Freeview Light on the Broadbottom (Tameside, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Broadbottom (Tameside, 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 Broadbottom (Tameside, 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 Broadbottom (Tameside, 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Broadbottom 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Broadbottom (Tameside, 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Broadbottom transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 19km west-northwest (283°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 19km west-northwest (283°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Broadbottom (Tameside, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C49tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 | 10W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 28 May 2012
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patricia11:27 AM
Hyde
Transmitter engineering: tv shown no signal on and off over last few days with intermittent hd coverage. re tuned several times and seems to be up and running again. had a power cut yesterday from 20.00 for approx 2 hours but i think this was coincidental. interesting.
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patricia's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
patricia: I would suspect the power cut wasn't a coincidence!
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Saturday, 14 June 2014
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Eric Thomas11:37 AM
I live in the Broadbottom area, and have a problem with signal quality. It doesn't happen until at least late afternoon, and then sometimes at hourly intervals into the evening. When it does the sound is horrendous, and the picture completely breaks up for about 10 minutes. The signal strength when this occurs is usually 90% min, and the quality fluctuates between 64 - 71%. I have got a top quality aerial, and have moved the freeview box into a position slightly away from the TV that kind of helped. What baffles me is why this only happens at certain times, and why it doesn't occur until late in the day.
I would be grateful for any help or advice you can offer that might solve this frustrating problem.
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