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Close up of the stays holding up Winter Hill transmitter. From a distance they look straight but this shot shows that their great weight introduces a significant “sag” to the cables. Picture Justin Smith (ATV)
Winter Hill television transmitter “up close”. Picture Justin Smith (ATV)
Winter Hill TV transmitter with the cairn (visible from the railway and the M61) in the foreground. Note the other communication transmitters present on this piece of high ground. Picture Justin Smith
See Winter Hill`s height in relation to other transmitters.


Winter Hill`s channels in relation to the UHF TV band and the gain curves of the aerials
we recommend for it. DM Log Log40 Yagi18C/D XB10E XB16E
Note the two MUXES on “Winter Hill B” and how they should still be receivable on a C/D in the vast majority of areas.


We recommend the DM log for strong signal areas, the Log 40 for medium signal areas,
the Yagi18CD or the XB10E for poor signal areas and the XB16E for those with the
most marginal signals. The dimensions and test performance of the antennas can be
found on the relevant tables. The prices of the aerials are on the Sales page.
In order to avoid co-
in this sector. Thus anyone living in a poor spot (within this area) may require an E group to receive the programmes on those particular MUXES. Some “sources” recommend a wideband but we`ve done the tests, and I`m telling you (and them) that a C/D will work
pretty well on CH40 & 43, see Winter Hill Graph. The bottom line is that if it doesn`t
work on a C/D, it`s unlikely to work with a wideband (of the same size aerial) either.
For those in this sector we recommend the same aerials as for Winter Hill.
DSO is due to occur in November 2009, when all of Winter Hill
will definitely revert to a C/D group !
For Winter Hill`s TV frequencies see its Channel Allocation Guides for before & after
the DSO. These also include the same information for other major (potentially)
co-
diagnosing causes of co-
spare channel for a modulated output (e.g. for a Sky box or CCTV system) to be added
to your TV setup/distribution system without suffering from co-
Winter Hill is visible from miles around and clearly in view of the roads and railway which
run a few miles to the South. The main road is the M61 from Preston to Manchester which was opened in stages between 1969 and 1970. The railway has a particularly interesting history as it was one of the first “inter city” lines opened way back in 1841 as the Bolton & Preston. After this it went through a bewildering number of owners, it became a North Union line in 1844, then the Lancashire & Yorkshire/London & North Western Joint in 1888, LMS (London, Midland & Scottish) in 1923 and then British Rail in 1948. And that was before
the farce of privatisation with Railtrack in 1994, the latter was sold off in 1996 before finally
being taken over by Network Rail in 2002 !