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Freeview reception at G5 9RE


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 55 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of G59RE (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 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

1BBC One (SD)Black Hill ScotlandPSB1
2BBC TwoBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
3STV (SD)Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
5Channel 5Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
7BBC Alba HDBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
8STV GlasgowBlack Hill LG
10ITV3Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
11Sky MixBlack Hill COM5
 
12QuestBlack Hill COM6
13E4Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
14Film4Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
17ReallyBlack Hill COM5
 
18More4Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
19DaveBlack Hill COM5
20DramaBlack Hill COM4
215USABlack Hill COM4
23BBC ThreeBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
 
24BBC Four (Scotland SD)Black Hill ScotlandPSB1
25WBlack Hill COM6
26ITV4Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
27YesterdayBlack Hill COM6
28ITVBeBlack Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
 
29ITV2 +1Black Hill COM4
30E4 +1Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
31E4 ExtraBlack Hill COM5
325STARBlack Hill COM4
335ActionBlack Hill COM4
 
34GREAT! moviesBlack Hill COM6
35ITV1 +1Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
35STV+1Black Hill STV Central (Glasgow)PSB2
36Sky ArtsBlack Hill COM5
38Channel 5 +1Black Hill COM4
 
39DMAXBlack Hill COM6
40Quest RedBlack Hill COM5
41LegendBlack Hill COM4
42GREAT! actionBlack Hill COM4
43Food NetworkBlack Hill COM5
 
44HGTVBlack Hill COM6
465SELECTBlack Hill PSB3
47Film4 +1Black Hill COM5
48ChallengeBlack Hill COM5
494sevenBlack Hill COM5
 
52GREAT! romanceBlack Hill COM6
56That's TV (UK)Black Hill COM6
57Dave ja vuBlack Hill COM4
58ITV3 +1Black Hill COM4
59ITV4 +1Black Hill COM4
 
60Drama +1Black Hill COM5
63GREAT! romance mixBlack Hill COM6
64BlazeBlack Hill COM4
65That's TV 2Black Hill COM5
67TRUE CRIMEBlack Hill COM4
 
68TRUE CRIME XTRABlack Hill COM4
70Quest +1Black Hill COM5
71That’s 60sBlack Hill COM6
73HobbyMakerBlack Hill COM6
74Yesterday +1Black Hill COM5
 
75That's 90sBlack Hill COM5
78TCCBlack Hill COM4
81Blaze +1Black Hill COM4
82Talking Pictures TVBlack Hill COM6
83Together TVBlack Hill COM4
 
84PBS AmericaBlack Hill COM6
91WildEarthBlack Hill COM4
93ITVBe +1Black Hill COM4
101BBC One HDBlack Hill PSB3
102BBC Two HDBlack Hill PSB3
 
103UTV HDBlack Hill PSB3
103STV HDBlack Hill PSB3
103ITV 1 HDBlack Hill PSB3
104Channel 4 HDBlack Hill PSB3
105Channel 5 HDBlack Hill PSB3
 
106BBC Four HDBlack Hill PSB3
107BBC Three HDBlack Hill PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDBlack Hill PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Black Hill PSB3
201CBBCBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
 
202CBeebiesBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
204CBBC HDBlack Hill PSB3
205CBeebies HDBlack Hill PSB3
209Ketchup TVBlack Hill COM4
210Ketchup TooBlack Hill COM4
 
211YAAAS!Black Hill COM4
231BBC NewsBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
232BBC ParliamentBlack Hill ScotlandPSB1
233Sky NewsBlack Hill COM5
235Al Jazeera EngBlack Hill COM6
 
267Al Jazeera EnglishBlack Hill COM4

 

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Thursday, 16 January 2014
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Frank Chammings
9:56 AM
North Tawton

I bought a HD set-top box yesterday, and when connected it said "No Signal". I live at the top of Hatherleigh and get good digital reception at 2 Martins Close, EX20 3GB. The aerial is in the roof. Should I try another box?

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Saturday, 18 January 2014
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Joe
6:24 PM
Thornton-cleveleys

I'm just checking for my mother-in-law. She recently had a replacement aerial fitted. Since then she has had to keep retuning BBC 1. Postcode is FY5 2HF. I assume she is on the Winter Hill transmitter. Anybody else having issues?

Thanks.

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Sunday, 19 January 2014
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Steve McHarg
8:43 PM
Derby

Installed our new TV last week. New Samsung LED Smart TV.

Had no end of problem tuning it, brought a new fly lead which improved it, however it got worse today. Not sure how old the aerial is though. But in the end we managed to get all the channels. Only problem is ITV1 ITV2 etc. are all blocky... until you put your hand/something metallic behind the tv... any ideas?

