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Freeview reception at EX8 1RR


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 4 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of EX81RR (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)Budleigh Salterton South WestPSB1
2BBC TwoBudleigh Salterton South WestPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
5Channel 5Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
 
6ITV 2Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
9BBC FourBudleigh Salterton South WestPSB1
10ITV3Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
11Sky MixBeacon Hill COM5
12QuestBeacon Hill COM6
 
13E4Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
14Film4Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
17ReallyBeacon Hill COM5
18More4Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
 
19DaveBeacon Hill COM5
20DramaBeacon Hill COM4
215USABeacon Hill COM4
23BBC ThreeBudleigh Salterton South WestPSB1
25WBeacon Hill COM6
 
26ITV4Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
27YesterdayBeacon Hill COM6
28ITVBeBudleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
29ITV2 +1Beacon Hill COM4
30E4 +1Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
 
31E4 ExtraBeacon Hill COM5
325STARBeacon Hill COM4
335ActionBeacon Hill COM4
34GREAT! moviesBeacon Hill COM6
35ITV1 +1Budleigh Salterton West CountryPSB2
 
36Sky ArtsBeacon Hill COM5
38Channel 5 +1Beacon Hill COM4
39DMAXBeacon Hill COM6
40Quest RedBeacon Hill COM5
41LegendBeacon Hill COM4
 
42GREAT! actionBeacon Hill COM4
43Food NetworkBeacon Hill COM5
44HGTVBeacon Hill COM6
465SELECTBudleigh Salterton PSB3
47Film4 +1Beacon Hill COM5
 
48ChallengeBeacon Hill COM5
494sevenBeacon Hill COM5
52GREAT! romanceBeacon Hill COM6
56That's TV (UK)Beacon Hill COM6
57Dave ja vuBeacon Hill COM4
 
58ITVBe +1Beacon Hill COM4
59ITV3 +1Beacon Hill COM4
60Drama +1Beacon Hill COM5
61GREAT! movies extraBeacon Hill COM6
63GREAT! romance mixBeacon Hill COM6
 
64BlazeBeacon Hill COM4
65That's TV 2Beacon Hill COM5
67TRUE CRIMEBeacon Hill COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRABeacon Hill COM4
70Quest +1Beacon Hill COM5
 
71That’s 60sBeacon Hill COM6
73HobbyMakerBeacon Hill COM6
74Yesterday +1Beacon Hill COM5
75That's 90sBeacon Hill COM5
78TCCBeacon Hill COM4
 
81Blaze +1Beacon Hill COM4
82Talking Pictures TVBeacon Hill COM6
83Together TVBeacon Hill COM4
84PBS AmericaBeacon Hill COM6
89ITV4 +1Beacon Hill COM4
 
91WildEarthBeacon Hill COM4
101BBC One HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
102BBC Two HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
103UTV HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
103ITV 1 HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
 
103STV HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
104Channel 4 HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
105Channel 5 HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
106BBC Four HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
107BBC Three HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
 
108BBC Scotland HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Budleigh Salterton PSB3
201CBBCBudleigh Salterton South WestPSB1
202CBeebiesBudleigh Salterton South WestPSB1
204CBBC HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
 
205CBeebies HDBudleigh Salterton PSB3
209Ketchup TVBeacon Hill COM4
210Ketchup TooBeacon Hill COM4
211YAAAS!Beacon Hill COM4
231BBC NewsBudleigh Salterton South WestPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentBudleigh Salterton South WestPSB1
233Sky NewsBeacon Hill COM5
235Al Jazeera EngBeacon Hill COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishBeacon Hill COM4

 

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Comments
Thursday, 27 September 2018
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Les Phillips
9:21 AM
Tiverton

Martin: Loss of signal. Lots of pixilation on all channels.


I believe the aerial is directed at Stockland Hill

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MikeP
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10:34 AM

Chris:

Tacolnston transmitter is working correctly at present and no faults reported.

Please check your aerial system and connections.



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MikeP
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10:36 AM

Les Phillips:

Please check your aerial cables and connections. If there are coaxial plugs/sockets please unplug them and refit. That will clear any corrosion/oxidation of ther contacts, which is a well known cause of the problems you report. DO NOT RETUNE.



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Saturday, 29 September 2018
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Kirk
10:17 PM
Hull

I have an Edison HDMI Modulator for my CCTV system and have tried setting it to various channels, no matter what channel I select, when in use I cannot tune in any bbc / itv etc channels on my TV's.

Any help on channel selection to eliminate signal loss would be appreciated.

Location - Humberside

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Sunday, 30 September 2018
MikeP
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11:19 AM

Kirk:

Assuming you are tuned to the Belmont transmitter, try using a channel between 40 and 49 as they are not used by that transmitter now nor in the future.

However, it could be that the HDMI cables are radiating themselves and disrupting the TV UHF signals carried by the aerial cables- expecially if they are close to each other. So try moving the cables as far apart as is reasonably possible. If that helps then it is worth considering buying better cables with improved screening.



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Monday, 1 October 2018
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Chris
10:50 AM

MikeP

Thanks for the Tacolneston advice. With no equipment changes the Channel 56 signal was off and on for me on Thursday/Friday (varying no signal at all to 90%) but stable since Saturday pm. Maybe there has been some 'tweaking' going on and I am right on the edge.

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Chris
4:24 PM

Hmm,. Channel 56 Tacolneston back to zero signal again, channel 55 (also a low power transmitter) is 95% signal. Something must be going on!

Chris

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Tuesday, 2 October 2018
MikeP
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10:27 AM

Chris:

Have you checked your aerial connections as previously suggested? Poor connection can cause loss or interuption of just one channel. There is no reported work at the transmitter at the time of writing.



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Chris
7:38 PM
Saxmundham

Yes, I have checked these thoroughly and re-terminated a couple I thought might be imperfect - no change. What I can't understand is why COM7 on channel 55 is consistently 90% signal strength, 90% signal quality, whilst COM8 (which I thought had about the same 24kW output at COM7) and is on a bearing of 142 degrees from Tacolneston to me, and therefore not restricted by the radiation pattern (according your polar diagram), is currently zero signal today and yesterday (but was solidly 90% on Saturday and has in previous weeks been absolutely fine). 8MHz higher frequency should not affect reception that much.

Are we sure the wind hasn't blown the COM8 aerial away!? A comparison of channel 55 and 56 signal strengths at your location might be interesting.

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Wednesday, 3 October 2018
MikeP
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11:16 AM

Chris:

The aerial at the transmitter radiates ALL the channels, there is not a separate aerial for any of the multiplexes. They all use a design known as a trapezoid slot aerial where the signals are radiated from different sections of the slot depending on the frequency. So they are all radiated by all the trapezoid slots and not by separate aerials for each multiplex.

An 8 MHz difference in frequency can make a considerable difference to the transmission and reception of the signals.

Looking at the Digital UK Coverage Checker for your location, see Coverage Checker - Detailed View it shows that reception of COM8 is expected to be poor and unreliable, as it is for other multiplexes from Tacolnston.

Where is your arial positioned? If it is possible, it might be worth trying a different position - on the othert end of the roof perhaps? Such a change has given good results in the past in my experience.



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