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The symbol shows the location of the Chatton (Northumberland, England) transmitter which serves 29,000 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 Chatton (Northumberland, England) mast?

Chatton transmitter - Chatton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Chatton transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C41 (634.0MHz)349mDTG-20,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)349mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 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 (Tyne Tees),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47+ (682.2MHz)349mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 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 -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)349mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
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, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)349mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
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 TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C37 (602.0MHz)349mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Chatton (Northumberland, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Chatton transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 64km south-southeast (167°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
regional news image
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 64km south (170°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

How will the Chatton (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1313 Nov 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E K TK T
C29SDN
C31ArqA
C37ArqB
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCB
C41SDNBBCA
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C44ArqAD3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C47ArqBBBCB
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-12.2dB) 6kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 2kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Chatton transmitter area

Jan 1959-Feb 2004Tyne Tees 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. Chatton was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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Friday, 20 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:33 yesterday to 11:47 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:03 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]

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7:32 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:33 yesterday to 11:47 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:03 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 18:06 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 18:06 today. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]

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10:32 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:33 yesterday to 11:47 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:03 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 18:06 today to 21:32 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 18:06 today to 21:32 t [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]

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Saturday, 21 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:33 on 19 Nov to 11:47 on 19 Nov, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:03 on 19 Nov to 12:08 on 19 Nov. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 18:06 yesterday to 21:32 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 18:06 yesterda [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]

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Sunday, 22 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:33 on 19 Nov to 11:47 on 19 Nov, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:03 on 19 Nov to 12:08 on 19 Nov. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 18:06 on 20 Nov to 21:32 on 20 Nov, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 18:06 on 20 No [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]

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Friday, 27 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]

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Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
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10:32 PM

CHATTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:18 today to 19:41 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 19:18 today to 19:41 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 19:18 today to 19:41 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 19:18 today to 19:41 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air from 19 [BBC]

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Thursday, 10 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

CHATTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:18 yesterday to 19:41 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 19:18 yesterday to 19:41 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 19:18 yesterday to 19:41 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 19:18 yesterday to 19:41 yeste [BBC]

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Friday, 11 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

CHATTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:18 on 09 Dec to 19:41 on 09 Dec. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 19:18 on 09 Dec to 19:41 on 09 Dec, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 19:18 on 09 Dec to 19:41 on 09 Dec, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 19:18 on 09 Dec to 19:41 on 09 [BBC]

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Monday, 11 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
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9:09 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]

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