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 - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Mar 00:06 until 21 Mar 00:10. . 
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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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Tuesday, 10 January 2017
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StevensOnln111:03 PM
Kathryn Hitchen: If you're suffering with 4G interference you should contact an organisation called AT800 (see link below) who will provide a free plug-in filter. Although it's surprising the engineer didn't direct you to them (or just fit a filter for you) if they suspected 4G interference to be the cause of your problem.
at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz
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Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
WINTER HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:26 on 09 Jan to 11:44 on 09 Jan. [BBC]
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deborah11:52 AM
hi, i seem to have lost a few freeview channels such as itvbe back in december. i have re tuned and tried moving the arial but i am at a loss to get the channels back. i live in falmouth and im sure im picking up the caradon transmitter. please help?
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Monday, 23 January 2017
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i lewis9:54 PM
has the winterhill transmitter made changes in any way in the past month
my dtr has started playing up
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Tuesday, 24 January 2017
MikeP
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
Deborah:
Falmouth is not served by the Winter Hill transmitter, which is near Bolton in Lancashire! If you give a full post code, we can advise which transmitter would be more appropriate.
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MikeP
4:17 PM
4:17 PM
I Lewis:
Recent work on the transmitters at Winter Hill were to the DAB one and not the TV ones, so nop change at the transmitter end. Check all the aerial connections to your equipment first and then check what the signal strengths are for each service. They should all be between 55% and 80%, any less or any more will cause problems.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017
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G. Whittle WA10 2EA4:44 PM
Hi, I have a question regarding DAB reception. When I am listening to a local Merseyside radio station; ie Radio Merseyside; am I receiving the signal from the Billing or Winter Hill transmitter. I live vertually in the centre of St. Helens. I think the local DAB ensemble reference is 10B?
Thanks for your help.
Regards.
Gary.
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StevensOnln110:56 PM
St. Helens
G. Whittle WA10 2EA: The Liverpool local DAB multiplex covers St Helens from both Billinge Hill and Winter Hill so you will most likely be receiving a combined signal from both transmitters. Unlike FM where two or more transmitters with overlapping signals on the same frequency would cause interference, DAB radios are able to combine the signal from the same multiplex being broadcast on two or more transmitters to enhance reception.
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Friday, 3 February 2017
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Beverley 11:50 AM
Haven't had Sky News and several other stations for a while now - only caught it briefly once or twice in the past week. Any reason for this? We are in the A41, A49, A534 area in Cheshire, within a few miles of Broxton.
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StevensOnln112:49 PM
Beverley : Please provide a postcode so we can see your actual location and predicted coverage.
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