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 11/11/2024 Screen may go black 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?
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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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Sunday, 18 September 2011
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suzz5:18 PM
no PSB2 channels since Yesterday for me. Tried reset/retune several times no difference. dh76 area.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
suzz: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.
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aec: Please try My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and then see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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Jamie9:08 AM
My tramsitter is pontop pike, it's 9 am there is no signal on every channel. Is there work going on at present? Thank you.
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Gary Wharton4:07 PM
Durham
I am not recieving channels 55 + 59 from pontop pike. Is there any treason for this. I lost this signsl about 7 days ago. Channels 48 + 62 are both full strength.
Please advise.
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kenneth wilson4:19 PM
Birmingham
my aerial is located on the side of the house about the same height as roof guttering it has always been in this position and has not been moved my reception was ok with no problems before swithover on the 25th was ok after the 7th so what is the diffence my end has not alreted in any way
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kenneth wilson4:25 PM
Birmingham
i also have an aerial in loft which i run two samsung telivisions of they seem to be unafected both aerials are pointing in the same direction and both aerials are new although diffent makes both aerials were purchased from homebase at different times that is getting away from the point that i never had problems before swithovber on the 25th of september
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jb385:34 PM
kenneth wilson: You are only five miles away from Sutton Coldfield as as such very likely to be suffering from signal overloading problems, as this will intermittently block your tuners ability to operate correctly.
If you use any form of booster it must be removed, if you dont have any then you will require to purchase a simple attenuator to place in line with your TV/ boxes aerial input socket, as that should cure your problem.
If you have any type of set top aerial around, carry out a test trying that.
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Friday, 28 October 2011
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Iain3:15 PM
Chester Le Street
Hi Brian
Just noticed that you have ITV1 HD as the Granada region from Pontop Pike on CH63, we actually get ITV1 HD London, I think as at 6pm on a weekday the local news is London Tonight.
Will this change to ITV1 HD Granada when Pontop Pike goes through digital switchover in September next year or will it stay as London?
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Mike Dimmick7:17 PM
Iain: The licensed combinations for ITV1 HD on satellite are:
Central
Granada + Border
London
Meridian + Anglia
Wales + West (+ Westcountry)
Yorkshire + Tyne Tees
That matches the ITV1 +1 regions licensed on satellite and Freeview. They also match ITV1's macro advertising regions. ITV are more interested in getting you the right ads than the right programmes.
However, so far, only Central, London, Granada, and Meridian/Anglia have launched on satellite and Freeview.
To get started quickly, I believe all 'early' Freeview HD services carried London, but they're switching to their own services as switchover happens. You might find that Yorkshire Tyne Tees (Emley Moor news) starts once the London region has switched over in April.
ITV might invest in more variants - including launching the two that they have licences for already - now that more capacity is available on the Astra 1N satellite.
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