menuMENU    UK Free TV logo Freeview

 

 

Click to see updates

Full Freeview on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter

first published this on - UK Free TV
sa_streetviewGoogle Streetviewsa_gmapsGoogle mapsa_bingBing mapsa_gearthGoogle Earthsa_gps53.335,-0.172 or 53°20'7"N 0°10'20"Wsa_postcodeLN8 6JT

 

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 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
_______

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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C22 (482.0MHz)463mDTG-150,000W
Channel icons
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)463mDTG-150,000W
Channel icons
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)463mDTG-150,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -4.8dB
C30- (545.8MHz)463mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
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)492mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)492mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)463mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
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?

regional news image
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.
regional news image
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?

1965-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-134 Mar 2020
VHFA K TW TW TW TW T
C7ITVwaves
C13BBCtvwaves
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCABBCA
C23ArqA
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C26ArqB
C27LDN
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCBBBCB
C30-SDNSDN
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves_local
C33com7
C35com8
C53tv_offArqA
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offC5wavesC5wavesCOM8tv_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

Oct 1959-Jul 1974Anglia Television
Jul 1974-Feb 2004Yorkshire Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Comments
Thursday, 23 June 2011
R
R H Bevan
4:10 PM
Barton-upon-humber

Hi,
I have just installed a large Hi-gain wideband aerial that is just peeking over my roof and receive mux 1& 2(ch30&48)no problem.to be honest its all thats needed as most of our tv comes via satellite,I wont go into detail but its been installed for the tennis on an IDTV my question is after the transmitter power increase on 17th AUG is it likely that I will be able to receive the other channels?I know I"ll find out then anyway but wondered if I"m asking too much as Barton where I live has very poor tv in some areas.

link to this comment
R H Bevan's 1 post GB flag
R's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
M
Mike Dimmick
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

4:32 PM

R H Bevan: Digital UK's tradeview predicts that you should get the two multiplexes you do now, plus Mux A/SDN. Mux C/Arqiva A and Mux D/Arqiva B will stay on low power until after Tacolneston switches over in November, as their allocations clash with low-power services at that transmitter. Once the power is increased, the predictions are over 90% probability of reliable reception for all six multiplexes.

Note that it is possible to have too much signal as well as too little.

link to this comment
Mike Dimmick's 2,486 posts GB flag
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Josh
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

2:07 PM

Will Belmont become a Single Frequency Network transmitter after it has completed it's switchover?

link to this comment
Josh's 97 posts GB flag
Saturday, 16 July 2011
A
Andrew Smith
10:42 AM
Wells-next-the-sea

The roof aerial gives a good signal on channels 30 & 48 , variable signal on channels 57 , 60 & 66 but NO signal on Channel 68 .
One Bedroom indoor aerial which supplies a signal via a booster to two other bedrooms through HT Leads gives a good signal on ALL 6 Channels when there are transmitted from Belmont on Full power .

link to this comment
Andrew Smith's 6 posts GB flag
Andrew's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
A
Andrew Smith
10:58 AM
Wells-next-the-sea

We do not have access to satalite TV , we live in a conservation area , the sign "NO Signal" pops up to frequently

link to this comment
Andrew Smith's 6 posts GB flag
Andrew's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
J
jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:58 AM
Ellesmere Port

Andrew Smith: Obviously local conditions are applying in your area as a trade predictor indicates Ch60 reception at a virtually non receivable level, Ch66 as OK and with Ch68 & Ch57 shown as variable.

On August 17th the first four Mux's (new Ch's 22-25-28-30) show as being good reception at the location given, but its not until 23rd November that the remaining two (Mux C. Ch53 & Mux D. new Ch60) come up to similar levels as the others.

You are located at 49 miles away from Belmont and bedroom aerials at that distance aren't really the best idea, even although I do realise that reception from Belmont can be amazing good in certain areas skirting South of the transmitter, but if at all feasible I would recommend that you use your roof aerial to feed into a loft mounted powered splitter and use that for distribution of signals to the other bedrooms, as the outcome is guaranteed to be much more satisfactory.




link to this comment
jb38's 7,179 posts GB flag
jb38's: ...
lesnicol
sentiment_satisfiedGold

12:48 PM

Andrew Smith - Just a general comment - Satellite dish installations are bot neccesarly a "No No" in conservation areas. If a dish can be sited unobtrusively (They don't always require installation to buildings or chomney stacks) but can possibly be placed at ground level. Dish reflectors can also be supplied in clear plastc see through material. I thought I would point this out, but not suggesting you should change your existing installation or the advice given by JB38.

link to this comment
lesnicol's 991 posts GB flag
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:00 PM

Josh: Basically, no.

link to this comment
Briantist's 38,915 posts GB flag
Sunday, 24 July 2011
D
Des Collier
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

5:22 PM

Digital uk website says first stage of switchover starts 6am on 3rd of August.

link to this comment
Des Collier's 171 posts GB flag
Select more comments

Your comment please
Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

If you have no satellite signal, see Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'

If you have other problems, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) and indicate where if aerial is on the roof, in the loft or elsewhere.

UK Free TV is here to help people. If you are rude or disrespectful all of your posts will be deleted and you will be banned.








Privacy policy: UK Free Privacy policy.