Full Freeview on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter which serves 710,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter._______
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 Belmont 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 Belmont transmitter?
BBC Look North (Hull) 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Hull HU1 3RH, 47km north-northwest (346°)
to BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region - 4 masts.
ITV Calendar 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 106km west-northwest (299°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Belmont) region - 4 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Emley Moor region
How will the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | W T | W T | W T | W T | ||||
| C7 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C13 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C23 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C27 | LDN | ||||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C30 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | _local | |||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | COM8tv_off | ||||||
| C60tv_off | -ArqB |
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 3 Aug 11 and 17 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.2dB) 150kW | |
| ARQA, ARQB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| Analogue 5, SDN | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com8 | (-10.9dB) 40.9kW | |
| com7 | (-11.3dB) 37.1kW | |
| Mux 2* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LDN | (-20dB) 5kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 4kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Belmont transmitter area
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Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Des Collier: It is to protect the continued use of the frequencies on other transmitters.
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Mike Dimmick6:53 PM
Reading
Des Collier: In general the frequencies have been assigned with the best one going to BBC A, then D3&4, BBC B, SDN, ArqA and ArqB in that order. I'm guessing C60 has slightly less interference from other transmitters between step 2 and power-up day, which is why it was going to be used for ArqA until then, but C53 is better after the programme completes.
However, Sky Sports 1 and 2 have ended up on ArqB after switchover, and Arqiva's arm is being twisted by BT who went to a lot of trouble to force Sky to make the channels available. Arqiva have probably asked to use it for B rather than A.
As for why they stay on low power, as Brian says, other transmitters are still using these frequencies for analogue or for low-power digital services, and increasing the power here causes problems over there. Looking at the map, Tacolneston uses C53 for Mux A and C60 for Mux 2. The power-up at Belmont is scheduled for the same day as DSO 2 at Tacolneston.
(Actually, Tacolneston Mux 2 is moving to C59 on 17 August, which is Belmont DSO 2 - possibly to reduce interference on ArqB at Belmont?)
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011
BELMONT transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 02:49 yesterday to 02:55 yesterday [BBC]
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BELMONT transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 02:49 yesterday to 02:55 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 April 2011
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chris5:51 AM
Sleaford
Hi i live in sleaford and have a aerial mounted on the roof and am using a sagem DTR 6400T/6700T recorder box.Until yesterday i had no problems,now i cant recieve itv,channel 4,itv 2,channel 5 and may be more.I have done a scan,and even defaulted to factory settings and re scanned.still cant get these.It was fine before.Any help appreciated.
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Friday, 15 April 2011
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Des Collier6:47 PM
Brigg
Brian & Mike:- THANKS FOR THE INFO,THAT EXPLAINS A LOT.MUCH APPRECIATED.
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Des Collier7:17 PM
Brigg
Nigel:-You shouldn't have any problems after dso,except maybe ARQA & B which will stay at low power until end of november,rest will be at full power.
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011
BELMONT transmitter - mont Transmitter group works on 20 and 21 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs on 20 and 21 April 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. Digital services - Mux1 and MuxC will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. [DUK] Over the next week Belmont main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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BELMONT transmitter - mont Transmitter group works on 20 and 21 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs on 20 and 21 April 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. Digital services - Mux1 and MuxC will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00. [DUK] Over the next week Belmont main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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