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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?

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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
Channel icons
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;
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 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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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Transmitter engineering
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1:39 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:28 today to 12:04 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:32 today to 11:07 today [BBC]

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1:39 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:28 today to 12:04 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:32 today to 11:07 today [BBC]

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Keith Hobbs: It looks as though the Chatton transmitter doesn't transmit much digital signal in your direction. This is only guesswork, but from the antenna heights given by Ofcom and the photos of the transmitter, it looks like digital signals come from a pair of Yagi antennas (they look a lot like reception aerials) just below the main cylinder. They appear to be pointing north-west.

There is also a cliff between you and the transmitter, just to your west, which is blocking line of sight to the transmitter.

As a result, Digital UK predict that the reliability of BBC multiplexes is variable at best, and ITV multiplexes is poor. You're not expected to get anything much on Mux C or Mux D at present.

After switchover, you should get a reliable signal from the public service broadcasters but commercial channels will be variable.

Signal levels do vary over time with changes in weather conditions - both the signals you do want, and the signals from other transmitters that you don't (interference). A change in reception can be down to changes at other transmitters, and you can probably expect it to get a bit worse in the year or so before switchover.

Do ensure that you have your aerial and cables inspected about every ten years. They deteriorate with weather exposure, which I imagine is a lot worse on the North Sea coast than in central southern England. Particularly, they stop working properly if water can penetrate the insulation.

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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:36 AM

CHATTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:28 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:32 yesterday to 11:07 yesterday [BBC]

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CHATTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:28 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:32 yesterday to 11:07 yesterday [BBC]

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Monday, 4 April 2011
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4:48 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 13:37 today to 14:07 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:59 today to 13:29 today [BBC]

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CHATTON transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 13:37 today to 14:07 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:59 today to 13:29 today [BBC]

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7:41 PM

CHATTON transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:59 today to 13:29 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 13:37 today to 14:07 today [BBC]

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