Freeview Light on the Kendal (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kendal (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 7,900 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Kendal (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Kendal (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kendal 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C42- (641.8MHz) | 223m | DTG- | 400W |
1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 223m | DTG- | 400W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C57 (762.0MHz) | 223m | DTG- | 400W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Kendal (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kendal transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 97km south-southeast (164°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 64km north (350°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
Kentmere A | Active deflector | 12 km N Kendal | 22 homes |
Kentmere B | Active deflector | 12 km N Kendal | 23 homes (second level) |
How will the Kendal (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 19 Aug 2020 | ||||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | E T | ||||
C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C42 | BBCA | ||||||||
C45 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C53tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C60tv_off | -BBCA | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 12 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
4:38 PM
4:38 PM
KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 18:46 until 10 Feb 18:50. . FM: Poor quality due to a fault from 12 Feb 14:17. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Feb 13:54 until 12 Feb 14:11. Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Feb 13:11 unti [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:39 PM
7:39 PM
KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 18:46 until 10 Feb 18:50. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Feb 13:54 until 12 Feb 14:11. Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Feb 13:11 until 12 Feb 13:21. Off the air due to a fault from [BBC]
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Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:21 AM
8:21 AM
KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 18:46 until 10 Feb 18:50. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Feb 13:11 until 12 Feb 13:21. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:21 PM
5:21 PM
KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 18:46 until 10 Feb 18:50. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 13 Feb 14:10 until 13 Feb 14:21. Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Feb 13:11 until 12 Feb 13:21. . [BBC]
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Monday, 8 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:21 PM
8:21 PM
KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Apr 19:16 until 8 Apr 19:22. . [BBC]
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Monday, 3 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Kendal transmitter - Kendal transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 10 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Kendal transmitter - Kendal transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Kendal transmitter - Kendal transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 22 August 2024
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Jeremy Johnson12:41 PM
Why do we have bbc london and no itv 3/4
Offthe kendal tx and others?
Regards jono@jontec.
Been doing aerials for a while.
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Steve Donaldson2:15 PM
Jeremy Johnson: I'm not sure what you are referring to with respect to BBC London. If it is BBC One HD, then the BBC rolled out regional BBC One HD variants:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/med…land
Previously there were no regional variations on BBC One HD, and viewers had to watch regional programming on BBC One SD.
The reason as to why there are no COM multiplexes (including ITV3 and ITV4) from Kendal transmitter and its relays is because the operators have no obligation to provide a public service. At DSO the 80 or so transmitters that carried pre-DSO DTT became full-service transmitters, carrying all six multiplexes.
It was said that this provided coverage to 90% of the population and that for them (the COM operators) to serve the other 9% which are able to receive terrestrial TV would cost about the same as it cost to provide coverage to the 90%. Thus, it made no sense from a commercial perspective.
Generally speaking, the smaller the transmitter, the higher the cost-per-viewer to run the transmitter. That is, if you take the cost to run the transmitter and divide by the number of viewers using it (who could not otherwise receive from another, existing transmitter), the figure is higher for the smaller transmitters.
In some spots in and around Kendal it is possible to receive the COM channels from another transmitter, notably Lancaster. However, the ITV region of Lancaster is different to that of Kendal. Lancaster is as Winter Hill, carrying BBC North West and ITV Granada. The Kendal transmitter and its relays carry BBC North West and ITV Border. Caldbeck carries BBC NE&C and ITV Border.
For those living in locations (probably higher up) where Lancaster is available, if they wish to watch ITV Border and the COMs then two aerials may be required. Lancaster (including COMs) are all group A so could combine with Kendal or Kendal Fell. I guess you may have provided such solutions to those fortunate enough to be able to pick up from Lancaster and prepared to go to the extra expense of a second aerial.
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