Freeview Light on the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 1,200 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 Romaldkirk (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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Romaldkirk 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 380m | DTG- | 12W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 380m | DTG- | 12W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Tyne Tees), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 380m | DTG- | 12W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Romaldkirk transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 50km north-northeast (33°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 48km north-northeast (29°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 58W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.8dB) 12W |
Local transmitter maps
Romaldkirk Freeview Romaldkirk DAB Bilsdale TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bilsdale transmitter area
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Wednesday, 5 September 2012
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Colin Mason4:25 PM
Barnard Castle
Back in April I attended a meeting in the Eggleston village Hall and was informed that after the switch over I would only be able to receive a limited number of channels from The Romaldkirk transmitter. After reading the very informative A.T.V web site I decided to purchase one of their XB10K high gain aerials and positioned it on my bungalow roof and aligned it to the Bilsdale Transmitter. I was delighted to tune into 84 channels all with signal strengths of medium to full. My bungalow is on the Middleton in Teesdale road which is at the lower part of the village. Surely it was false information we were given as Im sure that when the transmitter power is increased the majority of the village residents should be able to enjoy a full service from the Bilsdale transmitter
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Colin Mason: As ATV says, RF is a black art. See the conclusion at the bottom of this page:
Loft and indoor aerial installations for TV, FM and DAB
Prediction of reception is more a guide to likelihood of success and should be taken with a pinch of salt. Such systems exist not because they can ever be anywhere near accurate, but because of the demand for such solutions.
The Digital UK Postcode Checker predicts the percentage of the postcode that is "served" and that which is "marginal". This in itself means a very large area when you consider the area where your aerial is. The predictor does not take into account local objects (trees, buildings etc) and is theoretically based on a particular aerial.
I'm not saying that in some cases the predictor isn't useful, but it should be remembered that it has its limits.
It is possible that your reception may be variable, perhaps being better at certain times of year. For example, vegetation that may be in the way may affect the signal.
The only thing that is a certainty is that anyone with an aerial on the Romaldkirk transmitter will only get the Public Service channels.
I would wait until 26th September to see what you can get.
After switchover, the Commercial channels (those that don't broadcast from Romaldkirk) use a less robust mode so as to allow them to cram more services in. This is in effect like them being more fragile.
With digital, quality is more important than strength. A strong poor-quality signal will mean break-up or non-existant pictures.
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012
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Colin Mason8:03 PM
Barnard Castle
Following the full switch over on the 26th September I now get over 80 tv channels all with high signal levels and picture quality. The only exception is itv 3 with a medium signal strength but good picture quality. I also get the other junk and radio channels making a total of 116. We have just experienced a period of heavy rain which had no effect on signal strength and with trees in full leaf at the moment I don't envisage any deterioration in signal in futer. I would think it would be worth the other village residents purchasing a K group aerial. and tuning in to the Bilsdale transmitter and enjoying full freeview services.
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Tuesday, 16 January 2018
MikeP
11:41 PM
11:41 PM
Meeting Booking:
Your post is not relevant for this website, please do not post marketing blurp again. This website is to assist viewers having TV reception problems and does not try to sell anything.
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