I did notice that there are 2 cables in the wall socket! 1 has been cut and left open.

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MikeB
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9:50 PM

Steve McHarg: have you checked your signal strength and which transmitter your tuned to?

If you click on the 'home to mast plot' or Digital UK tradeview links, you can see you should be tuned into Sutton Coldfield or Waltham. If your signal strength is very low, then it might be another transmitter being picked up first, or if too high (90-100%) then that will also cause problems. If its too high, search for 'too much of a good thing' on this website.

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Steve McHarg
10:25 PM

Cheers MikeB,

I will have a look at them!

Signal strength/quality is all over the place when on those channels. Good channels are 55/100 for strength. 100/100 quality.

Any idea what might be causing the interference to disappear when something 'shields' the back of the tv?

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Monday, 20 January 2014
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dsb
11:17 PM
Cambridge

JB38:

I posted about a month ago, with no reply - but Ted seems to have reported a similar problem to me.

I just attempted to reduce the signal as far as possible, using a signal attenuator and multiple cables and connectors. I got it to the point that BBC1 was just breaking up - but still a manual scan on channel 21 returned no channels. The signal strength was around 40% (no numbers - just a bar), but signal quality did not change from 0%, and nothing was found.
The TV tuner was less useful and just returns "0 channels". I can only get signal strength for tuned-in channels there.

Both the PVR and TV are capable of receiving Freeview HD, and have in the past. Is it possible the loft aerial is boosted so much it scrambles the HD channels with a recent increase in signal power?

There is an unconnected aerial on the side of the building, but it is small and only one storey up. It may be worth a shot?

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Tuesday, 21 January 2014
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jb38
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7:54 AM

dsb: According to the terrain indicator your location would appear to be line-of-sight with Sandy (trees or man made structures excluded) and as such nothing stands out as an immediately obvious reason for your difficulty in receiving C21 except the factor mentioned by yourself of an excessively high signal level, the tuners used in some HD receivers (e.g: LG / Samsung) being most intolerant to this sort of situation.

When you mention the loft aerial is "boosted so much" are you meaning that you do have some form of amplification on this aerial? because if you have then this could well be the reason for your problem and so you should try a test with the amp being bypassed, in other words not just switched off as this would immediately turn it into a high level attenuator.

Maybe you could also let me know the model numbers of your TV as well as your PVR.





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Rob
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8:32 AM
Kidlington

Well Dear all,
The confusion continues, as you know only been suffering with intermittent blocky pictures and sound glitches on channel 60 programmes from Oxford, all other channels fine on Sony KDL375500. Latest is that i borrowed a freeview hd set top box which is at low level on top of my dvd recorder / hard drive and i now do not have any interference at all.
However I have looked at the signal and quality meter on the alba set top that i have borrowed and it is saying for most channels 100% signal 7 to 10% quality, however the picture seems fine to me, thinking back i also got the same kind of readings with my daughters tv when i plugged it in to the same Ariel socket, however the picture looked fine to me on that too.
The Sony on the same socket says 100% signal but does not show the quality.
Have dropped a note in to neighbor to ask about a baby monitor or simular near the wall.
So my question is could this be the Sony TV on the blink? or is this just because the set top box is in a different location lower and further from the wall than the back of the sony tv? I suppose it could be both........dam this is doing my noggin in, dont really want the expense of a set top box and another remote either.

Again thanks for all the advice

Rob


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Wednesday, 22 January 2014
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Dave
6:16 PM
Redruth

UHF Channel 52 multiplex from Redruth transmitter has in the past week caused some erratic problems on it's associated Freeview channels ie 11, 12, 42 travel channel and 82 Sky News etc the picture is watchable but the sound is interupted.
I am nearby - within sight of the transmitter between Redruth and Portreath - on high ground about 4 miles from the antenna.

Tried all options- re tune, check cables and antenna in attic and connections on coax cables - all seem fine. So interesting that it is only today 22 Jan 2014 that a Transmitter maintainence is schedules on this website. Searching the BBC engineering website indicated it was not their problem as BBC channels were OK.

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Dave Lindsay
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6:37 PM

Dave: At such close proximity to this high power transmitter you could potentially find yourself with an excessive signal level. The effect of too much signal can appear the same as that of too little a signal.

Does the signal strength and quality constantly dip? This might suggest too much signal.

Perhaps the works necessitate use of the reserve antenna array for at least C52 and that results in the signal being a little stronger for you.

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