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: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, 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), 71 That's TV 3, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C57 (762.0MHz) | 223m | DTG- | 400W |
 46 5SELECT, 57 U&Eden, 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, 203 CBBC HD, 204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Kendal (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, 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;
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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 |
Local transmitter maps
Kendal Freeview Kendal DAB Kendal AM/FM Caldbeck TV region BBC North West Border (England)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 withheldThursday, 13 January 2011
Thanks Braintist, the walkthrough in the link has sorted out my issue
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Friday, 14 January 2011
Sunday, 16 January 2011
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Judy Palmer1:49 PM
Hi folks, after good transmission for over a year from the Kendal relay station I am unable to get good reception on most channels and some, mainly the BBC are useless. I re-tuned today having seen a message on screen a couple of days ago that I should re-tune. It had been a bit patchy before then but after re-tuning it is dreadful. Are there any known problems and, if not, do you have any ideas? Thanks Judy Palmer, Kendal.
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Judy Palmer1:54 PM
Just called Kendal a relay station, but believe I should have said transmitter. It's the one near to Oxenholme.
Judy
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Judy Palmer3:54 PM
Kendal
My post on 'My freeview box....' reset advice above. I followed the reset instructions above - reset twice, no BBC channels (only 10 channels altogether and no radio), the third time 16 channels and 5 radio, but 'no signal' for all of them. What is going on? I had perfectly good TV before resetting as advised today. Should I just wait until tmorrow?
Judy Palmer
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Judy's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby6:46 PM
Judy Palmer: If you had perfect reception before rescanning you should still have perfect reception. The only change on PSB muxes was to change ITV2+1 to ITV1+1. I suspect that you may be finding and storing channels from Lancaster or Kendal Fell in the early part of the scan and then overlooking the Kendal signal as a duplicate.With the correct aerial (Group A vertical for Lancaster or group B horizontal for Kendal Fell)the Digital UK postcode checker shows both of the alternative transmitters as offering good reception, but reception would not be good off the side of your Kendal aerial! Is it possible to do a manual tune for C60 and C53 after doing a factory reset to clear the channel list? Otherwise leave the aerial unplugged until the last third of the scan, plugging it back in just before the scan reaches C53.A bit fiddly but it works!
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Monday, 17 January 2011
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Judy Palmer9:02 AM
Hi KMJ, tried both of your solutions, the ITV channels were a bit better (signal stength 57% and quality 50-60%) but BBC channels came through on the 800s and didn't work (signal strength for C60 57%, but quality 0-50%). And digital is supposed to be better? Only if you have enough money for very expensive equipment and a personalised aerial man. But (whine...) everything worked before! I'll keep trying J
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Judy Palmer9:05 PM
Hi,I went through the same reset process again this morning to no avail, and then again this evening, and all is now perfectly normal. It would seem, therefore that there was a transmitter problem last night after all. Could I make a suggestion that the transmitter faults are reported onto this website sooner if possible? This would help people to save time and, perhaps, money, and also cut down a bit on the anxiety and allow for a bit more understanding. Thank you
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Judy Palmer: I see I can't please everyone with my free service.
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011
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Judy Palmer8:35 PM
Briantist: I'm sorry I'm not sure what you mean. I thank you very much indeed for your advice, it was only a suggestion. I don't know who puts the transmitter engineering posts on - is it you? Another suggestion to myself would be not to panic and wait a day as a matter of course, as things seem often to sort themselves out with a bit of patience. So thank you again,
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
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Judy Palmer10:33 AM
Again no signal from the Kendal transmitter, presume issues because of the bad weather last night - hopefully not my aerial. This time I'm going to be patient. Judy
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Judy Palmer: There are widespread faults, but none is reported for this transmitter as yet. So, it could be your aerial. I would also check the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011
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Steve12:29 PM
I have tried to install the BBC,itv,Ch.4& BBC one HD, but my tv cannot find them. I have a HD ready tv with freeview,but still i cannot get these channels. Do i need additional equipment to receive these channels
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Thursday, 17 March 2011
Steve: Yes, you need a Freeview HD receiver. Please see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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Paul4:43 PM
Kendal
I have tried to recieve Sky Sports 1 & 2 from BT vision but have found out that the Kendal transmitter does not transmit these channels (41 & 42) unfortunatly I cannot see Lancaster transmitter which does have these channels, When will the Kendal transmitter be upgraded so I can recieve Sky Sports 1 & 2 on BT vision.
