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The symbol shows the location of the Keswick (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 3,400 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Keswick (Cumbria, England) mast?

KESWICK transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Nov 07:58 until 21 Nov 09:48. Off the air due to a fault from 21 Nov 04:32 until 21 Nov 07:25. Off the air due to a fault from 20 Nov 13:04 until 20 Nov 14:02. Off the air due to a fault from 19 Nov 20:13 until BBC


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Which Freeview channels does the Keswick 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C24 (498.0MHz)233mDTG-24W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C27 (522.0MHz)233mDTG-24W
Channel icons
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
C21+ (474.2MHz)233mDTG-24W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Keswick (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 Keswick transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 106km east-northeast (66°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
regional news image
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 35km north-northeast (23°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees

How will the Keswick (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Dec 2019-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4D3+4
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 120W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 24W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area

Sep 1961-Feb 2004Border Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Keswick was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 27 December 2013
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A T Howard
10:46 AM
Keswick

Despite the internet reporting no problems on the Keswick transmitter, my neighbour and I are receiving NO SIGNAL at CA12 4JJ on 27-12-13 at 10:43am

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:33 AM

A T Howard: This is incorrect. R&T Investigation, which reports issues with BBC transmitters, says Keswick from 08:29 this morning.

The ukfree.tv website gets updated at intervals because it must query R&T Investigation every so often - i.e. R&T Investigation does not supply the information, ukfree.tv has to query for it.

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Sunday, 6 December 2015
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l speake
9:52 PM

Ca124dg could you say when the TVs will be back to normal

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BOC
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:50 PM

l speake: Keswick and Threlkeld are relays fed via Bassenthwaite. Bassenthwaite has no mains electricity, and it is not possible to access the site with a generator due to flooding.

The service will be restored as soon as its possible to restore the electricity supply

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BOC's 23 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
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Neil patterson
10:42 AM

Is the freeview off in Keswick due to the weather

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:30 AM

Neil patterson: An engineering notice has appeared since you posted, stating that the transmitter went off air at 09:55 this morning (it doesn't give a reason). Do not attempt to retune.

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Tuesday, 28 November 2017
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Bernadete Fagan
3:47 PM

Can you please tell me if there is a problem with the transmitter which serves Keswick.


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Bernadete Fagan
7:39 PM

Almost 4 hours later and still no signal.
Please can you let me know if there a problem with the transmitter?

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:13 PM

Bernadete Fagan: The transmitter engineering post above yours shows that the transmitter was off for a couple of hours this afternoon.

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Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_satisfiedGold

9:03 PM

KESWICK transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Nov 17:52. . [BBC]

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