Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter which serves 2,690,000 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 Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill 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 | H max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
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 | H max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
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 | H max | C35- (585.8MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
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 | |||||
COM4 SDN | H max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others | |||||
COM5 ArqA | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others | |||||
COM6 ArqB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others | |||||
LM | H -20dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Manchester, | |||||
LL | H -17dB | C24 (498.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 2,000W |
from 30th June 2014: 7 Bay TV Liverpool, | |||||
LPR | H -20dB | C56 (754.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Lancashire, | |||||
GIM | H -20dB | C57 (762.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-2 | 1,000W |
Now 90s, Spotlight TV, Clubland TV, Country Music Entertainment , Classic Hits MCR, 77 That's 60s MCR, 78 TCC, 80 That's 80s, 86 That's 90s MCR, 88 TV Warehouse+1, |
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (140°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 22km southeast (139°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Feb 2020 | ||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C12 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C24 | _local | ||||||||
C29 | SDN | ||||||||
C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C40 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C49tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C54tv_off | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | ||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | ||
C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | LPR | |||||
C57tv_off | GIM | GIM | GIM | GIM | |||||
C58tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C61 | ArqA | ||||||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 500kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
com7 | (-12.9dB) 25.7kW | |
com8 | (-13.4dB) 22.6kW | |
Analogue 5 | (-16dB) 12.5kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
LL | (-24dB) 2kW | |
GIM, LM, LPR | (-27dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill DAB Winter Hill AM/FM Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Wednesday, 9 September 2015
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MikeB9:47 AM
Bryan: Although there is a possible weak signal, if your losing mux's entirely, that points to another problem. Check your aerial system - a dodgy cable, etc is a good bet. And the same with your friend - just because both of you have a problem does not mean its universal. The fly lead is any easy fix, and that might cure it.
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Tuesday, 15 September 2015
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H J Hill1:37 PM
Losing Weak Multiplexes - this may be of interest.
I live in a part of North Yorkshire served by Winter Hill, which is 50 km away with decent line-of-sight. The 100 kW multiplexes (on UHF 49, 50 and 54 to 59) come through strong and robust. Those on UHF 37 and 31 are weak due to: (1) their lower radiated power; and (2) their being off the 'bottom end' of the bandwidth of my group C/D aerial.
UHF31 (com7 - BBC News HD; BBC4 HD; CH4+1 HD; AlJazeera HD; etc) was the problem and would go missing. The TV signal strength meter would show some signal, but the signal quality meter would show nothing. The blank TV screen would display "No signal".
The problem turned out to be radio-frequency interference radiated from an HDMI cable between the PVR and the TV. The aerial and HDMI sockets are adjacent at the back of the TV. The aerial coax was picking up interference from the HDMI cable. Unplugging the HDMI cable (at either end) and stopping the digital 'chatter' along the HDMI cable, never failed to restore good com7 reception.
The solution was: (1) to replace the HDMI cable with one with seriously good screening; and (2) to replace all aerial coaxial cables around the back of the TV* with WF100 double-screened coax. (* wall plate to PVR and PVR to TV). All multiplexes are now 'solid'.
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Bryan4:20 PM
H J Hill: Many thanks for your most interesting message.
Without changing or moving any wires, I now have (according to my Humax box) 49% signal, and 70% quality on UHF C31. It has stored the channels on that multiplex.
I'm hoping that BBC Four HD will move to a more powerful transmission when BBC Three vacates the air. And be able to read BBC Text on BBC Four HD, too.
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Sunday, 20 September 2015
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H J Hill1:18 PM
I cannot see any reason why the demise of BBC3-HD should affect the radiated power on com7 (UHF31). I have searched (in vain) for information as to whether the radiated power of the currently low-powered multiplexes will be raised when everything is moved into the UHF22 to 45 region of the radio spectrum in 2019.
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Bryan6:17 PM
My thought was that BBC Four HD could move to the higher-power multiplex vacated by BBC Three HD. Time will tell.
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Wednesday, 14 October 2015
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Rose9:40 AM
Manchester
Transmitter engineering: number 8 - M8 5YD
I have to aerials : one is on the roof other one is on first floor out side my windows. none of them have signal at the moment.
Hi, I am in winter hill area and free view signal was weak in last few days, gone worst and now I just see bunch of color on my Tv, I contacted digital tv website they said engineer are working on winter hill and they do not know the details.
would you please tell me how long does it take to get the signal back on my free view channels?
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Sunday, 18 October 2015
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N Kelly10:06 PM
I have lost all HD channels on my Humax BT Youview Box and my HD Panasonic TV. I have completed the reset procedure and retuned several times with no luck. I live in Sale, Cheshire M33. Is this a Winter Hill issue?
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MikeB10:21 PM
Macclesfield
N Kelly: Winter Hill is showing a possible weak signal, but what that means, relatively speaking, is impossible to say without knowing your location.
However, check your signal strength. Your TV and PVR have senstive tuners, and if you have a problem with your aerial system, HD muxes are vanishing. It could be that you were just about OK, until the weak signal from the transmitter compounded the problem. Start with the aerial lead into the first device, just to make sure its not duff.
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Monday, 19 October 2015
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anthony4:31 PM
I live not far from you and can confirm that all 10 multiplexes are working normally. Winter Hill serves over 7 million people, if there was a problem this and the website Digital Spy would be inundated with complaints.
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peter jones4:49 PM
hello, i am getting problems with reception on all but bbc channels, the picture is going into blocks, i have checked the aerial connections and all seem good . the fault started on saturday 17/10/2015. i have a sagem digi box
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