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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 18 April 2013
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KMJ,Derby1:43 PM
Rob: The Bigrigg UHF transmitter is shown as currently off air since 10.30am on 18th April 2013. This applies also to DAB radio.
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Graham3:51 PM
Bigrigg has indeed been off air since 10.30am. This is not uncommon in bad weather. Very seriously, in the event of an incident at Sellafield, then we won't be able to be informed as to what is happening and what to do - Radio Cumbria will be off air. This does need to be improved.
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Thursday, 9 May 2013
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james5:19 PM
is there a problem with digital freeview in penrith? yesterday at 6pmish my tv lost all signal and now wont find any channels when i retune. ive changed the arial cables around and tried my spare tv and it isnt picking up any channels either.
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Friday, 10 May 2013
itv+1 is actually Granada not Yorkshire (Granada Reports) and this has been for as long as there has been a +1 service from itv at Manchester. (54.6155,-3.5584)
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Saturday, 25 May 2013
ITV Border has an office at the Kingstown area of Carlisle but no studios. Lookaround comes from Newcastle's Tyne Tees Studios now. (54.6155,-3.5584)
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
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Carol Walker3:55 PM
Dumfries
I can't get ITV Channel 4 or Channel 5. Is there a fault?
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Carol's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 23 August 2013
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Sarla Ewin10:54 AM
Penrith
We have lost our ITV & channel 4 etc. I reset and scan for new channels - didn't cure it. This is now our second day - our post code CA10.
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Sarla's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sarla Ewin: "CALDBECK transmitter - Over the next week Caldbeck main transmitter: TV (digital) Possible weak signal, " is no doubt the reason...
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Friday, 6 September 2013
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Bill11:40 AM
Moffat
I have been having problems with the signal on my Humax PVR-9300T Freeview+ box for the last few days and wondered if there was a problem with the Caldbeck transmitter. I am in the DG10 9BJ area. The picture is either freezing or breaking up on the ITV channels, Channel 4 channel and Channel 5 channels and today I am getting the message the channel is scrambled or not available on these channels. The other channels are working OK. I have tried retuning loads of times in the last few days but still the same problem. Yesterday some of the channels disappeared or moved to a different channel number but today they went back to there original channel numbers. Anyone any ideas what the problems is?
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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 28 November 2013
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Ted Holt11:12 AM
Keswick
I am at CA12 5RH. My signal is received via a roof aerial and is usually strong. This morning there is no signal on my TVs. We get the signal from the local transmitter above Springs Road as Caldbeck is shaded by Skiddaw.
Is there anywhere on the web I can see details of any disruption to service via this transmitter/repeater?
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Ted's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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