Freeview Light on the Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) transmitter which serves 16,000 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 Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) mast?
Dallington Park transmitter - Dallington Park 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, 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 Dallington Park 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Cambridge, 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Cambridge, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, 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 Dallington Park transmitter?
BBC Look East (West) 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Cambridge CB4 0WZ, 73km east (90°)
to BBC Cambridge region - 4 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 156km east-northeast (72°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 6 Jun 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C59tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C66 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 65W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-2.1dB) 40W |
Local transmitter maps
Dallington Park Freeview Sandy Heath TV region BBC Cambridge Anglia (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area
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Thursday, 13 December 2018
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Dorian9:41 PM
Northampton
Hello I am having reception issues I'm in NN3 6PF
I am definitely on dallington park tv transmission.
I am having issues with signal dropping and pixilating this happens on my nebourhood TV's as well.
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Dorian's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 14 December 2018
MikeP
10:34 PM
10:34 PM
Dorian:
Please carefull check all your arial cables and connections. Unplug all the plugs/sockets and then refit them, that will clear any corrosion/oxidation from the contacts whci is a common cause of the problems you report.
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Tuesday, 25 January 2022
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Chris.SE4:18 PM
Terry Mason:
Without a bit more information such as your full postcode (or one of a very nearby pub or shop) it's difficult to know how much of an obstruction to the signal from Dallington Park this tower block is. Some parts of your area will get a good signal but it's only a 50W transmitter, so an indoor aerial may not do.
If your aerial is pointing at Sutton Coldfield, you may only be getting variable reception from there for some/all multiplexes whereas your area generally will get good signals from Sandy which you could be getting ofF the back of your aerial. You might get Dallington park off a side lobe or even possibly within the beamwidth of your aerial (less likely) as Sutton Coldfield is compass bearing 300 degrees, Sandy Heath bearing 106 degrees, Dallington Park 235 degrees.
I'd guess it's Sandy, because both Sutton & Sandy are horizontally polarised, whereas Dallington Park is vertical, but when you are that close anything is possible! The best way is if you check which UHF channels those Anglia and Look East multiplexes are on. I'll list each transmitter for you, Dallington Park only has PSBs mind.
In the multiplex order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6, COM7
The UHF channels are -
Sutton Coldfield C43, C46, C40, C42, C45, C39, C55
Sandy Heath C27, C24, C21, C33, C36, C48, C55
Dallington Park C23, C26, C30
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Wednesday, 26 January 2022
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Terry Mason8:17 AM
I have an aerial facing Birmingham (West midlands) I get a good picture. When time it quite regularly as and when required, I get Anglia and look East on channels 800 801 802. but these channels can be good around news time but,pixalate or lose its tuning just as the local news comes on. I don't know if these signals are coming from Dallington or sandy?
I am 80 years old and start putting up New aerials is a no no. I have tried indoor aerials,no signal we do have school tower block in Trinity ave between us and you.
Any ideas.? Terry Mason
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Chris.SE2:59 PM
Terry Mason:
According to Freeview and the BBC checkers, all numbers in your postcode are predicted to get good reception from Dallngton Park despite the tower block.
All numbers are predicted to have variable reception of Sutton Coldfield COMs and high numbers also the PSBs. High numbers may also have variable reception from Sandy Heath, but the lower numbers should get good reception with one or two odd exceptions.
As I've already suggested, the easiest way to discover which signals you are getting is to look in your TV tuning section (or maybe an "info" choice on a given channel - depends on TV set) and see which UHF channel from the lists I've given you are actually getting for the various multiplexes.
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Thursday, 14 December 2023
J
John Lucibello 11:30 AM
Since Sunday 10 sometime in the afternoon evening up until today 11
I have lost many channels with only 33 TV and radio left some with a lot
disappearing overnight.
Talking Pictures
PBS AMERICA
Yesterday
That's TV
These went Sunday and these I watch often.
Can you help
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Chris.SE9:39 PM
John Lucibello :
I can't find any reports of faults at Dallington Park (or its parent Sandy Heath) in the last 5 days.
As you haven't given a full postcode, we can't check your predicted reception either.
The channels you've mentioned are carried on the ArqB/COM6 multiplex which is not transmitted from Dallington Park as it's a Freeview Light transmitter with only the 3 PSB multiplexes, so your aerial could be pointing at Sandy Heath (Anglia) or even possibly Waltham (Central).
For which TV channels are carried on which multiplex, see Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
you should also be missing other channels on ArqB/COM6.
There's also the possibility you may be suffering interference from a new/upgraded phone mast and perhaps had a postcard from https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
When you found some channels missing (whatever the cause might have been) I hope you didn't retune - you cannot tune to signals that aren't there, the usual effect is to clear your correct tuning.
If you did retune, the signals may have returned and you won't know as you may no longer be tuned to them.
Without that full postcode, we can't offer any further advise other than to check some obvious things -
Check that your aerial is still pointing correctly and that the downlead isn't flapping in the wind. Check all you accessible coax connections to ensure there is no corrosion or water, and everything is plugged in correctly.
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Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
DALLINGTON PARK transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 2 Oct 06:02 until 2 Oct 09:18. . [BBC]
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Monday, 2 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Dallington Park transmitter - Dallington Park transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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