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Freeview reception at WS2 8TQ

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 WS28TQ (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)	Sutton Coldfield West Midlands	PSB1
2	BBC Two	Sutton Coldfield West Midlands	PSB1
3	ITV 1 (SD)	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
4	Channel 4 (SD)	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
5	Channel 5	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2

6	ITV 2	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
7	Big Centre TV	Sutton Coldfield	LB
9	BBC Four	Sutton Coldfield West Midlands	PSB1
10	ITV3	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
11	Sky Mix	Sutton Coldfield	COM5

12	Quest	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
13	E4	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
14	Film4	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
15	Channel 4 +1	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
17	Really	Sutton Coldfield	COM5

18	More4	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
19	Dave	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
20	Drama	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
21	5USA	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
23	BBC Three	Sutton Coldfield West Midlands	PSB1

25	W	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
26	ITV4	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
27	Yesterday	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
28	ITVBe	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
29	ITV2 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4

30	E4 +1	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
31	E4 Extra	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
32	5STAR	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
33	5Action	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
34	GREAT! movies	Sutton Coldfield	COM6

35	ITV1 +1	Sutton Coldfield Central (West)	PSB2
36	Sky Arts	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
38	Channel 5 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
39	DMAX	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
40	Quest Red	Sutton Coldfield	COM5

41	Legend	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
42	GREAT! action	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
43	Food Network	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
44	HGTV	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
46	5SELECT	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3

47	Film4 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
48	Challenge	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
49	4seven	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
52	GREAT! romance	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
56	That's TV (UK)	Sutton Coldfield	COM6

57	Dave ja vu	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
58	ITV3 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
59	ITV4 +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
60	Drama +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
63	GREAT! romance mix	Sutton Coldfield	COM6

64	Blaze	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
65	That's TV 2	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
67	TRUE CRIME	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
68	TRUE CRIME XTRA	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
70	Quest +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM5

71	That’s 60s	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
73	HobbyMaker	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
74	Yesterday +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
75	That's 90s	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
78	TCC	Sutton Coldfield	COM4

81	Blaze +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
82	Talking Pictures TV	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
83	Together TV	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
84	PBS America	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
91	WildEarth	Sutton Coldfield	COM4

93	ITVBe +1	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
101	BBC One HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
102	BBC Two HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
103	UTV HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
103	STV HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3

103	ITV 1 HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
104	Channel 4 HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
105	Channel 5 HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
106	BBC Four HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
107	BBC Three HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3

108	BBC Scotland HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
110	Channel 4 HD (Wales)	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
201	CBBC	Sutton Coldfield West Midlands	PSB1
202	CBeebies	Sutton Coldfield West Midlands	PSB1
204	CBBC HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3

205	CBeebies HD	Sutton Coldfield	PSB3
209	Ketchup TV	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
210	Ketchup Too	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
211	YAAAS!	Sutton Coldfield	COM4
231	BBC News	Sutton Coldfield West Midlands	PSB1

232	BBC Parliament	Sutton Coldfield West Midlands	PSB1
233	Sky News	Sutton Coldfield	COM5
235	Al Jazeera Eng	Sutton Coldfield	COM6
267	Al Jazeera English	Sutton Coldfield	COM4

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Comments

Thursday, 3 April 2014

ciaran mcparland
6:57 AM
Birmingham

How long are the singles in Birmingham going to be down for

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Briantist

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7:23 AM

ciaran mcparland: There are no reported problems: can you see My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice ?

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Tuesday, 15 April 2014

andy ianson
11:53 PM
Preston

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Thursday, 17 April 2014

ann gillespie
10:37 PM
Dungannon

I cant get rte1 on my soarview 2010 H D box I have retuned it .t v ariel is on pole close to house

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Saturday, 19 April 2014

David Moore
10:23 AM
Cambridge

Hi
For the past week I am getting low/ in the early mornings, until 10.30-11.00am, by which time the full signal is restored and the all free view tv's in my house work fine.
Are you running tests or at reduced overnight ?
I can't see it is my equipment as by late morning everything is fine again each day
Please advise

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4:57 PM

David Moore: As indications are that no work is / or has been taking place at the Sandy last week then the problem you are experiencing could possibly be down to the normal seasonal night / daytime fluctuations in levels experienced by many viewers residing in non line-of-sight situations such as shown on the terrain indicator as applying in the case of your location, multiple obstructions to the path being seen starting from approximately 3.5miles from same.

