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Freeview reception at SP2 2NY


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 SP22NY (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

1BBC One (SD)Salisbury SouthPSB1
2BBC TwoSalisbury SouthPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
5Channel 5Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
9BBC FourSalisbury SouthPSB1
10ITV3Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
11Sky MixSalisbury COM5
12QuestSalisbury COM6
 
13E4Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
14Film4Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
17ReallySalisbury COM5
18More4Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
 
19DaveSalisbury COM5
20DramaSalisbury COM4
215USASalisbury COM4
23BBC ThreeSalisbury SouthPSB1
25WSalisbury COM6
 
26ITV4Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
27YesterdaySalisbury COM6
28ITVBeSalisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
29ITV2 +1Salisbury COM4
30E4 +1Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
 
31E4 ExtraSalisbury COM5
325STARSalisbury COM4
335ActionSalisbury COM4
34GREAT! moviesSalisbury COM6
35ITV1 +1Salisbury Meridian (South Coast)PSB2
 
36Sky ArtsSalisbury COM5
38Channel 5 +1Salisbury COM4
39DMAXSalisbury COM6
40Quest RedSalisbury COM5
41LegendSalisbury COM4
 
42GREAT! actionSalisbury COM4
43Food NetworkSalisbury COM5
44HGTVSalisbury COM6
465SELECTSalisbury PSB3
47Film4 +1Salisbury COM5
 
48ChallengeSalisbury COM5
494sevenSalisbury COM5
52GREAT! romanceSalisbury COM6
56That's TV (UK)Salisbury COM6
57Dave ja vuSalisbury COM4
 
58ITVBe +1Salisbury COM4
59ITV3 +1Salisbury COM4
60Drama +1Salisbury COM5
61GREAT! movies extraSalisbury COM6
63GREAT! romance mixSalisbury COM6
 
64BlazeSalisbury COM4
65That's TV 2Salisbury COM5
67TRUE CRIMESalisbury COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRASalisbury COM4
70Quest +1Salisbury COM5
 
71That’s 60sSalisbury COM6
73HobbyMakerSalisbury COM6
74Yesterday +1Salisbury COM5
75That's 90sSalisbury COM5
78TCCSalisbury COM4
 
81Blaze +1Salisbury COM4
82Talking Pictures TVSalisbury COM6
83Together TVSalisbury COM4
84PBS AmericaSalisbury COM6
89ITV4 +1Salisbury COM4
 
91WildEarthSalisbury COM4
101BBC One HDSalisbury PSB3
102BBC Two HDSalisbury PSB3
103UTV HDSalisbury PSB3
103ITV 1 HDSalisbury PSB3
 
103STV HDSalisbury PSB3
104Channel 4 HDSalisbury PSB3
105Channel 5 HDSalisbury PSB3
106BBC Four HDSalisbury PSB3
107BBC Three HDSalisbury PSB3
 
108BBC Scotland HDSalisbury PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Salisbury PSB3
201CBBCSalisbury SouthPSB1
202CBeebiesSalisbury SouthPSB1
204CBBC HDSalisbury PSB3
 
205CBeebies HDSalisbury PSB3
209Ketchup TVSalisbury COM4
210Ketchup TooSalisbury COM4
211YAAAS!Salisbury COM4
231BBC NewsSalisbury SouthPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentSalisbury SouthPSB1
233Sky NewsSalisbury COM5
235Al Jazeera EngSalisbury COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishSalisbury COM4

 

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Comments
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
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Paul
1:33 PM
Oldham

Hi I live in OL2 8GB and last Sunday we lost all the BBC channels. Provider is with You View and we have the aerial located in the loft. We have 3 tvs dotted around the house, and those not using the the You View box with their own in built freeview, work fine. Re-tuned the You View box to no avail. BBC shoudl exist on channel 1 and its not finding it. Just to cloud the issue further, we have recently had solar panels installed as we are south facing, and I am wondering if this has contributed to the problem. Am I right in thinking I could re-position the aerial to point at Winter Hill as I believe it currently looks at the more local Dog Hill transmitter. Any help/advice greatly appreciated.

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Thursday, 23 October 2014
Dave Lindsay
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1:15 AM

Paul: I would suspect the solar panels, yes. What do you get if you try selecting UHF channel 46 on the YouView box's manual tuning screen? Do this but don't press the button to add channels/services, instead wait and see what strength/quality you have.

