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CHANNEL 5

ANALOGUE TV TRANSMITTER INFORMATION

Since the Ch5 transmitter network is quite different from the existing one providing Ch1-4 attempting to produce an integrated and easy-to-understand listing has proved quite interesting. For clarity and completeness some low power Channel 5 transmitters are listed below their nearby main station, though in most cases they are clearly not rebroadcasting that station.

England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales

Channel 5 transmitters 'at-a-glance' | Receiving aerials

ENGLAND

TRANSMITTER SITE Ch1-5 or Ch1-4/Ch5	LOCALITY	BBC1	BBC2	Ch3	Ch4	Ch5	AE-GRP	POL	E.R.P. (kW) [Ch1-4]	E.R.P. (kW) [Ch5]
BEACON HILL	Torbay	57	63	60	53	-	CD	H	100	-
BELMONT	Lincs.	22	28	25	32	56	A	H	500	50
BILSDALE WEST MOOR	N. Yorks.	33	26	29	23	35	A	H	500	500
BLUEBELL HILL	Kent/Medway	40	46	43	65	-	E	H	30	-
CALDBECK	Cumbria	30	34	28	32	56	A	H	500	10
CARADON HILL Plympton	E.Cornwall/W.Devon Plymouth	22 58	28 64	25 61	32 54	- 30	A CD	H V	500 2	- 2
CHATTON	Northumberland	39	45	49	42	-	B	H	100	-
CRYSTAL PALACE/CROYDON Chelmsford Croydon Old Town Croydon Old Town Reigate	London/S.E. Chelmsford Croydon Croydon Reigate	26 - 49 - 57	33 - 56 - 63	23 - 52 - 60	30 - 67 - 53	37 63 - 59 42	A CD CD CD E	H H V H V	1000 - 0.033 - 10	250 1 . 0.033 5
DOVER	E. Kent	50	56	66	53	-	CD	H	10	-
EMLEY MOOR Oliver's Mount Sheffield	S.Yorks. Scarborough Sheffield	44 57 31	51 63 27	47 60 24	41 53 21	37 66 67	B CD A	H V V	870 1 5	870 1 2.5
FREMONT POINT	Channel Is.	51	44	41	47	-	B	H	20	-
HANNINGTON	Hants.	39	45	42	66	35	E	H	250	60
HEATHFIELD Hastings Tunbridge Wells	E Sussex Hastings Tunbridge Wells	49 22 51	52 25 44	64 28 41	67 32 47	- 35 35	CD A B	H V V	100 1 10	- 1 4
HUNTSHAW CROSS	N Devon	55	62	59	65	67	CD	H	100	2
MENDIP Churchdown Hill	Somerset & Avon Cheltenham/Gloucester	58 -	64 -	61 -	54 -	37 48	CD	H H	500 -	126 1
MIDHURST	W Sussex	61	55	58	68	-	CD	H	100	-
OXFORD	S Midlands	57	63	60	53	49	CD	H	500	40
PONTOP PIKE/BURNHOPE Fenham	Tyne & Wear Newcastle	58 21	64 27	61 24	54 31	68 56	CD A	H V	500 2	50 2
RIDGE HILL	Hereford & Worcester	22	28	25	32	35	A	H	100	100
REDRUTH	W. Cornwall	51	44	41	47	37	B	H	100	3
ROWRIDGE Brighton (Whitehawk Hill) Fawley Salisbury	Hants. Brighton Southampton Salisbury	31 57 - 57	24 63 - 63	27 60 - 60	21 53 - 53	- 35 34 68	A E A CD	H V H V	500 10 - 10	- 5 10 2
SANDY HEATH Madingley	Beds./N. Bucks./N. Herts. Cambridge	31	27	24	21	39 34	K A	H H	1000 -	10 5
STOCKLAND HILL	E. Devon	33	26	23	29	-	A	H	250	-
SUDBURY	Suffolk	51	44	41	47	35	B	H	250	50
SUTTON COLDFIELD/LICHFIELD Fenton	W. Midlands Fenton	46 31	40 27	43 24	50 21	37 35	B A	H V	1000 10	1000 10
TACOLNESTON Norwich (Central)	Norfolk Norwich	62 39	55 45	59 49	65 42	52 33	CD CD	H V	250 0.034	4 0.034
THE WREKIN	Shropshire	26	33	23	29	35	A	H	100	100
WALTHAM Nottingham	E. Midlands Nottingham	58 21	64 27	61 24	54 31	35 34	CD A	H V	250 2	250 2
WINTER HILL Middleton Storeton	Lancs. Middleton The Wirral	55 67 22	62 34 28	59 30 25	65 37 32	48 22 39	CD W A	H V V	500 2.8	12.5 2.8

