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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Saturday, 27 April 2013
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Arrian Green7:59 PM
Hi Mazbar... Thanks for getting back to me. Stopped into a local digital / aerial store and just spoke to him in person and explained the problem. He didn't actually come out and assess the aerial. Do you think it's worth getting somebody round to check the aerial / signal out? Cheers.
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Mazbar8:13 PM
Arrian Green: you do need to check the aerial to know if it is working. Don't use 0800 numbers plus most aerial riggers are self employed and work from home to keep overheads down so if they have a shop all you are doing is paying there rent. Hope this helps
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Sunday, 28 April 2013
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Martin4:32 PM
Arrian Green
You don't say whether you use a communal aerial system, as is likely if you live in a flat or similar. These usually need adjustment to the filters to allow the wanted signals through.
Is your aerial pointing directly at the Winter Hill transmitter? Are the main rods (not the boom they are mounted on) horizontal or vertical?
From your channels it looks like you are not getting any of the PSB services and a very poor signal for COM5 and a very weak COM4. That suggests that your aerial is perhaps not aimed at Winter Hill?
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Thursday, 2 May 2013
My car radio is consistently returning the date to the previous day. This happens when I reset it and then tune to a BBC radio station typically R2 or R4. Is the date on the RDS/EON set incorrectly.
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Alistair Steele: You're not alone in reporting an issue:
FM, MW and LW radio broadcasting | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Mike9:16 PM
My Dad (in Sale, M33 5.. Winter Hill) has a Humax box that is reporting ~80% signal strength but the signal quality varies between channels. On the BBC (1,2,7,9) channels it stays steady at 100% but on the non BBC channels (3,4,5,6,7,10,11)it moves between 50 & 100%. Recently the picture becomes pixilated and the sound 'pops' from time to time. Next step is to check if the pixilation and 'pops' are limited to the non BBC channels, and to check the signal strength on the new Sony TV that is on the same aerial. Suspicion is that the TV works fine. Any ideas from the info so far? Thanks,
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jb389:42 PM
Mike: The signal indications seen on a Humax box is generally more accurate than on any other device, most either being sluggish or alternatively over the top by giving grossly inflated indications, and what you have reported suggests that the signal to your Dad's place of residence is suffering from problems cause by the signal passing over trees at some point along the way.
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MikeB10:44 PM
Peterborough
Mike: Just to add that the tuner on a Humax are known to be pretty sensitive,other tuners may be different.
My Sony recorder is not quite so sensitive as my digibox,for instance, but I generally have no problem with reception with the Sony (rock solid). The digibox is a slightly better picture, but is slightly more twitchy.
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Sunday, 5 May 2013
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Kenmo4:44 PM
jb38 have sorted aerial cable, no picture or sound break up with or without phones. Thanks for your help
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anthony5:05 PM
Altrincham
It looks like something is overloading. I live not too far from you and also have a signal level of 80% on a Humax T2 so it is probably not the Humax itself. Have you got any amplifiers in circuit if so try bypassing them. There is also a powerful TETRA base station on top of a block of flats near Tesco's on Altrincham road not far from your area, these can also cause problems with aerial amplifiers.
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