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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Monday, 28 October 2013
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Paul Cesnavicius7:02 AM
Manchester
Hello There,
I have a Wharfdale 250DTR that has been working fine for years, but just recently has started to loose CH59 overnight.
I presume the problem lies is in the box,
but ideas would be most helpfull ?
My postcode is M44
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Monday, 4 November 2013
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Dave Smith8:51 PM
I have 3 TVs using 2 separate aerials. Over the last few days I have had terrible reception on a number of channels including the BBC and ITV channels. I'm in the Wigan area. Not sure if there is any 4G work/ tests in the area.
Anyone else experiencing problems?
Dave.
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Wednesday, 6 November 2013
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Dave7:53 PM
Leyland
I am having trouble receiving BBC channels on the bedroom tv from an outside aerial which is split with dining room tv (which receives BBC okay) for the last 3 or 4 months when previously I could receive them. I am in Leyland, PR25 4ZS.
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Thursday, 7 November 2013
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Simes1:11 PM
Northwich
Hi, I cannot receive any of the channels on the ArqA multiplex. All the other 5 multiplexes are good, but on ArqA (channel 49 at Winter Hill), I get nothing. I am using a new Yagi C/D/E aerial, good cable, etc, but am about 25 miles from Winter Hill and have not quite got clear line of sight. That said, I cannot think of a reason why ArqA should pick up practically no signal when every other channel is good. Any thoughts, please?
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Wednesday, 20 November 2013
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BERNARD PARKER11:09 AM
Lymm
I keep loosing the bbc stations overnight. I keep retuning in the morning but they dont work untill about 10:30. The overnight they dissapear again. POST CODE WA13 0NG
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Thursday, 21 November 2013
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D Hardy9:36 AM
Stockport
I live in Romiley but have moved my aerial to Winter Hill or so I think but BBC1 is shown as 514mhz on Ch26 which doesn't seem to be broadcast from Winter Hill.
If it isn't where am I picking up BBC1 North West from?
Having moved the aerial I can now also receive Yesterday on Ch48 690mhz shown as Wales is this from Moel Y Parc?
Am slightly puzzled by this.
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Russ Dring10:32 AM
Spalding
D Hardy: Looks like the relay vertical polarization at Ladder Hill. Ch 48 is broadcast from Moel Y Parc.
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D Hardy11:32 AM
Stockport
D Hardy: Russ
Seems from what you say I'm certainly not on Winter Hill
but how am I getting a signal from two geographically different locations?
Clearly my sense of direction is way out if i was aiming for Winter Hill.
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D Hardy: It isn't necessarily the case that your aerial is not pointing to Winter Hill.
Even with an aerial pointing to a particular transmitter and providing a good signal, a receiver can "decide" to go with a different one during the automatic tuning scan. It is worth noting that Ladder Hill's channels are lower than Winter Hill's and so are picked up earlier during the scan.
Winter Hill is on a bearing of 309 degrees and Moel y Parc is at 255 degrees.
Try manual scans of Winter Hill's UHF channels. Digital UK predictor doesn't rate them although I'm somewhat sceptical that predicted interference from another transmitter could be playing its part in the prediction.
If your Romiley aerial is a Group B one (yellow tip) then it won't be best for Winter Hill:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
Winter Hill is all Group C/D, although with the possibility that in the future the rest of C/D could be sold off for mobile services it is wise to use a Group E or even wideband.
If you can receive COM channels from Moel y Parc you could diplex that aerial with one on Ladder Hill to give you North West programming.
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D Hardy: Receiving channels from Winter Hill or Moel y Parc come with the warning that it might not work or might be intermittent, perhaps seasonal.
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