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Freeview reception at SA1 1XY


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 8 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of SA11XY (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

E4 (Wales)Kilvey Hill COM4
1BBC One (SD)Kilvey Hill WalesPSB1
2BBC TwoKilvey Hill WalesPSB1
5Channel 5Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
6ITV 2Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
 
9BBC FourKilvey Hill WalesPSB1
10ITV3Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
11Sky MixKilvey Hill COM5
12QuestKilvey Hill COM6
13E4Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
 
14Film4Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
17ReallyKilvey Hill COM5
18More4Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
19DaveKilvey Hill COM5
 
20DramaKilvey Hill COM4
215USAKilvey Hill COM4
23BBC ThreeKilvey Hill WalesPSB1
25WKilvey Hill COM6
26ITV4Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
 
27YesterdayKilvey Hill COM6
28ITVBeKilvey Hill WalesPSB2
29ITV2 +1Kilvey Hill COM4
30E4 +1Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
31E4 ExtraKilvey Hill COM5
 
325STARKilvey Hill COM4
335ActionKilvey Hill COM4
34GREAT! moviesKilvey Hill COM6
35ITV1 +1Kilvey Hill WalesPSB2
36Sky ArtsKilvey Hill COM5
 
38Channel 5 +1Kilvey Hill COM4
39DMAXKilvey Hill COM6
40Quest RedKilvey Hill COM5
41LegendKilvey Hill COM4
43Food NetworkKilvey Hill COM5
 
44HGTVKilvey Hill COM6
465SELECTKilvey Hill PSB3
47Film4 +1Kilvey Hill COM5
48ChallengeKilvey Hill COM5
494sevenKilvey Hill COM5
 
52GREAT! romanceKilvey Hill COM6
56That's TV (UK)Kilvey Hill COM6
57Dave ja vuKilvey Hill COM4
58ITVBe +1Kilvey Hill COM4
59ITV3 +1Kilvey Hill COM4
 
60Drama +1Kilvey Hill COM5
61GREAT! movies extraKilvey Hill COM6
63GREAT! romance mixKilvey Hill COM6
64BlazeKilvey Hill COM4
65That's TV 2Kilvey Hill COM5
 
67TRUE CRIMEKilvey Hill COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRAKilvey Hill COM4
70Quest +1Kilvey Hill COM5
71That’s 60sKilvey Hill COM6
73HobbyMakerKilvey Hill COM6
 
74Yesterday +1Kilvey Hill COM5
75That's 90sKilvey Hill COM5
78TCCKilvey Hill COM4
81Blaze +1Kilvey Hill COM4
82Talking Pictures TVKilvey Hill COM6
 
83Together TVKilvey Hill COM4
84PBS AmericaKilvey Hill COM6
89ITV4 +1Kilvey Hill COM4
91WildEarthKilvey Hill COM4
101BBC One HDKilvey Hill PSB3
 
102BBC Two HDKilvey Hill PSB3
103UTV HDKilvey Hill PSB3
103ITV 1 HDKilvey Hill PSB3
103STV HDKilvey Hill PSB3
104Channel 4 HDKilvey Hill PSB3
 
105Channel 5 HDKilvey Hill PSB3
106BBC Four HDKilvey Hill PSB3
107BBC Three HDKilvey Hill PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDKilvey Hill PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Kilvey Hill PSB3
 
201CBBCKilvey Hill WalesPSB1
202CBeebiesKilvey Hill WalesPSB1
204CBBC HDKilvey Hill PSB3
205CBeebies HDKilvey Hill PSB3
209Ketchup TVKilvey Hill COM4
 
210Ketchup TooKilvey Hill COM4
211YAAAS!Kilvey Hill COM4
231BBC NewsKilvey Hill WalesPSB1
232BBC ParliamentKilvey Hill WalesPSB1
233Sky NewsKilvey Hill COM5
 
235Al Jazeera EngKilvey Hill COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishKilvey Hill COM4

 

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Show good and blocked paths from SA1 1XY for aerial height of ...

