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Freeview reception at BT55 7ER


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 3 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of BT557ER (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 4G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception at some point from 2020 when the 5G 700MHz services start.

For actual mobile phone reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 T-Mobile EE Virgin

Predicted Freeview channel list

RTÉ2 HDMoville SV1
RTÉ One HDMoville SV2
Virgin Media 1Moville SV1
TG4 (RoI)Moville SV1
Virgin Media 3Moville SV2
 
RTÉ One +1Moville SV2
Virgin Media 2 Moville SV2
RTÉ jrMoville SV2
RTÉ2+1Moville SV2
RTÉ News NowMoville SV1
 
Tithe an Oireachtais Moville SV1
Saorview Information (*Moville SV2
1BBC One (SD)Limavady Northern IrelandPSB1
2BBC TwoLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Limavady UTVPSB2
 
4Channel 4 (SD)Limavady UTVPSB2
5Channel 5Limavady UTVPSB2
6ITV 2Limavady UTVPSB2
9BBC FourLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
10ITV3Limavady UTVPSB2
 
11Sky ArtsLimavady COM5
12QuestLimavady COM6
13E4Limavady UTVPSB2
14Film4Limavady UTVPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Limavady UTVPSB2
 
17ReallyLimavady COM5
18More4Limavady UTVPSB2
19DaveLimavady COM5
20DramaLimavady COM4
215USALimavady COM4
 
23BBC ThreeLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
25WLimavady COM6
26ITV4Limavady UTVPSB2
27YesterdayLimavady COM6
29ITV2 +1Limavady COM4
 
30E4 +1Limavady UTVPSB2
31E4 ExtraLimavady COM5
325STARLimavady COM4
335ActionLimavady COM4
34GREAT! moviesLimavady COM6
 
35ITV1 +1Limavady UTVPSB2
36pickLimavady COM5
39DMAXLimavady COM6
40Quest RedLimavady COM5
41LegendLimavady COM4
 
42GREAT! movies actionLimavady COM4
43Food NetworkLimavady COM5
44HGTVLimavady COM6
46Channel 5 +1Limavady COM4
47Film4 +1Limavady COM5
 
48ChallengeLimavady COM5
494sevenLimavady COM5
565SELECTLimavady PSB3
57Smithsonian ChannelLimavady COM5
58ITVBe +1Limavady COM4
 
59ITV3 +1Limavady COM4
60Drama +1Limavady COM5
64BlazeLimavady COM4
67CBS RealityLimavady COM4
70Quest +1Limavady COM5
 
71Quest Red +1Limavady COM6
73HobbyMakerLimavady COM6
74Dave ja vuLimavady COM4
75Yesterday +1Limavady COM5
78TCCLimavady COM4
 
81Blaze +1Limavady COM4
82Talking Pictures TVLimavady COM6
83Together TVLimavady COM5
84PBS AmericaLimavady COM6
88Classic HitsLimavady COM6
 
89ITV4 +1Limavady COM4
101BBC One HDLimavady PSB3
102BBC Two HDLimavady PSB3
103ITV 1 HDLimavady PSB3
103STV HDLimavady PSB3
 
103UTV HDLimavady PSB3
104Channel 4 HDLimavady PSB3
105Channel 5 HDLimavady PSB3
106BBC Four HDLimavady PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDLimavady PSB3
 
109BBC Three HDLimavady PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Limavady PSB3
201CBBCLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
202CBeebiesLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
203CITVLimavady COM4
 
204CBBC HDLimavady PSB3
205CBeebies HDLimavady PSB3
208Pop PlayerLimavady COM4
209Ketchup TVLimavady COM4
210Ketchup TooLimavady COM4
 
211YAAAS!Limavady COM4
231BBC NewsLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
232BBC ParliamentLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
233Sky NewsLimavady COM5
235Al Jazeera EngLimavady COM6
 
250BBC Red ButtonLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1

 

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Comments
Saturday, 4 January 2014
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Val Grimshaw
7:34 PM
Darlington

in order to receive HD channels, do we need special aerials? We receive all other Freeview channels, with good reception, DL3 0GB is our post code.

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:49 PM

Val Grimshaw: No. What you do need though is a TV or box with a Freeview HD (DVB-T2) tuner in. Standard definition signals use DVB-T.

Some older HD TVs were "HD Ready" (and some current ones may be - not sure about that) which meant that they could show HD pictures but didn't have the means to receive the signals.

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Sunday, 5 January 2014
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Andrew Curtis
10:35 AM
Eastleigh

SO50 7LQ. I have a digital aerial (upgraded in Dec '13) fitted on the roof. Problems with some channels but not all. Good signal on most popular channels; BBC, ITV, 4 & 5. Watching ITV3 now with heavy pixalation. Same on Dave, 4Music and quite a few others.
Main TV runs through BT Vision. All units re-tuned. Can't view BT Sport as heavy pixalation.
Good signal strength and quality for BBC but low quality for the pixalated channels.
Frustrating having some working and not others.
Any ideas?

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:04 AM

Andrew Curtis: As you appear to be using Rowridge for your Freeview reception the question would be, if when you had the aerial upgraded did the installer mount it vertically? as the COM channels radiate on 200 Kw on vertical transmissions whereas its only 50 Kw on horizontal.

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:18 AM

Andrew Curtis : In addition to that said, the only downside to the aerial being mounted vertically is that you will likely be unable to receive the new additional HD channels on COM7 (C31) on 23.4Kw and eventually COM8 (C37) also on the same power, as well as the new local channel (C29) on 10Kw starting in June 2014, as all three only radiate on horizontal transmissions.

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jamie stevens
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

12:53 PM
Southampton

Andrew Curtis:

JB38 is correct, however

If reception is difficult in your location you may well want to sacrifice the new HD channels on HP, making your system aerial VP will give a far superior signal.

With the strength the new channels will be radiated at such low levels some people may need to go back to large high gain aerials just to try and receive them.

With VP we can now install smaller aerials far less likely to be impacted by high winds.

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jamie stevens's 207 posts GB
Monday, 6 January 2014
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Chips
12:25 PM
Harwich

When I have my sky magic eye attached to my new TV I loose almost all of the freeview channels. This is a new build property and was set-up to use sky magic eye use in all rooms. The aerial and associated equipment is all less than 18 months old.
At the most I will have only one television using the magic eye at any one time.
Why is this happening? Do you have any advice to overcome this problem, please?
Thank you.

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Royston
3:04 PM
Sevenoaks

TN147JR. Hi We lost our aerial in the storm and have muddled through till no. It's an old aerial although we got the freeview HD channels (have a new TV), so what would be the best aerial to replace with given current and future channel development.
I think we are on the edge of the Crystal Palace transmitter range and our village is high on a hill.
Many thanks

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Tuesday, 7 January 2014
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D. Lorriman
10:29 AM
Leeds

just recently I'm getting poor reception and a reduced signal strength on both my TVs, which are served by a common aerial. Several stations are affected. My closest transmitter is Emley Moor and this has always been the station picked up by auto scan. But I am now getting BBC1 preferentially from Bilsdale and a poor signal strength across the board. Is there a problem with the Emley moor transmitter?

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Daniel
6:53 PM

SL4 3FJ. I have had no freeview reception in the last 7 days. I couldn't contact my neighbours, so I don't know if they are experimenting the same problems, and I don't know what to do if the problem is coming from the building aerial. What should I do?? Thank you

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