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Freeview reception at ME8 0AY


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 6 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of ME80AY (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)Bluebell Hill South EastPSB1
2BBC TwoBluebell Hill 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 FourBluebell Hill South EastPSB1
10ITV3Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
11Sky MixBluebell Hill COM5
12QuestBluebell Hill COM6
 
13E4Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
14Film4Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
17ReallyBluebell Hill COM5
18More4Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
 
19U&DaveBluebell Hill COM5
20U&DramaBluebell Hill COM4
215USABluebell Hill COM4
23BBC ThreeBluebell Hill South EastPSB1
25U&WBluebell Hill COM6
 
26ITV4Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
27U&YesterdayBluebell Hill COM6
28ITVBeDover Meridian (East)PSB2
29ITV2 +1Bluebell Hill COM4
30E4 +1Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
 
31E4 ExtraBluebell Hill COM5
325STARBluebell Hill COM4
335ActionBluebell Hill COM4
34GREAT! moviesBluebell Hill COM6
35ITV1 +1Dover Meridian (East)PSB2
 
36Sky ArtsBluebell Hill COM5
38Channel 5 +1Bluebell Hill COM4
39DMAXBluebell Hill COM6
40Quest RedBluebell Hill COM5
41LegendBluebell Hill COM4
 
42GREAT! actionBluebell Hill COM4
43Food NetworkBluebell Hill COM5
44HGTVBluebell Hill COM6
465SELECTBluebell Hill PSB3
47Film4 +1Bluebell Hill COM5
 
48ChallengeBluebell Hill COM5
494sevenBluebell Hill COM5
52GREAT! christmasBluebell Hill COM6
56That's TV (UK)Bluebell Hill COM6
57U&Dave ja vuBluebell Hill COM4
 
58ITV3 +1Bluebell Hill COM4
59ITV4 +1Bluebell Hill COM4
60U&Drama +1Bluebell Hill COM5
63GREAT! romance mixBluebell Hill COM6
64BlazeBluebell Hill COM4
 
65That's TV 2Bluebell Hill COM5
67TRUE CRIMEBluebell Hill COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRABluebell Hill COM4
70Quest +1Bluebell Hill COM5
71That’s 60sDover Meridian (East)PSB2
 
73HobbyMakerBluebell Hill COM6
74&UYesterday +1Bluebell Hill COM5
75That's 90sBluebell Hill COM6
76That's TV 2 MCRBluebell Hill COM5
81Blaze +1Bluebell Hill COM4
 
82Talking Pictures TVBluebell Hill COM6
83Together TVBluebell Hill COM4
84PBS AmericaBluebell Hill COM6
91WildEarthBluebell Hill COM4
93ITVBe +1Bluebell Hill COM4
 
101BBC One HDBluebell Hill PSB3
102BBC Two HDBluebell Hill PSB3
103UTV HDBluebell Hill PSB3
103STV HDBluebell Hill PSB3
103ITV 1 HDBluebell Hill PSB3
 
104Channel 4 HDBluebell Hill PSB3
105Channel 5 HDBluebell Hill PSB3
106BBC Four HDBluebell Hill PSB3
107BBC Three HDBluebell Hill PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDBluebell Hill PSB3
 
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Bluebell Hill PSB3
201CBBCBluebell Hill South EastPSB1
202CBeebiesBluebell Hill South EastPSB1
204CBBC HDBluebell Hill PSB3
205CBeebies HDBluebell Hill PSB3
 
209Ketchup TVBluebell Hill COM4
210Ketchup TooBluebell Hill COM4
211YAAAS!Bluebell Hill COM4
231BBC NewsBluebell Hill South EastPSB1
232BBC ParliamentBluebell Hill South EastPSB1
 
233Sky NewsBluebell Hill COM5
235Al Jazeera EngBluebell Hill COM6
251Al Jazeera EnglishBluebell Hill COM4
255FRANCE 24 (in English)Bluebell Hill COM4
265Rok Sky +1Bluebell Hill COM4
 

 

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Monday, 20 November 2023
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Chris.SE
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2:24 PM

Roger Barsby:

As there are several transmitters (some nearer) that you might receive in your locale, although Sutton Coldfield is predicted to be far the strongest, it may be worth checking in your TV's tuning section that you are tuned to the correct UHF channels for Sutton Coldfield.
All the multiplexes are C43, C46, C40, C42, C45, & C39 that's in the order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, & ArqB/COM6. (C means UHF channel).

