Full Freeview on the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 52,000 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 Lancaster (Lancashire, England) mast?
Lancaster transmitter - Lancaster transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 Lancaster (Lancashire, 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster (Lancashire, 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 Lancaster transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 76km south-southeast (155°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 75km south-southeast (155°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Abbeystead | Active deflector | 10 km SE Lancaster | 30 homes School |
How will the Lancaster (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 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C25 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C30 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 10kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 200W |
Local transmitter maps
Lancaster Freeview Lancaster DAB Lancaster 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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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 14 June 2013
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Paul Haigh5:58 PM
Since about mid April, BBC channels and a few others have gone very blocky, sound drops, sometimes no picture at all. Weirdly, BBC HD works (mostly) OK. Thought aerial might have been faulty so replaced it with a 43 element version thinking extra gain may help but problem is exactly the same. Why does increasing gain not help with this issue and why aren't all channels affected?
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Sunday, 30 June 2013
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Andrew11:26 PM
For the last few months we have been getting severe picture breakup on C24 c25 c22 only on these muxes. I originally thought it was streetlight as we have had that problem before but it sometimes does it in daytime, although it is much worse at night after dark.
We have a roof aerial which has always been fine, we have the signal boosted. I have tried without the booster too.
Any ideas? Could it be 4g tests in lancaster area or something else?
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Monday, 1 July 2013
Andrew: There have been no 800MHz 4G tests in your area.
Without knowledge of your location it is impossible to address such an issue. A location, preferably in the form of a postcode or that of a nearby shop, is required so as to check predicted signals at the location.
The only answer can be a general one. Are there trees somewhere along the signal path? Assuming that they're deciduous then leaves grew a few months back. After dark it cools down and the air gets damp.
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Thursday, 2 January 2014
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Ken Simm9:01 AM
Kendal
I live just off the A6 in south Kendal postcode LA9 5JR and have limited number of channels using the local relay. I want to buy an aerial to point south to the Lancaster transmitter as several have done on my estate. There are many different types of aerial pointing south but which one is best? Can you recommend a suitable aerial please?
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Ken's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby11:34 PM
Ken Simm: For best results from Lancaster it is worth the extra effort of obtaining a group "A" receiving aerial. The dimensions of such aerials are designed to specifically cover the range of frequencies in use at Lancaster. The average DIY store only stocks wideband versions, which tend not to perform well at lower frequencies, so it might be necessary to go to a specialist retailer. A glance at neighbouring roof- tops might reveal if "normal sizes" are ok say up to about 18 elements- Triax supergain 18 or Antiference RX20A for example.
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Thursday, 19 June 2014
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Darren Bibby11:59 AM
Morecambe
Hi, I have a static caravan near Morecambe. Aerial is on a pole on the roof and was fitted last year, facing Lancaster. We noticed no Sky News etc so turned the aerial towards Winter Hill and everything was fine. This year all channels have interference so had to buy a signal booster which gave watchable channels (but temperamental depending on wire positions etc) but blocky Dave etc. Turned the aerial back towards Lancaster and done full system resets etc; COM5 are completely missing, occasionally it finds them and adds them to the 800 number channels but the picture is just green blocky lines. All other channels are approx 70 signal strength, 100 quality. The freeviewtuner is a philips tv, and it only does automatic scans. When i scan for channels i get 95 channels on quick scan (no COM5), 120 channels on fullscan (unwatchable COM5).
Any ideas please? I seem to be spending all my break scanning channels.
Thanks
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Darren's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
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Chris Goodall9:01 AM
Carnforth
Good Morning
I live at Cowan Bridge LA6 2JL. There has been transmission failures for the last five days, currently there is no signal on my set. The aerial is mounted on the chimney.
I can't determine if its the aerial, the cable, the power issues in Lancaster or work on the transmitter.
Can you help.
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Chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 21 May 2016
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J9:03 PM
Freeview signal strength in Preston area, Lancashire suddenly dropped for me Last Sunday. Lots of interference watching channels such as Challenge, Dave and Channel 5. Had to buy a new freeview box and amplified aerial (my last aerial wasn't amplified and worked perfectly) as I smashed my other ones out of frustration.
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Thursday, 14 July 2016
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Hilary3:07 PM
I have just purchased a flat in Kendal town centre. I want to get free digital TV. What is the best system to install - aerial or freesat ?
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MikeP
4:22 PM
4:22 PM
Hilary:
Rather depends. If there is already a working satellite dish fitted then Freesat would be easy to set up with a suitable receiver or box. If not, then check if there is already an aerial system available. Note that many blocks of flats use a communal aerial system, so check with the new neighbours (a good way to start getting to know them) whether they have their own aerials or use a communal system. If it is communal, then just plug in the TV and do a full retune. Note that you would not be allowed to fit your own aerial system without permission from the building owners or the Management Committee, so check with them before doing any work.
If you take a look at Which Freeview channels does the Kendal transmitter broadcast? you will see that the Kendal transmitter is of the 'Freeview lite' tyupe, meaning it does not carry the full range of services found on the main transmitters. If you put your full post code into this website, you will eventually see a set of 6 blue boxes below your postings. One of these named digitaluk trade will list what transmitters can be received at your location, what the channels are and what direction the aerial should be aimed to get the best available reception. It will also tell you what type of aerial to use, if you need a new one fitted.
Hope that helps you get started?
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