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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.
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 DY14WB XB16E
Also see other relevant C/D group curves.


For Winter Hill we recommend the DM log for strong signal areas,
the Log 40 for medium signal areas, the Yagi18CD or the DY14WB for poor signal areas,
and the XB16E for those with the most marginal signals.
The dimensions and test performance of the aerials can be found on the relevant tables.
If requiring a “high gain aerial” in the loft we recommend the DY14WB over the XB16 because of the former aerial`s smaller size.
For Winter Hill`s TV frequencies see its Channel Allocation Guide.
These also include the same information for other major (potentially) co-
of 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 !
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