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?
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| 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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Saturday, 6 October 2012
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Eileen11:55 AM
Morpeth
jb38 Ch58 = s98% q100%
Ch54 s99% q100%
Ch50 s48-50% q100%
I get what you're saying about signal strength - very interesting and makes sense when you think about it.
Thank you for the explanation and your time.
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jb387:58 PM
Eileen: Pleased to have been of some assistance! albeit that what I had mentioned was somewhat abbreviated in content to save an over lengthy posting, as there are few other effects that can be experienced connected with this type of situation.
By the way thanks for your latest update and which is very informative, insomuch that even although Ch50 (ITV3 etc) is transmitting on half the power of the PSB channels (BBC / ITV1) you are still receiving it with a 100% quality, its lower reception strength being as would be expected considering the difference in transmission power involved. (PSB's - 100Kw / Commercials - 50 Kw).
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Thursday, 11 October 2012
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Dec8:13 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE12 8UF
Arial on roof
Every day the channels from com5 have disappeared. Then we re-tune and they appear again, but it's a bit annoying having to re-tune. Any idea why this is happening?
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Dec's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dec: Probably because too many channels are being picked up to fit in the memory. COM5 from Pontop Pike is on C59 which is the highest channel for this station.
Your receiver is probably picking up signals from other transmitters and storing these.
Run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged for the first 50% of the scan to hopefully miss some out.
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Sunday, 21 October 2012
We live in Stanley County Durham, our tv signal is still poor, there's lots of interference even after the change over and the 17th oct 12. Any tips...........
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Mark Blanchard : Have you confirmed that your receiver is tuned to Pontop Pike for all channels? UHF channels are given at the top of this page.
If they are correct, or having corrected them the problem persists, then perhaps the signal is on the high side due to your close proximity to the transmitter. See:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Friday, 9 November 2012
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David Brown10:47 AM
Thanks for your reply 12/07/2012. Receiving all programmes currently transmitted via WEARDALE mast including radio (via the TV) . However cannot receive radio reception on our DAB radio, even with the F connector that supplies the tv signal connected.Are different frequencies involved? Do we need a separate DAB aerial? What is the polarity of the transmission? The radio works perfectly well with its telescopic aerial in other districts where presumably the signal is better. Thanking you in anticipation of enlightenment.
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David Brown: The Weardale transmitter at Frosterley does not broadcast any DAB. It relays the four BBC national FM radio stations only.
As the BBC has seen fit to install FM transmitters, then perhaps there are similar gaps in its DAB coverage.
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Sunday, 11 November 2012
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John Fox8:40 PM
I live near centre of Sunderland, SR33AQ. Picture is nigh on perfect, but since changeover subtitles on all channels are a little out of sync. Tried two different freeview boxes as well. Who do I complain to?
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Sunday, 25 November 2012
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Paul Smith1:27 PM
Hexham
I am a TV engineer in this area Hexham/ Northumberland post code NE46 3NX
Reports of poor DAB reception in this and surrounding area NE43 etc, since digital switch over 26th sep 2012, yet no faults reported with pontop pike or reduced power o/p
Any idears, its not a one off, I have seen this and had many other reports all over the Tyne valley, only since we went fully digital tv.
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