Full Freeview on the Pendle Forest (Lancashire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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The symbol shows the location of the Pendle Forest (Lancashire, 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Pendle Forest (Lancashire, England) mast?

Pendle Forest transmitter - Pendle Forest transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Pendle Forest 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	V max	C28+ (530.2MHz)	323m	DTG-	100W
	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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C25+ (506.2MHz)	323m	DTG-	100W
	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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C22+ (482.2MHz)	323m	DTG-	100W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C27- (521.8MHz)	323m	DTG-8	100W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	323m	DTG-8	100W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C24- (497.8MHz)	323m	DTG-8	100W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?

The Pendle Forest (Lancashire, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Pendle Forest transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 41km south (184°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 41km south (184°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Pendle Forest (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				+ArqA	ArqA
C22	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C24				-ArqB	ArqB
C25	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	+D3+4	D3+4
C27				-SDN	SDN
C28	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	+BBCA	BBCA
C30				_local	_local
C32	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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	500W
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D*, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 100W
Mux A*	(-10dB) 50W

Local transmitter maps

Pendle Forest Freeview Pendle Forest DAB Winter Hill TV region BBC North West Granada

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Granada Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Pendle Forest was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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ian patton
12:27 PM

why is the tv poor at the moment ive retuned tv and lost some why is this happening

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Transmitter engineering

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2:09 PM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air; related from 15:26 to 16:17 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:26 yesterday to 16:17 yesterday. : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10 [BBC]

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Stephen Hutchinson
3:19 PM

Hi, just to report that the Pendle has been going off for periods several times a day for the last few days, thanks, Steve

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Anne McCarthy
3:22 PM
Nelson

BB9 0HD
My TV is showing today from 15.15 and the same happened .
Is there work going on at the please?

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MikeP

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3:41 PM

:Stephen and Anne:

Pendkle Forest is listed as having work and is on reduced . DO NOT RETUNE.

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MikeP

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3:45 PM

:Ian:

There has been work at the . Retuning was the worst thing you could do as you are likely to have lost some that were already correctly tuned!

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Transmitter engineering

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5:09 PM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air; related from 15:07 today to 15:14 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:07 today to 15:14 today. : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 today to 15:56 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10: [BBC]

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5:09 AM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air; related from 15:07 to 15:14 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:07 yesterday to 15:14 yesterday. : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 yesterday to 15:56 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 [BBC]

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5:09 AM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air; related from 15:07 on 23 Nov to 15:14 on 23 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:07 on 23 Nov to 15:14 on 23 Nov. : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 on 23 Nov to 15:56 on 23 Nov. FM: Radio 1 [BBC]

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Mark Fletcher

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9:46 PM
Todmorden

Is it possible for me to receive TV signals (vertical polarisation) from the main at my location which is postcode OL14 8QD (Flat No 62) if i were to erect either an external X Beam Group A or Yagi Group A aerial on top of a communal flats where i currently reside ? My current scenario is that there is a limited choice of TV terrestrial signals coming from the light relay (vertical polarisation) which i am currently receiving by a nearby external communal aerial mounted on a roof in a low rise block of flats where i i currently reside.Any valuable real experts advice is truly appreciated.Mark Fletcher in Portsmouth Village Lancashire.

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