Newcastle and Gateshead small-scale

DAB ensemble · block 8A · 2 transmitters

Ensemble identifier: C1D2
Block: 8A
Frequency: 195.936 MHz
Licence: DS103932
Area: Newcastle & Gateshead
Services: 18 radio

On the map

Where Newcastle and Gateshead small-scale is radiated from — 2 transmitters [V], Ofcom's published positions. This says nothing about how far the signal reaches; it is not a coverage map.

What it carries

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Transmitters

2 transmitters, strongest first. TII is the transmitter identifier a receiver can report, which is how you tell which one you are actually hearing in a single-frequency network.
Transmitter	Nation	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	TII
Gateshead - QE Hospital	England	8A	195.936 MHz	236 W	25 m	Newcastle and Gateshead
Blakelaw	England	8A	195.936 MHz	175 W	40 m	Newcastle and Gateshead

Radiation pattern

Its strongest transmitter with a published pattern, Gateshead - QE Hospital. Other transmitters of this ensemble may shape their signal differently.

Radiates most strongly toward the west (280°), as published by Ofcom.

More detail

Each ring is 10 dB of attenuation below the pattern's own peak; the outer rim is the peak itself and anything 30 dB down or deeper is drawn at the centre rather than off the edge of the chart, so a very deep null reads as “weak” and not as a hole in the picture. The shape says which direction radiates harder relative to the mast's own peak, not the absolute field strength there or how far it reaches — that is what the coverage map and the postcode lookup are for.