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick5:38 PM
Reading
Paul: I'm sorry, we aren't aware of any plans for the commercial multiplex operators to extend their services to any new masts (that they did not serve before switchover). They have said that it would be too expensive. See 'Freeview Light' for more information.
You will have to subscribe to Sky's satellite service to get Sky Sports.
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Carmel Parker6:20 PM
For the last few days our Freeview signal has been intermittent on all televisions. Our aerial is on the roof. (HARWICH,ESSEX)
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
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Bruce Dorward7:01 PM
Why has my news switched to Granada. They need to look at a map to find Cumbria never mind report any news. Up to at least 18.30 Monday night I was getting Border TV which is so much better than Granada. Tonigt Tuesday 18.00 I have got Granada. When will normal service be resumed.
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Bruce Dorward: Please see Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Mike Dimmick11:46 PM
Bruce Dorward: It could also simply be a fault at the Border news studio meaning that they couldn't actually put the programme out. If this happens ITV normally will find a different region. Having said that, the programme is online at
Full Programme Repeat | Border (ITV Lookaround) - ITV Local
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If you were watching ITV1 +1 you would expect to get Granada, as ITV have only got enough time-delay equipment and monitoring for six services - the licence for your region is for 'ITV1 +1 Granada Border', and the content comes from Granada as that serves several million more people than Border does. They only have room for six time-shift services on satellite, which may explain the limitation on Freeview.
I believe Border is also low on the list of regions to get an HD upgrade, and you should expect to get Granada news on ITV1 HD (logical channel number 51) until the rollout is complete. It may also be up to the BBC to sort out enough versions of the HD multiplex to carry it.
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
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Steven Oliver6:30 PM
Just out of historical interest, Kendal and the relay transmitters in the South Lakes were originally allocated to Granada. They were transferred to Border from the start of the 1982 franchise period (apparently at Border's request) although retaining BBC North West regional programming. At the same time the relays along the Yorkshire/Lancashire boundary were transferred to Yorkshire Television, although Granada did gain the Buxton relay from the former ATV.
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Steven Oliver: Interestingly most of the relays that had different BBC and ITV regions have now been eliminated as part of the switchover process.
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Thursday, 10 November 2011
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Steven Oliver9:41 AM
Brian: if I remember correctly the Berwick relay (which received BBC 1/2 from Chatton and ITV/C4 from Selkirk) was the first one to be altered in late-2006 when it became a full relay of Chatton.
The relays on the Yorkshire/Lancashire boundary retained their BBC North West/YTV/C4 mix until fairly recently when they came full relays of Emley Moor as part of the YTV switchover.
The South Lakes relays became a sub-group of Caldbeck when the Border region went digital, and they retain the BBC feed from Winter Hill with ITV/C4 fed from Caldbeck.
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Steven Oliver: Here's the list from the official documents:
Haden Hill re-attributed to Sutton Coldfield.
Hazler Hill and Ludlow re-attributed to Ridge Hill.
Dunure will be reattributed from Girvan to Kirkoswald HP/VP remaining in the Darvel transmitter group. West
Kilbride and its dependant relays (Millport, Rothesay, Rothesay Town, Tighnabruaich and Largs) Kirkconnel and its dependant relay New Cumnock have been reattributed to parent Black Hill from Darvel. Note that the Knockewart (West Kilbride Link) relay as closed down and the Channel 5 only service from Milburn Muir will close down at DSO2.
Lincoln Central - BBC has been re-attributed from Waltham (Central) to Belmont. Hunmanby BBC & Channel 4 have been re-attributed from Belmont to Olivers Mount.
Darley Dale has been re-attributed to Stanton Moor, which is
part of the Waltham transmitter group.
