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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Monday, 30 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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STORETON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:07 on 26 Nov to 05:39 on 26 Nov. [BBC]
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Monday, 4 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
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STORETON transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 25 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
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STORETON transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
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STORETON transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Thursday, 25 February 2016
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Paul Shepherd7:08 PM
Hello
I want to watch channel 81 - Talking Pictures. I get my TV reception from Storeton. Why can't I receive Channel 81? I pay the same as those who get their signal from Winter Hill so why do I not receive the same level of service? Who is going to do what and when to provide this channel to those who have to use Storeton?
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Tuesday, 29 March 2016
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D Whittaker7:48 PM
Prenton
My Dad lives on the Wirral (CH43 2LB) and has always got his TV from the Storeton Transmitter. After recently getting a new TV and YouView box he has suffered from poor signal on some channels (Quest and Drama). When investigating the channel numbers I discovered that he was getting some channels from Storeton, some from Winter Hill and some from Moel-y-Parc. In some cases BBC1 and 2 HD a better signal from Moel-y-Parc. Does anyone else have similar problems or can anyone suggest if an aerial upgrade would improve things?
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D's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 13 June 2016
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Corin6:28 PM
Paul Shepherd asked"I get my TV reception from Storeton. Why can't I receive Channel 81?"Because Multiplex COM 7 is not broadcast from Storeton. If you cannot receive a signal from Moel-y-Parc or Winter Hill for COM 7, then you should consider a satellite dish and receiver. ($ky is not needed, just a generic free-to-air satellite receiver or if you prefer to have your satellite services filtered according to the ability of the service to pay Freesat an extortionate fee and EPG numbers dorced upon you, then a Freesat receiver).The widest possible range of free-to-air/non-encrypted TV and radio services (including all FTA transmission to the UKofGB&NI) will be available to you with a generic FTA receiver and a motorised dish." I pay the same as those who get their signal from Winter Hill"
So what? If you are referring to your live TV reception licence, that does not guarantee reception of any TV service. COM7 (hint is in the name) is a commercial service multiplex and commercial multiplexes are only provided where the commercial operators consider the provision of the service to be commercially viable and where a frequency is available which will not interfere with broadcasts from other transmitters.
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Corin7:46 PM
D Whittaker: "can anyone suggest if an aerial upgrade would improve things?The transmissions of the North West multiplexes from Storeton are VERTICAL polarisation (the WALES PSB1,PSB2,PSB3 highlt directional towards Clwyd are actaully horizontal) whereas those from Moel-y-Parc and Winter Hill are HORIZONTAL. Therefore your father in Prenton will have a southward directed vertically aligned antenna pointing towards Storeton. It is therefore only due to the high signal levels from Moel-y-Parc and Winter Hill that he is receiving any multiplexes from the off-beam wrong polariztion.So to improve your reception of mutliplexes (COM 7 and 8) not broadcast from Storeton and to maximize channel choice, the best arrangement is to keep the current antenna pointing at Storeton and install an additional horizonally aligned antenna pointing to Moel-y-Parc.Again to receive all available FTA UK radio and TV services and those from other nations, a motorized dish and an FTA satellite receiver is the solution. Last time I checked the only (non-shopping) services on terrestrial which were not FTA on satellite were AlJazeera English HD., Channel 4 +1 HD, Channel 4seven HD, 4Music, Dave, Dave ja vu, Home, Quest, Quest+1, and Your TV +1.
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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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