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Freeview reception at CT4 8HU


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 0 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of CT48HU (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)Dover South EastPSB1
2BBC TwoDover South EastPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
5Channel 5Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
9BBC FourDover South EastPSB1
10ITV3Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
11Sky MixDover COM5
12QuestDover COM6
 
13E4Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
14Film4Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
17ReallyDover COM5
18More4Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
 
19DaveDover COM5
20DramaDover COM4
215USADover COM4
23BBC ThreeDover South EastPSB1
25WDover COM6
 
26ITV4Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
27YesterdayDover COM6
28ITVBeDover Meridian (East)PSB2
29ITV2 +1Dover COM4
30E4 +1Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
 
31E4 ExtraDover COM5
325STARDover COM4
335ActionDover COM4
34GREAT! moviesDover COM6
35ITV1 +1Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
 
36Sky ArtsDover COM5
38Channel 5 +1Dover COM4
39DMAXDover COM6
40Quest RedDover COM5
41LegendDover COM4
 
42GREAT! actionDover COM4
43Food NetworkDover COM5
44HGTVDover COM6
465SELECTDover PSB3
47Film4 +1Dover COM5
 
48ChallengeDover COM5
494sevenDover COM5
52GREAT! romanceDover COM6
56That's TV (UK)Dover COM6
57Dave ja vuDover COM4
 
58ITV3 +1Dover COM4
59ITV4 +1Dover COM4
60Drama +1Dover COM5
63GREAT! romance mixDover COM6
64BlazeDover COM4
 
65That's TV 2Dover COM5
67TRUE CRIMEDover COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRADover COM4
70Quest +1Dover COM5
71That’s 60sDover COM6
 
73HobbyMakerDover COM6
74Yesterday +1Dover COM5
75That's 90sDover COM5
78TCCDover COM4
81Blaze +1Dover COM4
 
82Talking Pictures TVDover COM6
83Together TVDover COM4
84PBS AmericaDover COM6
91WildEarthDover COM4
93ITVBe +1Dover COM4
 
101BBC One HDDover PSB3
102BBC Two HDDover PSB3
103STV HDDover PSB3
103UTV HDDover PSB3
103ITV 1 HDDover PSB3
 
104Channel 4 HDDover PSB3
105Channel 5 HDDover PSB3
106BBC Four HDDover PSB3
107BBC Three HDDover PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDDover PSB3
 
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Dover PSB3
201CBBCDover South EastPSB1
202CBeebiesDover South EastPSB1
204CBBC HDDover PSB3
205CBeebies HDDover PSB3
 
209Ketchup TVDover COM4
210Ketchup TooDover COM4
211YAAAS!Dover COM4
231BBC NewsDover South EastPSB1
232BBC ParliamentDover South EastPSB1
 
233Sky NewsDover COM5
235Al Jazeera EngDover COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishDover COM4

 

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Comments
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
S
Sam
8:51 PM
Oswestry

Sam: Its working now. can i ask does the HDMI Resolution have anything to do with this as my grandad has a new tv and was wondering if he could have easily changed it by accident

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MikeB
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8:58 PM

Sam: No, the resolution cannot change - either your box is picking up HD channels, or its not. Assuming you had HD channels (BBC1 HD, etc) which then didn't appear, and then came back, start with your system. HD channels tend to vanish first with a dodgy signal, so if your aerial connection, etc was acting up, then that might explain it. Is the box acting up? And could I ask if you are using HDMI, scart or both to connect the box? You should only every use one lead, and if your using scart, then you wont 'see' any HD channels. Use only HDMI.

If its coming and going, check signal strength (too high can be bad as well), to work out what the problem is.

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Thursday, 7 January 2016
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Mark Hewing
6:55 PM
Derby

Hello,
I have recently, within the last two weeks, lost all of my HD channels. Seemingly all on the BBC/B multiplex.
I'm at DE21 2HE post code.
Have a loft aerial and my configuration has not changed in any way.
All was working perfectly before this loss.
Any ideas on how to get the channels back?

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Saturday, 9 January 2016
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Julie Hicks
10:57 AM
Chesterfield

My postcode is S44 5BS, I have been having problems in the evening watching channel 4 and itv and other itv and 4 channels where I cannot watch them at all. They go all pixelated and then nothing on screen yet Tuesday and before that everything was fine. Why would this happen? I would be grateful of any ideas thanks.


