Full Freeview on the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 120,000 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.
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Caldbeck 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Caldbeck transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-look-north-newcastle.jpg)
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 97km east-northeast (77°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-lookaround.jpg)
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 17km northeast (45°)
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?
Boreland | Active deflector | 25 km NE Dumfries | 22 homes School |
Carsphairn | Transposer | 35 km SE Ayr | 84 homes |
Crosby Garrett | Active deflector | 35 km N Dumbarton | 42 homes |
Deepdale | Active deflector | 20 km SW Penrith | 20 homes |
Eskdalemuir B | Active deflector | 45 km NW Carlisle | 31 homes |
Keld | Active deflector | 30 km E Sedbergh | 17 homes |
Stainton | Transposer | 8km W Penrith | 251 homes (low lying area of housing) |
How will the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 25 Mar 2020 | ||||
VHF | A K T | W T | W T | W T | A K T | ||||
C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C22 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C23 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
C24 | -D3+4 | ||||||||
C25 | -BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C26 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C27 | -BBCA | ||||||||
C28 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C29 | -ArqB | LOCAL2 | |||||||
C30 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | -BBCB | ArqB | ||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
C33 | _local | ||||||||
C34 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C35 | com8 | ||||||||
C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | _local |
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 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB, PSB3 sc | (-7dB) 100kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, PSB1 sc, PSB2 sc | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com8 | (-11.5dB) 35.8kW | |
com7 | (-12dB) 31.9kW | |
Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-15.2dB) 15kW | |
Analogue 5, Mux 1* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
Mux B* | (-21.9dB) 3.2kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-24.9dB) 1.6kW |
Local transmitter maps
Caldbeck Freeview Caldbeck DAB Caldbeck TV region BBC North East and Cumbria 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 withheldWednesday, 23 July 2014
Dave Lindsay
10:56 AM
10:56 AM
Karl Stanley: Is there a "region" or "network" preference setting which might need turning on? (I'm not familiar with the model.).
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Friday, 3 October 2014
Hi,
Thank you for helpful website.
I live at Cleator Cumbria CA23 3DT.
I have no knowledge of Freesat etc.
I presently use Sky TV & Broadband at £41 per month.
Can I cancel Sky TV and use their dish.
Will the dish serve more than one TV. (Sky is only supplied to one of our TVs at this time)
The other TVs are supplied by a aerial within the roof space.
Regards
Richard
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Richard: Hi Richard.
It's not Sky's dish, it's yours. You can do with it as you please.
Just stop paying them and you can watch all the channels listed here All free TV channels | ukfree.tv - 12 years of independent, free digital TV advice .
You can change your broadband to whoever you like. thinkbroadband :: The UK's largest independent Broadband / ADSL troubleshooting website (incorporating news, reviews and comparisons) is a good place to find out your options.
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Tuesday, 4 November 2014
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David8:19 AM
My signal keeps breaking up first thing in the morning then about 9.00 it becomes clear do they power down the transmitter at night I am tuned to caldbeck
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David: I suspect the question you should be asking is "what time does my central heating go off at in the morning?".
This type of interference problem will be local to you because the transmitter output is constant.
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Sunday, 16 November 2014
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keith hetherington2:52 PM
I have the Humax Freeview PVR, with Aa Skyplus PVR in another room. The humax has clear reception on all SD channels, but all DH channels are very blotchy with occasional hoizontal black lines about 2 cms apart. Sky is fine on all channels.
I have reset and refreshed all options on the Humax menu to no avail. I have disabled all other boxes that have a sat connection, but still the interference continues.
The Caldbeck transmitter reception quality is identical,accross all used frequencies.
Can anyone help please???
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jb387:33 PM
keith hetherington: Is your aerial connected directly into the Humax ?or it is being fed via the Sky boxes RF1input / RF2 output then into the Humax? because if it is your Sky boxes RF modulator might be set to the same (or near to) channel as used by Caldbecks HD transmitter.
A post code, or one from nearby, would assist in being able to check on the signal strength expected in your area from the Caldbeck transmitter.
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jb389:58 PM
keith hetherington : In addition to that said, on having reread your posting I noticed you having stated that the signal "quality is the same across all used frequencies, does this include Mux C30 BBC HD England or alternatively Mux C22 HD Scotland.
The reason for asking being, that the quality being indicated whilst on the HD channels would be expected to be extremely erratic judging by what you have reported, and although not as yet having knowledge of your location, but should your signal strength be a tad on the high side then this can cause problems with HD reception, excessive signal strength always affecting HD before SD, sometimes the latter appearing to be perfectly OK.
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Monday, 2 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
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CALDBECK transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
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CALDBECK transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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