For which TV channels - LCNs - are on which multiplex, see
Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview

IF you retuned at any time when you had no signal or badly pixellated pictures you may have got tuned to another transmitter received off side-lobes of the aerial!
It's NEVER recommended to retune if you were correctly tuned when you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures - you cannot tune to a signal that's not there or can't be decoded.

You MIGHT get the Local L-BRM multiplex on C48 but I suspect it will be very variable to poor, if at all.

Could you post the Signal Strength and Quality figures for each multiplex's UHF channel which might help identify possible causes of the problem.

As detailed on the Sutton Coldfield transmitter page, it has been on Planned Engineering for several weeks which won't be helping in your situation as your local terrain doesn't give you clear line-of-sight to Sutton Coldfield, so the taller pole for your new aerial may be of some help.
I hope that was a Group K aerial that was fitted as there are a number of mobile phone masts near you which may be new or have been upgraded to use 700MHz and you could be getting interference.
I hope that installer got out his spectrum analyser to check!

You should have received a postcard - https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
We know many cases that haven't but should have. If you haven't got a 700MHz (5G) Filter get in touch with RestoreTV to request a Free one.

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Sunday, 26 November 2023
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Lewis
9:12 PM
Pontypridd

Hi
Can I use a loft aerial in Church Village to get full Freeview channels from a main mast in Wenvoe?
If so what aerial type?

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Chris.SE
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11:29 PM

Lewis:

Despite the fact that there is a huge hill in the way between you and Wenvoe starting about 1/2 mile from you with a large peak at around 2 miles out, nevertheless the Freeview & BBC's predictors suggest you should get a good signal from Wenvoe so it would be worth a go.

You'd need a high gain Group K aerial, with its rods horizontal pointing at compass bearing 170 degrees (10 degrees E of due S).

Something like https://www.blake-uk.com/56-element-log-periodic-group-k-aerial-new-double-element-design.html may do the job.

If you already have a Group K or B aerial give it a go. If it's not high gain you may get weak signals.
The advantage of the Group K is 1) Very important - it will give you a great deal of protection from possible mobile mast interference from new/upgraded phone masts & 2) should you get unreliable signals from Wenvoe you can use it to receive one of the two local relays you should be able to receive. (Group B is no good for the relays).

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Monday, 4 December 2023
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Gary
1:25 PM
Tiverton

Today (EX16 4LL) we seem to have lost all of the ITV based SD channels from the Freeview transmitter in Tiverton, Devon. No E4, More4 or any of the +1 channels.

We were already on a reduced service via this re-broadcast transmitter. This further reduced our choice by 50%. We can now only see 7 channels (BBC 1, 2, 3, 4 ITV1, C4 and C5)

Why was there no warning of this?

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Steve Donaldson
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2:03 PM

Gary: Parent transmitter Stockland Hill is presently listed for engineering works, so perhaps this is the reason:

Planned engineering works | Freeview

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Chris.SE
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2:36 PM

Gary:

That was also my thought about the engineering at Stockland Hill, however I didn't think that Tiverton was fed off-air from Stockland Hill.
That said, I'm afraid, other than transmitters being listed for Planned Engineering (and those lists aren't always 100% accurate), Arqiva never give detail of how long the work make take, what it involves, or when there may be (usually brief) interruptions.

I hope you aren't trying to retune when you've had no signal (you can't tune to signals that aren't there) as this often just clears your correct tuning.
That said, if you are getting ITV1, C4 and C5 (unless you meant the HD versions) you should also be getting ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, E4 and More 4 as they are all on the same multiplex.

For which TV channels are carried on which multiplex, see Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
Obviously you will only get the PSB multiplexes from Tiverton.

Despite the distance, some parts of your postcode are predicted to get good signals from Mendip. Do any of your near neighbours have aerials pointing at Mendip, compass bearing 58 degrees - 13 degrees E of NE - rods horizontal. But of course that is West region rather than West Country and you may not want West.

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Sunday, 18 February 2024
Brian Butterworth
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6:45 PM

I've changed the way the spam checker works again. This is a test to check you can still post messages here!

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Chris.SE
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10:18 PM

Brian Butterworth:

Thank you Brian.

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Monday, 19 February 2024
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Chris.SE
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2:10 AM

Brian Butterworth:

Oh dear, it doesn't seem to be working :(

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Tuesday, 20 February 2024
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Chris.SE
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12:52 AM

Brian Butterworth:

Oh dear oh dear, now even worse, I assume it's ruski, not my language!

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