Full Freeview on the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 52,000 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.
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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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Lancaster (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Lancaster 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Lancaster (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Lancaster 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, 76km south-southeast (155°)
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, 75km south-southeast (155°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Abbeystead | Active deflector | 10 km SE Lancaster | 30 homes School |
How will the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C22 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C25 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C30 | _local | _local | |||||||
C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 10kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 8 May 2018
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Peter Seddon2:22 PM
Morecambe
StevensOnln1: Hi All connections checked and the reception is blocky on just the HD channels from the Lancaster transmitter, channel 21 in DTG6 mode. Diretct TV aerial connection and Humax PVR show the same results. Could it be 4G interference. Post Code is LA3 3AP. All info on the transmitter shows no problems or outages.
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StevensOnln13:35 PM
Peter Seddon: UHF channel 21 is at the opposite end of the UHF band compared to the frequencies which were sold off for 4G services a few years ago, so 4G interference is very unlikely. You're only 5km away and should be getting a strong signal, perhaps too strong (hence my asking for signal strength and quality readings in my earlier reply). Either you have a fault with your aerial system affecting just the PSB3 mux or you may well have too much signal causing the tuner to be effectively deafened, presenting similar symptoms to the signal being too weak (search this website for an article titled "Too much of a good thing").
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Peter Seddon6:39 PM
StevensOnln1: Just checked and have a fluctuating readings of all zero and 70% signal and 10% quallity. from CH21.
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Peter Seddon7:32 PM
StevensOnln1: I have done a further signal check on the other channels 22 24 25 27 & 28 and all are 70 to 80% signal with 100% quality.
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Wednesday, 9 May 2018
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Peter Seddon11:18 AM
StevensOnln1: Problem fixed turned out to be the incoming aerial connection in conjunction with the booster. Booster removed and end connection remade and connected direct to the PVR and TV.
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Tuesday, 28 August 2018
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Pat Fawley11:29 AM
Lancaster
We have no digital reception (freeview) -- talked to neighbours and they don't either.
Please let me know what is happening and when we might receive transmission again.
01524-62700 / LA1 1QZ
Many thanks.
Pat
LA1 1QZ
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StevensOnln111:51 AM
Pat Fawley: There is engineering work currently taking place at the Lancaster transmitter. Do not attempt to retune. It is not a good idea to post your phone number online, as no contributors to this unofficial website will call you and you are just inviting unwanted telesales and other nuisance callers.
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Transmitter engineering
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LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:48 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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LANCASTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:05 today to 11:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:05 today to 11:32 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:48 today to 11:58 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
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LANCASTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:05 yesterday to 11:32 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:05 yesterday to 11:32 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:48 yesterday to 11:58 yesterday. [BBC]
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