Full Freeview on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 700,000 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 Pontop Pike (County Durham, 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 Pontop Pike 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 Pontop Pike transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 15km northeast (42°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 12km north-northeast (29°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
Are there any self-help relays?
| Kieldor Dam | Active deflector | 6 homes Holiday complex | |
| Low Haber | Active deflector | West Allen Dale, 18 kn SW Hexham | caravan site |
| North Hartlepool | Transposer | 84 homes |
How will the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | ||||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
| C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||||
| C56tv_off | LNE | ||||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
| C59tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com8 | (-11.6dB) 34.6kW | |
| com7 | (-11.7dB) 33.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LNE | (-20dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Pontop Pike Freeview Pontop Pike TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Pontop Pike transmitter area
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 yesterday to 11:30 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 yesterday to 11:30 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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Gary9:22 PM
Consett
Only receiving channels on C48, C65+& C53- . Is this due to the weak signal due to the engineering works. Problem began yesterday 27/3 my post code is DH8 0UA. If so do you have a date for completion of work.
Regards
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jb3811:11 PM
Gary: DSO (digital switchover) work of an on-going nature is taking place at the station in preparation for its high power switchover in September, and as such no completion dates can really be given.
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Thursday, 29 March 2012
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:33 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:32 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC TWO Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:32 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:33 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:32 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC TWO Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:32 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:33 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC ONE Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:32 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC TWO Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:32 today [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:33 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC ONE Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:32 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC TWO Off Air from 15:30 today to 15:32 today [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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Friday, 30 March 2012
PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 15:30 yesterday to 15:33 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC ONE Off Air from 15:30 yesterday to 15:32 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 11:29 on 27 Mar to 11:30 on 27 Mar BBC TWO Off Air from 15:30 yesterday to 15:32 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Pontop Pike main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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