Full Freeview on the Chatton (Northumberland, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Chatton (Northumberland, England) transmitter which serves 29,000 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 Chatton (Northumberland, England) mast?
Chatton transmitter - Chatton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Chatton (Northumberland, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Chatton 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Chatton (Northumberland, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Chatton transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 64km south-southeast (167°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 64km south (170°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Chatton (Northumberland, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | |||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
| C41 | SDN | BBCA | |||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | ArqA | D3+4 | |||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C47 | ArqB | BBCB | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-12.2dB) 6kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Local transmitter maps
Chatton Freeview Chatton DAB Chatton AM/FM Chatton TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Chatton transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 18 November 2011
Michael: Rothbury digital switchover date | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - Wednesday, 12th and 26th September 2012.
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Sunday, 22 January 2012
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John Jones9:03 AM
Alnwick
Postcode NE66 1UZ
Aerial in loft.
New TV Installed about 5 weeks ago with Freeview.
Have been able to receive perfectly satisfactory a full range of channels since then except in the las few days. For example now do not receive BBC News channel at all.
Is this the TV or the Chatton Transmitter.
Your view would be appreciated.
Regards
John Jones
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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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jb3810:05 AM
John Jones: Indications are that there is on going engineering work taking place at the station resulting in the possibility of weak signals and periods of interruption to the service.
If you are referring to BBC News on EPG:80 then are you not receiving BBC1 / 2 either? as they are on the same multiplex.
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
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Robin Stankiewicz9:02 PM
Wooler
I have been having signal problems for a few months in two locations, both pointing to the Chatton transmitter. Postcodes are TD15 1RD and NE71 6DB. This mainly manifests itself as the screen chunking up every now and then, sometimes more often like tonight in NE71 6DB it's virtually unwatchable. I have a digital test meter which shows 3 out of 4 lights, but if I check the TV it shows the signal is poor at both sites. It used to be much better? I have a digital recorder which wont work any more because it can't cope with the weak signal. It used to work fine? Can you please tell me what's going on, given that I'm getting this problem at 2 different sites, it seems like the signal coming from the Chatton transmitter is weaker than it used to be? (TD15 1RD)
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Robin's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 27 February 2012
Robin Stankiewicz: I think you should look at the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 6 March 2012
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Keith Stokoe6:28 PM
Bedlington
I have had a new aerial fitted extending firther up the roof as I was getting picture break up from pontock pike. Whilst the reception is better for longer from chatton about twice a week the picture goes black and eventually comes back, could you tell me the problem
Regards
Keith Stokoe Bedlington NE22 7LS
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Keith's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Keith Stokoe: Can you have a look at Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Monday, 16 April 2012
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Mr. J. C. Richardson4:43 PM
11. Oaky Blaks, Alnwick NE662QE
We receive our signal from the Chattoin transmitter. We are down in a dip and so "out of line of site" of the transmitter. For the last three weeks we have had very poor analogue reception and little or no digital reception.
I have retuned our three digiboxes and still get only a few channels on each. The number and actualchannels received differ from box to box.
This situation also occurred back in at the start of February, the signal had returne by the time we returned from holiday at the end of February.
Can you tell us if this situation is caused by the upgrading of the transmitter or do we have some kind of intermittant fault on our aerial
Can
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jb389:28 PM
Mr. J. C. Richardson: I would say that your problem is most likely being caused by a combination of the engineering work (warning of weak BBC2 analogue at present) that is presently taking place in connection with the high power switchover in September 26th and the general seasonal atmospheric changes that's presently occurring that is causing odd reception problems to people in various areas.
Unfortunately, and as you will no doubt already know, there really isn't much that you can do to help this type unless you are prepared to experiment with your aerial to see if there any alternative positions a few feet away either side that gives a better signal strength, as in your type of situation there usually always is.
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Tuesday, 3 July 2012
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