Full Freeview on the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Saddleworth (Oldham, 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Saddleworth (Oldham, 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 Saddleworth 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Saddleworth (Oldham, 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 Saddleworth transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 20km west-southwest (248°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 20km west-southwest (248°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | |||
| C39 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C41 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C48 | -ArqB | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C51tv_off | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | SDN | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA |
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 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 40W |
Local transmitter maps
Saddleworth Freeview Saddleworth DAB 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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Saturday, 10 September 2011
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Paul Cooper5:34 PM
High Peak
I currently receive freeview via the birch vale relay transmitter. After the 21sept when the strength is increased on arquiva b from winter hill, will I then receive these channels,e.g itv4, as they are currently unavailable. Thanks
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Paul Cooper: No, sorry, you won't. If you want ITV4 then you will need to get Freesat - see Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Monday, 26 November 2012
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Jayne Potts5:06 PM
Can someone please tell me if there is a problem with the transmitter for greenfield, saddleworth area. I can only get some of the channels.
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Monday, 15 April 2013
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Adrian11:56 AM
Since switch over on 10/04/13 we have lost multiplex D3+4 signal completely and one television and signal patchy on another. DigitalUK no help. Are we alone on this one?
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Adrian: If you are using a communal aerial and you are receiving from Saddleworth transmitter then the aerial system may need adjustment for the new D3&4 channel.
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Adrian12:31 PM
Thanks for the quick response Dave. We live 3 miles or so from the transmitter (we can see it through our window), we have a wideband aerial in our attic space, with a splitter to two sets. This was fine until one week ago. I have been realigning the aerial this morning to no real effect.
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Adrian12:44 PM
Sorry Dave, to clarify, what do you mean by 'the aerial system may need adjustment'? Cheers
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Adrian: Some communal systems are fitted with filters so as to only allow through (from the aerial) the channels used by the desired transmitter. Thus, as D3&4 now uses C39 which hasn't been used before it may now be filtered out.
Could you change to using another transmitter such as Winter Hill?
Might your issue be interference from Moel-y-Parc, which is the transmitter in Wales that overspills to a large area of the North West?
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Adrian1:15 PM
Thanks Dave, we don't have a communal system,just our straightforward aerial in the attic. Funnily enough we live on the brow of a hill in Mossley which appears to be in the shadow of the transmitter at Winter hill and north wales. The saddleworth transmitter appears to be the relay. I cannot tune channel 59 (winter hill) and don't believe the wales transmitter is the problem. It appears that the saddleworth changes affected ch 49 and 39 which is now causing the reception problem.
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Adrian: If you are attempting to tune to Winter Hill then obviously your aerial may require turning as well as switching it from vertical polarisation to horizontal polarisation.
The PSB channels of Moel-y-Parc and Saddleworth are the same, albeit that they use opposite polarisation.
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