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 |
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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Wednesday, 29 May 2013
alex blackburn: How do I get a test card with Freeview | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice is the only test now. The BBC HD channel has closed and it's test services stopped the night it turned into BBC TWO HD.
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Tuesday, 2 July 2013
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andrew lonsdale9:54 PM
Saltburn-by-the-sea
recently i have been having trouble with freeview reception bbc chanels ch58 and also ch59 pontop pike it seems to be worse late at night or if its raining the aerial and cable weree renewed septyember 2012
i am sick of vgetting a blank screen or the picture pioxalating and breaking up
is it to do with 4g
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andrew's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
andrew lonsdale: This isn't 4G interference because 800MHz signals aren't in operation yet.
I would suggest that the issue might be the trees on top of the hill over which you're receiving - those being Hob Hill Wood and Dog Kennel Wood.
The signal path to Bilsdale isn't good, with it being obstructed, although it might be worth a shot.
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andrew lonsdale: Moving southwards along Byland Road there are quite a few Bilsdale-facing aerials. Is there a reason yours isn't likewise?
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013
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Paula Kelly9:24 AM
I have a tv with built in Freeview but when I rescan the tv doesn't find very many channels and some of the ones it does only have a strength of 25% but others are perfect. Other TV's working off the same ariel are fine. Could it be the cable length from the socket on the wall to the tv causing the problem as I haven't shortened it yet so it's about 3m long?
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Sunday, 14 July 2013
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Debbie 9:30 PM
I live in Durham City and have always had a poor signal but up until last week we had 60+ working channels - we now have 30, how do 30 channels disappear and how do we get them back? We use free view built into the tv (Sony). Thanks
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Debbie : There is transmitter work on-going so it could be on low power which, evidently, isn't powerful enough for your set-up.
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Monday, 22 July 2013
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robert10:10 PM
Anyone missing film, itv4 (channel56 I guess). Its a Sony recorder so don't know if it affected by their issues.... retune didn't work, but the TV (lg) doesn't seem to be affected. Just had 2nd aerial cable fitted to aerial, could that be the problem?
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
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Harley10:43 PM
Since Digital UK where working on the transmitter at Pontip pike last week I have intermittent break up of picture and sound throughout the day and evening. I have had to retune this several times a day and often the TV just lists 'selected programme not tuned'. I assumed this would resolve itself once the work had been completed but 10 days later I am still having the same issue. Nothing in my set-up has changed and I used to get 113 channels, now I just have the BBC ones I have done an automatic retune and a manual one (removing arial etc) and nothing is working. Suggestions anyone?
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Saturday, 28 September 2013
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Paul Taylor10:15 AM
I receive my Freeview TV from Pontop Pike. This morning each of three TV's in the house would not receive any channels on the BBCA Mux, but all others were working perfectly. Performing a full re-tune on each TV restored the channels. My aerial is in the loft and distributes the signal via a masthead amplifier. Normally our signal is full strength.What might the cause be?
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