Full Freeview on the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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54.977,-1.664 or 54°58'39"N 1°39'51"W

NE15 6PL

The symbol shows the location of the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter which serves 34,000 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 Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) mast?

Fenham transmitter - Fenham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Fenham 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)	171m	DTG-	400W
	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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C26 (514.0MHz)	171m	DTG-	400W
	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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Tyne Tees),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C30+ (546.2MHz)	171m	DTG-	400W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C25 (506.0MHz)	171m	DTG-8	400W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C22+ (482.2MHz)	172m	DTG-8	400W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C28 (530.0MHz)	172m	DTG-8	400W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Fenham transmitter?

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 3km east-southeast (108°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.

ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 2km south-southwest (207°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border

How will the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	13 Nov 2019
	A K T	W T	W T	A K T	A K T
C21	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	+BBCB
C22				+ArqA	ArqA
C23					BBCA
C24	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4
C25				SDN	SDN
C26					D3+4
C27	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA
C28				ArqB	ArqB
C30				_local	BBCB
C31	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves		com7
C36					_local
C37					com8
C56_{tv_off}		C5_waves	C5_waves

_{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 1-5	2kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 400W
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B	(-17dB) 40W
Mux C, Mux D	(-20dB) 20W

Local transmitter maps

Fenham Freeview Fenham DAB Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne Tees

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area

Jan 1959-Feb 2004	Tyne Tees Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Fenham was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Deborah
1:55 PM

Your site currently states that there is no work on the , but on another site there are reported problems breaks in service & works. All our free view are breaking up , but not our internet channels. Who is correct. I have tried all cables, switched off etc but still unwatchable & weak message. Please p.s. Weather is fine not windy or stormy.

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4:56 PM

Deborah : Which website are you seeing these reports on? The posts on this site are taken from a feed provided by BBC engineering. What strength and readings are you seeing?

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ANDY KUIPERS
7:22 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne

Hi, been having terrible problems with at NE13 9NT. Constant , not working at all(BBC1+BBC2 eg0. Blocks appear on the screen and freeze the , then the whole screen disappears and is black. Message of " wek signal" etc. Been going on for 6 weeks now all of a sudden. Have lived in this house since 2001 and never experienced any of this. CAN YOU PLEASE.

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8:04 PM

ANDY KUIPERS: Your only 6km away from the so start by checking behind your TV for any loose/damaged cables or connections. Although further away, is also predicted to give a good at your location so it would be worth checking which you are using and that your TV is tuned to the correct transmitter. For Fenham, your will be pointing roughly south with the little rods in the vertical position (pointing up and down) whereas for Pontop Pike it will be pointing more to the of south with the little rods horizontal (pointing side to side).

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