Full Freeview on the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmitter

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

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54.089,-2.781 or 54°5'21"N 2°46'52"W

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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 05/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

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

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C27- (521.8MHz)	180m	DTG-	2,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) North West, 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	C24- (497.8MHz)	180m	DTG-	2,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 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 (Granada),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	180m	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 max	C25+ (506.2MHz)	180m	DTG-8	2,000W
	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 max	C28+ (530.2MHz)	180m	DTG-8	2,000W
	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 max	C22+ (482.2MHz)	180m	DTG-8	2,000W
	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 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	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22				+ArqB	ArqB
C24	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	-D3+4	D3+4
C25				+SDN	SDN
C27	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	-BBCA	BBCA
C28				+ArqA	ArqA
C30				_local	_local
C31	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_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 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

Local transmitter maps

Lancaster Freeview Lancaster DAB Winter Hill TV region BBC North West Granada

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Granada Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

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. Lancaster 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?

Radiation patterns withheld

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12:46 AM

- Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 10:19 on 13 May to 10:38 on 13 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:19 on 13 May to 10:38 on 13 May. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]

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Darren Bibby
11:59 AM
Morecambe

Hi, I have a static caravan near Morecambe. is on a pole on the and was fitted last year, facing . We noticed no etc so turned the aerial towards and everything was fine. This year all have so had to buy a which gave watchable channels (but temperamental depending on wire positions etc) but blocky etc. Turned the aerial back towards Lancaster and done full system resets etc; COM5 are completely missing, occasionally it finds them and adds them to the 800 number channels but the is just green blocky lines. All other channels are approx 70 signal strength, 100 . The freeviewtuner is a philips tv, and it only does automatic scans. When i for channels i get 95 channels on quick scan (no COM5), 120 channels on fullscan (unwatchable COM5).
Any ideas please? I seem to be spending all my break scanning channels.

Thanks

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10:32 AM

- Possible weak [DUK]

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1:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:43 to 11:20 today. [BBC]

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7:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:43 to 11:20 today, BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 18:00 today. [BBC]

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4:31 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:43 on 05 Dec to 11:20 , BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 18:00 yesterday. [BBC]

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7:32 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 18:00 to 06:52 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:43 on 05 Dec to 11:20 yesterday. [BBC]

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10:32 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:43 on 05 Dec to 11:20 , BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 18:00 yesterday to 06:52 today. [BBC]

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1:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:16 today to 11:18 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:43 on 05 Dec to 11:20 , BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 18:00 yesterday to 06:52 today. [BBC]

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4:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:43 on 05 Dec to 11:20 , BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:16 today to 11:18 today, BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 18:00 yesterday to 06:52 today. [BBC]

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