Full Freeview on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Monday, 16 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Belmont transmitter - Belmont transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 26 October 2023
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Michael7:25 AM
On Belmont Transmitter. Since Friday (storm Babet) we have had no channels on C30.
Freebies reset made no difference and when returned even the channel numbers disappear.
All other channel reception are excellent.
We have just lost C30 (comm4) channels but there is no report from Belmont of any reported
faults.
Our aerial is loft mounted and has been for years without any issues.
The aerial has been checked but no faults which I was suspecting due to all other channels being good.
Suspect there is a transmitter issue but not reported.
Anybody cast any light on this concern?
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Steve Donaldson12:16 PM
Michael: Both Freeview and the BBC are reporting no faults or engineering with Belmont, although this isn't a BBC multiplex, so the BBC is not likely to report on it.
The most obvious thing I can think of, other than a transmitter issue, is that some vegetation has been moved by the storm, vegetation such as a tree branch, which is somewhere in front of your aerial and therefore casting a shadow with respect to the TV broadcasts from Belmont.
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Chris.SE1:33 PM
Michael:
Belmont was listed for Planned Engineering last week and if you happened to try retuning at the wrong time it will most likely have just cleared your correct tuning, but in addition, as we don't know what work was being carried out, completion could have been delayed by the storm, so work may be continuing this week. We know the lists aren't always 100% accurate.
I'm never sure why if people were correctly tuned and they lose signal, which could be due to weather conditions, transmitter issues, or aerial system issues, they think that retuning is going to help since you cannot tune to a signal that is not there!
When you are correctly tuned it is never recommended that you try retuning if you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures as this often just clears you correct tuning.
Apart from checking Steve's suggestion, two things you could try, check in the EPG LCN 800s to see if for some reason all the COM4 channels have appeared there, otherwise try a MANUAL retune of UHF C30.
Also note all the COM muxes at Belmont, like several other main transmitters, are at lower power than the PSBs (to help prevent co-channel interference elsewhere). What sort of Signal Strength and Quality figures does your set show for each of the other COM muxes, and likewise for the PSBs?
If you provide a full postcode we can look at your predicted reception.
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Michael7:21 PM
Hi
All C30 channels are back this evening though pixelating quite a lot
Definitely no trees or vegetation blocking signal. I think the most probable answer
is the engineering work over running due to the storm like Chris suggested
Don't worry about retuning I carried out this manually so I didn't loose my original
settings
Cheers Michael
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Chris.SE10:59 PM
Michael:
Because your reception of the COM muxes may not be as good as the PSBs (I can't comment definitely without a full postcode) it's quite likely the reason you are still having pixilation will be use of the reserve antenna or reduced power.
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Monday, 30 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Belmont transmitter - Belmont transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 6 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Belmont transmitter - Belmont transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Belmont transmitter - Belmont transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:04 AM
5:04 AM
Belmont transmitter - Belmont transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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