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Freeview reception at BT74 9AQ


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 1 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of BT749AQ (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)Brougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
2BBC TwoBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
5Channel 5Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
 
6ITV 2Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
9BBC FourBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
10ITV3Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
11Sky MixBrougher Mountain COM5
12QuestBrougher Mountain COM6
 
13E4Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
14Film4Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
17ReallyBrougher Mountain COM5
18More4Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
 
19DaveBrougher Mountain COM5
20DramaBrougher Mountain COM4
215USABrougher Mountain COM4
23BBC ThreeBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
25WBrougher Mountain COM6
 
26ITV4Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
27YesterdayBrougher Mountain COM6
28ITVBeBrougher Mountain UTVPSB2
29ITV2 +1Brougher Mountain COM4
30E4 +1Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
 
31E4 ExtraBrougher Mountain COM5
325STARBrougher Mountain COM4
335ActionBrougher Mountain COM4
34GREAT! moviesBrougher Mountain COM6
35ITV1 +1Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
 
36Sky ArtsBrougher Mountain COM5
38Channel 5 +1Brougher Mountain COM4
39DMAXBrougher Mountain COM6
40Quest RedBrougher Mountain COM5
41LegendBrougher Mountain COM4
 
42GREAT! actionBrougher Mountain COM4
43Food NetworkBrougher Mountain COM5
44HGTVBrougher Mountain COM6
465SELECTBrougher Mountain PSB3
47Film4 +1Brougher Mountain COM5
 
48ChallengeBrougher Mountain COM5
494sevenBrougher Mountain COM5
52GREAT! romanceBrougher Mountain COM6
53TG4Brougher Mountain NIMM
54RTÉ OneBrougher Mountain NIMM
 
55RTÉ TwoBrougher Mountain NIMM
56That's TV (UK)Brougher Mountain COM6
57Dave ja vuBrougher Mountain COM4
58ITVBe +1Brougher Mountain COM4
59ITV3 +1Brougher Mountain COM4
 
60Drama +1Brougher Mountain COM5
61GREAT! movies extraBrougher Mountain COM6
63GREAT! romance mixBrougher Mountain COM6
64BlazeBrougher Mountain COM4
65That's TV 2Brougher Mountain COM5
 
67TRUE CRIMEBrougher Mountain COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRABrougher Mountain COM4
70Quest +1Brougher Mountain COM5
71That’s 60sBrougher Mountain COM6
73HobbyMakerBrougher Mountain COM6
 
74Yesterday +1Brougher Mountain COM5
75That's 90sBrougher Mountain COM5
78TCCBrougher Mountain COM4
81Blaze +1Brougher Mountain COM4
82Talking Pictures TVBrougher Mountain COM6
 
83Together TVBrougher Mountain COM4
84PBS AmericaBrougher Mountain COM6
89ITV4 +1Brougher Mountain COM4
91WildEarthBrougher Mountain COM4
101BBC One HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
 
102BBC Two HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
103UTV HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
103ITV 1 HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
103STV HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
104Channel 4 HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
 
105Channel 5 HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
106BBC Four HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
107BBC Three HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Brougher Mountain PSB3
 
201CBBCBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
202CBeebiesBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
204CBBC HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
205CBeebies HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
209Ketchup TVBrougher Mountain COM4
 
210Ketchup TooBrougher Mountain COM4
211YAAAS!Brougher Mountain COM4
231BBC NewsBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
232BBC ParliamentBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
233Sky NewsBrougher Mountain COM5
 
235Al Jazeera EngBrougher Mountain COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishBrougher Mountain COM4

 

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Comments
Thursday, 5 December 2013
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Pat Collis
6:34 AM
Bridgnorth

This has happened a number of times now, more than I can recall. Early morning, 6am'ish, the TV shows "No Signal" for all channels, signal strength 10, quality 01. The transmitter is a Freeview Light one, in Bridgnorth. Have found it only to occur in the mornings. Is it down to 4G testing??

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jamie stevens
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8:57 AM
Havant

Pat Collis:

If the signal being received is marginal and not very good there will be times that you have perfect reception and times that you have issues.

It is common for marginal signal to be worst in the night and in mornings, working perfectly well during the day and early evening.

You may need to get your system tested to make sure its performing correctly.

regards

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Friday, 6 December 2013
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nerijus
1:17 PM
Peterborough

i have Samsung UE37D500 37 inch LED Backlit TV i put new digital aerial on the roof setup to waltham i cant get any channels at all.

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Dave Lindsay
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1:47 PM

nerijus: I would think it pretty much impossible to put an aerial on the roof in your area and get nothing from Waltham, providing it's pointing in the right direction and is set horizontally.

If there is an amplifier (booster) connected to the aerial lead then if it's not powered it may well give nothing out.

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John McCann
4:19 PM
Tonbridge

I have enjoyed terrific HD reception for about 9 months, despite being in a relatively bad reception area. Then all HD channels started to break up about 5-6 weeks ago. I retuned yesterday and now the HD channels are not even there! I disconnected my PVR and retuned the Television Freeview receiver with the same result. Nothing else has changed. I am on the Heathfield Transmitter and live TN12 9AY. Tunbridge Wells transmitter is much nearer but an aerial man said it was just a relay from Heathfield so would not improve things. Any ideas please?

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Dave Lindsay
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5:01 PM

John McCann: I comment on here as a technical bod rather than an aerial installer and for that reason I'm not qualified to say whether the installer was right or wrong.

However, I have made the following observations:

We have exchanged messages on here before and I have previously said that you do not have line-of-sight to Heathfield, whereas you would appear to have so to Tunbridge Wells:

Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) Full Freeview transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice

(Unfortunately the terrain-checker I used then has since died.)

The terrain plotter on ukfree.tv suggests that the signal path is low to the ground in some spots, which are wooded or have trees nearby. So it's not surprising therefore that you might have difficulty.

Since switchover Heathfield and Tunbridge Wells have operated as a Single Frequency Network (SFN). This means that they broadcast on the same channels (frequencies), something which the digital system allows for. Therefore, the signals complement one another. The only thing is that Heathfield uses horizontal polarity and Tunbridge Wells uses vertical polarity, thus the complement is not as good as it might be because the aerial is opposite polarity for one of them.

The transmission power of Tunbridge Wells transmitter is slightly greater in real terms than that of the former four-channel analogue.

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5:30 PM

John McCann: It might be worth enquiring with your neighbour to see if he/she has started to have difficulty with the HD multiplex, that is if they have a HD receiver.

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Dave Lindsay
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6:54 PM

John McCann: The transmitter at Heathfield is 31km away and radiates at a power (ERP) of 20kW. Tunbridge Wells is 15km away and its ERP is 4kW.

"If" you had line-of-sight to both transmitters, the strength of the signals at your location would be about the same - Tunbridge Wells being a tiny fraction less than Heathfield.

So it seems that Tunbridge Wells should not be ruled out, unless there is some obstruction that rules it out.

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John McCann
9:58 PM
Tonbridge

Thanks Dave L. Not sure how to respond? So many points. Next door was perfect until a few days ago and now is very slightly pixelated in HD. The Aerials are identical and put up on the same chimney on the same day by the same guy. Both houses have Humax PVR and good HD televisions. What confuses me is that the aerials are only about 600m apart - so why the difference in reception???

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John McCann
9:59 PM
Tonbridge

Next reply Dave - How can I tell about line of sight? As Heathfield is nearly behind T. W. I assume the L. O. S. is identical?


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