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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 |
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 withheldFriday, 8 November 2013
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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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Anthony's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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Pauline's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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Mrs's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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