Full Freeview on the Chatton (Northumberland, England) transmitter
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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 04/11/2024 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
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 Freeview channels does the Chatton 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
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?
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.
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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | |||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
| C41 | SDN | BBCA | |||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | ArqA | D3+4 | |||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C47 | ArqB | BBCB | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 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 |
Local transmitter maps
Chatton Freeview Chatton DAB Chatton AM/FM Chatton TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Chatton transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 29 March 2011
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Keith Hobbs.12:28 PM
Alnwick
I have a problem with my reception - I use Freeview, and about three weeks ago lost the reception of several channels.
These include ITV and Channel 4, but not BBC1and BBC2 for example. Can you advise please.
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Keith's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick3:26 PM
Reading
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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Friday, 8 July 2011
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Richard Black2:20 PM
Transmitter engineering:
July 8th
Please can you tell me whether engineering work contines on the Chatton transmitter. I have problems experienced this week with freeview (number of channels including ITV) - the picture is breaking up.
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Richard Black: "The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Chatton transmitter." - I would see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
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Mr Allen8:55 PM
Dear Sir
Can you tell me when Chatton will be transmitting Freeview HD in the Alnwick Area
Thank You
Mr Allen
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
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Mike Dimmick11:52 AM
Mr Allen: I'm afraid we don't know yet, Digital UK have not yet published dates for the Tyne Tees and Ulster regions, or given any indication of when an announcement will be made. Up to now, the announcement has come about a year before the switchover date.
It's likely that switchover will happen in two stages, two weeks apart.
You could try contacting John Askew, the Digital UK Regional Manager for Tyne Tees - see Digital UK - Tyne Tees TV region . He is also the Regional Manager for Yorkshire so is likely to be quite busy until the end of September. I'd also recommend not phoning them at present as they could be very busy with Yorkshire and Central switchovers.
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Monday, 31 October 2011
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Philip Harfleet5:19 PM
BBC Freeview from CHATTON transmitter not working! Analogue is reasonable but what is wrong with Freeview for BBC 1 and 2 at 5.15 pm today 31 Oct 11.
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Philip Harfleet: See above message for details of the problem.
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Friday, 18 November 2011
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Michael8:58 AM
When will the Rothbury repeater station be updated to take advantage of the switch over. And when will it be switched on?
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Michael: Rothbury digital switchover date | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - Wednesday, 12th and 26th September 2012.
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