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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-look-north-newcastle.jpg)
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.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-lookaround.jpg)
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 withheldFriday, 9 June 2023
Transmitter engineering
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Caldbeck transmitter - Caldbeck transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 June 2023
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Caldbeck transmitter - Caldbeck transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 30 June 2023
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Caldbeck transmitter - Caldbeck transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 3 July 2023
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Caldbeck transmitter - Caldbeck transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/07/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 11 August 2023
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Caldbeck transmitter - Caldbeck transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 August 2023
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Caldbeck transmitter - Caldbeck transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 August 2023
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Caldbeck transmitter - Caldbeck transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 24 August 2023
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Carol Oliver9:38 PM
Hi, the lights on the ITV mast at Caldbeck (CA7) are coming on very late. Tonight it was 10 minutes before dark (2045) when they came on and the transmitter mast was barely visible - the only bit showing was the white section near the top which could easily blend in with cloud. I see this as a hazard to aviation. Is this due to the engineering work being done this week or is it normally this late lighting up?
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Steve Donaldson11:15 PM
Carol Oliver: This is an independent site, not connected with any broadcaster. I don't know what the regulations are with respect to aircraft warning lights, in terms of what ambient light level they should come on at.
As you can see the mast you are presumably familiar with what sort of light level they normally come on at, and the reason you have posted here is because they are coming on later. If you have noticed a change then I suggest you report it to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as I would imagine they would have to take such a report seriously.
See the CAA contacts page:
Useful links and contacts for obstacles | Civil Aviation Authority
There is an email address for Airspace Regulation given (no phone number). I suggest you send them an email: arops@caa.co.uk
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Friday, 25 August 2023
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Chris.SE1:05 AM
Carol Oliver:
You could also copy/send the email to Arqiva who do the transmitter and mast maintenance.
https://www.arqiva.com/co…act/
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