Full Freeview on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) mast?
Belmont transmitter - Belmont transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 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.
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 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C13 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C23 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C27 | LDN | ||||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C30 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | _local | |||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | COM8tv_off | ||||||
| C60tv_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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Belmont transmitter area
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
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richard10:24 PM
I live in Nottingham and I have an old standard yagi rooftop aerial pointing at Sutton Coldfield, via which I could receive a barely watchable signal from Belmont (maintaing colour but a lot of noise). I'm now getting a perfect digital reception on channel 22.
Curiously, with an indoor aerial I could get an analogue Belmont reception comparable in picture quality with the rooftop aerial, but the indoor aerial does not pick up the improved digital signal on ch22 - Another example that proves there is a very fine line between perfect digital reception and a black screen.
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richard: Yes, it's called the "digital cliff", you either receive the multiplex or you don't. Thus "digital" and "analogue"...
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Si Fudge11:07 PM
Thanks for your prompt reply Briantist.
so after update 2 on the 17th We will all be HD gorging nom nom
Cant wait for my F1 in glorious HD :D
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Thursday, 4 August 2011
Si Fudge: Don't forget you need a Freeview HD receiver, and not just an HDTV with Freeview.
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derek hearne9:31 AM
since the change over yesterday 2.8.11 our tv picture has become dark and slightly fuzzy have carried out many rescans and no improvement - we use bt vision - prior to the digital change our picture was very crisp and clear - also noticed the volume gone down. What is the best way to get or tv picture back to the standard it was. we have roofop aerial which was renewed about years ago.no boosters.
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derek hearne: Did you do this - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ? Fuzzy is not something you can get from digital reception...
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Friday, 5 August 2011
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Richard Paskin12:42 PM
Buxton
postcode SK17 9TY receiving from BELMONT
Arial is 3 yr old high gain horizontal.
Changeover 3-aug - lost all my BBCchannels after reset. Tried several auto and manual resets.
Box is a SAGEM PVR 6240T
Receiving channels 48,57,66 & 68 all with good signal strength and good signal quality.
Should also get channels 22 &60 according to info on Belmont Transmitter
Channel 22 signal strength 87% Quality 2%
Channel 60 signal strength 64% Quality 2%
Have contacted Sagemcom who say this receiver should have NO problems receiving the new channels and couldn't explain why I was not receiving the reset channels.
Have you any ideas, and is it possible things will corrected themselves after switchover complete.
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Andy3:09 PM
Sheffield
Roof top aerial, WH, receiving Freeview
I see as part of phase two of the digital switch over there is a significant boost in power. I've read that too strong a signal can cause loss of picture and I'm concerned as my roof top aerial currently has a masthead amp. If I encounter problems can I simply remove the 'antiference p1200' power supply unit from my set-up and all will work OK? Thanks in advance for any advice.
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jb384:16 PM
Andy: Most likely not! as the masthead amplifier being unpowered will likely drag the signal right down to under the reception threshold of your receiving equipment.
Doing the type of thing you suggested sometimes can work if a person is within a few miles of a high powered transmitter such as Belmont, but Belmont is 57 miles away and as such can be discounted as far as the type of problem you are thinking about is concerned.
The trade predictor indicates you as having a number of reception possibilities, Sheffield shows as being promising from the 24th of this month and Chesterfield likewise from the 10th, its a case of what station your aerial is pointing at?
The only thing I will point out is that for the latter two transmitters mentioned your aerial should be vertically polarised, not horizontal, but I would not make any changes as yet with your amplifier, as if you are using any of the local transmitters their power output "might" not be high enough to cause a problem, however should there be any suspicion that it is, then a simple attenuator in line with your equipments aerial socket will cure the problem.
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Andy5:17 PM
Sheffield
Andy: Thanks for the reply jb38.
I am seriously considering swapping over to the Sheffield transmitter, but not until after after 27 September when it starts transmitting ArqB (will this mean a new aerial or just rotating it to vertical?). The reason for changing from Belmont would be to get my more local news, but we've managed without for the last 10 years! :-).
Do you think I will have problems remaining with Belmont after 17 August and beyond (due to the power increase) and ought to source an attenuator just in case? Cheers.
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