Freeview Light on the Elton (Cheshire West and Chester, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Elton (Cheshire West and Chester, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Elton (Cheshire West and Chester, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Elton (Cheshire West and Chester, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Elton 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 25m | DTG- | 13W |
1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 25m | DTG- | 13W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 25m | DTG- | 13W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Elton (Cheshire West and Chester, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Elton transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-north-west-tonight.jpg)
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 42km northeast (55°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-granada-reports.jpg)
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 42km northeast (55°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Elton (Cheshire West and Chester, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C31 | 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 | 63W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.9dB) 13W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Friday, 22 July 2011
ELTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 today [BBC]
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ELTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 today to 11:53 today [BBC]
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ELTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 today to 11:52 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 today to 11:53 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 23 July 2011
ELTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 yesterday to 11:52 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 yesterday to 11:53 yesterday [BBC]
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Sunday, 24 July 2011
ELTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 on 22 Jul to 11:52 on 22 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 on 22 Jul to 11:53 on 22 Jul [BBC]
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Saturday, 1 October 2011
ELTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:30 today to 15:04 today [BBC]
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ELTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:04 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:30 today to 15:04 today [BBC]
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ELTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:04 today to 16:45 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:30 today to 15:04 today [BBC]
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Sunday, 2 October 2011
ELTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:04 yesterday to 16:45 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:30 yesterday to 15:04 yesterday [BBC]
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Monday, 3 October 2011
ELTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:04 on 01 Oct to 16:45 on 01 Oct HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:30 on 01 Oct to 15:04 on 01 Oct [BBC]
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