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 withheldWednesday, 30 March 2011
CALDBECK transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:26 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 13 May 2011
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LESLEY PALLING8:39 AM
no signal from Bigrigg since 07.45 this morning .Who do I contact ?
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LESLEY PALLING: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice first.
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Monday, 13 June 2011
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Ron taylor8:46 PM
Cockermouth
Last few days we have been losing Freeview totally. Every channel goes for about an hour, then comes back again.
It's not the box, because we have a number of different ones. Areiel is and always has been on the loft so it has not moved
Think we are on Calbeck but the site does not suggest problems there :(
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Ron's: ...
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Ron taylor: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - however you might expect such problems with a loft aerial.
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Saturday, 20 August 2011
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Paul Stevenson9:58 AM
Appleby-in-westmorland
I am currently on Holiday in Appleby and was wondering why i cannot receive ESPN . I have bought my top up tv espn card which fits in the CI slot on my TV , i always thought you only need to receive a good CH5 signal ?
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
CALDBECK transmitter - Over the next week Caldbeck main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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CALDBECK transmitter - Over the next week Caldbeck main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Thursday, 19 April 2012
CALDBECK transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:27 today to 20:36 today [BBC]
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CALDBECK transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:27 today to 20:36 today [BBC]
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