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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter._______
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, 4 April 2012
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 23:44 yesterday to 12:30 today BBC ONE Off Air from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:50 yesterday to 17:39 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 19:01 yesterday to 23:15 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal fro [BBC]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 23:44 yesterday to 12:30 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:50 yesterday to 17:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 19:01 yesterday to 23:15 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal fro [BBC]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 23:44 yesterday to 12:30 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:50 yesterday to 17:39 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 19:01 yesterday to 23:15 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal fro [BBC]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 23:44 yesterday to 12:30 today BBC ONE Off Air from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 19:01 yesterday to 23:15 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:50 yesterday to 17:39 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal fro [BBC]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 23:44 yesterday to 12:30 today BBC ONE Off Air from 23:15 yesterday to 23:44 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 19:01 yesterday to 23:15 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:50 yesterday to 17:39 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal fro [BBC]
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Dale10:21 PM
Sunderland
Are there any problems with the freeview hd transmitter as i have lost all 4 channels. I'm in Sunderland and using a Sony tv. Never had a problem until tonight.Rescanned and no joy. Any help would be highly appreciated or is it just a case of wait and see. Thanks
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Dale's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dale: Transmitter engineering work in preparation for switchover is taking place at Pontop Pike. The answer in such situations as you found yourself is not to retune as that simply wipes the receiver's memory leaving it without the channels. You will now have to repeatedly tune until you get them back. If you have manual tuning, then you should use it (HD services on channel 63).
For Pontop Pike it is not necessary to retune until 12th September and you would be best advised to refrain from doing so.
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Dale11:53 PM
Sunderland
Thanks Dave and yeah you are spot on about losing my hd channels as i've already tried to retune it and they've gone. Whoops. Thought it might have been my aerial as we've had quite high winds. You live and learn hah. Oh well i'll just keep retuning and keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks again Dave it's much appreciated
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Dale's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 5 April 2012
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 23:15 on 03 Apr to 23:44 on 03 Apr Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 23:15 on 03 Apr to 23:44 on 03 Apr BBC ONE Weak Signal from 23:44 on 03 Apr to 12:30 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:50 on 03 Apr to 17:39 on 03 Apr BBC ONE Weak Signal from 19:01 on 03 Apr to 23:15 on 03 Apr BBC TWO Off Air fro [BBC]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 23:15 on 03 Apr to 23:44 on 03 Apr Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 23:15 on 03 Apr to 23:44 on 03 Apr BBC ONE Weak Signal from 23:44 on 03 Apr to 12:30 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:50 on 03 Apr to 17:39 on 03 Apr BBC ONE Weak Signal from 19:01 on 03 Apr to 23:15 on 03 Apr BBC TWO Off Air fro [BBC]
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