Lancashire

DAB ensemble · block 12A · 5 transmitters

Ensemble identifier: C195
Block: 12A
Frequency: 223.936 MHz
Licence: DL000016
Area: Lancashire
Services: 13 radio

On the map

Where Lancashire is radiated from — 5 transmitters [V], Ofcom's published positions. This says nothing about how far the signal reaches; it is not a coverage map.

What it carries

HITS RADIO LancsCapital LancsAbsolute 00sHITS RADIO PRIDEGrt Hits LancsBBC LancashireHeart North WestAbsolute 10sPlanet RockHeat RadioKISS XtraKISS DanceSmooth NW

Transmitters

5 transmitters, strongest first. TII is the transmitter identifier a receiver can report, which is how you tell which one you are actually hearing in a single-frequency network.
Transmitter	Nation	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	TII
Pendle Forest	England	12A	223.936 MHz	3.0 kW	37 m	Central Lancashire	2C/0D
Winter Hill	England	12A	223.936 MHz	2.9 kW	126 m	Central Lancashire	2C/01
Lancaster	England	12A	223.936 MHz	1.5 kW	85 m	Lancaster	2C/0E
Blackpool - Princess Street	England	12A	223.936 MHz	1.2 kW	56 m	Blackpool	2C/07
Darwen	England	12A	223.936 MHz	600 W	43 m	Darwen	2C/02

Radiation pattern

Its strongest transmitter with a published pattern, Pendle Forest. Other transmitters of this ensemble may shape their signal differently.

Radiates most strongly toward the north (350°), as published by Ofcom.

More detail

Each ring is 10 dB of attenuation below the pattern's own peak; the outer rim is the peak itself and anything 30 dB down or deeper is drawn at the centre rather than off the edge of the chart, so a very deep null reads as “weak” and not as a hole in the picture. The shape says which direction radiates harder relative to the mast's own peak, not the absolute field strength there or how far it reaches — that is what the coverage map and the postcode lookup are for.