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Monday, 11 January 2016
K
Keith
2:06 PM
St. Helens

MikeP:

Thanks for getting back to me Mike. I can confirm that there are significant trees in the vicinity of our house, but I really would not have thought their density or height would be such that they adversely affected the quality of our reception. We have one small (almond) tree in our front garden which does not extend to any where near the height of our aerial, some distance (50 yards approx.) from our house are a number of large trees, which from my layman's geography would be in the general direction of Winter Hill. Obviously, I know that trees do grow, but we never experienced any reception problems in the days of analogue TV.

Sorry about my post-code not appearing (WA9 5UH); I can't see where on the web-site it requests this.

As for the 4G issue; from my research, I understand that I should have received a post-card from At800, advising me that the switch-on of 4G could affect my TV reception; as I did not receive any such postcard and as the publicity of At800's services has been non-existent, I knew nothing about the potential 4G problem. I only found out about the 4G hiatus when I personally contacted an aerial installer who remedied the problem by installing a filtering device. having been alerted to the problem, I then did my research and it was only then I found out about the existence of At800.

I would have preferred to stay with Freeview, but I am disappointed and feel 'let down' after the hundreds of 's I have now spent on attempting to at least restore normality; sadly, the problems persist with a few TV channels. This is why I feel compelled to explore the possibility of Virgin. Again, as a layman, I know nothing about the speed of my broadband connection; however, I can confirm that I did watch a 2 hour long film off YouTube last Saturday and only experienced buffering (for approx. 3 seconds) on one occasion. In any event, I like to think that Virgin would advise me as to all the options/what best suited et.c.

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Mazbar
sentiment_satisfiedGold

3:39 PM

Keith: you have a choice to make if you want to solve your freeview problem, either plague the person to come back and make sure you have proper reception, the thing is he does sound like he doesn't know what he's doing. Second choice is get someone new in to sort it out, the only problem with this is if they are like me I won't use other people's equipment so would scrap everything as I tell my customers is I only warranty my own equipment.

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MikeP
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4:29 PM

Keith:

The proximity of trees only some 50 yards away does suggest that reception can be affected by them. My house has trees some 50 yards away and if I try to use the original aerial that 'looks through' those trees I get poor SD reception and no HD reception. So I use an aerial mounted the other side of the house making it further away from the trees and doesn't 'look through' them but rather looks to one side of them. Now I get excellent HD as well as SD reception.

Such problems existed in the analogue TV days (I was a senior Field Service Engineer in those days so met such problems fairly often) but the effect on reception was less dramatic than it is with digital.

I'd suggest getting a good aerial contractor to have a look at your aerial system and consider moving it to a place where it does not 'look through' your nearby trees.


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Thursday, 28 January 2016
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Donna
1:26 PM
Newtownabbey

Hi

I live in Newtownabbey BT37. My freeview signal is breaking up on a lot of the channels. Does anyone know if a plug in aerial booster would improve this.

many thanks
Donna

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MikeP
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8:54 PM

Donna:

You are only 10 km from the Divis transmitter and just 2 km from the Carmoney Hill one, so both are rather close. You also have several mobile phone transmitters nearby, thought the map at Freeview reception at BT37 0HU does show you are outside of the service areas a little. I would suggest you check the signal strength readings shown by your TV set (look in the User Manual for your TV to find out how to show those but *do not* perform a retune). You should also check which channels are tuned in to find out which transmitter is being used. Look at Coverage Checker - Detailed View to see the channel numbers used for each multiplex.

The signal strength should not be higher than 80% nor lower than 50% for any of the multiplexes. If they are all correctly tuned to the same transmitter and the strength is above 80% then an amplifier would make things much worse, an attenuator is likely to make things better.


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Friday, 5 February 2016
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Mary
6:15 PM

Not sure who to ask, please redirect me if you can.... As of this morning- 5th Feb - my TV has message "no or weak signal, check antenna". Didn't have time to investigate before work. Returning home, same message. Checked bedroom TV, same message. We have had very high winds over the last few days but I'm hoping this isn't us. It's pitch black outside so can't see until morning. My question, any chance this is the transmitter and not my aerial? We're on digital HD freeview and our town is SKIPTON (BD23)

Thank you in advance,

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