Full Freeview on the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 52,000 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 Lancaster (Lancashire, England) mast?
Lancaster transmitter - Lancaster transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Lancaster (Lancashire, 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 Freeview channels does the Lancaster 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Lancaster (Lancashire, 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 Lancaster transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 75km south-southeast (155°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 75km south-southeast (155°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Abbeystead | Active deflector | 10 km SE Lancaster | 30 homes School |
How will the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C25 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C30 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 4 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 10 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
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LANCASTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:29 on 08 Aug to 12:27 on 08 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:29 on 08 Aug to 12:28 on 08 Aug. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:06 on 08 Aug to 12:03 on 08 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 1 [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
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LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:24 today to 10:46 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
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LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:24 yesterday to 10:46 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 31 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
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LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:24 on 29 Aug to 10:46 on 29 Aug. [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 December 2017
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john monks5:39 PM
i have lost all comm4 channels on freeview from Lancaster transmitter nno reported problems all other multiplex are ok can you please check for problems.only happened since Tuesday 12 dec.
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StevensOnln17:08 PM
john monks: There are no faults showing for Lancaster transmitter, nor any recent engineering work. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?
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Friday, 9 March 2018
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Dave Mason12:20 PM
Morecambe
Since the 'beast from the east' very high winds blew through Morecambe recently, our digital signal is still 100%. Our problem is with the 5 or 6 HD channels, the signal is down to 75% and every time a train (we live in South Road) goes past the reception drops out and the returns after the train has gone. Is work or repairs being done on the Lancaster transmitter? Our Postcode is LA4 6JP our aerial is on the roof.
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StevensOnln112:42 PM
Dave Mason: There are no recent faults or engineering work showing for the Lancaster transmitter. Far more likely that your aerial system suffered some damage in the recent bad weather.
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Monday, 7 May 2018
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Peter Seddon6:03 PM
Free view HD channels not being received correctly blocky or no signal non ?HD? channels are OK
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StevensOnln18:39 PM
Peter Seddon: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables and connections? What signal strength and quality readings do you get the channels that are breaking up and what do you get on the channels which are working? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter and your predicted coverage etc.
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