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Freeview reception at CH3 5RH


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 8 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of CH35RH (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

Now 90sWinter Hill GIM
Spotlight TVWinter Hill GIM
Clubland TVWinter Hill GIM
Country Music Entertainment Winter Hill GIM
Classic Hits MCRWinter Hill GIM
 
1BBC One (SD)Winter Hill North WestPSB1
2BBC TwoWinter Hill North WestPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
5Channel 5Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
 
6ITV 2Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
7Bay TV LiverpoolStoreton LL
9BBC FourWinter Hill North WestPSB1
10ITV3Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
11Sky MixWinter Hill COM5
 
12QuestMoel-Y-Parc COM6
13E4Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
14Film4Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
15Channel 4 +1Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
17ReallyWinter Hill COM5
 
18More4Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
19U&DaveWinter Hill COM5
20U&DramaWinter Hill COM4
215USAWinter Hill COM4
23BBC ThreeWinter Hill North WestPSB1
 
25U&WMoel-Y-Parc COM6
26ITV4Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
27U&YesterdayMoel-Y-Parc COM6
28ITVBeWinter Hill GranadaPSB2
29ITV2 +1Winter Hill COM4
 
30E4 +1Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
31E4 ExtraWinter Hill COM5
325STARWinter Hill COM4
335ActionWinter Hill COM4
34GREAT! moviesMoel-Y-Parc COM6
 
35ITV1 +1Winter Hill GranadaPSB2
36Sky ArtsWinter Hill COM5
38Channel 5 +1Winter Hill COM4
39DMAXMoel-Y-Parc COM6
40Quest RedWinter Hill COM5
 
41LegendWinter Hill COM4
42GREAT! actionWinter Hill COM4
43Food NetworkWinter Hill COM5
44HGTVMoel-Y-Parc COM6
465SELECTWinter Hill PSB3
 
47Film4 +1Winter Hill COM5
48ChallengeWinter Hill COM5
494sevenWinter Hill COM5
52GREAT! christmasMoel-Y-Parc COM6
56That's TV (UK)Moel-Y-Parc COM6
 
57U&Dave ja vuWinter Hill COM4
58ITV3 +1Winter Hill COM4
59ITV4 +1Winter Hill COM4
60U&Drama +1Winter Hill COM5
63GREAT! romance mixMoel-Y-Parc COM6
 
64BlazeWinter Hill COM4
65That's TV 2Winter Hill COM5
67TRUE CRIMEWinter Hill COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRAWinter Hill COM4
70Quest +1Winter Hill COM5
 
71That’s 60sWinter Hill GranadaPSB2
73HobbyMakerMoel-Y-Parc COM6
74&UYesterday +1Winter Hill COM5
75That's 90sMoel-Y-Parc COM6
76That's TV 2 MCRWinter Hill COM5
 
77That's 60s MCRWinter Hill GIM
78TCCWinter Hill GIM
80That's 80sWinter Hill GIM
81Blaze +1Winter Hill COM4
82Talking Pictures TVMoel-Y-Parc COM6
 
83Together TVWinter Hill COM4
84PBS AmericaMoel-Y-Parc COM6
86That's 90s MCRWinter Hill GIM
88TV Warehouse+1Winter Hill GIM
91WildEarthWinter Hill COM4
 
93ITVBe +1Winter Hill COM4
101BBC One HDWinter Hill PSB3
102BBC Two HDWinter Hill PSB3
103ITV 1 HDWinter Hill PSB3
103STV HDWinter Hill PSB3
 
103UTV HDWinter Hill PSB3
104Channel 4 HDWinter Hill PSB3
105Channel 5 HDWinter Hill PSB3
106BBC Four HDWinter Hill PSB3
107BBC Three HDWinter Hill PSB3
 
108BBC Scotland HDWinter Hill PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Winter Hill PSB3
201CBBCWinter Hill North WestPSB1
202CBeebiesWinter Hill North WestPSB1
204CBBC HDWinter Hill PSB3
 
205CBeebies HDWinter Hill PSB3
209Ketchup TVWinter Hill COM4
210Ketchup TooWinter Hill COM4
211YAAAS!Winter Hill COM4
231BBC NewsWinter Hill North WestPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentWinter Hill North WestPSB1
233Sky NewsWinter Hill COM5
235Al Jazeera EngMoel-Y-Parc COM6
251Al Jazeera EnglishWinter Hill COM4
255FRANCE 24 (in English)Winter Hill COM4
 
265Rok Sky +1Winter Hill COM4

 

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Comments
Monday, 24 April 2023
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Chris.SE
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1:10 PM

Ted Slater:

Hi, yes it would annoy me too! I wouldn't expect Quest to have any answer, this is undoubtedly down to some quirk or fault with the Humax Aura 4k PVR on the assumption that when you do the full reset the tuning memory is completely cleared - were you able to/did you check that before retuning again?

