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 14/10/2024 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, 8 July 2020
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Chris.SE11:42 PM
DAVID ALLEN:
The Belmont transmitter is listed for Planned Engineering. If you happened to have retuned when there was no signal, it will have cleared all correct tuning and you'll need to retune again when signals are back on air. Just try again.
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Tuesday, 14 July 2020
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John Simon Knight5:53 PM
Sheffield
Chris.SE: I am getting intermittent pixelation on my TV. I have retuned my TV several times but still get the same problem. I have a signal booster. Is there any way of testing the signal booster to test if it is still working & working at reduced power.
I live in Sheffield & am tuned into Belmont. My Postcode is S10 4GF. My TV booster has with a built-in 4G/LTE filter & was installed in December 2016.
Signal strength and quality on each multiplex are as follows channel 22 Strength 54% Quality 34% channel 28 Strength 54% quality 25 channel 25 Strength 66% quality 100%
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE10:54 PM
John Simon Knight:
Some of those figures are not good, and despite your distance from Belmont, the Freeview Detailed Coverage checker predicts good reception for all multiplexes. Do you receive COM7 (C55) signals?
You've mentioned the booster installed in Dec.2016, but when was the aerial installed? Have you checked it's still pointing correctly, pretty well due E with the rods horizontal? Do you know the make and model of the aerial at all?
Is the booster a splitter as well (how many sets/), make and model would be useful.
An indication of when these pixelation problems started would also be useful.
I did, at the end of my previous reply to you, suggest try taking the booster out of circuit and connect the aerial direct to your (main) TV and check the signal and quality levels - do that for the same channels as you've just given. This may well give us a better indication of what is happening.
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Chris.SE11:00 PM
DAVID ALLEN:
Just for the record, the BBC did report that the transmitter was Off the air due to essential engineering, but the hours didn't tally will your experience on the day.
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Wednesday, 15 July 2020
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John Simon Knight12:56 PM
Chris.SE: Thanks for your prompt reply. I can receive COM7 (C55) signals. I am not sure when the aerial was installed but it was installed not long after digital broadcasting became available in Sheffield because the existing one would not pick up digital signals. The aerial appears in good condition (from the ground) & is pointing east in a similar direction to my neighbours aerials. I am not sure of the make and model of the aerial.
The booster is a splitter as well it is a Wolsey 4 way IR Pass LTE Distribution AMP 334022.
I am not sure how to take the booster out of circuit.
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Chris.SE3:37 PM
John Simon Knight:
Just for reference, all UHF aerials will pick up TV signals whether they were analogue or digital, it's all RF (Radio Frequency). It's more likely that your old aerial and/or connections or cable had deteriorated and weren't good enough.
That particular model of booster/splitter unfortunately doesn't appear to have a gain control, if it did it would be near the UHF input connector marked 0-10dB. To take it out of circuit, you'd need an F-Connector female to female (back to back) connector, so you would unplug the aerial from the input and unplug the main tv output and connect them using the coupler. More on that in a moment as there are some other things you could do first.
With this particular booster/splitter and it's IR facilities, each output has short circuit power supply protection. May or may not be relevant have you changed any equipment when you started to get the problems?
So what you need to do is try and check that there aren't any faults on any of your cables, connectors or equipment. Flyleads connecting aerial output sockets to sets and between items such as PVRs/Video recorders/TV sets etc can be a problem. Also check you don't have any HDMI leads close to aerial or flyleads. Aerial leads and flyleads if not double screened can in some cases get interference from HDMI leads.
One of the best ways to do fault checking would be to start by checking the signals and quality on any second room & set and noting them down. Then by unplugging all the outputs from the booster and plug the one from your main TV into a different socket from the one it (or another set) was in. Check that the cable into the connector looks secure and that no fine wires from the braid appear to be shorting the centre conductor.
At the TV end connect the aerial (socket) direct to the TV not going via any other equipment (turn that off at the mains). If you use a flylead, try and use a different one, or if you normally have a couple connecting say a PVR the swap them during the testing.
Check your signal levels and quality and see if they are any different from what you had before, then try the original and another output on the booster to see if they are different. If any/all are improved, it suggests that there could be a fault on one of the outputs or other cables currently unplugged. So try plugging one at a time back in and see if one reduces the signal and quality. That's both any interconnecting cables if you have say a PVR (and power it up again), or the cable(s) to other rooms/sets.
If with just the main TV, all those are the same as before, then you need to see what you are getting on a second set on its own cable, it could be the main room/set's cable faulty.
So unplug the main TV cable at the booster and plug in a second room/set cable (preferably a different output from before). If these readings are now better, then plugging the main TV one back in may reduce the signal showing a fault on the main TV cable.
As I'm sure you've worked out by now, it's a process of elimination. If with all those checks nothing changes and all readings remain the same, then we need to first by-pass the amp to see what difference that makes, this is where you need this coupler and as you live in Sheffield https://www.aerialsandtv.….jpg I'd recommend you go to ATV in Langsett Rd where you can get one for 75p. Most other sellers do them in packs of 2 or more and you'll pay a lot more which is silly as you only need the one for testing!
What you need to check ideally is the signals and quality on the stronger/strongest multiplexes with and without the booster. This will give you a good idea if the booster is still doing it's job. If it seems to be working ok then you'll need to consider a fault at the aerial or it's downlead !!
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Thursday, 24 September 2020
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Lesley Reynolds1:45 PM
Why isn't channel 50 Sony Christmas Movies broadcasting from this transmitter?
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Saturday, 26 September 2020
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Chris.SE7:18 AM
Lesley Reynolds:
It is! Some of Sony's channels including this one are broadcast on a Local multiplex which you may not be receiving. You need to provide a full postcode so we can check the predicted reception at your location.
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Wednesday, 7 October 2020
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Paul Barker2:48 PM
Chris.SE: I also cannot get channel 50 I had it a few months ago along with channel 7 (Notts TV) but both have disappeared. my post code is LN5 (Lincoln).
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Thursday, 8 October 2020
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Chris.SE4:50 AM
Paul Barker:
Notts TV is broadcast from the Local Multiplex on the Waltham transmitter which will be roughly SSW of you whereas Belmont roughly NE of you broadcasts That's Humber on the Local Multiplex.
If you are receiving your main signals from Belmont then you'd have been picking up the Waltham signal off a rear sidelobe on your aerial which is probably more of a fluke than anything reliable.
As reception across the LN5 postcode district will be very variable, it's not possible to say which transmitter(s) will serve you best without a full postcode.
In any event you MIGHT have a choice of reliable signals, if you want the Yorkshire region then you'd aim for Belmont, or Central East then it'd be Waltham. You may not be predicted to get (never mind reliably) the Local Multiplex from either transmitter.
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