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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 04/11/2024 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.
DTG-8 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | H max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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 | H max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C35- (585.8MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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 | |||||
| COM4 SDN | H max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others | |||||
| COM5 ArqA | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others | |||||
| COM6 ArqB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others | |||||
| LM | H -20dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
 from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Manchester, | |||||
| LL | H -17dB | C24 (498.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 2,000W |
 from 30th June 2014: 7 Bay TV Liverpool, | |||||
| LPR | H -20dB | C56 (754.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
 from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Lancashire, | |||||
| GIM | H -20dB | C57 (762.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-2 | 1,000W |
 Now 90s, Spotlight TV, Clubland TV, Country Music Entertainment , Classic Hits MCR, 77 That's 60s MCR, 78 TCC, 80 That's 80s, 86 That's 90s MCR, 88 TV Warehouse+1, | |||||
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 (140°)
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 |
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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 AM/FM 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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Thursday, 13 August 2020
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StevensOnln19:40 AM
Bill Tapp: There has been no announcement as to what will happen with any of the channels on COM7, nor has there been any announcement of COM7 closing in November. COM7 is currently licenced until 2022, however it may close earlier with 3 months notice if whichever mobile operator (if any) acquires the centre gap frequencies in the forthcoming 700MHz auction wishes to make use of them sooner.
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Jim Cooper12:27 PM
I have 5 samsung tv's in the house. After yesterdays re-tune - I cannot get a signal for Sky news on channel 233 on any of the tv's. I have done the re-tune 3 times on each tv now - still the same. When looking at signal strength and quality - they are 100% on 234 and 100/98% on channel 232. Channel 233 shows zero for both. I am in Culcheth, Warrington and have always enjoyed perfect picture quality. Can anyone assist?
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Chris.SE3:26 PM
Jim Cooper:
Those three channels are all on different multiplexes (groups of channels) and hence different UHF channels. For which channel LCNs are on which multiplexes see Channel listings | Freeview
You are well within the service area so shouldn't really have any problems.
Sky news is on COM5/ArqA UHF C31. Are you missing any others such as Pick at LCN11, Really at LCN17?
What signal and quality have you got for Quest at LCN12, Drama at LCN 20 etc both on COM4/SDN mux?
Are you getting the Local TV station at LCN7?
As you have 5 TVs I guess you have a distribution amplifier/splitter, does it have a gain control?
What's the signal & quality when you check BBC1?
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Craig Howarth7:08 PM
Since re-tuning, my Mother-in-Law's (lounge) Panasonic TV cannot get Channel Nos 40 or 70, but the one in her bedroom (cheapo) can, via Ch29.
It looks like the Panasonic can only get channels on Ch34 - how do I get it to scan Ch29?
We are in Bolton, ~8 miles from Winter Hill.
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Chris.SE7:56 PM
Craig Howarth:
Are you not getting the BBC multiplex which is on UHF C32? That's the ITV, C4, C5 etc on C34.
An automatic retune should make it cover all the UHF channels. Does it have a Manual tune option in the menu?
How portable is the bedroom TV, can you take it down and see if it still gets the channels downstairs? That might indicate if a strong enough signal was not getting downstairs or if the Panasonic is not receiving.
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Friday, 14 August 2020
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Craig Howarth11:55 AM
Chris.SE: I will try what you said with Portable TV.
The reason I mentioned UHF C29 was that (I think), this is the only one which carries Ch70 - Horror, which is what my mother-in-law misses - No Jokes about MiL's and Horror please. :-)
From what I remember yesterday, I tried all Cs around 34 (up and down), as part of a Manual Retune, once the repeated Automatic ones had failed.
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Craig Howarth5:30 PM
Chris.SE: Based on what you said, I tried the problem TV in the bedroom, and that did get everything, so I now know it it the aerial signal downstairs.
I am going to check / renew all of the connections and if that doesn't fix it, it must be the aerial itself, or its connection. I'm not going onto the roof, so that will mean getting someone in.
Thanks for your help.
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PaulC6:57 PM
js: m46
Since changes on 12th Aug we are missing all Channels that we're on CH29 Multiplex COM4
Done several retunes reset to no avail. Has the frequency of these changed or does it suggest an aerial issue since it was installed before digital tv
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Chris.SE11:15 PM
Craig Howarth:
It could simply be a case of the signal from your aerial isn't strong enough on C29 and it's weaker on the longer cable run to downstairs, this could be because it's an older Group C/D aerial. All the channels have been moved down to Group A apart from the Preston Local multiplex C40 and COM7 C55.
See What is 700MHz clearance? | Freeview for a bit of an explanation about it all.
Are you getting any of the Local multiplexes, you should get at least one of them! Here the channels for all -
Local Liverpool, Local Manchester, Local Preston, Manchester GI on C21, C24, C40, & C27.
The main multiplexes are as previously listed C32, C34, C35, C29, C31, C37, C55 for PSBs1-3, COMs 4-7.
For which channels are on which multiplex see https://www.freeview.co.u…ngs.
If it's the case it's an old aerial, no need to get a man in, you can get the free help with a free replacement aerial from Freeview providing it's their own home (not rented from a landlord) and aerial and there's no cable or satellite there.
I wouldn't mention you can get it on the upstairs set, just say the multiplexes on the lower channels are breaking up C32, C31, no C29 and if it's the case, no Local multiplexes either.
You need to phone Freeview on 0808-100-0288, they'll want to take you through the retune procedure first no doubt, 1st with aerial out, then back in etc. Just say you've done all that for your MiL.
PaulC:
It sounds very much like you've got an old C/D aerial if it's that old, so same applies to you, and check if you are getting any Local Multiplexes as you should get some of them, so same story when you phone Freeview.
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Saturday, 15 August 2020
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js1:28 PM
PaulC: Yes, it could be the aerial.
What signal strength and quality do you get for C29, C31, C32, C34, C35, C37 and C55?
Do you have anything on LCN 7 in your channel list?
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