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The symbol shows the location of the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter which serves 34,000 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 Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) mast?

Fenham transmitter - Fenham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Fenham 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)171mDTG-400W
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
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)171mDTG-400W
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30+ (546.2MHz)171mDTG-400W
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
 V max
C25 (506.0MHz)171mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C22+ (482.2MHz)172mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C28 (530.0MHz)172mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 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)

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

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 3km east-southeast (108°)
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, 2km south-southwest (206°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

How will the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1313 Nov 2019
A K TW TW TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCB
C22+ArqAArqA
C23BBCA
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C25SDNSDN
C26D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C28ArqBArqB
C30_localBBCB
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4wavescom7
C36_local
C37com8
C56tv_offC5wavesC5waves

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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 1-5 2kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 400W
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-17dB) 40W
Mux C*, Mux D*(-20dB) 20W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike 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. Fenham 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.

Comments
Saturday, 1 January 2011
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John H
6:02 PM

We have to use Fenham instead of Pontop Pike because we live just north of a large hill (NE8 3J), so we get a weak Freeview signal. Would you expect us to be able to get reliable Freeview HD from October 2012?

Thanks for any info.

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Thursday, 6 January 2011
Briantist
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8:18 AM

John H: Yes.

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Saturday, 26 March 2011
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Vin Richley
12:01 AM

Does Freeview intend to add more HD channels over and above the four it already transmits? Also, is it intended to transmit the HD channels on Fenham and Newton transmitters after digital switchover?

Thanks!

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Mike Dimmick
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3:43 PM
Reading

Vin Richley: The BBC hope that by the end of 2012, new encoders will allow them to squeeze five channels into one multiplex - currently, they carry four channels. I believe they have to offer Channel 5 first refusal on this space.

As the HD multiplex carries Public Service Broadcasting channels, it will be available on all transmitters, including Fenham and Newton. It's called BBCB above.

Fenham currently carries all six multiplexes and will continue to do so after switchover. Newton will be a 'Freeview Light' transmitter carrying only three multiplexes, as the commercial multiplex operators have refused the option to extend their coverage to the relays. The coverage areas of the main transmitters are generally increasing, so it may be possible to get the commercial multiplexes from one of the main transmitters after switchover.

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Sunday, 7 August 2011
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Richrd
10:22 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne

Hi,

I'm having trouble Picking up any HD channels on my new free view HD box. Could anyone suggest why? I'm in ne2 area and am picking up all the other channels listed above just not the HD ones, does anyone know what frequency channel they are on so I could try and so this manually?

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Monday, 8 August 2011
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KMJ,Derby
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1:33 AM

Richrd: The only transmitter in the Tyne-Tees region with a Freeview HD service is Pontop Pike. The frequency is C63 (810.0MHz) and requires a group C/D receiving aerial set for horizontal polarisation. The Digital UK postcode checker predicts good reception for this mux at your location. If you are using the Fenham transmitter the Freeview HD service will be added at DSO stage 2 in the latter part of 2012, precise dates are yet to be announced by Ofcom.

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Richard
9:42 AM

Hi KMJ,

Thanks for the info, i'll try that channel and see if this works, I think I will be on the Fenham transmitter as this is the closest to me, according to this site the next nearest is 47 miles away.

I only bought a HD set top box as checked the site below and it stated I could receive the HD channels:

Freeview
/ Home
/ HD


Any way of choosing to receive from Pontop Pike? (NE22PJ)

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Richard
9:53 AM
Newcastle Upon Tyne

*EDIT* Pontop Pike is also very close (didnt show up on my initial search)

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Mike Dimmick
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11:28 AM

Richard: Your aerial might be intended for Fenham, that is, it might be a Group A aerial and aimed at and oriented for Fenham. If so, you probably won't pick up enough of the signal from Pontop Pike even though the predicted coverage is actually better.

An aerial for Fenham would have the elements going up-and-down rather than side-to-side, and it will point west-south-west. For Pontop Pike the elements should go side-to-side and it should point south-west.

Checking the group is harder. The elements of a Group A aerial are larger, and spaced further apart, than a Group C/D or wideband. Often, a group A had a red plastic cap at one end, a group C/D would be green and a wideband black.

If you have a Group A aerial, you'd need a new aerial to use Pontop Pike, as it is designed *not* to pick up signals outside its group. It may be worth getting a wideband in case the broadcasters do win the auction for channels 31 to 38 and launch new services there. Given the prediction - 99-100% across the board - I'd go with a small-to-medium sized Log-Periodic aerial.

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Dave Stobbs
1:45 PM

Just further to this, we have a Samsung TV with inbuilt freeview digital TV. We live in South Shields and for the last 6 yrs plus have had no problems at all. Recently I noted a poor signal on some of the channels, esp ITV1, the picture pixelating. Now, it won't even pick these channels (itv1, channel 4, channel 5 up at all and when I scan it can't find them. I've reset to factory settings but still no joy.Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

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