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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
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?
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.
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 withheldMonday, 23 September 2019
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Chris.SE11:15 PM
nobody:
Indeed that is the case, but as Ian Haddow didn't mention BBC Scotland I decided I would not confuse matters. If it's an aerial issue UHF C21 will likely be affected in a similar way.
One thing I didn't mention though which shouldn't be overlooked when transmitters move to groups of channels never previously used for broadcast is that people should check that they don't have any recorders or other "boxes" that have RF outputs that were set in/near the channels now being used by the transmitter.
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Tuesday, 24 December 2019
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Gary Johnson2:22 PM
Can you tell me what aerial group is required for the Caldbeck Transmitter.
Thank you
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MikeP
10:34 PM
10:34 PM
Gary Johnson:
It would be best to use a Group T (wide band) aerial to s=ensure you can receice all the transmissions now and in the future.
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Wednesday, 25 December 2019
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Chris.SE12:33 PM
Gary Johnson:
Merry Xmas all. Technically speaking, because Caldbeck no longer transmits the COMs 7&8 multiplexes since the last retune, then a Group T (Wideband) is no longer essential. Those top UHF channels will never be used again for TV transmissions from Caldbeck. Whilst there other transmitters using those temporary multiplexes, they are expected to disappear in due course (~2022 is the current best guess as nothing has been formally announced).
Caldbeck's UHF channels are currently all in Group A. There are some transmitters that use Group B or a combination of both (Group K). It's highly unlikely that Caldbeck will ever have any channels in Group B, so if you are in a weak signal area, then a Group A aerial would be the best option (usually better gain etc than a wideband).
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Wednesday, 1 April 2020
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Chris.SE12:32 PM
All:
FYI a new Local multiplex started on the 25th March on UHF C29 at 4kW, this is in addition to the existing one on C33 according to DigitalUK/Freeview documentation.
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Sunday, 5 April 2020
Chris.SE: Interesting your comments on local MUX on ch. 29 [Caldbeck] along with ch.33.
Tried to scan it ,but nothing. Is it intermittent ? and what programs are on it .
regards
Ogilvie
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Chris.SE2:20 PM
Ogilvie Jackson:
I assume at present it's "That's Cumbria" that you are getting on Freeview LCN 8 in your EPG which I believe started life back in 2017 as "That's Carlisle".
As with most Local multiplexes, they are beamed in certain directions to serve particular communities.
The only information I can state positively is that the multiplex on UHF C33 is beamed primarily to the E and NW and to a slightly lesser extent to the NE.
Whereas the new multiplex on C29 is beamed primarily to the SE and a slightly lesser extent to the SW.
It's very unlikely that if you live to the north of Caldbeck that you'll get the mux on C29.
At present I can't locate any information about the broadcasters on the new mux, but would assume that it's just providing additional coverage for That's Cumbria - it might not make any sense (geographically) for it to be anything else, and of course the other stations that use local multiplexes would likely be the same as C33.
Perhaps you could have a look in your local press etc to see if there's any more information available and let us know. If I come across anything further, I'll post it, may be anyone else reading can update us as well.
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Monday, 6 April 2020
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Chris.SE2:37 PM
All: Just to add to the above information, the launch of this additional coverage was originally scheduled for 29th April, and another document from Freeview/DigitalUK shows this is for "That's Cumbria".
The date was obviously brought forward as this addition does not require any aerial change and as reported else where all other retunes as part of the 700MHz clearance have been postponed most likely until 2021 due to the covid-19 situation. This is because the remaining changes will require aerial support/changes in some locations and that will become very difficult to provide with the social distancing requirements.
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Thursday, 9 April 2020
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Ogilvie Jackson 10:34 AM
Chris.SE: Thanks for the info Chris, yes I a
m 45 miles north of Caldbeck . So that makes sense.
Still missing my lost HD channels from mux 7 and 8 !
Hopefully they can squeeze them into existing mixes sometime.
Smithonian in HD would be nice ( like FREESAT )
REGARDS.
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Monday, 4 May 2020
since March all TVs have lost bbc signals qvc .signal.tv not on sky dish just basic ariel .I return and only get about 15 stations and 3 radio stations tv just says no signal freeview off .I'm desperate for help
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