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Freeview reception at SO16 6TR


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 9 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of SO166TR (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)Rowridge SouthPSB1
2BBC TwoRowridge SouthPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
5Channel 5Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
7That's SolentRowridge LSO
9BBC FourRowridge SouthPSB1
10ITV3Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
11Sky MixRowridge COM5
 
12QuestRowridge COM6
13E4Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
14Film4Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
17ReallyRowridge COM5
 
18More4Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
19U&DaveRowridge COM5
20U&DramaRowridge COM4
215USARowridge COM4
23BBC ThreeRowridge SouthPSB1
 
25U&WRowridge COM6
26ITV4Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
27U&YesterdayRowridge COM6
28ITVBeRowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
29ITV2 +1Rowridge COM4
 
30E4 +1Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
31E4 ExtraRowridge COM5
325STARRowridge COM4
335ActionRowridge COM4
34GREAT! moviesRowridge COM6
 
35ITV1 +1Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
36Sky ArtsRowridge COM5
38Channel 5 +1Rowridge COM4
39DMAXRowridge COM6
40Quest RedRowridge COM5
 
41LegendRowridge COM4
42GREAT! actionRowridge COM4
43Food NetworkRowridge COM5
44HGTVRowridge COM6
465SELECTRowridge PSB3
 
47Film4 +1Rowridge COM5
48ChallengeRowridge COM5
494sevenRowridge COM5
52GREAT! romanceRowridge COM6
56That's TV (UK)Rowridge COM6
 
57U&EdenRowridge PSB3
58ITV3 +1Rowridge COM4
59ITV4 +1Rowridge COM4
60U&Drama 1Rowridge COM5
61GREAT! mysteryRowridge COM4
 
63GREAT! playerRowridge COM6
64BlazeRowridge COM4
65That's TV 2Rowridge COM5
67TRUE CRIMERowridge COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRARowridge COM4
 
70Quest +1Rowridge COM5
71That's TV 3Rowridge Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
73HobbyMakerRowridge COM6
74U&DaveJaVuRowridge COM4
75That's MelodyRowridge COM6
 
76That's DanceRowridge COM5
81Blaze +1Rowridge COM4
82Talking Pictures TVRowridge COM6
83Together TVRowridge COM4
84PBS AmericaRowridge COM6
 
91WildEarthRowridge COM4
93ITVBe +1Rowridge COM4
101BBC One HDRowridge PSB3
102BBC Two HDRowridge PSB3
103STV HDRowridge PSB3
 
103UTV HDRowridge PSB3
103ITV 1 HDRowridge PSB3
104Channel 4 HDRowridge PSB3
105Channel 5 HDRowridge PSB3
106BBC Four HDRowridge PSB3
 
107BBC Three HDRowridge PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDRowridge PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Rowridge PSB3
201CBBCRowridge SouthPSB1
202CBeebiesRowridge SouthPSB1
 
203CBBC HDRowridge PSB3
204CBeebies HDRowridge PSB3
207POP UPRowridge COM6
209Ketchup TVRowridge COM4
210Ketchup TooRowridge COM4
 
211YAAAS!Rowridge COM4
231BBC NewsRowridge SouthPSB1
232BBC ParliamentRowridge SouthPSB1
233Sky NewsRowridge COM5
251Al Jazeera EnglishRowridge COM4
 
255FRANCE 24 (in English)Rowridge COM4
265ROKRowridge COM4

 

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Comments
Friday, 12 July 2013
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john
11:37 AM
Aviemore

dave:

incase the link appears cut off - potentially around 18 ish - put your postcode in DUK

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Caroline
12:25 PM
Southampton

Is there a reception problem on the Tv cannot get several channels this morning, not good! date is 12th July 2013 Shirley Southampton area

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john
12:37 PM
Aviemore

caroline: if you are using the rowridge transmitter (south)last i checked this is undergoing work.

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jb38
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8:53 PM

Dave Curle: If you click on "Digital UK tradeview" on the right hand side of your posting this will indicate your reception possibilities for the P/code supplied, which from the Aviemore station is only BBC / ITV / HD services.

However you might manage to pick up the commercial channels from the full service Knockmore transmitter (@ 35 miles / 49 degrees) albeit that two of its commercial channels (Arq A /Arq B) are not shown as being possible to receive, and with the SDN mux (ITV3 etc) being indicated as poor.

Its really a case of pot luck as to whether or not you would be able to receive these commercial channels as variables always exist with any prediction due to the nature of RF signal propagation, i.e: nothing is exact once the signal leaves the mast.

By the way the signal path from the Knockmore transmitter is obstructed in three separate places as indicated on the link, starting at 35mls / 16-17mls / finally at 12mls prior to your location.




Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location


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Dave Lindsay
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9:10 PM

Dave Curle: In addition to the points made jb38, it may be worth pointing out that the three COM channels from Knockmore are co-channel with the PSBs of Angus, so you "might" find that you can receive all channels from Knockmore, but that during particular conditions the Angus signals degrade your reception.

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Mike C
10:14 PM
Skipton

Getting no signal at BD23 2QY since about 10-15 minutes? anyone else?

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Saturday, 13 July 2013
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David Curle
4:07 PM
Aviemore

Thanks to David and jb for taking the time to reply.it has been a big help thanks again.
atvb
Dave


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Peter Wickenden
6:59 PM
Worcester

Hi I have 3 TVs using 1 rooftop aerial pointed at Sutton Coldfield. 1 of the TVs has always had intermittent breakup and weak signal warnings on BBC channels (mornings and evenings). From your excellent website and the tv's manual tuning feature, I've managed to work out that, after an auto-tune, it should be using channels 39 to 46. It actually displays 23, 39, 42, 43 & 45. I am able to manually replace 23 to 46, but Is there a way that I can stop it using 23 whenever an auto-tune becomes necessary? And, as all channels in use are 100% signal strength (60% on Ch23), why would I be having trouble with the BBC channels which, I believe, are on Ch43?

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Dave Lindsay
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7:20 PM

Peter Wickenden: Once a receiver has performed a scan it must "decide" which signals to go with. For whatever reason this TV chooses another transmitter.

I'm puzzled because C23 is used The Wrekin, Bromsgrove and Lark Stone for PSB2 (ITV, Channel 4 etc) and the nearest PSB1/BBCA transmitter on C23 looks too far away. See:

C23 (490.0MHz) after switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

There is an easy answer and you may kick yourself. The scan runs from channel 21 to 69. Therefore have the aerial unplugged for the first 30% of the scan so as to miss out C23.

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mimi everett
7:34 PM
Gillingham

my pictures keep breaking up and programmes are not recorded is there work being done on the main aerials

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