NOTE: Lincoln Central - BBC was re-attributed from Waltham (Central) to Belmont (Yorkshire). Thus the BBC Regional service changed from BBC East Midlands to BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Haden Hill will be reattributed from The Wrekin to Brierley Hill which is part of the Sutton Coldfield transmitter group. Oakeley Mynd was re-attributed to Ridge Hill. Guiting Power, Over Norton and Icomb Hill have been re-attributed to Oxford.
Calver Peak has been re-attributed from Tideswell Moor to Emley Moor. Todmorden has been re-attributed from Winter Hill to Cornholme. Cornholme - BBC has been reattributed from Todmorden to Emley Moor.
Over Norton and Icomb Hill were re-attributed from Sutton Coldfield to Oxford. Guiting Power has been re-attributed from Oxford to Icomb Hill and thus remains within the Oxford transmitter group.
Fishguard and Ystumtuen previously took feeds from Blaenplywf and have already been re-attributed to Preseli.
Chepstow was re-attributed from the Mendip transmitter group. Pennorth will be re-attributed from Clyro to Brecon at or just prior to switchover. Dowlais will be re-attributed from Wenvoe to Merthyr Tydfil at or just prior to switchover.
Chepstow has been reattributed from Mendip to Wenvoe.
Baltasound will be re-attributed from Bressay to Fetlar and Collafirth will be re-attributed from Bressay to Swinister. However, they still remain in the Bressay Transmitter Group.
Perth, Dunkeld and Dunkeld Town have changed TV region, moving from STV Central
Grantown will be re-attributed to Knockmore, and the Grantown Link relay will close at DSO.
The Brushford and Chagford relays are now part of the Stockland Hill transmitter group; being reassigned from the Huntshaw Cross transmitter group in October 2008.
The Bincombe Hill relay will be reassigned from Stockland Hill at DSO1 to Weymouth, remaining within the Stockland Hill transmitter group.
The Brushford and Chagford relays were reassigned to the Stockland Hill transmitter group in October 2008. Tedburn St. Mary joins the Huntshaw Cross transmitter group. Woolacombe, Hartland and Ilfracombe with its feeds for Berrynarbour, Combe Martin, Chambercombe have moved from the Caradon Hill transmitter group to the Huntshaw Cross group, At switchover Berrynarbour will be re-attributed to Combe Martin (from Ilfracombe), while remaining in the Huntshaw Cross transmitter group
The Mevagissey relay has been reattributed from Redruth to the Caradon Hill transmitter group. Truro, St Austell and Penryn relays were reassigned from Caradon Hill to the Redruth transmitter group.
Mevagissey has been reassigned from Redruth to the Caradon Hill group.
St Austell, Penryn, Truro have been re-attributed from Caradon Hill to the Redruth group and Hartland, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Berrynarbour, Chambercombe and Woolacombe have been re-attributed from Caradon Hill to the Huntshaw Cross group.
Mynydd Emroch was re-attributed from the Carmel transmitter group into the Kilvey Hill group in February 2009.
Fishguard and Ystumtuen were re-attributed from the Blaenplwyf transmitter group into the Preseli group.
Mynydd Emroch has been re-attributed from the Carmel group into the Kilvey Hill group.
At DSO, Conway will be fully attributed to Llanddona. Currently, Conway takes analogue BBC One and S4C from Llanddona, and analogue BBC Two and ITV from Cefn Du which is a link relay from Moel y Parc. At DSO Stage One for Llanddona, Conway BBC One analogue will be re-attributed to Cefn Du when BBC Two analogue is switched off. Cefn Dus only purpose is to feed Conway which is being fully re-assigned to Llanddona at DSO. Consequently, Cefn Du will be switched off permanently at Llanddona DSO Stage Two and does not switch to digital.
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012
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Sarah10:15 PM
We are in Kendal and currently get Freeview Lite. If we get BT vision will we get more freeview channels?
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Sarah: No. Unless you can receive from another transmitter that carries all channels, then you won't get any more Freeview channels.
BT Vision offers Sky Sports and these channels are broadcast over the air and only available from transmitters with the full range of Freeview channels.
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Thursday, 18 October 2012
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Mrs Susan Ring4:57 PM
Kendal
I live in Kendal in Cumbria and my TV recently flashed up a message about the need to reset something. However it came and went so fast I couldn't do it. Now I appear to be receiving loads more channels I know nothing about - including 'adult ones' I most certainly don't want (I'm a Pensioner!).
