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Freeview reception at NE37 2JR

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 12 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of NE372JR (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

1	BBC One (SD)	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
2	BBC Two	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
3	ITV 1 (SD)	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
4	Channel 4 (SD)	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
5	Channel 5	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

6	ITV 2	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
9	BBC Four	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
10	ITV3	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
11	Sky Mix	Bilsdale	COM5
12	Quest	Pontop Pike	COM6

13	E4	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
14	Film4	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
15	Channel 4 +1	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
17	Really	Bilsdale	COM5
18	More4	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

19	Dave	Bilsdale	COM5
20	Drama	Pontop Pike	COM4
21	5USA	Pontop Pike	COM4
23	BBC Three	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
25	W	Pontop Pike	COM6

26	ITV4	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
27	Yesterday	Pontop Pike	COM6
28	ITVBe	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2
29	ITV2 +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
30	E4 +1	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

31	E4 Extra	Bilsdale	COM5
32	5STAR	Pontop Pike	COM4
33	5Action	Pontop Pike	COM4
34	GREAT! movies	Pontop Pike	COM6
35	ITV1 +1	Pontop Pike Tyne Tees	PSB2

36	Sky Arts	Bilsdale	COM5
38	Channel 5 +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
39	DMAX	Pontop Pike	COM6
40	Quest Red	Bilsdale	COM5
41	Legend	Pontop Pike	COM4

42	GREAT! action	Pontop Pike	COM4
43	Food Network	Bilsdale	COM5
44	HGTV	Pontop Pike	COM6
46	5SELECT	Pontop Pike	PSB3
47	Film4 +1	Bilsdale	COM5

48	Challenge	Bilsdale	COM5
49	4seven	Bilsdale	COM5
52	GREAT! romance	Pontop Pike	COM6
56	That's TV (UK)	Pontop Pike	COM6
57	Dave ja vu	Pontop Pike	COM4

58	ITVBe +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
59	ITV3 +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
60	Drama +1	Bilsdale	COM5
61	GREAT! movies extra	Pontop Pike	COM6
63	GREAT! romance mix	Pontop Pike	COM6

64	Blaze	Pontop Pike	COM4
65	That's TV 2	Bilsdale	COM5
67	TRUE CRIME	Pontop Pike	COM4
68	TRUE CRIME XTRA	Pontop Pike	COM4
70	Quest +1	Bilsdale	COM5

71	That’s 60s	Pontop Pike	COM6
73	HobbyMaker	Pontop Pike	COM6
74	Yesterday +1	Bilsdale	COM5
75	That's 90s	Bilsdale	COM5
78	TCC	Pontop Pike	COM4

81	Blaze +1	Pontop Pike	COM4
82	Talking Pictures TV	Pontop Pike	COM6
83	Together TV	Pontop Pike	COM4
84	PBS America	Pontop Pike	COM6
89	ITV4 +1	Pontop Pike	COM4

91	WildEarth	Pontop Pike	COM4
101	BBC One HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
102	BBC Two HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
103	UTV HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
103	ITV 1 HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3

103	STV HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
104	Channel 4 HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
105	Channel 5 HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
106	BBC Four HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
107	BBC Three HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3

108	BBC Scotland HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
110	Channel 4 HD (Wales)	Pontop Pike	PSB3
201	CBBC	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
202	CBeebies	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
204	CBBC HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3

205	CBeebies HD	Pontop Pike	PSB3
209	Ketchup TV	Pontop Pike	COM4
210	Ketchup Too	Pontop Pike	COM4
211	YAAAS!	Pontop Pike	COM4
231	BBC News	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1

232	BBC Parliament	Pontop Pike North East and Cumbria	PSB1
233	Sky News	Bilsdale	COM5
235	Al Jazeera Eng	Pontop Pike	COM6
267	Al Jazeera English	Pontop Pike	COM4

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Comments

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

jb38

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1:32 PM

John G : Meant also to say, that should the old TV be coupled up and this results in the reverting back to normal then could you please supply the model number of the new TV.

Another point being, if a is being used in the system then try bypassing it, especially if the new TV is an LG or Samsung, as the tuners in those brands are rather more prone to suffering from the effects signal overloading.

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Dave Lindsay

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1:48 PM

Stewart Smith: There's no such thing as a " " just as there is such thing as a "digital aerial".

An aerial's design is based on working across a particular range of frequencies. In the case of , which I guess is where your aeial might be pointing, aerials installed in the days of analogue would be expected to work, as all main are within Group B (that of the former four analogue channels).

