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.

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 27/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

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

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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),
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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -1.8dB	C23 (490.0MHz)	492m	DTG-8	100,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -1.8dB	C26- (513.8MHz)	492m	DTG-8	100,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 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?

MikeP

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10:09 PM

Josh :

How old is your ? Most will last more than 10 years and good ones probably longer. Before I moved I'd had one in place for over 22 years!.

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4:32 AM

- Possible weak [DUK]

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Alan Hudnott
9:17 AM

i have recently purchased a panasonic 48cx350b t.v....in the morning its impossible to get 37, 38 and most of the channels (except bbc), if i turn on the pvr and watch through that then the channels are all there....i watch through the and normally have a perfect ...is the transmitter reduced in the morning?..is the freeview reciever in the tv not as good as the pvr one?...any other ideas please...

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5:01 PM

Alan Hudnott: Although is indeed presently listed in the planned section warning of a possible weak , the fact of you being able to view the missing via the PVR is inclined to indicate that the signal is being further reduced by the method used to connect the into the TV, as variations in sensitivity between tuners does not generally have such a dramatic effect as you are experiencing.

If the TV's aerial input is fed via being looped through the PVR? try connecting the aerial directly into the TV, if this action rectifies the problem then make sure that the PVR is not set on "economy" , as this setting in most PVR's disables the aerial loop though facility in standby.

If of course the TV and PVR's aerial sockets are fed separately via a two way splitter? then that said obviously does not apply.

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10:31 AM

- Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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- Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 12:57 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 06:03 yesterday to 07:04 yesterday, Radio 4 FM [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 12:57 today to 15:18 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 today to 15:17 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 today to 15:18 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 today to 15:08 today, Radio 3 FM [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 12:57 yesterday to 15:18 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 yesterday to 15:17 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 yesterday to 15:18 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 yesterda [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 12:57 on 22 Mar to 15:18 on 22 Mar. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 on 22 Mar to 15:17 on 22 Mar, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 on 22 Mar to 15:18 on 22 Mar, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:55 on 22 Ma [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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