Belmont TV Transmitter Freeview Channels

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The Belmont TV transmitter in Lincolnshire provides Freeview DTT coverage to Lincoln, Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Horncastle, Gainsborough, Scunthorpe, Louth and Market Rasen, subject to favourable local terrain. The use of a good digital TV compatible wideband aerial is recommended and the Belmont transmitter ITV1 region is Yorkshire East.

This article provides Freeview channel numbers for each DTT multiplex before and after digital switchover and information on the proposed switchover date for the Belmont transmitter.

Extreme fringe area Freeview reception from Belmont may be possible in Sleaford and Boston and parts of east Nottinghamshire like Bingham and Newark.

UHF DTT channels and power for the Belmont TV transmitter are given in the table below. To check whether you are in the Belmont DTT transmitter coverage area enter your postcode at the Freeview site by clicking here. For long distance (DX) Freeview coverage predictions click here.

Belmont TV Transmitter UHF DTT Channels (Digital Multiplexes)
Mux 1	Mux 2	Mux A	Mux B	Mux C	Mux D
Ch30 - 5kW	Ch48 - 10kW	Ch68 - 10kW	Ch66 - 10kW	Ch60 - 4kW	Ch57 - 4kW

After Digital TV Switchover Date - 1 July 2011 (DTT power increase to 116kW)
DVB-T PSB1	DVB-T PSB2	DVB-T COM4	DVB-T PSB3	DVB-T COM5	DVB-T COM6
UHF Ch22	UHF Ch25	UHF Ch30	UHF Ch28	UHF Ch53	UHF Ch60

Final digital switchover DTT multiplex channel information is subject to change. To receive Freeview from the Belmont transmitter requires a high gain, digital compatible wideband TV aerial optimised for DTT reception and properly aligned - preferably roof top mounted for best reception. DTT is transmitted at low power from Belmont and the coverage area is limited as a result. Many old aerial installations which are in current service will be Group A aerials (installed pre Channel 5). Group A aerials will not be suitable for Belmont digital TV reception nor will they provide Analogue Channel 5 reception, so an aerial upgrade will be needed.

5 out of 6 of the Freeview multiplexes (muxes) are in the range UHF channels 48 to 68 - well outside the channel numbers that a Group A aerial will receive. There's better news for viewers who upgraded to a high gain wideband aerial to receive Channel 5 from the Belmont transmitter when it launched, as these should also be suitable for Freeview reception (assuming of course that you're in the Belmont digital coverage area). Analogue TV Channel 5 is on UHF Ch56 from Belmont and only runs 50kW compared to the 500kW of the other analogue channels like BBC1, so if you get a good picture from Channel 5 you may well be able to receive Freeview. For more advice read our Freeview reception problems page.

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