Can someone please help me to sort it out as I find it very upsetting and worrying and am concerned I am going to be charged for something I haven't asked for. Thank you.
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Mrs's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby6:26 PM
Mrs Susan Ring: There are a number of subscription channels, such as Gold, Sky Sports and various adult channels plus Top up TV streams which your receiver might list in the channel list when doing a scan for channels. However it is impossible to view these channels without taking out a subscription and also using a suitable receiver such as a BT vision box or one which supports Top up TV which is able to unscramble the signal. Most Freeview boxes are unable to display these channels even if you wanted them, so don't worry, you can't be charged for having the channel name in the channel list! With regard to the adult channels, they have now changed position in the channel list to distance them from the general entertainment and shopping channels. It was probably this change that flashed up on your TV screen. If you are really bothered about them it is possible on some receivers to delete them, or make them subject to a 'child lock' but otherwise just ignore them.
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Monday, 5 November 2012
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Judi Palmer3:56 PM
I have recently retuned with the Kendal Transmitter but don't have any extra channels. Is this as expected? Thanks
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Judi Palmer: During the recent changes the HD services moved from the 50s to the 100s. There were no changes to the standard definition Public Service services which are those offered by the Kendal transmitter.
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Judi Palmer4:11 PM
Thnaks Dave, it's pretty poor compared to Ulverston which links to the Lancaster transmitter - does anyone know if any improvements are planned or whether we will continue to be second class citizens? Freeview in Thurso (Caithness) a couple of weeks ago had many more channels.
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Judi Palmer: No, the Public Service-only transmitters like Kendal are likely to stay that way:
Londonderry transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
It won't be a given receiving the other channels from Lancaster. It is 16 miles away and Well Heads Hill and Heversham Head are 10 or 20m above line-of-sight to the transmitter. The COM channels (those that Kendal doesn't broadcast) are on lower power from Lancaster than its PSBs (those Kendal does broadcast).
The photos taken of your road by Streetview in March 2009 show a few aerials on Lancaster, although this is no guarantee that all services will be being received. Due to the lower-power COMs, these viewers may only have the PSBs.
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Tuesday, 25 December 2012
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Dave10:16 PM
Kendal
Anyone had problems returning the BBC channels on C60 785.8, have a family member with a Loewe TV that are having problems returning, I'll be having a go at the weekend to sort it out but I had problems returning on my PC app DVBViewer, kept detecting C60 as freq 785.0, I had to hardcode in a setup file C60 785.8.
I'm wondering whether the TV will be similar issue, they've had not problem retuning a sony tv and tried the loewe with that aerial connection to prove it wasn't the aerial that was the issue
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Thursday, 25 April 2013
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Judy Palmer7:44 PM
Kendal
In the last three days my BBC1 etc group has either given no picture at all or it stops every second or so. I have retuned but this hasn't helped. Any suggestions? Thanks, Judy
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Judy Palmer: The signal from Kendal Fell transmitter may also be good at your location and I wonder if your TV is choosing to go with it for BBC rather than Kendal.
Bring up the signal strength screen and observe which UHF channel it is tuned to. Kendal is on C60 and Kendal Fell is on C46.
There is a bit of a gap in the frequencies used by each transmitter so have your aerial unplugged until about 55% (or until it gets past UHF channel 46, if it gives channel numbers as it scans).
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Saturday, 22 June 2013
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Danny5:58 PM
Kendal
Any chance of watching the
Any chance of watching the Tour de France on itv4 in Kendal ??
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Danny: Maybe Freesat is the most straightforward and likely to work solution to increase viewer choice (including ITV4).
The only way to get it via terrestrial (Freeview) is if reception from a full service transmitter is possible. In your case you "might" be able to receive from Lancaster. This would give you BBC North West and ITV Granada, although you may be able to combine it (using a diplexer) with you existing aerial to give you the Commercial channels with BBC NE&C and ITV Border.
