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 05/06/2023 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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Sunday, 7 December 2014
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Paul Hunter12:59 PM
Re COM7 problems with Winter Hill. I have had two separate transmission problems with two independent TV sets and two independent aerials over a period of a few weeks this autumn, and I have overcome both by spending some money; in one case re-newing a very old aerial and cable, and in the second case, reconnecting and repositioning a two year old aerial and cable. Complaining to Digital UK was a waste of time, giving me a bog-standard reply about no reported transmitter problems, therefore it must be me. But I do believe, from what I've read on this forum, is that you have to have a 100% perfect aerial set up in order to receive what is apparently a poor COM 7 transmission from Winter Hill in certain areas.
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Paul Ryan5:14 PM
I am getting lots of signal dropouts on channel 31 com7 never happens on any other channels is there a fix for tthis issue in the pipeline.
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Paul Ryan: Do you know if you have a wideband aerial (rather than a "group C/D" one)?
If you don't as yet, you might need to change to one to get these service to work.
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Paul Ryan7:43 PM
Hi Brian
Its a wideband aerial can't remember the make but cost about £40 from CPC
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Paul Ryan8:17 PM
Would a Yagi18E be suitable? I have 1 of these in the garage.
This page recommends
Winter Hill Transmitter
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Paul Ryan: Not really. The site is a bit out of date, because group E doesn't really work well enough for C31. You need an 18-element Yagi, it just needs to be wideband so it won't block C21.
Also, given that the "700 band" is going to be used for 4G mobile phone in the coming years, a wideband aerial will future-proof you from whatever allocations Winter Hill gets then.
The "How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?" chart shows the possible change in the 2019- column.
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MikeP
9:13 PM
9:13 PM
Briantist/Paul Ryan
Can I recommend you look at having a log-periodic aerial installed instead of any Yagi pattern, whether 'wideband' or not. A log-periodic has approximately level reception across the whole band used for Freeview transmission and reception so it will suit the current services as well as those in the foreseeable future that are envisaged for terrestrial UHF transmission. That means it is is suitable for your current reception needs and those suggested by the plans being discussed by Ofcom for the future of terrestrial broadcasting beyond 2019.
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Paul Ryan10:20 PM
Would this one be ok
Labgear 28-Element Log Periodic Aerial
Labgear 28-Element Log Periodic Aerial | TV Aerials & Freeview | Screwfix.com
cheers for the advice
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Paul Ryan: Yes, assuming you are in the "normal" reception area. You didn't provide a postcode, so I'm assuming that you have no other reception problems.
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Paul Ryan10:39 PM
One more question would it be suitable for loft install we are in Westhoughton 10km from the winter hill mast
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