The effect of these variations are not really noticed by most except in cases where the signal being received is sitting at a level that is not that terribly far above that necessary to resolve a , i.e: the threshold, and so its really a case of when you refer to "low" or "full" signal what does this represent in strength / indications?

The other point I wondered about being, as more than one TV is involved are all TV's being used fed from a splitter? powered or otherwise!

The obstructions referred to being seen by opening the undermentioned link.

Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location

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Grace
5:19 PM
Exeter

I live in a very rural area on high ground at Telegraph Hill with no neighbours close by on the main A380 between the M5 and South Devon. I have a Panasonic free view HD TV set and get my using an outdoor from the TV . It works very well. My partner has been told that if we want to get the additional free view HD we will need to change our aerial and have it pointing in a different direction towards a transmitter called about 15 miles away. I contacted two aerial contractors today. One said that as our bungalow is on the south side of the hill and has a clear line of sight towards the Beacon Hill transmitter we should have no problems at all in getting BBC 4 and BBC News HD when the service begins shortly, but the transmitter we now use is not being upgraded for these new HD , hence the need to change. The other said he wouldn't recommend it. He said that a different television transmitter not very far away at uses the same frequencies as Beacon Hill and is as strong as Beacon Hill in our elevated , that he feels could possibly cause problems with and in addition as we have a mobile phone mast close by to our home that will soon carry some 4G signals used by mobile phones, we will need to have a special filter fitted along the to get the BBC channels. He said he recommends we get Free sat HD that would cost us more money to and also will require a but we then we will get lots of HD channels. A very different set of opinions - what do the people here think here? Thank you, I am a novice. Grace

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7:46 PM

Grace: Hello from Gloucestershire. I had and I live 800 feet above sea level.
The from the was appalling. Whenever the sun shines the
pictures disappear so I changed to . Yes you need a dish and a freesat box.
The dish will cost about £150 and the box is £50 BUT the is brilliant on all (including radio). When the new BBC HD channels started they all appeared automatically on FREESAT, no retuning needed either.

I would recommend you seriously consider Freesat.

A.Black.

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jb38

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8:55 PM

Grace: Although I fully agree with A.Black that is really the answer to solving the extra problem in your particular situation due to technical snags in trying to use a alternative or a combination of two of them.

But apart from that I would advise "not" making any changes to your present arrangements until after Beacon Hills new service has started and you are able to conduct a on your Panasonic to find out if any traces of a is being picked up from 's new COM7, as although your is slightly out as far as picking up a signal on its rear is concerned, "if" a signal of any magnitude is being received it should still appear on the signal level bars, possibly giving a yellow indication on both.

The procedure involves pressing "menu" on your Panasonic's remote control then selecting DVB tuning / manual tune and entering (Beacon Hills COM7) into the box but "not" followed by pressing search.

It all hinges on whether or not Beacon Hill is indeed a clear line-of-sight from your location? as the terrain indicator suggests that its not, DUK's predictor somewhat backing this up by zero reception being indicated on the two main PSB channels (BBC & ITV1) and with poor reception on the normal HD service plus SDN (ITV3 etc) and ArqA (Pick TV etc) variable being indicated on ArqB (4 Music etc) including COM7.

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Grace
10:27 PM
Exeter

Thanks for such a prompt reply. I have managed to locate exactly where our property is by zooming in on the map attached to this website and it looks as if our property and the nearby road junction is right underneath a small strip of green indicating that the in Torbay would be available to us, if of course the map is accurate! There are many areas close by where the map suggests there is from this transmitter, but they are largely uninhabited areas of forest. We get excellent listening to Torbay's Palm Radio on 105.5fm, but friends who live in the nearby village at Kennford get terrible reception from that community radio , and are only able to listen to the Exeter ones. So we must be in shouting distance of some broadcasts coming from the Torbay area at least, so fingers crossed for the TV too. Grace

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