Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter which serves 2,690,000 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 Winter Hill (Bolton, England) mast?
Winter Hill transmitter - Winter Hill 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (139°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 22km southeast (139°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Feb 2020 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C12 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C24 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | LPR | |||||
| C57tv_off | GIM | GIM | GIM | GIM | |||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C61 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 | 500kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-12.9dB) 25.7kW | |
| com8 | (-13.4dB) 22.6kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-16dB) 12.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LL | (-24dB) 2kW | |
| GIM, LM, LPR | (-27dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill 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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Saturday, 10 March 2018
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STe3:09 PM
and it turned out to be corrupted EPG data.
Yes, my EPG has been playing up since January. Taking sometimes until the day itself to update when it used to be a week ahead.
js - thanks, yes.
I've retuned it back to 31 for now, but since that's the one from back in Jan I assume we're going to lose that pretty soon?
More importantly, why has it gone from COM 8 where it should be?
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js3:53 PM
David: The appearance of the Com78 National network on com7 and com8, around 15/01/2018, is a significant change.
The EIT-schedule on Com78 National has an overall cycle time of 900 seconds and carries full 8-day schedule for 1196 services, in what appears to be all mainland multiplexes - everything but NI and CI.
The EIT-present/following (now/next) cycles in 8 seconds for all 1196 services.
Whatever the reason for the behaviour of the Digital Stream, it would seem there is no fault in the broadcast data since other devices are coping.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2018
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STe10:01 PM
Quote: Whatever the reason for the behaviour of the Digital Stream, it would seem there is no fault in the broadcast data since other devices are coping.
I've retuned on two different types of device by two different manufacturers and BBC4 HD has disappeared from COM8, which I'm getting a strong signal.
Seems unlikely it's not the transmitter.
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Thursday, 15 March 2018
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Ray Hughes11:36 AM
I'm having trouble with signal strength on com78 national 746mhz ch55 16 channels affected I live in site of winterhill transmitter 10 -12 miles away postcode M24 4
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Friday, 16 March 2018
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js10:33 AM
STe: Quote: "BBC4 HD has disappeared from COM8"
That is not possible. All services on a multiplex will be present if any are present.
You need to explain exactly what you mean.
And the Make and Model of your device is?
You do know BBC FOUR HD is only on at night and CBeebies HD replaces it during the day?
A non-standard device may need to scan when BBC FOUR HD is running to find it.
Daytime CBeebies HD:
Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 35 <= dPCR <= 35 ms intervals over 10 seconds for Arqiva D Com78 National (16/03/2018 09:52:59)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
05.817 | 03.968 | 04.817 | QVC HD
06.260 | 04.544 | 05.324 | CBeebies HD
06.794 | 01.274 | 02.937 | BT Showcase HD
02.125 | 01.420 | 01.693 | 5STAR+1
01.660 | 01.331 | 01.508 | PBS America
01.326 | 00.986 | 01.177 | Forces TV
00.608 | 00.552 | 00.563 | More4+1
02.264 | 01.556 | 01.931 | FreeSports
01.711 | 00.552 | 00.761 | Rocks & Co 1
03.101 | 00.640 | 01.168 | Together
16.809 | 05.695 | 12.059 | Null Packets
05.100 | 01.672 | 02.887 | All Other Streams
36.825 | 36.825 | 36.825 | TS Bitrate
Nighttime BBC FOUR HD:
Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 33 <= dPCR <= 37 ms intervals over 10 seconds for Arqiva D Com78 National (28/01/2018 03:45:28)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
05.480 | 02.739 | 03.958 | QVC HD
01.807 | 01.420 | 01.556 | BBC FOUR HD
03.481 | 01.833 | 02.515 | BT Showcase HD
02.609 | 00.572 | 01.004 | 5STAR+1
01.741 | 01.390 | 01.608 | PBS America
02.446 | 00.521 | 01.092 | Forces TV
02.003 | 00.562 | 01.168 | More4+1
01.993 | 01.534 | 01.794 | FreeSports
02.401 | 00.562 | 01.270 | Rocks & Co 1
01.250 | 00.667 | 00.917 | Together
20.794 | 13.363 | 17.214 | Null Packets
05.354 | 01.632 | 02.728 | All Other Streams
36.825 | 36.825 | 36.825 | TS Bitrate
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STe6:41 PM
js: I think I misread your earlier comment where you said.
Since 7 March.
COM8 is on 554 MHz, UHF 31
ARQB is on 602 MHz, UHF 37
COM7 is on 746 MHz, UHF 55
Is this correct?
I was going by the data on this page (not in the comments) which say that COM8 is on C37 and COM7 on 31.
So where are you getting your information?
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js7:11 PM
STe: Put your Postcode in this:
Digital UK - Coverage checker
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Sunday, 18 March 2018
Monday, 19 March 2018
M
Michael Rhodes6:26 PM
Anyone had reception problems with COM7 from Winter Hill lately ? I always found COM7 problematic but worse since channel change to 55 ( from 31 ). On the other hand no problems with COM8 now
channel 31 ( from 37 ) WHY?????
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