Full Freeview on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmitter which serves 710,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) mast?
Belmont transmitter - Belmont transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Belmont transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Belmont transmitter?
BBC Look North (Hull) 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Hull HU1 3RH, 47km north-northwest (346°)
to BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region - 4 masts.
ITV Calendar 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 106km west-northwest (299°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Belmont) region - 4 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Emley Moor region
How will the Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | W T | W T | W T | W T | ||||
| C7 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C13 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C23 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C27 | LDN | ||||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C30 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | _local | |||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | COM8tv_off | ||||||
| C60tv_off | -ArqB |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 3 Aug 11 and 17 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.2dB) 150kW | |
| ARQA, ARQB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| Analogue 5, SDN | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com8 | (-10.9dB) 40.9kW | |
| com7 | (-11.3dB) 37.1kW | |
| Mux 2* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LDN | (-20dB) 5kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 4kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Belmont transmitter area
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
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Mark Fletcher2:53 AM
Halifax
Update.Now returned the aerial back in its original position still with amplifier on but less pixellation as such on ArqB fr 60 from Belmont.Without signal booster when plugged back into set-top box (ArqB fr 60) still occasional "No signal" mode to occasional signals with heavy break ups and pixellations but an improvement from my earlier text.Still no ArqA from Belmont on fr 53 at this moment in time.
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KevB11:22 AM
Hooray, finally pulling in ArqA & ArqB here in HU13 after the power increase earlier today.
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Mark Fletcher5:10 PM
Halifax
Update from my earlier posts in relation to the power up of ArqA (fr 53) and ArqB (fr 60) from Belmont.Although in Emley Moor territory myself,location 3/HX2 9JY,the results are very similar to my previous texts,still i'm performing my tests in relation to ArqB.Re-elevated my indoor set-top aerial 12 inches higher from my original location roughly 13 feet off the ground,and with the amplifier turned on (this time) the ArqB signal from Belmont is more or less stabilised on 99% quality & 69% strength,only pixellations and occasional break ups into "No signal mode" that i documented on earlier are rare.However,turn off my amplifier and replug antenna back into set-top box the ArqB signal from Belmont pixellates,breaks up and re/disappears to "No signal" mode,both at its higher antenna elevation and at my original level 12 inches lower (12 feet off the ground).Unfortunately still at present still no ArqA signal on frequency 53 from Belmont,whether the amplifier is on,or off and the latter plugged back directly into my set-top box again.For the rest of Belmont itself,i am still able to receive BBCA (fr 22),D3+4 (fr 25),SDN (fr 30) (no BBCB (HD,fr 28) though non-HD box) via my very same indoor set-top aerial plugged in directly in the back of my digibox without the need to amplify these signals as such,and for now i use Emley Moor's ArqA (fr 52) & ArqB (fr 48) mux's just as before.I will still conduct manual scanning tests now and again especially the ArqA and ArqB mux's from Belmont to monitor the situation as such.
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ArqA arrived early this morning, however ArqB on fr 60 is still displaying no signal when attempting a manual retune. Area is NG22! I want to watch film 4 :(
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Thursday, 24 November 2011
Finally, 3 months after the Digital Switchover at belmont, I'm finally receiving all the channels! (Theres something wrong with this statement, oh the 3 month wait!!) (53.0962,-1.0259)
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Saturday, 26 November 2011
F
floyd5:08 PM
Cottingham
Hi There,
I'm near Hull and can't get a good reception on C53 and C60. I've seen comments that say these channels should be boosting in power from 23rd November from the Belmont transmitter. The Belmont page says they are still on 4kW, has the power boost happened? I see no difference in signal strength when trying to retune ny freeview box.
Cheers
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Floyd: Belmont was previously a Group A transmitter (in the days of four-channel analogue). The use of C53 and C60 make it a wideband "group" one (or a Group A diplexed with a Group C/D).
Have your group A aerial replaced? You may have had it replaced in order to get Channel 5 on analogue or some of the pre-switchover digital services as they were not in Group A.
See here:
Belmont TV Transmitter
For an explanation about aerial groups see here:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
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floyd: When I wrote the above I'd assumed that the power had been increased. I've just read the Digital UK installer's newsletter on the Belmont switchover:
http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf
At the top of page 4 it says that the power for these muxes is due to be increased on 28th November.
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KMJ,Derby11:05 PM
Dave Lindsay: There is no mention of any future power increases at Belmont on the Digital UK postcode checker and posts made on 23rd/24th November suggest that the power increase for Muxes ArqA and ArqB did take place on 23rd November 2011.
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Sunday, 27 November 2011
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floyd1:02 PM
Cottingham
Hi Dave and KMJ,
Thanks for your reponses. Interesting to see if anything changes after tomorrow, if not I'll look at the ariel.
Cheers
Floyd
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