Manchester

DAB ensemble · block 12C · 5 transmitters

Ensemble identifier: C184
Block: 12C
Frequency: 227.360 MHz
Licence: DL000002
Area: Manchester
Services: 15 radio

On the map

Where Manchester 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

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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
Winter Hill	England	12C	227.360 MHz	4.0 kW	126 m	Manchester	2B/11
Sutton Common	England	12C	227.360 MHz	1.0 kW	58 m	Macclesfield	2B/0C
Littleborough	England	12C	227.360 MHz	600 W	47 m	West Yorkshire	2B/17
Saddleworth	England	12C	227.360 MHz	600 W	45 m	Saddleworth	2B/12
Manchester - City Tower	England	12C	227.360 MHz	500 W	123 m	Manchester	2B/06

Radiation pattern

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

Radiates most strongly toward the south-east (130°), 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.