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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) mast?
Pontop Pike transmitter - Pontop Pike 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
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 |
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 | 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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Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Dave Lindsay
6:21 PM
6:21 PM
Keith T.: A couple of ideas:
1. Does manual tuning give any clues, if available? Go to the manual tune screen and enter/select UHF channel 33 and then wait and see if it gives a reading of strength and quality. (Select DVB-T2 rather than DVB-T if such an option is available.)
2. Some receivers have been found to have issues picking up more than one DVB-T2 (HD) multiplex. When running the automatic tuning scan, have the aerial unplugged for PSB3 on C49 in order to see if you can tune COM7 but not PSB3.
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Keith T.8:34 PM
Keith T.: I have tried several things no manual search on Youview box's but noticed the taking out of aerial when scanning and they now pick up com8 2 items. But nothing about com7 items. Giving up now think I will just have to forego the he channels on TalkTalk box's as the Humax is my main box and is used the most.
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Thursday, 4 June 2015
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GP9:02 AM
My HD channels on PSB3 (C49) have 'gone' each night this week from about 6.30 pm showing weak signal but have returned after about 3 hours. This is true on 2 Humax PVRs and a Samsung TV. Any idea what could be the cause of this ?
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MikeB6:28 PM
GP: If its common to all TV's, loogically it must either be the transmitter, or your system (or something making it go wonky).
Since its very unlikely that the trasmitter suddenly goes weak for several hours each night at peak time, it must be you. If your signal strength was steadily or suddenly much weaker, then that would point to your system - perhaps a failing wire, or dodgy distribution system, etc. Whats strange is that the same thing seems to happen at the same time each night. Thats the sort of thing you get when there is single source interference (just google it on this site).
Check to see if there is anything in your house (or close by) which works on a timer - its might be leaky and killing the signal. Something like a thermostat might fit the bill. JB38 has excellent advice on how to find the source via an AM radio.
The other thing to do is to improve your cabling. A better cable, with shielding, makes interfence less likely. ATV Sheffield has some on their website, which look very good value for about four pouns plus postage. And of course if your using another box, such as a PVR, make sure that a decent cable goes between that and the TV.
Be interesting to find out exactly what it is!
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015
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Tony Cook8:36 AM
All itv channels and film4 are pixilating. We've reset the channels but that hasn't helped.
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Monday, 27 July 2015
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Jason9:16 AM
Hi,
I used to have many issues picking up on pick, e4, quest, tru tv due to low signal but since yesterday i have FULL signal strength on the problem channels. Great news. Im based in the Eston area
Has there been upgrades ?
Thanks
Jason
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MikeP11:38 PM
Jason
Without a post code we have no idea how close to the relevant transmitter you are, the code allowing several checks to be made.
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Sunday, 2 August 2015
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Graham4:52 PM
I am in Bexlington and getting no signal strength on channel on my main tv though hd channels are fine.
Connecting my small portable results in absolutely fine reception on sd channels
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Graham5:06 PM
I am in Bedlington and getting no signal strength on channel 58 on my main tv though hd channels are fine.
Connecting my small portable results in absolutely fine reception on sd channels
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Friday, 2 October 2015
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p.satterthwaite7:30 PM
the whole row of houses where i live have a bit of a signal for 10 mins and then nothing at all, we keep retuning and have done since last night but to no avail!!
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