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Thursday, 22 August 2013
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Ian Garrick10:48 PM
Why in the kendal area we only get a few channels yet in the lancaster they get far more including sky channels .dave for example . Are more channels going to be added to our area in the future . To get sky multiroom is quite expensive so it would be nice to have more variety on our freeview so if you did not want to watch what the family wants to watch you could watch one of your favourite channels on freeview
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jb3811:24 PM
Ian Garrick: The answer to your question is basically no, and with the reason for being simply because that these additional "purely for profit" commercial services seen on main stations were only added because the operators of these transmitters were aware that revenue obtained from the users of same would exceed the installation and running costs of the transmitters, this being the opposite to what the situation would be if they were added to relay stations located in areas of low population and where the installation / running costs of same would outweigh the expected return, hence needless to say they declined Ofcoms offer to add them.
There are hundreds of PSB only muxes in the UK and with the explanation given being applicable to them all.
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Friday, 23 August 2013
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Dave12:13 AM
Ian- The muxes we're missing hold commercial channels and between them and the transmitter own they don't think the cost of running the muxes versa the available audience is worth it.
We're are being short changes, recommend you write to Tim Farron have him raise the issue
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Ian Garrick9:59 PM
Cheers guys I didn't think we would be getting many more channels . A better variety would be nice but like every other service around here its sparse and we have to live with it . It wouldn't be so bad if we could get virgin media in this area so sky didnt have the monopoly . Nver mind thanks once again
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MikeB10:06 PM
Ian Garrick: Wouldn't Freesat be a good option?
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Saturday, 24 August 2013
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Ian Garrick6:13 PM
MikeB I looked at freesat but at the time it was expensive . I have sky the freeview is just for another ctv upstairs for when anyone doesnt want to watch what the majority are watching . Its not a major gripe I just wondered why in our area we are short changed on channels .to be honest all these channels and all you seem to get are repeats . And after the big fuss when we changed over I was expecting more cannels to be added at later dates .cheers for the advice
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mazbar6:17 PM
Ian Garrick: if you allready have sky and your dish has spare outputs all you need is a cable from the lnb and a freesat box, you can pick these up for under £40
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Sunday, 25 August 2013
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KMJ,Derby2:57 PM
Ian Garrick: Cast a glance arround the neighbourhood to see if there are any aerials pointing at Lancaster. A group "A" aerial is required for Lancaster, pointing roughly South and set for vertical polarisation. This could give an indication if your location is within range of the full Freeview service. Also, put your postcode into the DUK postcode checker, with trade view ticked, to see a prediction for what signals are are possibly available.
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Tuesday, 5 November 2013
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J Jeffreys1:05 PM
Kendal
5/11/13 Only getting BBC channels. Been like this for a couple of days. Is it my aerial or something wrong with the transmitter
LA8 9PJ
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Friday, 8 November 2013
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rod tucker4:00 PM
Kendal
Good afternoon
We are about to move to freeview with a plus box combining our phone line and internet.
Currently we are missing channels such as 5 Star and 5 USA as explained above. Will our up grade allow us to recieve these channels
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Michael4:39 PM
rod tucker: Not sure what you mean by upgrading, but you will not be able to receive the commercial channels, including 5* and 5 USA from your location. You would be best installing Freesat+ and not Freeview if you wanted access to additional channels.
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rod tucker: No, because you aren't in a location where the Commercial multiplexes are available.
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014
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Fred Jordan4:16 PM
I hope that the transmitter is back on before World Cup Matches tonight!!!!!!
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Sharealam6:05 PM
New channel on channel 242 called vintage tv retune required
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Anthony8:33 PM
Accrington
Sharealam: vintagetv is a connected tv channel you need a freeview hd tv or set top box connected to a broadband connection. You cannot watch this channel on normal dvb standard equipment.
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014
With Kendal TV Repeater or Relay being just outside of the town, TV reception in Kendal is very strong, and has little interference in my experience.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2014
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Pauline Nixon8:43 PM
Kendal
Since being asked to retune our TV a few weeks ago most of the main channels break up frequently especially BBC1 and BBC news 130. We were asked to retune a second time but the reception now seems to be worse. Is anyone else having this problem.
Previously before retuning our reception was good. we are in LA9 4HX.
