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 withheldFriday, 11 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:56 on 07 Dec to 20:34 on 07 Dec, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 20:34 on 07 Dec to 11:07 on 08 Dec, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:16 on 07 Dec to 11:18 on 07 Dec, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Si [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 20:34 on 07 Dec to 11:07 on 08 Dec, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:16 on 07 Dec to 11:18 on 07 Dec, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:56 on 07 Dec to 20:34 on 07 Dec, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Si [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 20:34 on 07 Dec to 11:07 on 08 Dec. [BBC]
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Monday, 21 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
LANCASTER transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LANCASTER transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Monday, 9 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
LANCASTER transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 12 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
LANCASTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:35 today to 12:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:35 today to 12:05 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:24 today to 12:15 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 13 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
LANCASTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:35 yesterday to 12:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:35 yesterday to 12:05 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:24 yesterday to 12:15 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Saturday, 14 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
LANCASTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:35 on 12 May to 12:05 on 12 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:35 on 12 May to 12:05 on 12 May. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:24 on 12 May to 12:15 on 12 May. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 16 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
LANCASTER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:35 on 12 May to 12:05 on 12 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:35 on 12 May to 12:05 on 12 May. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:24 on 12 May to 12:15 on 12 May. [BBC]
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