Full Freeview on the Storeton (Wirral, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Storeton (Wirral, England) transmitter which serves 45,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Storeton (Wirral, England) transmitter._______
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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Storeton (Wirral, 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 Storeton 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Storeton (Wirral, 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 Storeton transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 51km east-northeast (74°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 51km east-northeast (74°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Storeton (Wirral, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||
| A K T | K T | K T | W T | W T | W T | A K T | |||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C23 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C26 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C29 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | |||||
| C30 | LL | LL | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C39 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C53tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C57tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | -BBCB | --BBCB | --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 1-5 | 2.8kW | |
| PSB1 wa≡, PSB2 wa≡, PSB3 wa≡ | (-1.5dB) 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 560W | |
| LL | (-16.7dB) 60W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 56W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Tuesday, 1 November 2016
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Steve Humphreys9:43 AM
Wirral
Stumbled upon this site whilst searching for information about the Storeton relay station so thanks to those who run the site, it is very informative. Perhaps there are clues here that are too technical for me. I live so close to the Storeton site I think a piece of damp string would give me a signal, but miss out on a few HD channels. We have an amplified loft aerial supplying signals to five outlets in the house but I am not sure turning it to face Winter Hill and rotating from vertical to horizontal would guarantee a signal, My question is simply this: Are the "missing" HD channels likely to be included on some future upgrade at Storeton or am I best investing in a contractor to fit an external aerial to align with Winter Hill? CH63 8QB
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MikeP
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
Steve Humphreys:
Storeton does not transmit COM7 nor COM8 which are the main HD sources in most cases, but it does transmit the BBC C HD service so that limits the HD channels available if you are using a full HD set.
As you are so close to the Storeton transmitter you do not need any signal amplification, that may actually be causing some problems due to too strong a signal being fed to the tuner.
However, you would be far better to use Winter Hill, as indicated by the entries in the 'digitaluk trade' information accessed by clicking on the so named blue box under your posting. You would need a different aerial installed, Winter Hill is Group C/D whereas Storeton is Group A and that aerial will not work well for Winter Hill signals. Alternatively, use a log-periodic (Group W) aerial that will be suitable for use well into the future. The new aerial should be mounted with the small rod horizontal and aimed at 49 degrees (towards the Winter Hill transmitter).
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Steve Humphreys11:52 AM
Steve Humphreys: Thank you Mike. Prompt response to my one and only enquiry! We don't seem to get any problems through over-amplification - I think because it is loft mounted and then shared between five outlets it may even it out. Will look into the Group W aerial suggestion to see if it is economically viable (posh way of saying can I afford it!).
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Wednesday, 2 November 2016
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Steve Humphreys9:54 AM
MikeP: I did respond but neglected to link to your post. Thanks for the information. But I wonder what is the purpose of the Storeton mast unless there is an intention to upgrade to all the HD channels in the future?
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StevensOnln110:40 AM
Steve Humphreys: The Storeton transmitter was built to fill gaps in coverage from Winter Hill, although both have overlapping coverage across much of Merseyside. Storeton also broadcasts the Welsh channels directionally towards North Wales to cover gaps in Moel-Y-Parc's coverage.
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Thursday, 23 February 2017
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Daz1:25 PM
Chester
I am in a dip in Huntington Chester. Winter hill signal struggles at Ch49 (695 MHz) and Moel-y-parc signal struggles on ch52 (719MHz) funnily enough they're the same mux carriers for channels.
Also tried Stornton but the signal is too weak..
I get a massive spike of signal between 780-820MHz, is this the 4g interference as it comes in around 80db? And is this the course of the interference? I was thinking of staying on moel y parc and getting a B band pass filter, would this solve my problem? Signal levels are average, 50db at the aerial, although I have a mast head amp too but at the moment this just amplifies the 780-820mhz interference an makes the mux 52 worse.
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Daz: If its that bad, why bother putting good money after bad? I'd just go Freesat.
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Daz2:38 PM
Chester
MikeB: I'm somewhat stubborn when it comes to aerials, the main problem is it's a works place an regardless the dish size it's not allowed.. if I knew a B band pass filter would work I would take the mast head amp back off and just use that, I'm currently using a wideband triax 14 aerial (all this is old stock of mine from a previous job) the only thing I don't have are filters.
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Daz: You can be as stubbon as you like, but to quote Einstein:
'Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'
Its you money, but how do you know its a 4G problem? The number of people who have actually had such a problem (as opposed to all the people who imagine thats the problem) is actually tiny. If you can't have a dish, thats one thing, but if you have a problem that can only be fixed by a high complex route, then you have to stand back.
BTW - whats the actual signal strength on the muxes in question? If you weren't in a dip, your signal path from both transmitters indicates you'd be fine with no booster etc at all.
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Tuesday, 26 June 2018
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Ann Fletcher8:34 PM
BBC northwest has been replaced by BBC Wales postcode CH49. This happened after returning tv due to poor signal. Please can you advise how to rectify.
Regards
Ann Fletcher
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