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Thursday, 23 October 2014
Dave Lindsay
1:01 AM
1:01 AM
Pauline Nixon: Perhaps your TV is tuned to the wrong transmitter (i.e. one to which your aerial doesn't face).
The two possibilities would appear to be Kendal Fell on UHF channel 46 and Kendal on UHF channel 60. Quoted channel numbers are for PSB1 multiplex which carries the BBC services.
The signal strength screen should indicate which channel it's tuned to. Pulling the aerial out for the part of the scan which the unwanted channel broadcasts is a possible workaround, if this turns out to be the case.
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Tuesday, 22 September 2015
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Mrs B Bellas5:52 PM
Kendal
Cannot at present access 5*, Demand4 or 5USA (can do it through computer but not very good)(Purchased a Freeview TV when we went digital and had all the Freeview channels but some were taken off a few months later., leaving only C5. Most of the programmes one watched back then were moved onto the Demand 5 etc., If I purchase a new TV with built in Freeview (again)will I be able to receive these channels, or do I have to get a freeview box and access it those channels from there. Why is life so complicated!! - Kendal area LA9 5ET
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MikeB9:04 PM
Macclesfield
Mrs B Bellas: The short answer is no. Look at the top of the page, where it says 'Are you trying to watch these 50 Freeview channels?', and then lists channels like the one your trying to watch. Its a light PSB transmitter, and those other channels cannot be bothered to pay to transmit to you - its not worth their while.
Since you put your postcode into the site, we can see what your local transmitters are like, and Calbeck is the only one that could do it, but Digital UK reckons thats next to impossible.
Best bet? Go Freesat. You ight not get all the channels, but you'd get more than your able to now.
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Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Dave Lindsay
4:38 PM
4:38 PM
Mrs B Bellas: As MikeB says, you're only likely to receive PSB channels, which does not give you 5* and 5USA.
YouView offers catch-up along with Freeview. Freetime is the equivalent for Freesat, which might be worth investigating.
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Saturday, 5 December 2015
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S Atkinson11:11 AM
I have no signal on either of my TV's and wondered if there was a problem with the signal from Kendal? I have done an installation check which says 'no stations found'.
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S Atkinson11:12 AM
Carnforth
Apologises re the last message, my postcode is LA6 2DH (Low Biggins) and my aerial is on the roof.
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MikeB3:07 PM
S Atkinson: Since there doesn't seem to be any problems with the transmitter, its down to you. We have had some high winds recently, so I'd start with the aerial lead behind the TV and work backwards.
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Monday, 11 April 2016
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John Hitchings8:22 PM
Could you please tell me why for the past year or more we have not been able to receive Al Jazeera ?
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Wednesday, 19 October 2016
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B Banks9:22 PM
Kendal
All ITV programmes are coming in at low signal or not on at all been light this for the last 24/48 hours
We are at la9 7DH
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Friday, 20 April 2018
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J.C. Moore10:03 AM
Kendal
I have been receiving poor reception for the past 3 weeks. The screen keeps breaking up, as does the sound. I wonder if it is possible for you to attend to this for me. I have a small set which is about 2 years old.
I live in the Oxenholme area LA9 7EP.
I would be grateful if you could help me.
Mrs C. Moore
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StevensOnln111:21 AM
J.C. Moore: No one from this website can come out to your house. Start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV and do not attempt to retune as this will not fix a problem with weak signal. If that doesn't solve it you may need to contact a local aerial installer.
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Sunday, 13 January 2019
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StevensOnln111:38 PM
Dave: Film4 +1 has been available on every Freeview transmitter for a long time. Last week it moved from the PSB3 multiplex to the PSB2 mux, making it receivable on any Freeview enabled TV or set top box (previously it could only be received by Freeview HD TVs/boxes).
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Monday, 14 January 2019
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Dave9:04 PM
Still on old freeview tv's here so didn't recieve HD mux also More4+1 available.
