Full Freeview on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 700,000 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 Pontop Pike 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 Pontop Pike transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 15km northeast (42°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 12km north-northeast (29°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
Are there any self-help relays?
Kieldor Dam | Active deflector | 6 homes Holiday complex | |
Low Haber | Active deflector | West Allen Dale, 18 kn SW Hexham | caravan site |
North Hartlepool | Transposer | 84 homes |
How will the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | ||||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C32 | SDN | ||||||||
C33 | com7 | ||||||||
C34 | com8 | ||||||||
C35 | ArqB | ||||||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C55tv_off | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||||
C56tv_off | LNE | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C59tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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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 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com8 | (-11.6dB) 34.6kW | |
com7 | (-11.7dB) 33.8kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
LNE | (-20dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Pontop Pike Freeview Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
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Thursday, 29 May 2014
R
Robert9:20 PM
and now all back... might actually be our arial (sorry).
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Saturday, 9 August 2014
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Mark3:30 PM
Hi
I have freeview built into a modern LG led t.v. but for some reason I can't pick up any of the channels on ARQA - Dave, Sky News etc. I used to get them until a few months ago and I've rescanned a dozen times but no luck.
I'm in South Shields so get signal from Pontop - anyone got any ideas?
Does anyone know the frequencies for Sky News & Dave so I can try manually putting them in?
Thanks
Mark
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Thursday, 21 August 2014
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John Hewett7:59 PM
Why is the power of Radio Newcastle as transmitted from Pontop Pike less than the other radio stations from the same transmitter?
This is the same for FM and DAB.
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MikeP
8:19 PM
8:19 PM
John Hewett:
Not being in that area I have no experience of that service. However, it is usual for such local services to use more directional transmitting aerial patterns as that allows 'targetting' to a selected area and needs less power to give sufficient coverage for the intended audience. That means it is cheaper to operate (less power means less cash needed) and does not interfere so much with other nearby services.
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Dave Lindsay
8:44 PM
8:44 PM
John Hewett: If the "other radio stations" you refer to are the four BBC national ones then that's because they are on higher power so as to serve a much larger area - or to put it another way: they reach parts that they wouldn't had their power been lower.
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Tuesday, 14 October 2014
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M Bevan5:10 PM
Durham
Motors TV has just started broadcasting on channel 71 which some people in Pontop Pike area can receive it via a Talktalk TV box, I cannot. Any known reasons why?
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M Bevan: You need a Freeview HD box, one that can receive DVB-T2 transmissions.
If you can't watch BBC News HD on 107, you can't watch Motors TV on 71.
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Friday, 24 October 2014
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Gareth Phillips8:44 AM
Getting a low background buizzing on Radio 2 FM in my car. Thought it was just my car, but somebody I work with said exactly the same this morning.
Assumed it was this region only, but she drive to Manchester recently and said it was there all the way.
Cant find any other reports of this. Anybody else?
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Saturday, 8 November 2014
Hello there
We have been having problems for some time. The main BBC & ITV channels are
okay most of the time, except during bad weather. Everything has been checked, from
the TV installation to the aerial on the roof. All checked out OK. All subsidiary channels
are decidedly iffy most of the time.
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