10m20m (Angel of the North)25m30m40m56m (Hyde Park Flats, Sheffield)62m (Monument)90m (Royal Liver Building, Liverpool)107m (Meridian Quay Tower, Swansea)115m (Bridgewater Place, Leeds)127m (Glasgow Tower)143m (Guy's Hospital)158m (Blackpool Tower)170m (Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth)180m (The Gherkin/BT Tower) 193m (Tower 42)235m (Canary Wharf)310m (The Shard)(default view)

Comments
Thursday, 2 November 2017
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RDD
11:14 AM
Stansted

http://downdetector.co.uk/problems/freeview

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MikeP
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11:53 PM

To All:

Please read Freeview blames air pressure for TV disruption - BBC News about interference on Freeview.



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Monday, 6 November 2017
R
RDD
10:36 AM
Stansted

Attenuators, Crystal Palace transmitter- Gable end Televes aerial..
Signal from masthead amp loops through DVR to HD TV. . It seems signal is boosted by the DVR as a result of the loop though.

DVR signal strength all channels circa 45%, Quality 100% - Very rarely use HD.

HDTV Signal strength all channels circa 90%+ ,Quality 100% - Sometimes lose channels - Overload??

Can not loop through HD TV to DVR. So attenuator needed between the DVR and HDTV.

What -db size of attenuator should I aim for. Thank you

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StevensOnln1
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12:56 PM

RDD: What signal strength do you get if you bypass the DVR and connect the aerial feed from the amp directly to the TV? Check the menu on the DVR, there may be an option to reduce the gain from the built in amplifier. Failing that, try a 3dB attenuator such as the one linked below (get a 6dB at the same time in case 3dB isn't enough).

3dB Coax Plug Inline ATTENUATOR: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

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Tuesday, 7 November 2017
R
RDD
12:43 PM
Stansted

StevensOnln1:
Thanks for the input.
Your suggestion re:-
A) connecting after mast amp direct to HDTV ( i.e. not looping through DVR) results - very little, if any change, to Signal Strength (High 90s%) & Signal Quality. 100% .
B) On reconnecting to the DVR ( loop through), there was only a DVR setting to switch on or off the loop connection to the TV.. No means of adjusting any strength on loop output.

From the above, quite surprised that the signal strength for the various channels reported by the DVR is so much lower , compared to those obtained by the direct connection to the HDTV.

So off to ebay to get an attenuator. Do you think a variable one would be OK, save having to buy two of different -db values. Also as I am going to have to renew the aerial - (latter beginning to fall apart - result copulating pigeons, corrosion etc. ) , a variable attenuator might give greater flexibility??

Thanks again for your help/feedback.

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MikeB
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2:14 PM

RDD: You could do what I've done, and have for some years - split the feeds from the wall. I originally did it when it turned out that my PVR was much more sensitive than the freeview box, after getting a new aerial.

One of the reps at work (who'd formerly been a TV installer) kindly made up a set for me, but its easy enough yourself.A decent bit of coax out of the wall socket, then a good quality splitter, then two cables off that, one to the PVR and one to the TV. Mine has F-fittings, but whatever works.

Then you can vary the attenuation seperately, and looping through isn't an issue. I got a variable one, but it didn't seem to do much, so I got some from Amazon (the same as these https://www.maplin.co.uk/…59p) which fit into one another, so you can buy perhaps a 3db, a 5db and so on, and put them in series to get the right level.

The trouble with a masthead amp is that you can't just switch it off (my new house has one), but at least you can dampen it down.

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RDD
3:28 PM
Stansted

MikeB:
Thanks for the suggestion. My concern is that splitting at the wall will lower the signal to the DVR which is already at circa 55% . However this could be due to the tuners of the DVR being less sensitive than the tuner of the HDTV..

However, I will give it a try and see what happens, I think I have enough bits a pieces to rig your suggestion up.
I will let you know. Thanks.

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Wednesday, 6 December 2017
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XIAO
9:37 PM
Whitstable

I had a alba set top box connected to my tv, recently I can't get any channels on the tv, it just keep showing no or bad signals. Any helps?

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StevensOnln1
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10:59 PM

XIAO: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV and set top box?

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Friday, 19 January 2018
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Allyson
11:36 AM
Newport

I've bought a new freeview equipped television but can't get freeview on it.
Can anyone tell me what I have to do? Is there an indoor aerial I could buy for it, that would receive signal from so far away as Wenvoe?
I live in a block of flats, so getting an outside aerial installed on the roof is out of the question.
The television does work because I took it to a friend, who plugged it in and there were no problems.

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