Full Freeview on the Pendle Forest (Lancashire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pendle Forest (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 45,000 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 Pendle Forest (Lancashire, England) transmitter._______
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 Pendle Forest (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 Pendle Forest 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 Pendle Forest (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 Pendle Forest transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 41km south (184°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 41km south (184°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Pendle Forest (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 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C30 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 500W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W | |
| Mux A* | (-10dB) 50W |
Local transmitter maps
Pendle Forest Freeview Pendle Forest DAB Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Thursday, 27 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Aug 10:01 until 27 Aug 16:09. . [BBC]
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Friday, 4 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Aug 10:01 until 27 Aug 16:09. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 15 September 2020
My tv's (2 separate aerials) has kept going on and off (saying no signal) for the last 20 minutes.
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Wednesday, 16 September 2020
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Chris.SE11:45 AM
Lawrence Hawkins:
A lot of Granada relay transmitters are listed for Planned Engineering. If you provide a full postcode we may be able to check if there any specific reports on this transmitter.
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Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 13 Jul 10:24. . FM: Low power due to essential engineering from 13 Jul 10:24. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jul 00:18 until 11 Jul 00:20. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:47 PM
2:47 PM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 13 Jul 10:24 until 13 Jul 12:58. . FM: Low power due to essential engineering from 13 Jul 10:24 until 13 Jul 12:55. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jul 00:18 until 11 Jul 00:20. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 15 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 PM
11:46 PM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 13 Jul 10:24 until 13 Jul 12:58. . FM: Low power due to essential engineering from 13 Jul 10:24 until 13 Jul 12:55. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 21 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 21 Aug 14:46. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 22 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:20 AM
5:20 AM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 21 Aug 14:46 until 22 Aug 01:20. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:50 AM
11:50 AM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 10:05. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 10:07. . [BBC]
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