If you decide to get a - which isn't a bad idea considering that in 5 or so years' time some signals "may" switch to DVB-T2 - then you might be able to receive the new quasi-national HD of BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC News and Al Jazeera (with more to come in the future). For these you "might" find that the existing aerial isn't good enough because they are below Group B on . See:

Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial

In the UK there are two digital standards: DVB-T and the later DVB-T2. "DVB" stands for "digital broadcasting" and the "T" is "terrestrial". At present definition broadcasts use DVB-T and high definition ones use DVB-T2. Thus a "Freeview HD" receiver can pick up DVB-T and DVB-T2 signals. So if, in the future, some standard definition signals were to be changed from using DVB-T to DVB-T2, what is presently known as a "Freeview HD" receiver will be required.

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jb38

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1:51 PM

Stewart Smith: You are indicated as being able to receive from either the located at 15 miles / 233° or alternatively the transmitter at 29 miles / 146°.

As far as the is concerned, aerials do not distinguish between transmission modes no matter what some advertisers may suggest.

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Dave Lindsay

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1:54 PM

John Randle: Too much maybe.

Check that it's tuned to on and not on for BBC by viewing the signal strength screen.

Something to do with extra wires near the TV owing to the Christmas tree lights, maybe.

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jb38

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2:35 PM

Stewart Smith: On the subject of your aerials suitability for from either , then to be strictly correct as far as accommodating the new muxes are concerned it should really be changed to a version such as a Log 36, this version also catering for the possibility of reception being affected at any time by 4G transmissions, a supplier of the aerial referred to being accessed by opening the link.

ATV`s Choice Of Aerials for digital TV

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John G
3:08 PM
Sandwich

JB38: The new TV is a Samsung UE40F5000AK. Is it likely that the problems with are down to receiving too high a signal strength from the ? From what I can see from this website the straight line of sight to the transmitter has no terrain constraints and therefore nothing but open fields between it and the in the .
There is no in the system, just the aerial and wiring. Thanks for your and you are having a good new year.

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John's: J's Freeview map J's terrain plot J's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage

jb38

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9:05 PM

John G: Yes, the terrain indicator does indeed indicate a good clear line-of-sight even when using the more detailed Megalithia checker.

However, as your is positioned in the and with the from same not being boosted in any way, then although the issue of tuner overloading is not completely out of the question I somewhat doubt if it applies in this particular instance.

As far as the problem is concerned, although temporarily substituting the new TV for the old one would instantly indicate if the aerial is still OK or not, but should this create a problem then there is another you could carry out that would be of considerable assistance, this being to carry out a signal strength / test on BBC1 making a note of the levels seen followed by the same test again but on ITV1 likewise noting that seen, the main point of the test being to observe the levels seen over a period of at least a minute or so in order to check if the quality is detected as having any tendency to dive up and down, and if it does is the fluctuation also noticed on the strength?

If though not all are being affected then just carry out the test on the ones that are, but still noting one that's OK to use as a reference reading against the others that aren't.

Another way to check the signal strength / quality levels is to go into the tuning menu / manual tune and enter the mux channel of the you want to check, but this action NOT being followed by pressing search or , as on most devices as soon as the channel number is entered the strength / quality of the signal will be indicated.

Dovers mux numbers being /

50 (BBC1) - 51 (ITV1) - 53 (HD) - 55 (ITV3 etc) - 59 (Pick TV etc) - 48 (4Music etc)

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Thursday, 2 January 2014

Heulwen davies
2:25 PM
Ferryside

on tv are the sigals down from

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Heulwen's: H's Freeview map H's terrain plot H's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage

alan
4:52 PM
Brandon

living in a mainly forest area IP27 0 i do not expect good signals, but keep losing and tacolsten is a virtual no go. radio is as bad. could this have anything to do with the US airforce base pumping out.

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alan's: A's Freeview map A's terrain plot A's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage

MikeB

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7:46 PM

alan: If you look at the Terrain plot and UK lonks, you can see that your just unlucky. You've got high ground near you blocking the from Talconeston (your closest), and , as you say, isn't exactly close, and with possible high ground in the way as well. Yes, your bascially in Forest, which doesn't either.

I suspect that the USAF has nothing to do with it (or all of us in East Anglia would get nothing!), but would personally advise you to go down the route, because you could thrown a lot of money at getting a solution, for little result.

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