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 29/04/2024 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, 16 November 2011
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Mark Fletcher2:33 AM
Halifax
One more week to go.Once Tacolneston enters DSO2 in the early hours of Wednesday 23 November 2011 the understrength Belmont multiplexes on fr 53 and fr 60,ArqA & ArqB respectively will increase in power 25 times from 4kw to 100kw.Hopefully i will be able to receive these as such and relegate Emley Moor to emergency status only.To rephrase that i'm implying that i will only use Emley Moor transmissions in emergency cases only such as when Belmont next have an inversion effect scenario,and also i don't bother much with Emley Moor regional news bulletins.
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Monty10:42 AM
Mark Fletcher: Thanks for the information. My device does not seem to indicate anywhere either trasmitter name or the area from where the aerial is picking up the transmission from, just UHF ID, channel number, signal strength and quality. I have to say that although Challenge and other programs on the same mux have very good signal strengths, the quality of the picture is rather poor but watchable. I hope that will be resolved when the inprovements take place at Belmont later this month.
Thanks again for your help.
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Mark Fletcher12:32 PM
Halifax
Monty.My pleasure to be of assistance to you.Just out of interest i'm no professional myself,just an amateur with some knowledge of most things on Freeview as this at present is the only platform i am viewing digital TV through an indoor set-top aerial oddly enough.Until Bilsdale itself completes its DSO next September 2012 (12 DSO1,26 DSO2),i for now will retain my trusty group W wideband indoor set-top aerial,until i decide which main transmitter apart from Emley Moor i decide to commit to with an external antenna (Belmont possibly or maybe Winter Hill ?).Anyway less of me going on and just to confirm that come Wednesday 23 November 2011 the restrictions on the ArqA & ArqB mux's at Belmont will finally be lifted.
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will6:46 PM
Bridlington
Mark, The splitter/booster was already in when i moved here two years ago. i think everyone needed one as tv reception here was crap, digital is a improvement although there was a lot of inversion problems in summer, there is a box also on the aerial mast which the rf lead from the aerial goes into, not sure if that is part of the booster system or just a connection box. Regarding the bilsdale transmitter that is actually nearer to me, but it wouldnt give us the local news, i think in my case it might just be easier to get a freesat box as we have a dish up,we do use sky as a back up but you cant get all the free channels on sky,
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Mark Fletcher8:11 PM
Halifax
will,Bridlington.The box that you stated on the aerial mast will most likely in this case be a masthead amplifier which will most likely be of the booster system.As for the Freesat option described if you feel this is a better option my advice,go for it.Bearing in mind though that all satellite platforms too can suffer from pixellations and occasional picture break ups as well.
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Thursday, 17 November 2011
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will9:20 AM
Bridlington
Mark. yes i know the sats are n ot always perfect either. but it would do as back up for when signal was bad via the aerial, i'll wait and see what it is like after nov 23rd and over the winter, thanks for your help :)
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Mark Fletcher3:54 PM
Halifax
will,Bridlington.I'm glad to assist you !
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Saturday, 19 November 2011
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Col11:56 AM
Newark
I have been having problems with my TV receiption in the nEwark area for a few days. Today I was informed that if I did a manual search for channels the probelm would be resolved as my automatic search was looking at Belmont not Waltham. I did a manual search for channels 29, 54, 56, 57 & 61 and all my problems were solved. Hope this helps someone else with problems.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
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Mark Fletcher12:48 AM
Halifax
In relation to the current understrength 4kw mux's ArqA on fr 53 and ArqB on fr 60 from Belmont which is scheduled to increase in power 25 times to 100kw (each) today Wednesday 23 November 2011 probably between 2am and 6am,while i'm texting this analogue transmissions from the old Tacolneston mast ceased completely at around 12:06am (0006) (Channel 5 had the honours there of being the last analogue station switched off) and presently the new higher powered mux's on the new Tacolneston transmitter are in process of gradually being switched on.Any Belmont viewers awaiting the expected ArqA & ArqB power increases due anytime soon have not long to wait !
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Mark Fletcher2:15 AM
Halifax
Belmont's ArqB mux on fr 60 has had its power recently increased.However at present with my indoor set-top aerial and the signal booster/amplifier turned on it is displaying up to 99% signal quality and 69% strength,plus slightly more elevated than its previous position.Occasion pixellation at present.However if i turn off the signal booster and plug the antenna back into the set-top box i receive no signal as such from ArqB on fr 60 at Belmont.Still no sign of Belmont's ArqA on fr 53 increasing in power just yet.
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