Winter Hill would appear to be really difficult for you owing to the fact that the ground rises immediately see this terrain plot:


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


Have a look to see if neighbours have got Winter Hill aerials and perhaps enquire as to how their reception fares. Without question it would have to go outside and may give variable reception, which means it might work at some times of year/times of day/weathers and not others.

In areas such as yours it's possible that one property can get good reception (somehow!) and another can't.

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JimTaylor
6:22 PM
Cinderford

I live near Westbury on Severn and have always pointed my aerial almost due south towards the Mendip transmitter in order to receive the West regional programmes.

However after a recent re-tune it produced a most peculiar result. Channel 103 ITV HD is now what I call 'Midland' ie weather forecasts are for areas around Birmingham. I would have expected to have had to turn my aerial 180 degrees if I had wanted this. Has someone made an error?


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MikeP
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8:17 PM

Paul

If your aerial is in the loft and you have solar PV panels or the water heating type on the roof in a position where the aerial is trying to 'look through' the panels, you will have a major reception problem! Best solution is to have your aerial fitted outside the roof space and away from the panels as far as practicable.

If you employ an aerial contractor to move the aerial do not fall for the scam of 'you must have a digital aerial and they are more expensive' as any log periodic UHF wideband aerial will work perfectly with Freeview signals.

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MikeP
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8:25 PM

Jim Taylor

It could be that your equipment has tuned to the Ridge Hill signals as they are lower in the frequency band than are those from Mendip. If you find on your TV how to show the signal strength screen it should show you which channel or frequency it is tuned to for the selected programme channel. BBC1 for example should be on Channel 49, 680 MHz for the Mendip BBC West service. Ridge Hill is on Channel 28, 530 MHz and that carries BBC1 West Midlands.

You could try retuning with the aerial unplugged for the first third of the scan or else you may need to manually tune with the aid of your TV set's User Manual.

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Friday, 24 October 2014
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Anne.
10:57 AM
Congleton

Can we get Radio Oldham on our TV.
We are in Congleton CW12 4SL.
We do not know the number to click on our remote.
Thank you.
Anne.

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Dave Lindsay
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12:49 PM

Anne.: If you are referring to Oldham Community Radio then no.

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JimTaylor
6:28 PM
Cinderford

In reply to MikeP, I turned my aerial to point at Ridge Hill. I got no ITV or ITVHD at all.
I repointed at Mendip and noted that ITV was indeed West but it was ITVHD that was Central. Very odd unless there are very peculiar upper air conditions.

Whichever direction I pointed the aerial I got the same 11 channels on Channel34 and all of them were at least 10 times the strength of all the other channels (some 140 or so) But these 11 were a really weird set including Al Jazeera Arabic and jewellery Making. As there are such strong signals why can't they be used for the important channels?

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MikeP
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9:24 PM

Jim Taylor

What you are now reporting is different to that suggested in your initial posting on this problem.

The HD muxs usually do not carry the local services but a subset of the operator's main services at their choice. That means that in several areas of the country viewers do not get their local news, for example, but a service decided by the operator. I do not have HD equipment so cannot check what region local news is radiated from Mendip on the HD mux, though Mendip is my primary source for SD services.

In general, the SD services are the 'local' ones for your area and you may well find the BBC1 West in SD in the 800s range of programme numbers. Probably worth scrolling down the EPG listing to find the SD version of BBC1 or ITV1 and checking what regional news they are providing.

Note that just turning an aerial is not always enough as transmitter frequencies are 'grouped' and your aerial should be one designed to work with that grouping otherwise the 'out of band' programmes may not be received at sufficient strength for satisfactory decoding.

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jb38
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9:27 PM

JimTaylor: Purely for information purposes. Both of those channels you mentioned, i.e: All Jazerra Arabic (EPG 134) and Jewellery maker (EPG 64) are broadcast on Mendips COM7 transmitter Mux Ch33, ironically this being the only one out of Mendips eight multiplexes that's indicated on DUK's trade view predictor as only providing a variable level of reception in your area, whereas the rest indicate good.

That said, you always have to take indications given on reception predictors with the proverbial pinch of salt, as signals can be affected by the terrain, something that's not necessarily taken into consideration.



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