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Freeview reception at BT78 2SG


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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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

RTÉ One HDCairn Hill SV2
Virgin Media 1Cairn Hill SV1
TG4 (RoI)Cairn Hill SV1
Virgin Media 3Cairn Hill SV2
RTÉ One +1Cairn Hill SV2
 
Virgin Media 2 Cairn Hill SV2
RTÉ jrCairn Hill SV2
RTÉ2+1Cairn Hill SV2
RTÉ News NowCairn Hill SV1
Tithe an Oireachtais Cairn Hill SV1
 
Saorview Information (*Cairn Hill SV2
1BBC One (SD)Brougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
2BBC TwoBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
 
5Channel 5Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
6ITV 2Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
9BBC FourBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
10ITV3Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
11Sky MixBrougher Mountain COM5
 
12QuestBrougher Mountain COM6
13E4Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
14Film4Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
17ReallyBrougher Mountain COM5
 
18More4Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
19DaveBrougher Mountain COM5
20DramaBrougher Mountain COM4
215USABrougher Mountain COM4
23BBC ThreeBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
 
25WBrougher Mountain COM6
26ITV4Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
27YesterdayBrougher Mountain COM6
28ITVBeBrougher Mountain UTVPSB2
29ITV2 +1Brougher Mountain COM4
 
30E4 +1Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
31E4 ExtraBrougher Mountain COM5
325STARBrougher Mountain COM4
335ActionBrougher Mountain COM4
34GREAT! moviesBrougher Mountain COM6
 
35ITV1 +1Brougher Mountain UTVPSB2
36Sky ArtsBrougher Mountain COM5
38Channel 5 +1Brougher Mountain COM4
39DMAXBrougher Mountain COM6
40Quest RedBrougher Mountain COM5
 
41LegendBrougher Mountain COM4
42GREAT! actionBrougher Mountain COM4
43Food NetworkBrougher Mountain COM5
44HGTVBrougher Mountain COM6
465SELECTBrougher Mountain PSB3
 
47Film4 +1Brougher Mountain COM5
48ChallengeBrougher Mountain COM5
494sevenBrougher Mountain COM5
52GREAT! romanceBrougher Mountain COM6
53TG4Brougher Mountain NIMM
 
54RTÉ OneBrougher Mountain NIMM
55RTÉ TwoBrougher Mountain NIMM
56That's TV (UK)Brougher Mountain COM6
57Dave ja vuBrougher Mountain COM4
58ITVBe +1Brougher Mountain COM4
 
59ITV3 +1Brougher Mountain COM4
60Drama +1Brougher Mountain COM5
61GREAT! movies extraBrougher Mountain COM6
63GREAT! romance mixBrougher Mountain COM6
64BlazeBrougher Mountain COM4
 
65That's TV 2Brougher Mountain COM5
67TRUE CRIMEBrougher Mountain COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRABrougher Mountain COM4
70Quest +1Brougher Mountain COM5
71That’s 60sBrougher Mountain COM6
 
73HobbyMakerBrougher Mountain COM6
74Yesterday +1Brougher Mountain COM5
75That's 90sBrougher Mountain COM5
78TCCBrougher Mountain COM4
81Blaze +1Brougher Mountain COM4
 
82Talking Pictures TVBrougher Mountain COM6
83Together TVBrougher Mountain COM4
84PBS AmericaBrougher Mountain COM6
89ITV4 +1Brougher Mountain COM4
91WildEarthBrougher Mountain COM4
 
101BBC One HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
102BBC Two HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
103ITV 1 HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
103STV HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
103UTV HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
 
104Channel 4 HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
105Channel 5 HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
106BBC Four HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
107BBC Three HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
 
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Brougher Mountain PSB3
201CBBCBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
202CBeebiesBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
204CBBC HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
205CBeebies HDBrougher Mountain PSB3
 
209Ketchup TVBrougher Mountain COM4
210Ketchup TooBrougher Mountain COM4
211YAAAS!Brougher Mountain COM4
231BBC NewsBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
232BBC ParliamentBrougher Mountain Northern IrelandPSB1
 
233Sky NewsBrougher Mountain COM5
235Al Jazeera EngBrougher Mountain COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishBrougher Mountain COM4

 

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Comments
Monday, 19 February 2018
MikeP
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11:08 AM

Peter Rance:

Having your neighbour's aerial leaning against yours does not help either. You need to get them to have it refitted correctly so it does not touch or even get near to yours.



