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Freeview reception at BT53 7AG


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 7 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of BT537AG (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

RTÉ One HDMoville SV2
Virgin Media 1Moville SV1
TG4 (RoI)Moville SV1
Virgin Media 3Moville SV2
RTÉ One +1Moville SV2
 
Virgin Media 2 Moville SV2
RTÉ jrMoville SV2
RTÉ2+1Moville SV2
RTÉ News NowMoville SV1
Tithe an Oireachtais Moville SV1
 
Saorview Information (*Moville SV2
1BBC One (SD)Limavady Northern IrelandPSB1
2BBC TwoLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Limavady UTVPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Limavady UTVPSB2
 
5Channel 5Limavady UTVPSB2
6ITV 2Limavady UTVPSB2
9BBC FourLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
10ITV3Limavady UTVPSB2
11Sky MixLimavady COM5
 
12QuestLimavady COM6
13E4Limavady UTVPSB2
14Film4Limavady UTVPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Limavady UTVPSB2
17ReallyLimavady COM5
 
18More4Limavady UTVPSB2
19DaveLimavady COM5
20DramaLimavady COM4
215USALimavady COM4
23BBC ThreeLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
 
25WLimavady COM6
26ITV4Limavady UTVPSB2
27YesterdayLimavady COM6
28ITVBeLimavady UTVPSB2
29ITV2 +1Limavady COM4
 
30E4 +1Limavady UTVPSB2
31E4 ExtraLimavady COM5
325STARLimavady COM4
335ActionLimavady COM4
34GREAT! moviesLimavady COM6
 
35ITV1 +1Limavady UTVPSB2
36Sky ArtsLimavady COM5
38Channel 5 +1Limavady COM4
39DMAXLimavady COM6
40Quest RedLimavady COM5
 
41LegendLimavady COM4
42GREAT! actionLimavady COM4
43Food NetworkLimavady COM5
44HGTVLimavady COM6
465SELECTLimavady PSB3
 
47Film4 +1Limavady COM5
48ChallengeLimavady COM5
494sevenLimavady COM5
52GREAT! romanceLimavady COM6
56That's TV (UK)Limavady COM6
 
57Dave ja vuLimavady COM4
58ITVBe +1Limavady COM4
59ITV3 +1Limavady COM4
60Drama +1Limavady COM5
61GREAT! movies extraLimavady COM6
 
63GREAT! romance mixLimavady COM6
64BlazeLimavady COM4
65That's TV 2Limavady COM5
67TRUE CRIMELimavady COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRALimavady COM4
 
70Quest +1Limavady COM5
71That’s 60sLimavady COM6
73HobbyMakerLimavady COM6
74Yesterday +1Limavady COM5
75That's 90sLimavady COM5
 
78TCCLimavady COM4
81Blaze +1Limavady COM4
82Talking Pictures TVLimavady COM6
83Together TVLimavady COM4
84PBS AmericaLimavady COM6
 
89ITV4 +1Limavady COM4
91WildEarthLimavady COM4
101BBC One HDLimavady PSB3
102BBC Two HDLimavady PSB3
103ITV 1 HDLimavady PSB3
 
103STV HDLimavady PSB3
103UTV HDLimavady PSB3
104Channel 4 HDLimavady PSB3
105Channel 5 HDLimavady PSB3
106BBC Four HDLimavady PSB3
 
107BBC Three HDLimavady PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDLimavady PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Limavady PSB3
201CBBCLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
202CBeebiesLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
 
204CBBC HDLimavady PSB3
205CBeebies HDLimavady PSB3
209Ketchup TVLimavady COM4
210Ketchup TooLimavady COM4
211YAAAS!Limavady COM4
 
231BBC NewsLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
232BBC ParliamentLimavady Northern IrelandPSB1
233Sky NewsLimavady COM5
235Al Jazeera EngLimavady COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishLimavady COM4
 

 

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Comments
Saturday, 11 April 2020
J
John
9:10 PM
Leamington Spa

My dtv signal keeps bloching out ihave new tv amp aerial is good for digital my post code cv312dq
Is there a problem with your signal

