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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Monday, 21 November 2011
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John Melling10:12 AM
My digital channels go off air frequently in the past few weeks.
This weekend 19th and 20th no signal at all just a bkue screen. Today, 21st Nov. all ok again.
Please adviseif possible the cause of this break in transmission. Thankyou John Melling.
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John Melling: Please post your post cofe as it may help someone suggest a reason and/or possible solution.
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Saturday, 3 December 2011
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aileen dixon10:52 PM
Durham
Mux B has dropped DH1 3PT AT 10:30 PM 3RD Dec. No adverse weather. Can't understand problem.
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aileen's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Having trouble tuning Mux A and Mux 2 tonight. Showing OK above, any ideas?
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Saturday, 17 December 2011
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colin9:46 AM
Houghton Le Spring
My digital box seems fine on all channels execpt all BBC channels this has been going on for 2 days, even the analogue signal for the BBC is very poor.
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colin's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
colin: One possibility is that your TV has picked up the signal from Fenham (which would explain the poor analogue picture). This might be because it is at the low end of the TV frequency band and Pontop Pike is at the high end.
Run the auto-tune scan for channels with the aerial unplugged and plug the aerial in when it gets to 50%. That will have it unplugged when it's scanning Fenham's frequencies but connected when it's looking for Pontop.
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Sunday, 18 December 2011
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John Stubbs10:04 AM
Sunderland
Recently (from Oct/Nov 11) my HDD freeview recorder has occasionaly refused to record a program due to a 'weak signal'. It was an intermittant problem that has now become permanent. I can receive all channels just fine through the recorder and the TV, there doesn't seem to be a problem with veiwing TV programs, only recording them.
Ordinarily I would just have assumed the recorder had reached the end of it's working life except for the error message being about a weak signal.
My rooftop ariel was replaced between 1-2 years ago so is still fairly new. I've tried the recorder with my other rooftop ariel which supplies my PC TV tuner but get the same error message. My PC records ok with it (except for rare occasions when it says 'no signal' but a restart usually cures that).
So has there been any general reduction in signal strength which could account for this?
I need to know before I go and buy another freeview recorder. Thank you.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb383:25 PM
John Stubbs: I suspect that your problem could simply be due to a combination of your Freeview recorder not having a particularly sensitive tuner coupled to your signal being on the weak side, and so if not already using one then you could benefit from the use of an aerial amplifier to lift the signal strength, any amp being used should be about 10dB gain or so.
A reception check carried out indicated that (in theory) you are able to receive from Pontop Pike (@17mls / 249 degrees) as well as Bilsdale (@ 42mls / 168 degrees) and so your recorder might not have locked on to the best signal, therefore you should carry out a signal check whilst on a channel that's giving problems for purposes of finding out where its tuned to, this facility accessed via the tuning menu, because as well as the signal / quality indications being shown it will show the Mux channel associated with the indications.
Channels used by both are as follows,
Pontop Pike - Ch48 (BBC) - Ch55 (ITV1) - Ch59 (ITV3 etc)
Bilsdale - Ch34 (BBC) - Ch21 (ITV) - Ch31 (ITV3 etc)
Obviously more multiplex channels than these are in use, but three is sufficient for this test, and it should be pointed out that both stations involved are operating on low pre-switchover power levels, this not due to change until next September. (Ch48 BB)
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