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 22/05/2023 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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Sunday, 9 June 2013
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Michael5:52 PM
Charlie: Channel 5 HD is only available on Sky or Virgin Media.
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Monday, 10 June 2013
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J palliser7:09 PM
Hi, I live in preston and just recently itv channel and channel 4 are now really bad reception in my humax freeview box.. All other channels are fine and I notice that other people are experiencing this issue.. What is the fix? Please advise or do we just have to wait for the signal strengths to be boosted.
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John Johnston8:59 PM
I am receiving ITV programmes from Welsh TV. I do not appear to have Granada on my TV and cannot run the installation programme on my TV.
I would be grateful for any advice.
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jb389:11 PM
J palliser: A post code or one from nearby is really required for queries of this nature as proper checking cannot be done without it, however no engineering works are taking place at the transmitter nor have any fault conditions been reported and so there are no obvious reasons for your problem.
It would have been of assistance to know the result of any signal test carried out whilst on the ITV channel, but though this can be checked out by going into the boxes tuning menu / manual tune and entering Ch59 (ITV) into the box but do NOT follow this by pressing search, but just make a note of the signals strength and quality.
Just out of curiosity I would like you to carry out another type of test (only applicable to Humax boxes) that detects the presence of a strong RF signal on an adjacent channel irrespective of from what source, this done as before by using the manual tuning facility but this time entering Ch60 into the box and see if the "strength" bar indicates anything, if not try Ch61 and then Ch62, giving an update on results.
By the way is your ITV3 OK?
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jb3811:24 PM
John Johnston: As your query involves checking transmitter coverage areas as well mux channel numbers used by the transmitter, then in the interests of accuracy a post code or one from nearby e.g: a shop/post office etc is really required.
It would also be of assistance if you could supply the model number of your TV.
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J palliser11:40 PM
Preston
jb38: post code PR2 9AW
Ch59 is showing weak / poor quality
All other Ch are ok.
Using a 2year old Sony but I know that it is not the issue plus this problem only started a s few weeks ago.
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013
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jb3812:34 AM
J palliser: The TV does not really come into the equation, because as you have mentioned your reception is via the Humax Freeview box and my advice was with reference to this device.
The reason for me requesting that you carry out the Ch60 / Ch61 signal "strength only" test is because of the possibility that a 4G device was being installed anywhere near to wherever you might be located and the engineer has "unofficially" tested the device out, as 4G devices once operational are capable of causing the type of problem you are experiencing but only on channels close to the top end of the band, your ITV station being just about on it.
By the way what model of Humax do you have?
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anthony4:52 PM
Altrincham
Which Humax freeview box are you using. Is reception on the TV OK if the aerial is connected directly to it. From personal experience I can tell you that if a TETRA base station has opened up recently in your area the loop through amplifier in a Humax 9200 will overload and cause this effect on channel 59 only, a TETRA mobile causes this on channel 60. Splitting the aerial feed with a good quality low loss splitter, half to the TV half to the Humax should clear the problem. If it is a base station the interference will be continuous if a mobile it will be intermittent. I assume you are not using an aerial amplifier of any kind as these are notorious for causing this type of problem.
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anthony5:07 PM
Altrincham
Sorry the above should read TETRA base stations will cause problems on channel 58 (SDN multiplex) Mobiles channel 59 (Digital 3/4) Although high level interference can cause problems on anything. TETRA stations frequently have 3 poles each carrying a number of folded dipoles and are used by a wide range services.
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J palliser6:51 PM
J palliser: humax is a pvr9200t. And all other channels work ok. I'm going to plug directly to the TV tonight to see what happen and also try a signal booster/ look for any shorts on the ariel cable.
Ch60 and 61 and only at 20 and 12% strength. Ch59 is up and down like a yo-yo!! Any more advise from anyone??
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