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 18/11/2024 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 |
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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Sunday, 6 May 2012
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jamie6:43 PM
Harrogate
There is a problem with subtitles on c4, c4+, e4. e4+ and more4 .... they are all relate to channel 4s that affects subtitles I'm assuming it's a fault with broadcaster. Can u please let me know because it's very annoying.
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jamie's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
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darren henaghan1:42 PM
i live at ne280pg number 75
my phillips freeview box has stopped recieving all hd channels in apx feb 2012. even when im on bbc1 and it asks/informs me a programme is available in hd do i wish to watch it and i say ok it goes to channel 50 and then informs me signal lost.
i have tried factory reset several times with no success and just come off the phone after 2hours with tech support from phillips and they hlve been through all channels and Mhz and they say its a broadcasting fault as im on the right frequency but im receiving 0%signal and 0% quaility.
can anyone help or enlighten me.
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012
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Terry Crow12:32 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Since last Thursday xxx May 2012 we have been channels missing on our digital TV. If we go tothe guide or channel list they are not in the list.
The start of the list reads
1 - BBC1
2 - BBC2
7 - BBC3
9 - BBC4
The following channels are missing
itv1, channel 4, Channel 5, ITV2 4+!,MOre 4, E4, ITV1+1 ITV3 ITV2+1 5* 5USA QUEST The Zone 5+1 and ESPN. We have carried out the factory reset procedure and then used the auto search facility but the list is always the same and we cant access the missing channels. We did get an ariel guy to come and check our arial, which he said was fine. Can anyone please help us.
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Terry's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Anne Pearson5:38 PM
Did we lose transmission between midnight last night and this morning in the Cramlington area as our tv lost its reception then.
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Anne Pearson: Yes. See the posting from Transmitter engineering immediately above yours.
There is engineering work going on at Pontop Pike and you should not retune if you loose reception. The date of the next retune is 12th September.
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jb3811:08 PM
Terry Crow: Engineering work is taking place today and tomorrow and so shut downs can be expected at any time, you will have to carry out a re-tune at random times hoping to time it when all transmitters are on air, or alternatively just hold off for a couple of days until the situation is more stabilised.
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Monday, 18 June 2012
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Roy M9:13 PM
Am having intermittent reception problems for channel 59 transmissions in Gosforth. Is this a known problem.
In particular we are being affected on ITV 3.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012
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Stuart11:37 PM
Can anyone confirm if "301 HD" has appeared on Pontop Pike?
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Friday, 22 June 2012
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William Laverty11:24 AM
I have recently taken advantage of the government's changeover scheme for pensioners. As we already have a Sky dish for the main tv; We purchased two tv's (both with Freeview) for bedrooms and were advised to have an arial to service those sets. But under the government scheme only one of the sets could be wired to the new arial and it would be necessary to have private contracter to wire up the second set. However the engineer we hired to do the job has stated that the arial is pointing to Newton which is apparently a relay from Pontop Pyke and will be switched off after the changeover added to which we would be unable receive digital signals from other station because of our geographical position (i.e. in a valley) In other words we are having to use our existing Sky Dish. Is this true, is Newton being switched off? after the changeover _ Thanks for your help! William Laverty
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Les Nicol
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
Seems to me William,from what you describe that the better option (and the most cost effectve) irrespective of the onboard "Freeview" tuners in the bedroom sets,would have been to have purchased two "Freesat" SD satellte receivers and then connected these to the TV's in the bedrooms concerned. As for the for the "Freeview" transmitter issue in your area I cannot comment, but perhaps another poster to here may be able to give a definitive.
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