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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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Friday, 16 March 2018
J
js10:33 AM
STe: Quote: "BBC4 HD has disappeared from COM8"
That is not possible. All services on a multiplex will be present if any are present.
You need to explain exactly what you mean.
And the Make and Model of your device is?
You do know BBC FOUR HD is only on at night and CBeebies HD replaces it during the day?
A non-standard device may need to scan when BBC FOUR HD is running to find it.
Daytime CBeebies HD:
Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 35 <= dPCR <= 35 ms intervals over 10 seconds for Arqiva D Com78 National (16/03/2018 09:52:59)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
05.817 | 03.968 | 04.817 | QVC HD
06.260 | 04.544 | 05.324 | CBeebies HD
06.794 | 01.274 | 02.937 | BT Showcase HD
02.125 | 01.420 | 01.693 | 5STAR+1
01.660 | 01.331 | 01.508 | PBS America
01.326 | 00.986 | 01.177 | Forces TV
00.608 | 00.552 | 00.563 | More4+1
02.264 | 01.556 | 01.931 | FreeSports
01.711 | 00.552 | 00.761 | Rocks & Co 1
03.101 | 00.640 | 01.168 | Together
16.809 | 05.695 | 12.059 | Null Packets
05.100 | 01.672 | 02.887 | All Other Streams
36.825 | 36.825 | 36.825 | TS Bitrate
Nighttime BBC FOUR HD:
Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 33 <= dPCR <= 37 ms intervals over 10 seconds for Arqiva D Com78 National (28/01/2018 03:45:28)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
05.480 | 02.739 | 03.958 | QVC HD
01.807 | 01.420 | 01.556 | BBC FOUR HD
03.481 | 01.833 | 02.515 | BT Showcase HD
02.609 | 00.572 | 01.004 | 5STAR+1
01.741 | 01.390 | 01.608 | PBS America
02.446 | 00.521 | 01.092 | Forces TV
02.003 | 00.562 | 01.168 | More4+1
01.993 | 01.534 | 01.794 | FreeSports
02.401 | 00.562 | 01.270 | Rocks & Co 1
01.250 | 00.667 | 00.917 | Together
20.794 | 13.363 | 17.214 | Null Packets
05.354 | 01.632 | 02.728 | All Other Streams
36.825 | 36.825 | 36.825 | TS Bitrate
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STe6:41 PM
js: I think I misread your earlier comment where you said.
Since 7 March.
COM8 is on 554 MHz, UHF 31
ARQB is on 602 MHz, UHF 37
COM7 is on 746 MHz, UHF 55
Is this correct?
I was going by the data on this page (not in the comments) which say that COM8 is on C37 and COM7 on 31.
So where are you getting your information?
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J
js7:11 PM
STe: Put your Postcode in this:
Digital UK - Coverage checker
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Sunday, 18 March 2018
Monday, 19 March 2018
M
Michael Rhodes6:26 PM
Anyone had reception problems with COM7 from Winter Hill lately ? I always found COM7 problematic but worse since channel change to 55 ( from 31 ). On the other hand no problems with COM8 now
channel 31 ( from 37 ) WHY?????
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Sunday, 25 March 2018
M
Mike Lees7:00 PM
Having problems since re-tuning of Winter Hill (after resent engineering work.
Poor signal strength and even lost of signal on some channels.
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MikeB7:37 PM
Mike Lees: Check if your actually tuned to Winter Hill.
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Wednesday, 28 March 2018
J
js6:19 PM
The D3&4 version of ITV3 is now on LCN 10.
The SDN version of ITV3 is now on LCN 778.
A new hidden service appeared on BBC B with ServiceID = 4CC0.
D3&4
ONID.TSID = 233A.200B
778 MHz, uhf 59, 8 MHz, 64-QAM, 8k, 2/3, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR.England.North West)U(GBR.Isle of Man)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
003 204B 01 ITV
004 20C0 01 Channel 4
005 2134 01 Channel 5
006 2085 01 ITV2
010 2066 01 ITV3
013 2104 01 Channel 4+1
014 20FA 01 More 4
015 20C1 01 Film4
024 208A 01 ITV4
028 2100 01 E4
033 20AF 01 ITV +1
100 2198 12 Freeview Information
)
SDN
ONID.TSID = 233A.3006
770 MHz, uhf 58, 8 MHz, 64-QAM, 8k, 3/4, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
016 3340 01 QVC
020 3F50 01 Drama
021 32C0 01 5 USA
026 3DF0 01 ITVBe
027 3E50 01 ITV2 +1
030 3280 01 5STAR
034 3E90 01 ITV3+1
037 38A2 01 QUEST
044 32E0 01 Channel 5+1
054 3ED0 01 5SELECT
058 3DF8 01 ITVBe+1
059 3E30 01 ITV4+1
061 3910 01 True Entertainment
063 3830 01 Blaze
066 3870 01 CBS Reality
070 3890 01 Horror Channel
074 38C4 01 The Store
077 3898 01 TCC
080 3834 01 Blaze+1
083 3868 01 QUEST+1
085 384C 01 Hochanda
203 3EA0 01 CITV
211 3F48 12 Ketchup TV
251 39C0 12 365 Travel
260 3AC8 12 CCTV
261 3AB8 12 Racing UK
262 3AD0 12 CONNECT 4
263 3AA8 12 Sonlife
264 3C60 12 VisionTV
265 3AD8 12 Planet Knowledge
268 3850 12 Box Nation
269 3C48 12 Arise News
270 3A98 12 Loveworld
271 3858 12 Rocks and Co
273 3C68 12 Sports Channel Network
274 3AE0 12 Asia TV
670 3B60 01 ADULT Section
671 3B80 12 Television X
675 3C98 01 ADULT Party
678 38D0 01 ADULT Xpanded TV
679 38F0 01 ADULT Studio 66
695 3B68 01 695
696 3B48 01 696
724 39A0 02 Capital
727 3960 02 Absolute Radio
728 3980 02 Heart
778 3EB0 01 ITV3
)
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js9:15 PM
Update:
noname SID = 4CC0 now showing static image: "The best of BBC Red Button in HD"
Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 34 <= dPCR <= 36 ms intervals over 10 seconds for BBC B North West (28/03/2018 21:01:02)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
03.169 | 02.239 | 02.745 | BBC TWO HD
10.650 | 02.549 | 06.083 | ITV HD
11.447 | 04.951 | 06.508 | Channel 4 HD
12.583 | 02.361 | 04.576 | Channel 5 HD
07.516 | 03.958 | 05.261 | BBC ONE HD
01.118 | 01.030 | 01.076 | noname SID = 4CC0
01.728 | 00.718 | 01.218 | Film4+1
17.333 | 01.550 | 10.229 | Null Packets
03.804 | 01.838 | 02.517 | All Other Streams
40.215 | 40.214 | 40.215 | TS Bitrate
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