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peter rance
1:43 PM

MikeP: Thank you mike very helpful, ill look into that once my new tv arrives

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Tuesday, 20 February 2018
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peter rance
12:51 PM

Hi again Mikep i looked at attenuators, there are 3db 6db and higher, So i am totally confused as to what one i should be getting, also is it a connection where i can take my arial out of the humax and plug it into the attenuator then back into the humax freeview, or do i need a Arial guy to fit it outside on the arial, God im thick .any help much appreciated

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P Mitchell
1:39 PM
Macclesfield

Freeview reception at my address in Macclesfield has always been problematic. Reception is fine but the problem is that I receive only 20 TV channels and 16 radio channels despite having done the rescan as described above. I have two television sets and a DVR, all of which receive the same small group of Freeview channels.

I once did a rescan on the main TV and lots of new channels came up. However, when I tried to watch any of these new channels, no sound or picture appeared.

I know my aerial is pointed at a smaller (relay?) transmitter rather than at the main transmitter for the area.

My postcode is SK10 2EH

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MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

2:17 PM

peter rance: The easiest way to think about it is that signal strength is measured in db, and therefore a 3db attentuator will reduce that by 3, a 6db by 6, etc.

Obviously you dont know exactly how much you need to reduce the signal strength until you try it, and remember that different muxes have different strengths - so that reducing a very powerful mux will also impact a weaker one - its a balancing act.

Get a range of them - a 3, a 6, and a 9 would be a good start - the ones from Amazon are fine and you'll save on postage by buying two or three. They are very easy to fit - simply get the existing aerial lead, and push one onto the end. And then get another aerial lead (they are cheap enough) and plug into the back of the PVR, etc.

If the signal strength comes down to around 75% on the mux you are having problems with, job done. Start with the smallest number - you can always add more. If 3db isn't enough, try the 6db instead. And so o. You can also combine them together (the fit together), so that a 3 + 6 = 9.

Its not perfect, since signal strength can be slightly different at different times of year, each tuner might be slightly different, and the muxes are not all the same power, but it should cure much of the problem.

If you have a booster, etc that you can bypass, that will make life much easier. In my case, I have a masthead amp plus another one in the loft which I have bypass at some point (there was even a third one when I first moved in!). Good luck.

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MikeB
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2:24 PM

P Mitchell:

Have a look at the links below your post - it will show you that although the local 'light' transmitter is the one that will get you the best signal, it also has the fewest channels.

Winter Hill looks like a good get for you, even though the terrain checker looks like there is something in the way pretty close to you. However, its pretty much in the opposite direction from the local transmitter, so while you might get it off the back of the aerial, its likely to be a bit iffy, unless you move the aerial. Check what the rest of the road is doing.

You can either go for Winter Hill, but move the aerial, or perhaps think about Freesat - if you've a dish already, all you will need is a receiever or PVR, and many TV's have a sat. tuner built in anyway. But since you have an aerial, perhaps its modify what you've already got.

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P Mitchell
5:56 PM
Macclesfield

MikeB:

Many thanks for explaining the situation.

You are absolutely right, of course, to say that the local transmitter has far fewer channels than the main transmitter at Winter Hill. I never knew that before today but, having checked the relevant link, I now see that the local transmitter is, in fact, doing an excellent job of transmitting every channel it has available and that my two TVs and DVR are doing an excellent job of receiving them even though the total is only 20 TV channels.

Having today taken a short walk up and down the road outside my house, I see that some aerials are pointed towards Winter Hill while others are pointed towards the local transmitter.

Interestingly, If I cast my mind back 30 years when I moved into this house, I do now recall an aerial fitter explaining that the Winter Hill signal would be impeded by two large trees about 30 yards from the house and that the signal would be even worse in summer when they were in leaf.



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peter rance
6:01 PM

MikeB: ok i undestand that, so around 75% should be about right, as they are cheap ill get a few ,Thank you once again for your help

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Thursday, 22 February 2018
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Bob
10:59 PM
Stonehouse

We are at GL10 3BJ but receive our Freeview signal direct to the Mendip Transmitter. Out TV aerial is pointing to the Mendip Transmitter. Should our reception change in March 2018 please?

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Wednesday, 28 February 2018
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Chris
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9:33 PM
Otley

ITV3 is now available on all Freeview transmitters on channel 788. Apparently it is higher resolution than the existing transmission on channel 10 (for those on full service transmitters) Presumably it will become the default broadcast after a testing period.

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