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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) mast?
Caldbeck transmitter - Caldbeck transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/09/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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?
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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 27 March 2017
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George McVay9:50 PM
Cockermouth
I am wondering about True Crime Channel 60 Freeview Sky 185. I can't get Channel 60 on my Panasonic TX-32AS520B TV Located at Post Code CA13 9DA my set as been re-tuned a number of times
Should I be able to see this channel or not ???
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StevensOnln111:11 PM
George McVay: True Crime is broadcast on capacity used by local TV channels, none of which are available in your area so therefore you won't be able to receive True Crime via Freeview.
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Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Hi........are Caldbeck Muxes on lower power....especially Com 7 and 8??
Digital UK website....says expect weak signals. What is going on ?and for how long.
Regards
Ogilvie
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Thursday, 22 June 2017
MikeP
10:55 AM
10:55 AM
Oglivie Jackson:
There is no reported engineering work at the Caldbeck transmitter so your problem is more likely to be poor connection in your aerial cables between the aerial and the TV set. Check all of the connections and unplug them and then re-insert the coaxial plugs. Be careful not to damage the cables where they are fitted to the plugs.
COM7 and COM8 are always transmitted on lower powers so will be affected most by poor or corroded connections.
If you need further assistance, a full posty code will be required so that we contributors can assess the reception conditions at your specific locality.
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Monday, 26 June 2017
MikeP: Thanks Mike......it was just that the Digital UK site said that signals were weak from Caldbeck............If the Coms are only temp. What will happen to it's channels come 2020 ?
Will there be room on the remaining Muxes.?
Ogilvie
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StevensOnln17:30 PM
Ogilvie Jackson: A message about weak signals would indicate engineering work, although no notice has appeared on this website regarding engineering at Caldbeck (which is odd as this website's transmitter engineering posts are taken from a BBC engineering feed).
If the remaining multiplexes are converted to DVB-T2 (as currently used by PSB3, COM7 & COM8 muxes) there will be sufficient space available to accommodate all existing channels, although no announcement has been made as to when this will actually happen.
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Friday, 9 February 2018
Hi I live in appleby ca166sa me and 4 of
the nabours i have asked have no free view signal
Im a electrician by trade ive put my signal meter on and
the only channels i can get is 1,2 3,4,5 very weak
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MikeB10:15 PM
Duncan Wappett: Then their system has a problem, and they need to get someone to look at it.
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Thursday, 15 February 2018
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Ogilvie Jackson8:15 AM
Hi, I note that the Scottish muxs seem to have disappeared ( end 2019) only one BBCA and B.
Any news on where the channels on Com 7 and 8 will be going.? and when will these muxes on Caldbeck be switched off. There seems to be a bit of confusion on where and when .
thanks
Ogilvie Jackson
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MikeP
10:37 AM
10:37 AM
Ogilvie Jackson:
None of the Scottish services are due to disappear at all. The programmes that are currently using COMs 7 & 8 will likely be combined onto a single frequency network, probably using channels in the 50's range, sometime around 2020 to 2022. The services on COMs 7 & 8 are only broadcast from 30 main transmitters at present, covering some 70% of the population. There are no plans to extend this.
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