the tv's around to make sure and my second one (samsung)works downstairs and up whilst im not getting anything on the lg!
Cheers Nige

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MikeB
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11:06 PM

Nigel: Bad luck - 5 years old(?) so pretty much out of warrenty. Either get a Freeview HD tuner cheap (Manhatten for about 44 quid - Buy Manhattan Plaza HD-T2 Smart Freeview HD Digital Receiver | John Lewis ) or if you want to upgrade anyway, most of my customers have gone up from a 32 to a 40-42 or even 47/48.

If your about 8-10 feet away from the screen, by far the best value I can suggest is the ace Samsung H6400 from 2014. They are about to vanish (the new 2015 J6300 is curved), but has a great 400hz 3D screen, fully smart, two remotes, etc. Right in the mid range, and a very popular model.

Still just about available for 399 - Buy Samsung UE40H6400 LED HD 1080p 3D Smart TV, 40" with Freeview HD, Voice Control, Built-In Wi-Fi and 2x 3D Glasses | John Lewis - great price, five year warrenty, and I'd be very happy having one myself!

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Tuesday, 2 June 2015
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GeordieLad
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7:45 PM
Towcester

Forgive me if this sounds like an idiotic question but do either the old MovieStar codes or PDC settings (from analogue days) still work on digital transmissions? I ask this because I'm fed up with broadcasters not sticking to scheduled program times, meaning I often lose either the beginning or the end (usually the latter) on many programs. Some of my STBs have what appear to be PDC facilities but I tend not to rely on them because the problems still seem to occur. Ignoring PDC, I always program the starts at least one minute before schedule and the ends two or three minutes after the scheduled times but even this does not always work - mainly because the broadcasters either change the scheduled programs or simply play fast and loose with the timings.

By the way, my Post Code is NN12 7TN and I'm using the sandy Heath services.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Regards

GeordieLad

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Wednesday, 3 June 2015
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GeordieLad
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:05 AM
Towcester

Further to my post yesterday, just in case it's not obvious, I'm referring to the start/end programs when recorded on analogue VCRs - with apologies for hanging on to out-dated technology!

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Dave Lindsay
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6:17 PM

GeordieLad: Wikipedia confirms (if it's to be believed) my suspicion that PDC worked by information encoded in the teletext data which was on the top few lines of analogue pictures. This means that PDC won't work.

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MikeP
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10:24 PM
Trowbridge

Dave Lindsey and GeordieLad:PDC used 'spare' data space in the lines that were not normally displayed and some were used for teletext (Ceefax, Oracle or Teletext). So as the digital transmissions no longer have those spaces available for data there is no PDC in operation.
However, from a technical viewpoint, there is no obvious reason why such control data could not have been included with the digitised programme data. It seems it wasn't thought about at the time, so was not included with the specification. Perhaps Briantist has more information?

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