Freeview Light on the Ainstable (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ainstable (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Ainstable (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Ainstable (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
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 Ainstable 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 234m | DTG-3 | 20W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 234m | DTG-3 | 20W |
 3 ITV (SD) (Border (England)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 234m | DTG-6 | 20W |
 74 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Ainstable (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
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 Ainstable transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 73km east-northeast (76°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 14km northwest (304°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Ainstable (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 31 Jul 2019 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C45 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||
| C47 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C49tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 | 100W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 2 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
AINSTABLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 on 31 Jul to 05:44 on 31 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:07 on 31 Jul to 11:34 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 on 31 Jul to 05:44 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
11:09 PM
AINSTABLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:07 on 31 Jul to 11:34 on 31 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 on 31 Jul to 05:44 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:07 on 31 Jul to 11:34 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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Friday, 9 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
AINSTABLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 today to 17:14 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 today to 17:14 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
AINSTABLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 yesterday to 17:14 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 yesterday to 17:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 11 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
AINSTABLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 on 09 Aug to 17:14 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 on 09 Aug to 17:14 on 09 Aug. [BBC]
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Monday, 10 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:29 PM
4:29 PM
AINSTABLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 10:57 until 9 Feb 11:02. . [BBC]
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