NORTHERN IRELAND

TRANSMITTER SITE Ch1-5 or Ch1-4/Ch5	LOCALITY	BBC1	BBC2	Ch3	Ch4	Ch5	AE-GRP	POL	E.R.P. (kW) [Ch1-4]	E.R.P. (kW) [Ch5]
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN	Fermanagh	22	28	25	32	-	A	H	100	-
DIVIS/BLACK MOUNTAIN Black Mountain	Belfast Belfast	31 39	27 45	24 49	21 42	37 -	A B	H V	500 0.025	50 -
LIMAVADY Londonderry	Londonderry Londonderry	55 -	62 -	59 -	65 -	- 31	CD	H V	100 -	- 10

SCOTLAND

TRANSMITTER SITE Ch1-5 or Ch1-4/Ch5	LOCALITY	BBC1	BBC2	Ch3	Ch4	Ch5	AE-GRP	POL	E.R.P. (kW) [Ch1-4]	E.R.P. (kW) [Ch5]
ANGUS Perth Tay Bridge	Fife Perth Dundee	57 39 51	63 45 44	60 49 41	53 42 47	- 55 34	CD B B	H V V	100 1 0.5	2 4
BLACK HILL	Central Scotland	40	46	43	50	37	B	H	500	500
CALDBECK SANDALE SANDALE Cambret Hill	Dumfries Dumfries Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway	30 22 - 44	34 - 67 51	28 - - 41	32 - - 47	56 - - 37	A A W B	H H H H	500 500 20 16	10 - - 20
CRAIGKELLY	Edinburgh	31	27	24	21	48	A	H	100	4
DARVEL Millburn Muir	Ayr Dumbarton	33 39	26 52	23 42	29 49	35 45	A B	H V	100 0.25	100 0.25
DURRIS Peterhead	Aberdeen Peterhead	22 55	28 62	25 59	32 65	67 68	A CD	H V	500 0.1	100 0.1
EITSHAL	Lewis	33	26	23	29	-	A	H	100	-
KEELYLANG HILL	Orkney Is.	40	46	43	50	-	B	H	100	-
KNOCK MORE	Moray	33	26	23	29	-	A	H	100	-
ROSEMARKIE/MOUNTEAGLE	Inverness	39	45	49	42	67	B	H	100	100
RUMSTER FOREST	Caithness	31	27	24	21	-	A	H	100	-
SELKIRK	Berwick	55	62	59	65	52	CD	H	50	50

WALES

TRANSMITTER SITE Ch1-5 or Ch1-4/Ch5	LOCALITY	BBC1	BBC2	Ch3	S4C	Ch5	AE-GRP	POL	E.R.P. (kW) [Ch1-4]	E.R.P. (kW) [Ch5]
BLAENPLWYF	Aberystwyth	31	27	24	21	56	A	H	100	4
CARMEL	Carmarthen	57	63	60	53	-	CD	H	100	-
LLANDDONA	Caernarvon	57	63	60	53	-	CD	H	100	-
MOEL-Y-PARC	Deeside	52	45	49	42	-	B	H	100	-
PRESELY	Cardigan	46	40	43	50	37	B	H	100	100
WENVOE Kilvey Hill	S. Wales Swansea	44 33	51 26	41 23	47 29	- 35	B A	H V	500 10	- 10

NOTES:
The list above includes all the UK's high power tv transmitters. Those named in black will be transmitting all 5 channels, those in blue will not transmit Channel 5 in analogue form, while those in red are new or existing sites which will broadcast Channel 5 only.

The final two columns in the tables below show the maximum effective radiated power (E.R.P.) for each station. This is given in kW. It should be noted that most transmitting aerials have directional characteristics, but that the directional pattern of the Channel 5 transmissions may well be different from those of the other 4 networks from the same site as they are using different radiators.

The list also includes details of some low power relay stations where these are relevant to the introduction of new Channel 5 transmissions. There are literally hundreds of other low power relay stations transmitting Channels 1-4 which are beyond the scope of this list but you can find comprehensive listings at the the BBC Reception Advice web site.

RECEIVING AERIALS

Most UHF tv receiving aerials are designed to cover a specific range of UHF channels and are divided into groups according to the table shown below.

AERIAL GROUP	COLOUR CODE	CHANNELS
A	RED	21-35
B	YELLOW	37-53
CD	GREEN	46-68
E	BROWN	39-68
K		21-48
W	BLACK	21-68

The Aerial Group shown in the tables below is the type of receiving aerial which has been recommended in the past for reception of transmissions from a given site. Those marked in the tables above in magenta are those which I contend are now no longer optimum if you wish to try to receive all 5 channels using one aerial. (See Channel 5 transmitters 'at-a-glance' for recommendations).


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