Full Freeview on the Olivers Mount (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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54.267,-0.405 or 54°16'2"N 0°24'17"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Olivers Mount (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter which serves 30,000 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Olivers Mount (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Olivers Mount transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C29 (538.0MHz)	193m	DTG-	2,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C31- (553.8MHz)	193m	DTG-	2,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C37 (602.0MHz)	193m	DTG-	2,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V -3dB	C32 (562.0MHz)	189m	DTG-8	1,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	V -3dB	C34 (578.0MHz)	188m	DTG-8	1,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V -3dB	C35 (586.0MHz)	188m	DTG-8	1,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?

The Olivers Mount (North Yorkshire, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Olivers Mount transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 91km southwest (234°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 92km southwest (236°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region

How will the Olivers Mount (North Yorkshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	2013-18	2013-17	12 Feb 2020
	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E T	C/D E T	K T
C29							BBCA
C31							D3+4
C32							SDN
C34							ArqA
C35							ArqB
C37							BBCB
C39							_local
C49_{tv_off}					ArqB	ArqB
C53_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C54_{tv_off}				SDN	SDN	SDN
C56_{tv_off}				_local	_local	_local
C57_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
C58_{tv_off}				ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
C60_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	-D3+4	-D3+4	-D3+4
C61				ArqB
C63	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C66		C5_waves	C5_waves

_{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?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	2kW
Analogue 1-4, Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-3dB) 1000W
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-13dB) 100W

Local transmitter maps

Olivers Mount Freeview Olivers Mount DAB Olivers Mount TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Olivers Mount transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002	Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014	ITV

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Olivers Mount was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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R Taylor
2:16 PM

Noticed that the local MUX Ch56 is live from , Scarborough. No stations show up on it yet but the is 100% and Signal strength is 68%.

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Nigel

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6:37 PM

R Taylor: I noticed it Sunday strength 30% as compared to 40% on ch57 and 54 % on ch60 location Rillington what is your location

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8:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak from 10:04 on 20 Jul to 13:10 on 20 Jul, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:14 today to 14:22 today. FM: Radio 4 FM Off Air from 11:59 on 20 Jul to 11:59 on 20 Jul. [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:14 to 14:22 yesterday. [BBC]

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11:33 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak from 10:14 to 14:22 yesterday. [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak from 10:14 on 24 Jul to 14:22 on 24 Jul. [BBC]

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R Taylor
9:14 AM

Nigel: I'm in Scarborough and can see from here, it's just over a mile away.

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11:33 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak from 10:05 today, BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 10:14 on 24 Jul to 14:22 on 24 Jul. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:10 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal fr [BBC]

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2:33 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak from 10:14 on 24 Jul to 14:22 on 24 Jul, BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 10:05 today to 11:07 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:10 today to 11:07 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 to [BBC]

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Nigel

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8:59 PM

Nigel Local mux now broadcasting 5 . That's North Yorkshire on 7 showing thats Scarborough caption.

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