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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Pendle Forest (Lancashire, England) mast?
Pendle Forest transmitter - Pendle Forest transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Screen may go black 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 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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Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:50 PM
2:50 PM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 10:05 until 28 Sep 12:11. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 10:07 until 28 Sep 12:08. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 3 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:43 AM
11:43 AM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 10:05 until 28 Sep 12:11. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:48 AM
5:48 AM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Nov 10:14 until 8 Nov 10:56. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 14 Mar 10:00. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 14 Mar 10:00. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 14 Mar 10:00 until 14 Mar 11:02. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 14 Mar 10:00 until 14 Mar 10:49. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
PENDLE FOREST transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Apr 11:05 until 18 Apr 13:19. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 18 Apr 11:03 until 18 Apr 13:19. . [BBC]
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Monday, 5 June 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
Pendle Forest transmitter - Pendle Forest transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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