Would prefer channels like Dave & Quest on mux2 instead of +1 changes
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StevensOnln111:23 PM
Dave: The reality is that Dave and Quest are commercial channels and their owners are not prepared to pay for their channels to be broadcast from over 1,000 additional transmitters in order to go from covering 90% of UK households from 80-90 transmitters to covering 98.5% of households from 1,100+ transmitters. If you only get the Freeview Lite service and want more channels then you should look at getting Freesat, which has most of the same channels that available on full service Freeview transmitters, for a one off cost of a box and dish plus installation (just the box if the property has previously had Sky).
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Tuesday, 21 May 2019
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Dave6:51 PM
Anyone able to get the HD channels ok from this transmitter C57 (762.0MHz) - note SD channel More4+1 on this mux has the same issue, while it lists the channels upon retune, the signal is next to zero. The retunes to the other mux are ok with 90%+ signal quality.
TV doesn't allow me to manually tune so unable to try against Kendal Fell transmitter.
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Wednesday, 22 May 2019
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Dave10:06 PM
Back to normal tonight, HD mux consistent with SD mux's
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Tuesday, 13 August 2019
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Jackie Bettess4:49 PM
This is to inform you that the two self-help relays in Kentmere have been de-commissioned and no longer operate. Please could these be removed from your site.
Jackie Bettess
on behalf of 'Television for Kentmere' committee.
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Sunday, 25 September 2022
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Ruby ford3:13 PM
Why can't people on Kendal be treated the same as others with a lot more freebies chanels
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Monday, 26 September 2022
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Chris.SE2:53 AM
Ruby ford:
It'll simply be a matter of economics. The Kendal "Light" transmitter serves around 15,000 households.
Such transmitters often only serve these smaller communities and the commercial operators don't consider it cost effective to pay for the extra transmission equipment to provide the 3 COM multiplexes, even if there were spare frequencies available.
Relay "Light" transmitters which only have the 3 main PSB multiplexes, are often provided for areas where signals can't be reliably received from a main transmitter due to the terrain in the location eg. in a valley. Depending on location some may be able to receive a main transmitter.
If you provide a full postcode we may be able to advise if there's any possibility of getting signals from a main transmitter, however this would most likely be Granada region rather than Border.
The other option would be to consider Freesat.
Some fairly recent TVs have built-in satellite tuners. Apart from looking at the TV Tuning section which can show a satellite tuner if present, the other clue is the presence of an F-connector on the back of the set, as well as the usual "belling type" coax socket for aerials. If the TV has a satellite tuner you'd only need a Dish and LNB.
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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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StevensOnln13:14 PM
Steve Donaldson: The BBC satellite backup feed usually carries London (there is only a single backup feed rather than a separate one for each region) so that would suggest that the transmitter may be having issues with its main feed (which according to the MB21 site is fed by fibre rather than off-air from another transmitter). ITV3 and ITV4 moved to the PSB2 mux several years ago and should be broadcast from Kendal, along with ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4, Channel 5, E4, More 4, Film 4 etc.
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Steve Donaldson3:26 PM
StevensOnln1: Thanks for that.
BBC Reception sometimes reports "Wrong regional programme due to a fault", and the back-up satellite feed being BBC London may explain this.
BBC Reception is currently reporting for Kendal transmitter (identical for BBC A and BBC B multiplexes):
From 6:48am to 7:04am on 22nd Aug 2024: Off the air due to a fault
From 8:07am on 21st Aug 2024: Wrong regional programme due to a fault
I am a long-time out of date thinking ITV3 and ITV4 were on one of the COMs!
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Chris.SE10:51 PM
Jeremy Johnson:
If you have no ITV3 or 4 then in theory you won't have ITV1 and ITV2 UNLESS you went and retuned when you had No Signal or badly pixellated pictures. DON'T. You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or can't be decoded. The usual result is to clear your correct tuning.
As you can see from the previous replies, Kendal had a reported fault. In addition to which, although it is line fed, it's part of the Caldbeck transmitter group and Caldbeck is listed for Planned Engineering, so this could be related to the issue that occured.
I suggest you check you are correctly tuned to Kendal's UHF channels for its 3 multiplexes - which are C39, C42 & C45 in the order PSB1/2/3. (not those listed on this page which is obviously out of date). If not, MANUALLY retune those with missing channels until all have returned. Also check none of them are in the LCNs 800+, if so you may have to clear all your tuning and start again.
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