Full Freeview on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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53.335,-0.172 or 53°20'7"N 0°10'20"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter which serves 710,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Belmont transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C22 (482.0MHz)	463m	DTG-	150,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C25 (506.0MHz)	463m	DTG-	150,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Belmont micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C28 (530.0MHz)	463m	DTG-	150,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -4.8dB	C30- (545.8MHz)	463m	DTG-8	50,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H -1.8dB	C23 (490.0MHz)	492m	DTG-8	100,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H -1.8dB	C26- (513.8MHz)	492m	DTG-8	100,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LDN	H -14.8dB	C32 (562.0MHz)	463m	DTG-12	5,000W
	7 Estuary TV Doncaster,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Belmont transmitter?

BBC Look North (Hull) 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Hull HU1 3RH, 47km north-northwest (346°)
to BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region - 4 masts.

ITV Calendar 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 106km west-northwest (299°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Belmont) region - 4 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Emley Moor region

How will the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1965-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	4 Mar 2020
	VHF	A K T	W T	W T	W T	W T
C7	ITV_waves
C13	BBCtv_waves
C22		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C23						ArqA
C25		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C26						ArqB
C27						LDN
C28		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C30					-SDN	SDN
C32		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves		_local
C33						com7
C35						com8
C53_{tv_off}					ArqA
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}			C5_waves	C5_waves		COM8_{tv_off}
C60_{tv_off}					-ArqB

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
_waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 3 Aug 11 and 17 Aug 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4	500kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-5.2dB) 150kW
ARQA, ARQB	(-7dB) 100kW
Analogue 5, SDN	(-10dB) 50kW
com8	(-10.9dB) 40.9kW
com7	(-11.3dB) 37.1kW
Mux 2*	(-14dB) 20kW
Mux 1, Mux A, Mux B*	(-17dB) 10kW
LDN	(-20dB) 5kW
Mux C, Mux D	(-21dB) 4kW

Local transmitter maps

Belmont Freeview Belmont DAB Belmont AM/FM Belmont TV region BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Yorkshire (Belmont micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Belmont transmitter area

Oct 1959-Jul 1974	Anglia Television
Jul 1974-Feb 2004	Yorkshire Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Alan Clarke
8:07 PM
Boston

I have an LG TV. I tried a full rescan - no Freeview HD, then manually tuning to Ch28 where BBC, ITV and Ch4 are allegedly being transmitted - whatsoever.

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jb38

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8:19 PM

Alan Clarke: Taking it that you are using , which is transmitting HD on Mux Ch28, "" can indicate that your TV is only meaning it can show HD from an external HDMI input, but it doesnt necessarily mean that it can receive it.

Look at your TV's manual technical spec, if it can receive HD it should state on the tuner info DVB-T2 capable, if its only HD ready it will be DVB-T, meaning that its tuner cannot receive HD, only normal SD.

This is something that many people are getting caught out with.

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Alan Clarke
9:15 PM
Boston

jb38 - the set is combined HD and , is rated full HD and indeed it is DVB-T2 capable. I've been watching Freesat HD for along time. I'm more curious as to why my set indicates that there is no HD on Ch28 from .

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Briantist

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10:13 PM

Alan Clarke: Are you sure your set is not DVB-S2 ( HD) capable, rather than DVB-T2 ()?

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Briantist

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10:14 PM

Kev Challis: Please see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - you may just have a HDTV with Freeview, and not a (DVB-T2) .

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Briantist

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10:17 PM

Richard: Yes, that is correct, you need to ensure you do anything you can to protect the from if you want a reliable service.

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Thomas

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10:53 PM
Leeds

On the first day of 's Stage 1, I was getting a its high BBCA Mux here in Leeds (even though my is pointed at ). From the next day, however, I could no longer receive Belmont's transmissions, even now that DSO Stage 2 has completed.

Have they altered the radiation pattern so that it no longer spills into Yorkshire? Or was I just 'lucky' on that day to pick up Belmont?

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Martin
12:10 AM

Alan Clarke:
The only TV models that LG made are the discontinued LF7700 models. These tv's only have Freesat HD DVB-S2 and Freeview DVB-T tuners in them.
I have seen tv's on display in supermarkets and the outer box displays the Freeview logo and next to it HD and underneath it Ready like this close together:-

Ready
They are clearly not proper Freeview HD tv's but only Freeview & . Generally they are Tesco cheap brand models. One way to catch people out.

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Martin
12:17 AM

On my comment above on the small diagram the Ready wording is lined up exactly under HD, not to the left where it is now.

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Briantist

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8:08 AM

Martin: You mean, like this - What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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