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Freeview reception at BL1 4ST


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 16 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of BL14ST (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

Country Music Entertainment Winter Hill GIM
Spotlight TVWinter Hill GIM
Clubland TVWinter Hill GIM
Classic Hits MCRWinter Hill GIM
Now 90sWinter Hill GIM
 
1BBC One (SD)Winter Hill North WestPSB1
2BBC TwoWinter Hill North WestPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
5Channel 5Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
 
6ITV 2Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
9BBC FourWinter Hill North WestPSB1
10ITV3Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
11Sky MixWinter Hill COM5
13E4Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
 
14Film4Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
17ReallyWinter Hill COM5
18More4Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
19DaveWinter Hill COM5
 
20DramaWinter Hill COM4
215USAWinter Hill COM4
23BBC ThreeWinter Hill North WestPSB1
26ITV4Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
28ITVBeWinter Hill GranadaPSB2
 
29ITV2 +1Winter Hill COM4
30E4 +1Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
31E4 ExtraWinter Hill COM5
325STARWinter Hill COM4
335ActionWinter Hill COM4
 
35ITV1 +1Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
36Sky ArtsWinter Hill COM5
38Channel 5 +1Winter Hill COM4
40Quest RedWinter Hill COM5
41LegendWinter Hill COM4
 
42GREAT! actionWinter Hill COM4
43Food NetworkWinter Hill COM5
465SELECTWinter Hill PSB3
47Film4 +1Winter Hill COM5
48ChallengeWinter Hill COM5
 
494sevenWinter Hill COM5
57Dave ja vuWinter Hill COM4
58ITVBe +1Winter Hill COM4
59ITV3 +1Winter Hill COM4
60Drama +1Winter Hill COM5
 
64BlazeWinter Hill COM4
65That's TV 2Winter Hill COM5
67TRUE CRIMEWinter Hill COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRAWinter Hill COM4
70Quest +1Winter Hill COM5
 
74Yesterday +1Winter Hill COM5
75That's 90sWinter Hill COM5
76That's TV 2 MCRWinter Hill GIM
77That's 60s MCRWinter Hill GIM
78TCCWinter Hill COM4
 
80That's 80sWinter Hill GIM
81Blaze +1Winter Hill COM4
83Together TVWinter Hill COM4
86That's 90s MCRWinter Hill GIM
88TV Warehouse+1Winter Hill GIM
 
89ITV4 +1Winter Hill COM4
91WildEarthWinter Hill COM4
101BBC One HDWinter Hill PSB3
102BBC Two HDWinter Hill PSB3
103UTV HDWinter Hill PSB3
 
103STV HDWinter Hill PSB3
103ITV 1 HDWinter Hill PSB3
104Channel 4 HDWinter Hill PSB3
105Channel 5 HDWinter Hill PSB3
106BBC Four HDWinter Hill PSB3
 
107BBC Three HDWinter Hill PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDWinter Hill PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Winter Hill PSB3
201CBBCWinter Hill North WestPSB1
202CBeebiesWinter Hill North WestPSB1
 
204CBBC HDWinter Hill PSB3
205CBeebies HDWinter Hill PSB3
209Ketchup TVWinter Hill COM4
210Ketchup TooWinter Hill COM4
211YAAAS!Winter Hill COM4
 
231BBC NewsWinter Hill North WestPSB1
232BBC ParliamentWinter Hill North WestPSB1
233Sky NewsWinter Hill COM5
267Al Jazeera EnglishWinter Hill COM4

 

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10m20m (Angel of the North)25m30m40m56m (Hyde Park Flats, Sheffield)62m (Monument)90m (Royal Liver Building, Liverpool)107m (Meridian Quay Tower, Swansea)115m (Bridgewater Place, Leeds)127m (Glasgow Tower)143m (Guy's Hospital)158m (Blackpool Tower)170m (Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth)180m (The Gherkin/BT Tower) 193m (Tower 42)235m (Canary Wharf)310m (The Shard)(default view)

Comments
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
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Mike Rogers
9:51 AM
Birmingham

Has nobody got any comments on the poor subtitling I mentioned above a week ago?

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steven
11:41 AM
Berwick-upon-tweed

I can only get 11 channels where i live in Spittal, would a booster help me to get the 90, that my friend can get in Berwick upon tweed? Thanks for any help.. Steve

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Dave Lindsay
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12:33 PM

steven: No.

By my reckoning your aerial points to the Berwick relay transmitter, at 322 degrees. This only carries the channels you have.

Your friend must be receiving from Chatton which is the main transmitter and which carries all channels.

The reason for unlikely to be unable to receive from Chatton is caused by the fact that you are nearly at sea level and that the ground rises up steeply a short distance from you, i.e. you are at the bottom of a drop (in the direction of Chatton which is 158 degrees).

See this plot of the terrain between you and Chatton:


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


Freesat is probably your best bet for more free-to-air channels.

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Mike Rogers
3:16 PM
Birmingham

Well done Steven, a reply to your query within one hour.

It appears nobody has any comments about the rubbish subtitles I'm getting in the West Midlands on certain channels.

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Mike Davison
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3:28 PM
Wetherby

Mike Rogers: You have probably had no reply as this site is not responsible for programme production. You say one programme was perfect and others are not, so it really points to the programme producers and it is to them you should complain. This site is primarily concerned with helping people who have problems affecting all reception in one form or another and not something as specific to some programmes on one MUX.

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Mike Rogers
4:51 PM
Birmingham

Thanks for that Mike.

Perhaps you could advise me who might actually be interested in the provision of subtitles on TV programmes. The TV channels say it's not their problem as subtitles are added by others.

I assume from what you say the individual transmitters have no interest in viewers problems listed in this website. If I Google "Contact Sutton Coldfield Transmitter" this website is top of the page. How do I contact Sutton Coldfield Transmitter, or is the answer,you can't?

I have posed the question to Ofcom but I don't hold out much hope they will do anything either.

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Mike Davison
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6:37 PM
Wetherby

Mike Rogers: That wonderful 'experience' - privatisation means that broadcasters don't own the transmitters any longer. They are all out of the broadcasters' hands(BBC ITV Ch4 Ch5) and the subtitles( I think) are also outsourced to various firms, RedBee Media being one. You may see them in credits for subtitles. Arqiva is the main operator of transmitter sites. It's a wonderful tangled web woven by you know who some years ago say around the 80s. Of course the consumer features very low in the priorities of operation now.

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paul anderson
10:57 PM
Fareham

What is wrong with the Rowridge / Ventnor transmitters. Since Sunday I cannot view BBC 1, 2, 3,4 Pick TV and about 5 others. I use a 46db all in one against a window facing south, that worked before the weekend 8/11/14.Others in the ares have had the same problem.

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Thursday, 13 November 2014
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sarah
7:17 PM
Gravesend

Hello All,

Is anyone have problem recieving signal from Gravesend, Kent this evening. I turned on my digital TV this evening and no channels came on, 'no signal'. i have switched off and on, searched for channels again but no luck.

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Friday, 14 November 2014
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lynn
8:17 PM
Liverpool

aerial is on the roof. reception for ITV poor and distorted and reception is frequently lost this happens mostly during winter months in was ok in the summer, its very bad at the moment. Also, I loose the sound when I change channels I nee to turn the TV of to resume the sound. will a booster box solve the problem

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