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Chris.SE
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11:22 PM

John:

It's not "our" signal, this is an independent help site, that said your predicted reception is from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter which is currently listed for Planned Engineering with "Possible weak signal" so this may be the cause of your issue. I am surprised that work might be continuing over the bank holiday weekend, but as Arqiva never give details of the work, it may be essential.
However, there has also been some talk of the possibility of atmospherics disrupting reception over the bank holiday - Tropospheric Ducting - see How clear skies and fine weather can affect your TV reception | Help receiving TV and radio and the linked page.
If you lose signal and try retuning you may get signals from a different transmitter and lose them again as the propagation changes, and then you'll have to retune again and maybe unsuccessful in getting your regular signals back until the disruption subsides.

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Sunday, 19 April 2020
T
Tony
6:06 PM
Rochester

I have freeview aerial in loft but no hd channels aerial is pointed to right bluebell hill transmitter
On tv settings got signal for ch21,43,40,46,23,26 albeit top 2m100% then rest drop down
Any help would be appreciated

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Chris.SE
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7:52 PM

Tony:

Has your TV got a T2 (HD) tuner? It won't get HD channels otherwise. If you had HD channels before, it may be that because the transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with "Possible weak signal" you may not have received them if you were tuning.

However, although I'm not quite sure what exactly you mean by "albeit top 2m100% then rest drop down", the UHF channels you've listed are not all Bluebell Hill.
The correct UHF channels are C32, C34, C45(HD); C40, C43, C46; C55&C56 (COMs7&8 HD); C21 (Local) -
That's for PSB1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB; COMs4-6; COMs7&8; & Local in that order.
C23 & C26 are from another transmitter, most likely Crystal Palace.

I would unplug the aerial and do an automatic full retune to clear existing tuning (as nothing will be found), then plug it back in and carry out a manual tune on the UHF channels I've listed.

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Monday, 11 May 2020
G
Gerry
2:04 PM
Kilmarnock

aerial is in loft, and was getting the "yesterday" channel till about a month ago, now nothing and some other channel either break up or nothing at all. is it worth getting a new aerial, the one we have got is 14 + years old. have tried retuning TV - no improveement

thanks

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Chris.SE
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2:22 PM

Gerry:

Without a full postcode it's not possible to look at the predicted reception at your location and which transmitter(s) and multiplexes you might be able to receive. There are many (main) transmitters listed for Planned Engineering at present with "Possible weak signal" which MIGHT be the explanation, but we need to see what the Freeview Detailed Coverage Checker is giving for your location.

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Chris.SE
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2:26 PM

Gerry:

To add to the above, it might be helpful if you could say which direction your aerial is pointing and whether the rods are vertical or horizontal.

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Tuesday, 12 May 2020
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Alan Haynes
2:20 PM
Felixstowe

I live in Felixstowe IP11 9JZ. Can someone tell me the Freeview Channels I should use to manually tune my tv/pvr. Thanks

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Chris.SE
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3:33 PM

Alan Haynes:

That will rather depend on which way your aerial is pointing, there are actually a number of choices that you might receive, most requiring ideally a Group K aerial (although Group T /Wideband would do), but the most reliable are likely to be the main Sudbury transmitter which has all 6 main multiplexes or the Felixstowe Light transmitter which only has the 3 main PSB multiplexes (PSB1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD).

For Sudbury, the aerial should be pointing virtually due W (bearing 273 degrees) with the rods horizontal, and for the Felixstowe relay, bearing 156 to 159 degrees depending on exact location, that's approx. SSE, rods vertical.
For Sudbury, PSBs1-3, COMs 4-6, it's UHF C44, C41, C47, C29, C31, C37 and
For Felxistowe, PSBs1-3, it's UHF C33, C35, C42
If you don't have an HD/T2 tuner, ignore C47 and C42.

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Wednesday, 13 May 2020
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Alan Haynes
3:05 PM
Felixstowe

Chris.SE: Hi Chris. Many thanks for that. I know the aerial is pointing towards Sudbury.

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