Full Freeview on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Friday, 23 December 2011
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ian6:18 PM
Lost ITV+CH4 channels in the last few hours from PP anyone else?
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Monday, 2 January 2012
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Mark Bradley4:16 PM
Stanley
I have just purchased a new Samsung HD tv with a Freeview HD Tuner. I am tuned to pontop Pike and get a 100% signal strength. However I cannot get any HD channels. All other digital channels are good. Can you please help. Thanks, Mark
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KMJ,Derby6:05 PM
Mark Bradley: If there is an option in the tuning menu to choose the system (or similar) select DVB-T2. Try manual tuning on C63. Otherwise your signal at 100% could be too strong, in which case an attenuator will need to be inserted in the aerial feed.
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Friday, 10 February 2012
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Julie Whitby4:22 PM
Do we need to change our aerial and/or co-axial cable when analogue goes off?
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Adam B5:11 PM
Julie Whitby:
If you currently get fairly decent analogue reception, then you won't need to change your aerial for digital.
Hope this helps,
Adam.
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Adam B5:35 PM
Julie Whitby:
Sorry, or make any cabling changes!
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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David wrigley9:08 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
My new digital TV set works very well but in the last two weeks I have stopped being able to recieve ditital stations on my DVD recorder with built in digital box. Both my TV and DVD are connected to the same aerial.
Please advise
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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
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Albert Boyd1:01 AM
North Shields
I am having ongoing signal quality and strength problems on Mux 2 (Channel 53)- Signal strength fluctuates between 55% and 100%, signal quality between 0% and 65%. I have a roof top ariel and I live at NE29 8LU
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Monday, 26 March 2012
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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Gary9:22 PM
Consett
Only receiving channels on C48, C65+& C53- . Is this due to the weak signal due to the engineering works. Problem began yesterday 27/3 my post code is DH8 0UA. If so do you have a date for completion of work.
Regards
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