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 25/09/2023 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
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, 25 January 2013
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Rob9:00 PM
Hi
Swapping to free view. Retuned tv but no stations found. Snowing outside. S Bigrigg down? Sattelite also off but snow probable cause. Is this the local service we use in emergencies?
Rob
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Veronica Thurgood9:39 PM
Cleator Moor
Why has the Bigrigg transmitter stopped working? We have no signal on all channels and consequently are missing our programmes.
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Veronica's: mapV's Freeview map terrainV's terrain plot wavesV's frequency data V's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Veronica Thurgood: Because there is a power outage.
Go to
Fault search
and enter the postcode CA22 2TX, which is that of the transmitter.
"We have a high voltage fault affecting Egremont. We believe that this affects your property. This fault is due to damage to our equipment. Our engineers are aware of the problem. And a team is currently travelling to site. We expect to restore power to most customers by 00:00 hours Saturday. We expect that customers close to the point of damage will be restored by 06:00 hours Saturday. This is our best estimate at this time and may change as additional information becomes available. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this interruption. This message was updated at 20:45 hours today."
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Rob: There is a power cut that has put the Bigrigg transmitter off. See:
Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) full-Freeview transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013
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Andrew Findlay9:54 AM
Channel 11 (pick TV) and channel 12 (Dave) yesterday has become jumpy with depending on free view box either the audio or picture being worst affected.
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Thursday, 18 April 2013
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Rob12:36 PM
No signal on any tv radio channel on free view. We use the Bigrigg transmitter. Any probs?
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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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