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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Friday, 4 October 2013
M
MikeB8:02 PM
John Hoyle: I'm pretty sure your suffering from 'single frequency interference' . Single frequency interference | Freeview Interference | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
If the same thing happens at the same time every night, it cannot be anything natural, and since its happening from 9.20 to 11.10pm, then its got to be something on a timer. I suspect its central heating, because it didn't happen during the summer...
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jb388:40 PM
John Hoyle: Purely with reference to the latter comment made by MikeB, should your problem be caused by any form of mains borne interference emanating from within your property then you can detect this with the aid of a small analogue portable radio.
All you require to do is select LW and tune it on either side of Radio 4 so as not to hear any trace of the programme and then turn up the volume higher than would normally be used, you can of course use MW if the radio does not have LW but the latter is best for detecting low frequency interference, but no matter which of the two is chosen place the radio in the same area as your central heating / hot water system or even just close to a mains socket or the cabling to, because should anything occur that interferes with the mains supply it will show up as a loud raspy type noise on the radio and with the intensity of the audio getting louder the closer the radio is placed to the source of the interference.
I fully appreciate your problem might be caused by some form of high frequency RF based interference, but if not then the procedure described is in most cases an effective way to suss out the source of the problem.
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Monday, 7 October 2013
B
Brit4:11 PM
@Jenny,
I don't think you know how this stuff works, we don't move our aerials, they are fixed on the roof!
You are deeply confused!
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Tuesday, 8 October 2013
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Anthony4:57 PM
Are the G Man channels on winter hill channel 57 like movies4men/Heartv/Capital/m4m+1/Sony SAB and FireHit TV available in North East Lancs via Winter Hill or will they become available more widely once topuptv closes?
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Friday, 11 October 2013
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anthony4:28 PM
No and No, they are only available in the Manchester area from a very low powered transmitter and the reception there is fairly patchy.
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Saturday, 12 October 2013
M
MikeC11:22 AM
Altrincham
Interestingly, I find the tv / stb make itself and its tuner sensitivity has a BIG bearing on just which channels you will pick up.
All connected to the same aerial, I find my Toshiba lcd is the most sensitive and picks up everything - including Welsh channels & picked up the G Man first. Whereas my Panasonic 32" LCD didn't pick up the G Man channels until months later & my Technomate 6902 HD Super still doesn't pick up all of Freeview stuff.
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Sunday, 13 October 2013
M
Martin4:05 PM
On the subject of interference. Switch off all appliances in your home when the interference occurs. If the interference stops then each appliance will need to be turned off in turn to find the cause. If the interference is not from your own property then you can contact ofcom who will find the source. They have the power to ensure that the cause is removed. I did this a number of years ago and they traced the source to an arcing room thermostat in a house in the next road that happened to be in line with my aerial. Note that if you call them out and the source of interference is in your property they will charge you. It used to be £50.
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013
G
Greebo12:00 AM
Manchester
@Briantist - that (see Oct 1st) may be your understanding but it is not mine. The G_MAN mux is a under a different type of broadcasting licence than the completely seperate upcoming local muxes. G_MAN is much less restricted in how it is configured- hence in a less robust mode supporting 6 channels whereas the new local muxes are limited to the licenced local service plus 2 more pseudo-national channels maximum. I can't see Canis Media wanting to shut down a useful testbed, however shoestring it might be, unless it is losing them money- and even then they could sell the licence on.
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Sunday, 20 October 2013
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Stephen Crossland11:00 PM
Having trouble with Channel 50. The BBC channel.
I live on the edge of reception and sometimes when need pick up the BBC from Wales.
Might be something to do with atmospheric conditions but I have not been able to tune into the BBC all evening.
That said I have been paying my BBC license fee since the '70's.
Could the signal be boosted?
Thought I would ask. Many Thanks
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Monday, 21 October 2013
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