Is it still the same LCN TV Channels numbers or is it common to one multiplex (COM6?).

I would have expected Humax to have come up with an explanation, how old is the box?

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Monday, 3 July 2023
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Steve Donaldson
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4:06 PM

Chris B: In terms of restoring the HD channels on your TV then these are on UHF channel 41 (634MHz) and you should try a manual scan of that channel.

Resetting and rescanning will make no difference because the TV is set to receive the channels of the transmitter. All that this results in is the memory being cleared and missing channels in the TV's memory. The issue lies elsewhere, I would suggest.

You have complained before about missing channels and whilst we don't know whether it could be based on your location (as it hasn't been provided), be aware that other cables such as HDMI, Ethernet and USB running alongside an aerial lead could cause such issues. If you have such cables running nearby, then see if the manual scan of UHF channel 41 gives indication of strength and quality, and see if moving them away from the aerial lead increases the quality (or if strength and quality aren't shown separately, see if the signal strength bar increases when they are moved away).

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Steve Donaldson
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4:20 PM

Chris B: Knowledge of your location in the form of postcode, or nearby postcode, would allow us to see what sort of signal you might be expected to receive.

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Chris.SE
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10:16 PM

Chris B:

Also worth noting that Windermere is a relay of Caldbeck which is listed for Planned Engineering! I don't know how the signals to Windermere are fed, but it's possible that work at Caldbeck might affect them, so Windermere should also be listed, but we know that the lists are not always 100% accurate.

As Steve Donaldson has said a manual tune of UHF C41 is the sensible option.
Automated tuning if signals are missing or badly pixelated often just clear the correct tuning, if you were correctly tuned before, it's never advised to retune when you have badly pixellated signals or no signal.
Recent weather conditions caused interference to some signals in some areas and if you were affected and you retuned during that, as already mentioned, it's probably cleared your tuning.

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Tuesday, 4 July 2023
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Steve Donaldson
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12:13 AM

Chris.SE: Windermere is a relay of Kendal.

Kendal is no longer a relay of Caldbeck. At switchover a sub region for BBC North West and ITV Border was created, with Kendal as the parent. This was so as to maintain the regional coverage as it was with analogue, where ITV and C4 were taken from Caldbeck and BBC1 and BBC2 from Winter Hill.

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Chris.SE
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1:13 AM

Steve Donaldson:

Thanks for the correction, I shall in future cross-check more than one document for information such as that. At least OFCOM's 700MHz Clearance spreadsheet (which has other errors!) and DUK/Arqiva's clearance pdfs have that correct as well.
That doesn't throw the theory out of the window totally, Kendal was listed for Planned Engineering in the last week of May and first week of June, again I don't know how Windermere is fed from Kendal.

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Chris.SE
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1:20 AM

Steve Donaldson:

Just to add, it's great to have your obvious knowledge and experience around here. It's been a bit thin on the ground in recent times with just 2 or 3 of us most of the time trying to answer queries.

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Saturday, 8 July 2023
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Steve Donaldson
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12:53 PM

Chris.B: The 700MHz Clearance spreadsheet is one of the documents I was referring to myself. The Freeview predictor lists only the ITV region, although it omits the sub-region where applicable.

The BT network diagrams from the 1980s show SHF links between Caldbeck and Lancaster:

Lancaster (IBA): BT Microwave Sites

According to mb21, Windermere receives Kendal off-the-air:

mb21 - The Transmission Gallery

The Kendal transmitter group is as follows:

Kendal
---- Coniston
---- Hawkshead
---- Kendal Fell
---- Sedburgh
-------- Millthrop
---- Windermere
-------- Crosthwaite
-------- Grasmere

The indentations are denote the relays. Millthorp is a relay of Sedburgh, and Crosthwaite and Grasmere are relays of Windermere, hence the double indentations.

The sources for this are the 700MHz Clearance spreadsheet, which shows the relays, and mb21, which informs as to whether a relay is fed directly from Kendal or from another relay.

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Chris.SE
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2:09 PM
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Steve Donaldson:

Great detail, thanks. Lets hope mb21 is up-to-date, it usually is.

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Wednesday, 2 August 2023
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Ted Slater
12:52 PM

Chris.SE

Apologies for the delay since April! Other issues crowding life and a certain degree of sloth around this particular problem - noli nothis permittere te terere and all that.

I've currently given up with Humax support - like you I'm convinced it's a problem with the Aura (only 9 months old) but, as they can't guarantee that a full reset of the box will retain my recordings (they "think" it will be ok!!) I haven't had the nerve to try it. A full retune with a cleared memory doesn't fix the problem.

In the meantime, I'm content to use Quest+1 - the problem seems to be solely on COM6.

Thanks again

Ted

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